The first image of Betty White and her co-stars from the new sitcom, Hot In Cleveland, have hit the web, reinforcing the comedienne’s current reign as the queen of pop culture.

TV Land announced yesterday that the former Golden Girls actress had signed on to Hot in Cleveland, which is expected to premiere in June. She’ll be playing the snarky yet adorable Elka Ostrovsky, who works as a property caretaker of the home being rented by three L.A. women of a certain age.

“The talented Betty White is the finishing touch to this outstanding sitcom ensemble,” TV Land president Larry W. Jones said in a statement. “Betty’s illustrious career spans more than 60 years and makes her one of Hollywood’s most iconic and sought after actresses in television today. Her lively role as Elka in Hot in Cleveland is what viewers love to see from her – an amazing sense of timing and fantastic comedy genius. We are confident audiences will love her in this project, TV Land’s first foray into scripted television.”

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Charlie Sheen has returned to work on Two and a Half Men after a brief stint in rehab.

Reps for the show and Sheen said that he returned to the set Tuesday to resume production on the sitcom’s final four episodes of the season. The network ordered a total of 24 episodes.

Production on the show, which is TV’s #1 sitcom, was suspended for three weeks when the actor announced he was entering rehab as a “preventive measure.” It is still unknown where he did his rehab or what exactly it involved.

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President Barack Obama will appear on Fox News in an attempt to rally last-minute support for the health care reform bill.

Special Report’s Bret Baier will sit down with Obama tonight at 6 pm for an interview regarding health care. After the interview, a panel will analyze Obama’s responses.

Obama has been criticized for avoiding the notoriously conservative network in the past, and it may be for good reason. In a nationwide poll of those who said Fox News was the network they watched most for information about politics, 79 percent said they disapproved of how the president is handling his job overall, and 86 percent said they disapproved of how he is handling health care specifically.

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It looks like Katherine Heigl is finally, officially done with Grey’s Anatomy. That’s what some sources associated with the production are saying.

According to insiders at ABC and Grey’s, Heigl has been asking to leave the series for nearly three years and she is finally getting what she wanted, Shonda Rhimes and ABC execs have agreed to let her out of her contract.

“She’s leaving the show,” one ABC insider said. “She wants to do movies.”

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All I can say is, it’s about time.  DirecTV and Comcast have finally reconciled one of their differences, finally allowing the Versus network to air once again on DirecTV.  The feed will began today, maybe even in time to catch the NHL hockey game.  While the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, to me it doesn’t really matter.  After all the U.S. versus Canada post-Olympics hype, viewers were clamoring for more hockey.  But with only one nationally televised game each week on NBC, you were relegated to watch your local team, if you were fortunate to live near one of the the 30 NHL teams.

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Guy Fieri, who hosts the  Food Network shows, Guy’s Big Bite and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, is known for his enthusiasm on the road and in the kitchen.

And that zest for life is exactly what makes him a perfect fit for his new gig, Minute to Win It, which debuted last night on NBC. On the show, Fieri hosts contestants who perform seemingly simple, but actually difficult,  tasks within one minute. “I really have to keep it in check. There are moments where I want to run right out there and put the ball in the thing for them or yell, ‘Try your left hand!’” says Fieri.

But, Fieri also explains that its worth the stress because  he always wanted to host a talk show.  “I think anyone that grew up in the ’70s and ’80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always … when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour,” Guy told TV Guide. “I never in a million years would have believed this is the opportunity that I got, but knowing my personality, knowing my attitude and knowing my energy, I can’t believe it’s not one of the first things I ever did … To be on the Food Network and then to get a call from NBC and get this opportunity has just been monumental, and especially a game show that fits me so well.”

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Sunday night, the cast of Glee met with 2000 fans during the closing night of the PaleyFest in Beverly Hills, and not only did fans get to participate in a Q & A, they also got a sneak peek at “Hello,” the next episode set to air April 13.

Here’s are just a few of the secrets the show’s creator and cast spilled during the panel:

Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator said that Puck and Rachel will reunite.”Yes, they will get back together. But the great thing about Puck is he’s a bad boy, so he has an affair with almost every girl on the show.”

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Even after Google has put out Gmail and Google Earth, they are reportedly developing yet another thing that you might need from them.  They are looking into the television set-top box business that includes a small test with Dish Network.  The test would use Google’s Android operating system for the satellite experience.  Viewers would be able to search satellite programming along with partnered websites like YouTube with a keyboard.  This has interesting ramifications for both companies.

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Dish Network Corp. is a satellite service provider that specializes in offering direct broadcast satellite TV and audio to private homes as well as to business throughout both the US and Mexico. This wide reaching corporation first began offering its services back in 1996 as an offshoot of EchoStar, a leading “big dish” provider.

By 1998 EchoStar had purchased the broadcasting assets previously held by the combined group of MCI Worldcom and News Corp’s ASkyB. This gave EchoStar 28 out of 32 transponder licenses for the 110° West orbit. This move increased the current US continental broadcasting capability by more than two times.

It was this purchase that led to the creation of the Dish 500 system which was purported to be able to receive more than five hundred channels. By January 2005 EchoStar had bought out HDTV provider Voom as well as its satellite. As of January 2008 EchoStar had grown large enough that it made the decision to split into two individual businesses. The newly minted Dish Network Corp. was the larger of the two.

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The judgment is in and TiVo has been declared the winner by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This has been hailed as a potential game winning victory. So why is Dish Network celebrating its so called loss in this long and drawn out battle?

There are a few simple reasons that have led Dish Network to begin declaring a roundabout victory in the fight with TiVo that has been ongoing for the past six years. The first of these is that by losing the court battle, Dish may find itself with the opportunity to bid on being an exclusive provider of DVR technology through a contract with TiVo.

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