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We love that Apple co-founder and lovable bear Steve "Woz" Wozniak isn't immune to fame's sweet heron-like release. It just goes to show that that those gifted with Asperger's disorder are just like us! First, he appeared on Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List has Griffin's temporary lover. Now he's appearing on Dancing With the Stars.

Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple along with Camille, has been announced as part of the lineup on ABC's assault on dancing and television, Dancing with the Stars. Steve Wozniak, affectionately known to his fans as "The Woz," most recently appeared on the spectacular Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Griffin's love interest. Other notables appearing on the amateur dance competition are heroin addict Steve-O, ecdysiast Lil' Kim, and professional horrible human being Denise Richards.

Oh lordy, but Mondays are going to be a crowded night of television. Let's go through tonight's premieres network-by-network, starting with ABC.

with this one for his own blog -- the Chronicle Local News Blog gleefully reports that, at Sunday's Celebrity All-Star game at AT&T Park, former college baseball player Mayor Gavin Newsom:

--Google stock hits $509.65/share, making it the second most valuable company in Silicon Valley behind Cisco. Apple also hits a record high.

-In a surprise to no one, battle looms over free WiFi. We'd be more surprised if this thing ever happens.

Special treat this week, kids: a review. Oh, yeah, and the usual previews too.

Those season premieres are trickling in, with the big gusher arriving next week. We'll try to come to you daily next week with coverage and (hopefully) some actual reviews of pilots, but for this week we offer a slightly briefer rundown.

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi's tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city.

Okay, we didn't watch Dancing With The Stars last night because we were watching ladies' figure skating, but we understand that the inevitable is about to come down on our local boy Jerry Rice. Manic two-steppin' Drew Lachey scored two perfect 30s, and languid Barbie doll Stacey Keibler came in second with a 30 and a 26. Jerry came in third with a 26 and a 27. So all three couples will go into the final dance-off on Sunday, and, well, let's face it, Jerry's just not as good as Drew and Stacey. (We're pulling for Drew to win, because that guy should get something after having to put up with former sister-in-law Jessica's incessant jawboning on camera all those years.) But darn it, we like Jerry's spunky spirit! He's worked so hard, and he has such a good attitude. It's sort of nice to see someone who doesn't have as much native dance ability as everyone else on the stage out there, doing it, and having fun. He's the character that you the viewer are supposed to identify with (unless, of course, you're some kind of super Metronome Ballroom teacher or something, in which case you're probably like, this show sucks.). So go number 80! We've got your back! Though we should also say we kind of miss Master P, who was the exact opposite of Jerry Rice in this competition (terrible dancer, totally phoning it in), just to see his dismayed look every week he managed to avoid elimination. Picture of Jerry and his partner Anna from ABC, off the Merc News

Sometimes, you just have to love Fox. While they continue to ponder what to do with their good shows, poking at them like a giant gorilla prodding at the t-rex it just killed (yeah, we saw King Kong recently), they have no problem creating blatant rip-offs of shows that are pretty much junk to begin with. We can almost hear them pounding their chests with pride.

We really got a kick out of reading everyone's TiVo (or plain old TV) top tens last week. The presence of "Lost" and "Arrested Development" on many of the lists was pleasing, while the avid devotion to "Dancing With the Stars" continues to perplex some of us at SFist. Perhaps we'll tune in to Fox's rip-off "Skating with Celebrities" next week instead, as it seems to have even more comedic potential (Todd Bridges on ice!)

The Year 2005 has finally come to an end, and none too soon. It kind of blew. We have higher hopes for 2006.

We don't know what to do with ourselves. The TV season has come to an end, the finales are all over, and TV is beginning to look like a vast wasteland of reality shows. (Seriously, people. "Dancing with the Stars"?!) We're not sure what to do with ourselves. Go OUTSIDE? But doesn't that give you cancer? We could read, but if we're going to be sitting at home anyway, why not just turn on the television? There must be SOMETHING on.