Though Christina Applegate was an Emmy nominee for her manic performance on Samantha Who?, and many expected it to be renewed for a third season, ABC has decided instead to cancel it. The producers couldn't find an adequate way to slash the budge, so alas no more. Bad news for the likable Applegate and her costars Jennifer Esposito and Jean Smart. Though, let's be honest, it was never very good. [Variety]

Fox had their upfronts this mornin', and yes, dear friends, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles has been canceled. (We may actually be bummed about this, which is sad.) But Dollhouse is back on a way lower budget, and Fringe has been pushed into the tres competitive Thursday 9pm slot. Godspeed to it. And, last but not least, there is Glee on Wednesdays at 9pm. Everyone watch Glee! It looks really good! And apparently it is good! So watch the premiere after Idol this week, then watch again in the fall. Please. Do it for us. [THR]

CBS meanwhile has picked up a doomsday lineup of new shows, including the second Jullianna Margulies lawyer drama in two years, The Good Wife, a Jenna Elfman sitcom, and the always-a-sure-bet NCIS spinoff starring the not-always-a-sure-bet Chris O'Donnell and the used-to-be-a-sure-bet LL Cool J. [Variety]

In the world of movies, Milla Jovovich no longer has to kill zombies with her magic guns. No, instead she has to bone Bob DeNiro to get Edward Norton, her arsonist husband, out of prison in the thriller Stone. Sounds crazy extreeeeme! [Variety]

Speaking of extreme, the revisionist history novel Resistance, about a WWII in which the Nazis take Russia and D-Day has failed, will be made into a movie. Which reminds us that we want to read that book. Thanks, movies! [THR]

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Explaining her rationale in taking that dramatic step, she said, "I didn't want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of be rid of this whole thing for me. This was the choice that I made, and it was a tough one."

Over the next eight months she will undergo reconstructive surgery. "I'm gonna have cute boobs till I'm 90," she quipped, as Roberts pointed out how Applegate's sense of humor has helped the actress endure the ordeal.

Congratulations are in order to Applegate; she had to make a tough decision (informed by her mother's breast cancer experience as well as the discovery that Applegate herself carried the breast cancer gene, BRCA1), and she revealed it with candor and wit. She may not have her breasts, but she's certainly got cojones.

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• Christina Applegate Cancer-Free After Double Mastectomy [People]

"Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening."

The rep added: "Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time."

Meanwhile, TV Guide details how Mac was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia — though early rumors spread about a much worse fate for the actor:

Bernie Mac (Ocean's Eleven, The Bernie Mac Show) is responding well to treatment and should be released soon after being admitted Friday to a Chicago hospital with pneumonia. That said, a spokesperson for the comedian had to shoot down as "absolutely untrue" an early rumor that Mac in fact had passed on.

Mac, 50, has sarcoidosis (a chronic disease that can inflame tissue), but it has been in remission for years and is unrelated to the pneumonia.

The two television stars are currently enjoying a career renaissance: Applegate, with her Emmy-nominated role on Samantha Who, and Mac, who is currently working on his upcoming sitcom Starting Under. Good luck to both — now is it too much to ask for the celebrity maladies to let up for a little while?

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• Christina Applegate Diagnosed with Breast Cancer [People]
• Bernie Mac "Responding Well" to Pneumonia Treatment [TV Guide]