The Empty Chair

• Russert remembered: It was a somber Meet the Press this week as Tim Russert's colleagues gathered to pay tribute to their fallen friend.

• The Cosby Show: Addressing a congregation at one of Chicago's largest black churches on Sunday, Barack Obama called for more responsibility from black fathers, saying "we need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn't just end at conception" and "too many fathers are M.I.A., too many fathers are AWOL, missing from too many lives and too many homes."

• Sex in the Slope: A branch of sex store Babeland has opened in New York's hated-on yipster parent enclave of Park Slope, and it's apparently international news. Naturally, they're offering a "Sexy Moms Series" for moms looking to get funky with something other than their Bugaboo.

• Arrested Developing: Arrested Development alum Jason Bateman has made a deal with Fox TV to develop television series for the network.

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