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February 2, 2004 -- ABC and CBS announce pilot plans, including some that survived ("dr. vegas"), some that didn't ("Wanted") and one that came oh-so-close ("Commando Nanny").

February 3, 2004 -- Janet Jackson heated up TiVo machines everywhere with her inadvertent (or was it?) flashing of Super Bowl viewers on CBS.

February 4, 2004 -- Neal McDonough, of NBC's late, lamented "Boomtown," inks for an untitled NBC pilot -- eventually called, for reasons that passeth understanding, "Medical Investigation" -- which, shockingly enough, is still on.

February 5, 2004-- Shock waves from the Super Bowl's "Nipplegate" hit "ER," which axes a shot of an elderly patient's chest in fear of outraging viewers.

February 6, 2004--"The Shield" star Michael Chiklis reveals the bit of skin that viewers didn't see during the Super Bowl, but which he did, because he was there to root on the New England Patriots.

February 7, 2004 -- "Nipplegate" rolls on, as complaints bombard the FCC.

February 8, 2004 -- Happy birthday to our favorite rock-star/werewolf, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Austin Powers" star Seth Green.

February 9, 2004 -- Action-star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes a long fall off a tall building in a very special episode of "Las Vegas" (and no action stars were harmed in the filming of this episode).

February 10, 2004 -- Never mind -- an angry Tennessee viewer withdraws her lawsuit over the "Nipplegate" scandal.

February 11, 2004 -- Chef Rocco DiSpirito begins a long and damaging legal battle over Rocco's 22nd Street, the now-shuttered New York eatery chronicled on NBC's "The Restaurant."

February 12, 2004 -- Pilots, we hardly knew ye. "Lost in Space" has not yet disappeared into TV history, and CBS has something called "Washington Street."

February 13, 2004 -- Black Friday, unlucky Friday the 13th, call it what you will. This is the day we knew it was all over for "Angel."

February 14, 2004 -- "Alias" star Jennifer Garner outs herself as a "super nerd" as host of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards.

February 15, 2004 -- Happy Birthday to Matt Groening, creator of FOX's never-ending animated comedy "The Simpsons."

February 16, 2004 -- Chris Noth, Mr. Big of "Sex and the City," trades the Big Apple for TNT's "Bad Apple."

February 17, 2004 -- It just wasn't to be. In the end, FOX decides that one talking horse is enough, as it doesn't pick up its new version of "Mr. Ed," who was to be voiced by Sherman Hemsley.

February 18, 2004 -- Alyson Hannigan proves there's life after "Buffy" with an appearance on "That '70s Show." She also talks about her NBC comedy pilot, which was, well, not so much.

February 19, 2004 -- Hollywood heaves a sigh when producers and actors' unions come to an agreement.

February 20, 2004 -- UPN goes three for three, ordering a trio of pilots that never sees the light of day.

February 21, 2004 -- Fans gather at a Los Angeles hotel to bid goodbye to The WB's axed "Angel."

February 22, 2004 -- Screen Actors Guild Award winners thank people onstage and backstage (except for Hollywood-shy Johnny Depp, who wasn't on hand to accept his).

February 23, 2004 -- No sitcom in the end for Lewis Black of "The Daily Show," and if you scroll to the bottom, it appears UPN decided against the lesbian private-investigator drama (perhaps in favor of the heterosexual-teen, private-investigator drama "Veronica Mars"?)

February 24, 2004 -- "American Idol" passes muster of recapper, who mentions something about a "ribbed condom."

February 25, 2004 -- In what may be a first, the University of California-Berkeley, students at Boalt Hall School of Law announce plans to establish a scholarship in the name of Sandy Cohen, a fictional Orange County public defender on FOX's "The O.C."

February 26, 2004 -- Showtime announces plans for a movie based on "Our Fathers," David France's nonfiction book about the sex scandal in the Roman Catholic Church.

February 27, 2004 -- Zap2it users pick "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" as best picture at the Academy Awards -- and they are right.

February 28, 2004 -- Happy Birthday to Rory Cochrane, whose character, criminologist Tim "Speed" Speedle, will in the line of action on CBS' "CSI: Miami" this fall.

February 29, 2004 -- A moment-by-moment recap of this year's Leap Year Academy Awards broadcast, aired on ABC.