Everything's coming up Candace. (Paul Morigi/WireImage.com)"Sex and the City" still attracts audiences in syndication (even bowdlerized from its original form — full of dirty talk and nudity on HBO), not to mention to its film spinoffs. So when Candace Bushnell — author of the original book on which "Sex and the City" was based — produced a prequel novel aimed at young adult readers, it was probably only a matter of time before The CW tried to turn it into a TV series. Hey: Guess what just happened!

Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com reports that The CW has bought a pitch for a series based on "The Carrie Diaries," from producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Launching a new franchise at this juncture is a wise move from the brilliant minds behind the production company Fake Empire: "Gossip Girl," their flagship CW series, is probably on the downslope of its popularity and influence. (FULL DISCLOSURE: I still love it.)

Fox has released a long sneak peek of "The X Factor," and I was all set to call out the ridiculously overblown self-importance of the whole thing (the "Carmina Burana" music, the slow-motion-walking-from-the-private-plane), but then the two Susan Boyle-ish contestants got me! I really want 13-year-old Rachel to get a new house, and while I don't think she'll get the $5 million prize, at least 42-year-old Stacy has made steps to triumph over her backstory and even got three rare little words out of Simon. (Rachel, at least, is going to be some kind of famous no matter what.)

"The X Factor" premieres Wednesday, September 21. (And we'll be recapping it here!)

You know, you don't really notice how often the characters of "The Office" face off in athletic contests until a great editor puts together a supercut like this, collecting all such moments from the show's seven seasons. Remember Flonkerton? You will!