He played the edgy Jayne Cobb on Fox's short-lived sci-fi/Western "Firefly" (a role he reprised in the movie version, "Serenity"), executive-produced by and , which led to a five-episode stint on the WB's "Buffy" spinoff, "Angel."

Whedon created that show with , and for a while it was executive-produced by Minear, who created Baldwin's next show, Fox's short-lived crime drama "The Inside."

Also an executive producer on "Angel" was , who has just signed on to executive-produce Baldwin's ABC/Touchstone pilot "Day Break." And, directing the "Day Break" pilot is , who directed for "The X-Files" series, on which Baldwin played the mysterious Knowle Rohrer for several episodes.

In between all of this, Baldwin found time to do a guest shot on tonight's "Bones," which stars "Angel" himself, He plays an FBI agent assigned to protect forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan () after an assassination attempt.

"He's a nice guy. We had the same acting coach in common as well, so we had something to chat about. I also lost $20 to him on the Super Bowl. He's in great shape, and he was trying to push me around, but I'm still bigger. It's all good-natured stuff."

New York Daily News: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame managed to whip a rather unruly batch of honorees into a semi-respectable induction ceremony Monday night at the Waldorf-Astoria. But the event included a tense moment when two members of Blondie confronted lead singer during their induction speeches about why they were barred from playing with her band during its three-song set.

Hall co-chairman read the Pistols' short reason for not attending to scattered laughter and applause. Black Sabbath, which had trashed the hall for years over its lack of prior induction, did show to accept its statuettes. Front man gave a polite speech but did stress the word "finally."

"Of all the people in America, I'm the most surprised I'm sitting here talking to you about this now," he told the Hartford Courant. "I literally had no idea it would go on this length."

Until then, Schieffer, who turned 69 March 4, will enjoy his little fame. When he was in New Orleans to cover Mardi Gras he was surprised by how many people recognized him, even the woman with a disposable camera who posed with him.

"She got her picture, and then hollored to her friends, ‘Get your picture taken with !' My wife laughed so hard I thought she'd crack a rib."

Merrick's lawsuit, filed Feb. 21, alleges that he was fired in May after the Las Vegas-based band became successful. They have accused him of incompetence and dishonesty.

■ Just fair warning: Variety says will be the title character in a movie version of "Welcome Back, Kotter," and has been offered the Sue Ellen Ewing role in a movie version of "Dallas" that will staras J.R.

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