Folks on Sesame Street have a way of making everyone feel accepted. That certainly goes for Julia, a new Muppet youngster with blazing red hair, bright green eyes and autism.

Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from the long-running CBS drama Criminal Minds. ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios, which produce the series, made the announcement Friday with no further details.

If there's a clear-cut hit on broadcast TV's fall lineup, it's likely to be ABC's political thriller Designated Survivor. It certainly clicked for Kiefer Sutherland, its star, when he first read the pilot script.

Sesame Workshop has apologized for what it calls 'misunderstandings around the changing cast roles at Sesame Street.'

Jack Davis, the prolific Mad magazine illustrator, cartoonist and movie poster artist, has died at the age of 91. 'His work was both timely and timeless. It perfectly expressed the era in which he worked,' recalled Chris Garvin, director of the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Now that we know our Downton Abbey friends are (mostly) happy and healthy, we can part with this splendid series satisfied that it has ended in fine fashion, now joining a list of memorable TV finales.

A gruesome highway accident followed by months of pain and rehab. That's no laughing matter. Not unless you're comedian Tracy Morgan, who's mining this ordeal for laughs with his Picking Up the Pieces stand-up tour.