NBC’s Wednesday Night Craps With The Door Open

· The first day after the election earned low ratings all around for the US networks, but particularly NBC, whose new crime block of Knight Rider, Life, and the 19th season premiere of Law & Order (down 42% from last year) all tanked. [THR]
· Jack Black is set to star in Fox’s adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, in which he’ll teach the tiny denizens of Lilliput the building blocks of Rock and Roll. [Variety]
· 9-and-a-half-fingered Congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted Barack Obama’s offer of White House chief of staff, and now goes about the task of rounding out the cabinet. Drama for Minister of Viking Affairs! [Variety]

After the jump: What Oscar-nominated actress and Oscar-winning actor will co-star in a Lifetime movie?

· Lifetime MOWs are now officially prestige affairs: Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons will star in a biopic on the life of Georgia O’Keefe for the women’s network, directed by Bob Balaban. [THR]
· James Van Der Beek and David “Pam’s Ex” Denman will star in Fox pilot Eva Adams, about “an egotistic sexist agent who, under a witch’s spell, turns into a beautiful woman so he can endure the harassment he’s been dishing out.” A magical comedy of errors! Shakespeare would be proud, Van Der Beek. [THR]