Joe: Why has MSNBC become the "Chris Christie Crisis Network?!"
AJ: Fresh off of Real Screen -- the annual reality TV confab in DC -- AJ raises concerns about the "suffocation" of reality TV producers with cable networks tying-up the rights to their formats.
Mike: RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman. Mike says his Showtime series Happyish looked like a winner when a clip of the pilot screened for press at the TV critics' winter press tour a few weeks ago.