Gawker – This week’s multimedia compilation of pop culture crap features a toddler who wants Botox, a toddler who has giant muscles, a toddler who acts like Anna Nicole Smith, and more.

Jezebel – Many weeks, we come across stupid stuff on TV that might fall through the cracks. In Mixed Bag, we collect those odds and ends, for a multimedia compilation of pop culture crap.

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Hollywood Reporter – In a surprising move, Showtime on Friday passed on Tim Robbins’ well-regarded pharmaceutical drama pilot “Possible Side Effects.”

That makes it 0-4 for the premium cable network, which originally ordered four pilots in this go-round, including “Side Effects.”

In the past week, Showtime passed on the other three pilots, the “L Word” spinoff starring Leisha Hailey, the Matthew Perry/Peter Tolan comedy “The End of Steve” and the comedy “Ronna and Beverly,” from Jessica Chaffin, Jamie Denbo and Jenji Kohan.

The dismissal of “Side Effects” is noteworthy because the project was penned and directed by Oscar winner Robbins and attracted top talent, including Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas and Tim Blake Nelson.

It is said to have tested very high, and with the other three pilots out of contention, it was considered a shoo-in for a series order.

Industry observers on Friday were scratching their heads over Showtime’s decision, with some pointing to the show’s subject matter as a potential reason.

“Side Effect” takes a scathing look at the pharmaceutical drug industry, focusing on a dysfunctional family behind a major drug concern.

As a premium cable network, Showtime does not rely on advertisers, but its parent company CBS Corp. does, and pharmaceutical companies are among the top TV advertisers.

Like several other pilots rejected by Showtime, “Side Effects” might be shopped elsewhere.

TMZ.com – OctoMom Nadya Suleman is full of it when she says she’s not doing a reality show — our sources say she’s been in talks with producers as recent as… today, but no deal has been struck — yet.

There is one hitch… Octo has told several producers she wants to limit face time for the babies — but don’t think she’s now a candidate for Good Parent of the Year. We’re told she took heat from Kaiser Permanente, where the OctoBabies were born, after she allowed media access to the kids, bright lights and all.

We called Lifetime, TLC and Oxygen — reps said so far there are no plans to put Octo on the tube — tube, get it.

Variety – The pilot flight comes just as the Golden State has approved a $500 million, five-year production tax credit incentive program (Daily Variety, Feb. 20). But that program is seen by many in the TV biz as too little too late, and with too many strings attached.

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Series will air final episodes this spring, conclude on ‘high creative note’.

The series took a break after its December season debut and will conclude with about a half-dozen episodes starting April 17. If you are like me I stopped watching this show about mid season 2. It became so tiresome and I could only watch Wentworth Miller and his pissed off look on his face for so long. I’m glad it’s going away. It overstayed its welcome after season one.