* Reliable Source: Third television pilot for the fall is shot in D.C. . . Bob Woodruff has returned home for outpatient treatment. . . Margaret Thatcher spotted at the Four Seasons. [WP]
* Inside the Beltway: Laura Bush remained “totally calm” while Secret Service warned of threat to Crawford compound, according to Ronald Kessler. . . The White House recently screened a documentary by Jacques Cousteau’s son. [WT]
* Page Six: Is Campbell Brown converting to Judaism for Dan Senor? . . . Bill Clinton “killed two vodkas with lime standing at the bar with the owner” of a New York restaurant while waiting for his takeout. [NYP]

Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: George Clooney on Iraq: “We knew it was bullshit… Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, ‘We were misled.’ It makes me want to shout, ‘Fuck you, you weren’t misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.’”. . . Keith Olbermann to Brian Lamb: “There are people I know in the hierarchy of NBC, the company, and GE, the company, who do not like to see the current presidential administration criticized at all.”. . . Edward Klein is writing a “poison-pen” biography of Sen. McCain. [NYDN]
Cindy Adams: Charles Gibson will be named Bob Woodruff’s “temporary permanent replacement.” [NYP]
Page Six: The Clintons are on the outs with Harold Ickes. [NYP]

• Animatronic anchors Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff (hybrid models with auto-shutdown and cruise control) will continue to host ABC’s “World News Tonight,” winning out over standard transimission hostbot Charlie Gibson, who still runs on diesel. [ABC]
• Hacktasatic Jon Friedman calls “The Week” journalism’s “first blogazine.” No, wait — it’s a magalog! A Zlog? What does that make “The Best Week Ever”? A blogedy? And the “Nightly News” — that’s a blogcastnewslog. CNN’s Blog Report is a bloport. And Times Select still sucks. [CBS Marketwatch]
• Anchlogger Brian Williams is a “dog person.” HOW CAN HE BE A BLOGGER THEN? [WaPo]
• FishbowlDC on the quitting/re-hiring of Postie Gabe Escobar: “Escobar is one of the Post’s only Hispanic editors (the only other one we can think of is Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Assistant Managing Editor/Sports.” National Book Award Finalist American Chica author and editor of Washington Post Book World Maria Arana, on the other hand, is just a girl who likes to read. [Fishbowl DC]
• Howie Kurtz on why the MSM blogs (Mblogsmers): “Actually, we’re just trying to look cool.” [WashingtonPost.com]
• David Corn hearts Viveca Novak, can’t guard her husband. Perhaps her conversation with Rove’s lawyer sparked a revelation: “maybe my client did not tell me everything.” [DavidCorn.com]

• Reliable Source: Bill Gates, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Cyndi Lauper will be in town this weekend for various events. [WP]
• Inside Politics: Gingrich on 2008: “There are circumstances where I will run.” [WT]
• Cindy Adams: Rumors predict Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas will anchor “World News Tonight”. . . Barbara Walters‘ interview with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah will air tonight; he asked her to chat. . . Miers nomination has split conservatives into “economists” and “culturalists.” [NYP]
• Page Six: Terror threat doesn’t keep Dean from riding the New York City subway. [NYP]

• Rush & Molloy: Radar speculates Karl Rove might be having an affair with lobbyist Karen Johnson. [NYDN]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Judith Miller’s husband boards a cruise while she serves time. [NYDN]
• Inside the Beltway: Andrew Card labels John Roberts a “conservative.” Gasp. [WT]
• The Scoop: M.A.C. cosmetics considers an advertising campaign about Tony Blair’s $3,000 makeup budget. [MSNBC]
• Cindy Adams: Could Bob Woodruff replace Peter Jennings? [NYP]