• Maybe Lynne Cheney's next book should be called D Is For Dodging. Fox News' Shep Smith's exclusive interview with the veep's wife didn't last after he asked her about Nancy Pelosi's recent criticism: "Listen, I'm not going to talk to you anymore Shepard, but it's been a great conversation. I appreciate it."

• Jailed NYTer Judith Miller might be ready to spill the goods if it'll get her out of prison. Her attorney Floyd Abrams isn't commenting on rumors of a potential deal with prosecutors, which can only mean one thing.

• Is there stormy weather ahead for Good Morning America? Weatherman Tony Perkins is said to be entertaining quite a few courting offers from other networks.

• A CNN staffer bared all but his upper body to an in-house feed, prancing around the network's London studio showing the whole company his bits and pieces.

• Magazine circulation directors are breathing easier, now that the Audit Bureau of Circulations decided to postpone new rules on the inclusion of third-party subscription sales figures. Let the circ scandals continue for just a little while longer.

• Jane Pratt isn't digging her old haunt's new ad campaign. Jane magazine is touting new editor Brandon Holley as "she's so Jane," but Pratt wants nothing to do with it. Damn those "image and likeness" clauses.

• The price was definitely wrong yesterday at CBS. The network broadcast a December rerun of Bob Barker's game show, which featured a trip to New Orleans as one of its showcase gifts. CBS spokeswoman Beth Haiken offered the requisite mea culpas.

• Just because it's fashion doesn't mean Time Inc. execs should be excluded — so long as you allow them recreational time with their Blackberrys.