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This week has been terrifying. Last night, while glued to local news streams and Twitter feeds at 2:30AM, a friend who was awake doing the same asked how she was ever going to fall asleep. I felt that way as well but eventually dozed off after putting on an episode of Parks and Rec in an attempt to feel a bit lighter. And speaking of the show, wonderful human being Amy Poehler has now provided a few wise words of her own on just how to cope with everything that's been going on in the last few days. 

Let's face it: Ryan Lochte is one sexy idiot. I mean, come on. I keep walking by a poster for What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, his new reality show on E! that premieres on Sunday, and I can't help but find myself really attracted to the man. I mean, he's wearing a tight t-shirt and is soaking wet. And he just looks so dumb, which, I'll be honest, is a bit of a turn-on. Of course, that's because I do not know him in real life, and I am sure if I had the chance to speak to him everything that came out of his mouth would be a total boner-killer. Which is why I love this video of Fox Philly anchors Sheinelle Jones and Mike Jerrick nearly losing their minds over how dumb this dude is following an awkward interview with the Olympian.

I thought we were done as a nation talking about "Accidental Racist," but apparently, this dead-on-arrival and racist horse needed one last flogging, and who better to do said flogging than Stephen Colbert? The introduction of Colbert's skewering of Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's accidentally-racist trainwreck is actually pretty funny — aftert the opening verse plays, Colbert offers, "[The Confederate flag] just means you're a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, in the same way that having a burning cross on your lawn just means you're a Madonna fan." And yeah, now that he mentions it, it is kind of surprising that no one's brought up the "Like A Prayer" video for comparison / discussions of loaded imagery. Alright then.

“If I was a Viking, I would never survive. I’d be dead by nine years old,” says Jessalyn Gilsig, the actress who plays the quietly powerful Siggy in the History Channel’s first-ever scripted series, Vikings, opposite Gabriel Byrne. So perhaps it’s best that the viciously primitive, seafaring lifestyle of the Viking world is confined to the TV screen – a place Gilsig has found herself consistently, in roles on hit shows like Glee, Boston Public, and Nip/Tuck.

Landon Liboiron looks familiar, doesn't he? Perhaps you recognize him from Degrassi: the Next Generation, or Fox's short-lived sci-fi thriller Terra Nova, but this handsome young face will soon be all up in your Netflix as the star of the new Hemlock Grove, which debuts Friday, April 19. Based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, Hemlock Grove is an original horror series that uses the same Netflix-only format as the popular House of Cards. Expect tons of blood and gore, thanks to director Eli Roth, who likes to keep things a little messy (see Hostel, Hostel II). Playing Peter Rumancek, a gypsy kid who rolls into town to find things, well, a little off, it's clear from the start that Liboiron is going to have some crazy stuff happen to his character. "It's a bone-shaking experience," says the Canadian-born actor, who lives in Vancouver and shoots in Los Angeles. "The show is an interesting look at mythical, gothic creatures like werewolves and Frankenstein. It rips open the vampire genre happening now and makes it bloody and raw. But it's all about people. It shows how animal human beings can be." We caught up with Landon in LA, a beast in its own right, to find out where he finds sanctuary when he's not battling the undead. Click here to let Liboiron take you to some of his favorite escapes in the City of Angels. 

I could have sworn I saw Dean Noris (Breaking Bad's Hank) lounging in Kellogg's diner this past Saturday morning, although it was probably just a hungover mirage. But someone who actually did get to spend some time with Norris, Vince Gilligan, and the cast of Breaking Bad (sadly sans Aaron Paul) was Conan O'Brien in entertaining and in-depth live interview. And today, it was also announced today that the second half to the show's final season (tear) will premiere on AMC, Sunday, August 11th. With only eight episodes left (I could use at least 50), we'll see just where this web of lies and deceit has left Walt after Hank's toilet revelation and how the gang wraps it all up. 

Patton Oswalt is really making himself a national treasure this week. And tomorrow, we'll see him guest star Parks and Recreation, and as the citizens of Pawnee are wont to be, his character appears to be a crazy weirdo. And we're not complaining. In the episode, he'll be playing a man who attempts to filibuster a city council vote. In an improvised 8-minute long rant at the request of the producers to give a speech about a topic of his choosing, he goes on to describe—in full detail—his plot for the seventh Star Wars movie. And of course, his nonsensical passionate ramblings are wonderful and hilarious. Take a look.

Friends is the grilled cheese and tomato soup of TV shows. It's easy to digest, great in mass quantities when you're sick or having a crappy day and it takes you back to happier times of the Clinton administration and Fruitopia. The series finale, nearly a decade ago, left a hole in many viewers' hearts that they have been trying to fill by gorging on reruns. And oh, how there are reruns. And if you live in a country that isn't America, you have even more Friends reruns! For eons, British television would air Friends for what felt like at least 22 hours a day.