Skipped breakfast this morning in order to save those calories for a bigger lunch, even though I know that's the improper thing to do in terms of diet. However, the Golden Corral on Interstate 235 (Broadway Extension) in Edmond was closed.

The sign literally said, "WE CLOSED."

Don't know if they were putting the subject and verb together in past tense, as in "We closed, but we could reopen," or if they mean it to be "We (is) closed; Good luck wit yo bad self."

Roughly five months ago, the Furr's Cafeteria in Norman closed. Sure, Norman has a Golden Corral, but I'm too cheap to pay for dinner there. I do lunch, and I only eat there to get veggies, but now that all our spinach is tainted, just who can I trust?

These are my goings.

However, we do have comings. Norman is getting a Super Target, and for that I am really excited, particularly if they're planning on including their Archer Farms grocery store with it. I used to buy groceries at the Super Target at Campbell and Coit in Richardson, and it was literally the best grocery store I have ever, ever been to.

Why is it that Target so handily kicks Wal-Mart's butt in everything but total worth?

Other comings include a pair of new TV shows that have found their way to my TiVo rotation. The first is NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which is a dramedy about life on a sketch show. Done by Aaron Sorkin, this is one half "Sports Night" and one half "West Wing."

Now, I've always said that the two people who get the first slots in hell are a) the person who killed Phil Hartman (his wife) and b) the person who killed "Sports Night" (could have been Sorkin himself for all I know). However, for as brilliant as "West Wing" was, it was acclaimed. Li'l ol' "Sports Night" had a rabid, cult following, although most of us were merely TV nerds who could appreciate great, great writing regardless of the laugh track.

Anyway, I'm over it. "Studio 60" is definitely a coming.

A mild coming is ABC's "Six Degrees." With a cast damned near as renowned as "Studio 60," the winner of ABC's 9 p.m. post-Grey's slot debuted with an episode explaining the whole concept of the six degrees of separation.

We all know it, whether we associate it with Kevin Bacon or a board game or just pop culture in general. Truth is, I thought they borrowed from the concepts of "Crash" quite a bit without the premise of racial hostilities. The pilot was a series of incredible connections among a group of people, one of which was Erika Christensen, who is just a brilliant, brilliant young actress.

It also has Campbell Scott, who plays a substance-abusing photographer, an artist who gets a breath of fresh creative air via the invitation of Bridget Moynahan. The connections continue.

While the show could have been very, very far-fetched, it was actually done well. Not terribly subtle, but the potential is there. I am not sure how far this concept can be taken in terms of a network series because, at some point, these six people will know each other for real and not merely through some fateful connection.

Nevertheless, it was much better than one of my goings, ABC's "Men in Trees," which I tried to watch. Loved the first 15 minutes, and then I realized they were merely doing a piss-poor remake of "Northern Exposure."

When I say remake, I really mean remake. The show's writers literally did not try to hide what they were trying to emulate, all the way down to the bright and playful but dopey radio-station host.

If you're going to emulate something, do what the writers of "Grey's Anatomy" did when they reinvented the medical drama genre. NBC had "ER" just sitting out there as its drama franchise for 10 years, and here came ABC kickin' its butt. Anyway, don't tell me anything about Season 3 though just yet.

I'm a tad behind and, hence, need to be going ...