Need proof that the Tebowing phenomenon has gone too far? On QVC Wednesday, following a segment where Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino was pitching Nutrisystem, host Dan Wheeler decided to return from a quick promo for the product by doing a series of Michael Jackson dance moves — including a Moonwalk — before being urged by someone off-stage (or even, perhaps, a voice in his head), to go ahead and Tebow.

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert spent the better part of the first half of his show mocking a late-night failure by Erin Burnett to properly “flick” a graphic from one touchscreen to another. It quickly got Burnett’s attention, apparently, as she had a few corrections for the fake news host tonight– and a challenge for him to come flick along with her.

Paris Jackson, the daughter of late pop star Michael Jackson, paid a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in part to promote her upcoming film work.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! scored a bit of a coup last night with a Herman Cain interview just hours after a fourth woman came forward and accused the GOP candidate of sexual harassment. But Kimmel’s biggest accomplishment of the day may have been inadvertently duping some news outlets into believing that a character on his show, Jake Byrd — who was pretending to be an over-the-top Michael Jackson fan gathered for the verdict — was an actual Jackson fan performing an over-the-top celebration.

The fate of Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, has been decided. Watch the live verdict announcement below: Live streaming by Ustream

Closing arguments began this week in the Conrad Murray case, and Good Morning America brought in their “legal dream team” to assess the situation. Mediaite founder Dan Abrams and HLN’s Nancy Grace butted heads in their analysis of the case. “Nobody’s on trial because it’s not a crime to be awake. It’s a crime to be dead by having propofol shot into your dead body until all of your organs are saturated with a powerful, surgical anesthetic that is not to be used outside the operating room. Those guys didn’t know what they were talking about!” exclaimed Grace. “It’s actually not a crime to be putting drugs into a dead body,” Abrams snarkily rebutted. “But if you put it in a live body, that is a crime.”

One the stranger effects of Michael Jackson freakishly successful pop music career is the cultish freak show following that it engendered. In the event that you think that following has completely abated with Jackson’s tragic death, take heart from the following clip recently aired during HLN’s live coverage of the Conrad Murray trial, the doctor currently being tried for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson. There is a lot going on the following segment, which we will try to abridge thusly:

Nancy Grace and her partner, Tristan MacManus, advanced to the next round of Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday, sealing their spot in the Final Eight and avoiding elimination. After the voting was announced, Nancy and Tristan took to Nancy’s personal YouTube account to thank fans for their support

During testimony in the Michael Jackson trial on Tuesday, Dr. Christopher Rogers–along with the jury, courtroom gallery, and anyone watching HLN–was shown a photo of a naked Michael Jackson (with his genitals censored) taken from his autopsy table on June 26, 2009. Do not click on the below video if you don’t want to see the disturbing image.

Dr. Conrad Murray is currently on trial for the wrongful death of Michael Jackson who died while under Murray’s care from an overdose of Propofol. The trial starts today and both sides have already made opening statements. Watch the live precedings below, courtesy of U Stream. (Note: The Live Feed will be active when the Court is in session)

On America Live this afternoon, Megyn Kelly played a disturbing voicemail from pop star Michael Jackson recorded on Conrad Murray‘s iPhone May 10th, 2009, six weeks before the singer’s death. “I hurt,” a barely comprehensible Jackson is heard saying. “You know, I hurt.”

Doctor Conrad Murray‘s trial continued yesterday with the jurors hearing testimony from the first security guard to be called to Michael Jackson‘s side by Murray. Alberto Alvarez told the court that Murray told him Jackson had a bad reaction, and asked him to hide a bag of medicine vials before calling the police.

The trial of Conrad Murray continued yesterday with testimony from the Michael Jackson‘s head of security and personal assistant, recounting the scene at Neverland the day the star was found dead. The two described, in a consistent manner, according to Dan Abrams who ran down the day on Good Morning America earlier today, a frantic and suspicious scene.

Conrad Murray‘s trial kicked off to a grim start yesterday with a photo of Michael Jackson’s lifeless body stretched out on a hospital gurney, an eerie recording of Jackson, and tears all around. ”Prosecutors want to make the jurors realize that this is about Michael Jackson‘s gruesome death,” expounded legal analyst Dan Abrams, stopping by Good Morning America early this morning to run down day one.

Former counsel for Michael Jackson, Mark Geragos and Mediaite’s own Dan Abrams stopped by Good Morning America today to preview Doctor Conrad Murray‘s trail, set to start today. Murray has been charged in Jackson’s death, and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if found guilty. Proceedings will be televised and broadcast online and will play out as a somber final chapter in the media spectacle that was Jackson’s life.

“It happens all over the world and people just don’t think of that,” Jermaine Jackson tells Piers Morgan during a one-hour interview set to air tonight at 9PM, defending his younger brother Michael‘s habit of bed-sharing with much younger boys and Morgan’s protests that, “It’s not normal.” “For a guy of say, 44, to be sharing a bed with a boy of 12?” questions Morgan. “That’s not what most men of 44 do.”

TMZ reports the legal team defending Michael Jackson‘s doctor, Conrad Murray, have asked a judge to sequester the jury in the doctor’s manslaughter trial, arguing sequestration is the only way to protect Murray from “character assassination” at the hands of cable news analysts expected to cover the trial–in particular, they HLN’s Nancy Grace. “According to [...]

Gossip blogger (and soon-to-be children’s book author) Perez Hilton is set to star in an upcoming film about a man obsessed with the death of Michael Jackson.

The Discovery Channel has scrapped plans to air a program called “Michael Jackson’s Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson,” which featured a reenactment of the deceased King of Pop’s autopsy, according to BBC News. Discovery cited the wishes of the executors of Michael Jackson’s estate, who said it was “in shockingly bad taste,” as evidenced by this print ad, which featured a single sequined glove peaking out from under a white sheet on an autopsy table.

Originally set to air January 13, the show has been “postponed indefinitely,” but it seems unlikely that any amount of time will turn this into a good idea.

Today marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson‘s death. We thought it’d be fun to poll the office and post a collection of our favorite Jackson videos. Mediaite had not yet launched at this time last year (neither had Geekosystem, Styleite, or SportsGrid, for that matter), so we weren’t able to throw our hat in the Jackson nostalgia ring. Subsequently, we thought it’d be fun to poll the office and post a collection of our favorite Jackson videos. Beware, I know you think you won’t, but you will totally get sucked in to this. Beware, I know you think you won’t, but you will totally get sucked in to this.

MZ got its first tip at around 1 p.m. PST that Michael Jackson was being taken to the hospital, “it was not that alarming,” recalls Harvey Levin, explaining the singer had “been taken to the hospital many times before” for non-life threatening ailments. Gossip Cop spoke to Levin about that fateful afternoon — exactly one year ago today — because it was TMZ’s executive producer and his team who broke the worldwide exclusive of Michael Jackson’s shocking death at the age of 50.

On last night’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart (or as I like to call him, “Respectable #37“) eviscerated the White House Press Corps over what he calls “jockeying” for Helen Thomas‘ front row seat, the Biden BBQ Brouhaha, and the quality of their questions. While the bit was hilarious (I especially loved the reference to whammy-rific game show “Press Your Luck“), I would like to point out a few things.

In one of the most anticipated interviews on Larry King Live since Snoop Dogg took Larry King to Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, it was finally Lady Gaga‘s turn to sit down, like so many hundreds of stars, with King tonight. Most of her points weren’t shocking– or, at least, not shocking in the context of Lady Gaga– but there were echoes of other prominent American women in the way she hinted at her love/hate relationship with the media.

Not content to let enemies of the health care bill corner the market on threatening the death of public officials, teachers in the Bergen County chapter of the New Jersey Education Association sent an e-mail around to members making jokes about the death of state governor Chris Christie. NorthJersey.com is reporting that the letter jokingly asked members to pray that God knows that Christie is the writer’s favorite governor…just like the late Patrick Swayze is their favorite actor.

“We Are the World 25 For Haiti” made its debut at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, featuring an all-star cast of pop superstars and actors ranging from Pink and Lady Gaga to Lil Wayne and Kanye West, with a special appearance by Michael Jackson. Last night’s premiere was announced by actor Jaime Foxx and simulcasted to millions worldwide. See the full official video inside!