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My Own Worst Enemy, indeed.

Christian Slater's new dual-identity series didn't do itself any favors last night, pulling in only 7.3 million, per estimates, or about one viewer per NBC promo aired during the Summer Olympics.

The premiere not only got beat big by CBS' CSI: Miami (13 million), it got beat by Journeyman (9.2 million), Studio 60 (13.4 million) and LAX (13 million), to name three semi-recent failed Monday night NBC series.

Also on Monday, Gossip Girl (3.3 million) and One Tree Hill (3.5 million) furthered CW's cause among young women, while Christina Applegate's Samantha Who? (11.7 million) won its time slot but lost 2 million viewers from last fall's premiere.

Elsewhere, Grey's Anatomy loves TiVo users, or vice versa, and the Disney Channel faithful prefer Selena Gomez (slightly) to Miley Cyrus—plus eight other lessons learned from the weekly Nielsen rankings:

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For Halloween, Selena Gomez is unmasking her charitable side.

The Disney Channel wizard has signed on as the face of the 2008 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which urges kiddies to help out children around the world by collecting donations while making their yearly candy runs on Oct. 31.

The program has raised more than $140 million since its inception in 1950.

"I am extremely excited to be this year's Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF spokesperson," the 16-year-old Gomez said. "I want to help encourage other kids to make a difference in the world."

The Wizards of Waverly Place star hasn't let on to what she'll be doing for Halloween this year, but we imagine that dressing up as a lovebug will be involved.

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What do Nick Jonas, Cody Linley and Kim Kardashian all have in common?

A personal fan club of one in Selena Gomez. But just who is the Disney star actually rooting for?

Selena made a front-row appearance at Dancing With the Stars last night, giving a standing ovation to rumored beau Nick and his famous brothers when they performed.

However, ABC reps say she was actually a guest of Cody's. On top of that, Selena recently told us that she would be "voting nonstop" for her pal Kim K. "I definitely think she will win."

So who was she really there for?

Turns out it could be none of the above. DWTS contestant Misty May-Treanor recently shot an episode of Gomez's show Wizards of Waverly Place—maybe Selena was just returning the favor?

—Reporting by Ashley Fultz

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You know how the Lohan family communicates with each other through press statements and MySpace blogs? Well that’s kind of how the Disney kids communicate, except through thinly veiled song lyrics.

Like this past summer when Miley Cyrus bitched about the "7 Things" she hates about some guy, especially how he makes her love him. That was totally all about Nick Jonas! And then Nick had a song on the new Jonas Brothers album called “Sorry” about him and a special someone “going our separate ways.” Could he have been talking about Miley?

Now, Selena Gomez is getting in on the meaningful lyric game with a song titled “I’m Sorry,” which she tells Twist about:

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Disney star, Miley Cyrus frenemy and rumored Nick Jonas dater Selena Gomez just released her music video for “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” from Another Cinderella Story.

Us Weekly probably summed it up best with the headline “Watch Selena Gomez Dance With a Mop.” Yep, that’s about all there is here. Well, that and a preview of Disney’s next big thing.

Whereas her BFF Demi Lavato looks like she’s trying hard to be a rock star in “Get Back” and there’s no question that Miley brings it (like Madonna!) in “7 Things,” Selena’s all “Hey! I’m cute and fun. Who wants to have a sleepover?! I’ll bring the tube of cookie dough!”

Needless to say, this video is way better than that rehash of “Our Lips Are Sealed” which Hilary Duff released with the first version of A Cinderella Story. But give these girls another six years and they could be in Hilary’s spot—watching a new crop of cute young'uns rise in fame while taking dad to court to foot a $25,000 21st-birthday-party bill. (Aw, poor Hil, we do miss you!)

What do you think? Better than Miles or just whatever?