On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of “Gossip Girl’’ have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to preempt the show. Airing the teen tryst is “reckless and irresponsible,’’ PTC president Tim Winter said in a statement yesterday. The PTC has urged CW affiliate stations not to air the episode, scheduled for Monday.
Dancers honor Swayze
A huge, eclectic group of dancers gathered to honor Patrick Swayze this week at the annual fund-raiser for Career Transition for Dancers, a group that helps dancers develop new careers after age or injury forces them to halt dancing. Swayze was chosen as this year’s honoree well before his death in September. His widow, Lisa Niemi, seemed to tear up as she accepted the Rolex Dance Award on his behalf, telling the crowd her husband was now “dancing with the angels.’’
Janet Jackson to speak
ABC has booked a prime-time interview with pop star Janet Jackson, expected to be her first lengthy television interview since her brother Michael’s death. The hourlong special is scheduled to air Nov. 18.
Chefs at White House
Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden is about to become a culinary battlefield. The Food Network announced yesterday that an episode of “Iron Chef America’’ will be taped at the White House featuring Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse.
