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TCA PRESS TOUR NOTES:

The Peacock network wrapped up its portion of the press tour proceedings Tuesday night with its "All Star Party." The networks have these events so reporters can approach the creative teams and actors for one on one chats- or in some cases, like Masi Oka, fifty on one chats - and the stars can drink from the open bar to get through it.

Which stars were in attendance at said party, held on the somewhat less than swanky top floor of the Beverly Hilton parking garage?

Well there were a gaggle of "Heroes" including Hayden Panettierre (indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet), Jack Coleman (HRG/Noah Bennet), Greg Grunberg (mindreading cop Matt Parkman), an extremely bearded, for a movie role, Adrian Pasdar (flying senator Nathan Petrelli), Masi Oka (time bender Hiro Nakamura), Noah Gray-Cabey (techno whiz kid Micah Sanders), his on-screen mom Ali Larter (superstrong split personality Niki/Jessica), Zachary Quinto (evil genius Sylar) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Dr. Mohinder Suresh). When not chatting with reporters they were happily chatting up each other.

"ER" was also well-represented under the hanging disco balls by a very stable John Stamos (hotshot doc Tony Gates, but still Blackie Parrish in our hearts), a brunette Linda Cardellini (nurse Sam Taggart) and Mekhi Phifer- who spilled that his character Dr. Greg Pratt is leaving after this season.

Host types like Carson Daly, Shaun Robinson of "Access Hollywood" and David Hasselhoff-- who was surrounded at all times by reporters and as far as I saw didn’t have any words with Stamos about his recent comments-- were also roaming about.

There were less well-known actors from the new shows like Zachary Levi of "Chuck"-- watch this kid, he’s going to be a big star someday-- and familiar faces joining old shows like Jeremy Sisto who has signed on to "Law and Order" original flavor.

A whole bunch of "The Office" gang was taking in the sights as well including B.J. Novak (newly promoted temp Ryan), Oscar Nunez (put upon gay accountant Oscar), Angela Kinsey (uptight Dwight crush Angela), Leslie David Baker (hangdog Stanley) and Creed Bratton (creepy-funny Creed).

Bizarre factoid alert: Bratton was in the rock band the Grass Roots ("Sooner or Later," "Live For Today") until 1970. When asked what he did between 1970 and the 2005 premiere of "The Office" he said "If you find out let me know because I don’t remember, there were a lot of drugs." (I’ll post more from Creed later, he was hilarious).

And the cast of "FNL" almost could’ve fielded a football team with Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Scott Porter, Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly, Gaius Charles, Adrianne Palicki, Zach Gilford all in the huddle.

Joey Fatone hosted an impromptu version of "The Singing Bee" in which Porter, Levi and a reporter who shall remain nameless competed. (Not me.) Levi was the victor, successfully making his way through "Baby Got Back" among other tunes.

SARAH RODMAN