To be fair, Jason Gedrick’s Iron Eagle movies actually predate the success of Depp’s “21 Jump Street,” but the early 90s were a dark period for Gedrick, who basically lost his career to Johnny Depp the same way Josh Malina lost his to Nick Kroll. Then in 1995 after “Murder One,” the former teen heart throb basically vanished into nearly two decades of occasional and obscure guest TV roles. Last year, David Milch rebooted the guy’s career in “Luck,” and after the cancellation of that show, Gedrick has bounced over to Showtime’s “Dexter.”

In Season 7 of the dark drama, premiering Sept. 30, Gedrick will play the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case.

The news isn’t that exciting, unless Gedrick also ends up the Big Bad, but I don’t think “Dexter” has fallen that far. I’m just glad that Johnny Depp’s co-star in “21 Jump Street,” Richard Grieco — the original Keith Richards knock-off — didn’t land the role.

Yeesh.

Here’s a fun fact for you: The season four finale of “Breaking Bad,” arguably the best show on television, fetched 2.9 million viewers. The most recent season finale of “Kourtney and Kim” received 4.5 million viewers. Meanwhile, the SIXTH season of “Keeping up with the Kardashians” debuted with 3 million viewers on Sunday. Plus, here’s something I didn’t know: “Kourtney and Kim” is a completely different show than “Keeping up with the Kardashians,” which is a different show than “Khloe and Lamar,” which is a different show than “Kourtney & Kim Take New York,” which is a different show than “Kourtney and Kim take Miami.”

So, let me get this straight: There are FIVE (5) Kardashian shows? And they all receive better ratings than “Breaking Bad”? Well, no wonder this 10-year-old made a drawing of the Hulk Going SMASH on the Kardashians.

He’s officially the kid I’m pinning the future of America on now.

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Each year, readers of Maxim magazine vote on the 100 Hottest Women of the Year. This year, Bar Rafeali topped the list, followed by Olivia Munn. It just goes to show you how mainstream the geek culture has become that the woman best known for co-hosting “Attack of the Show” was named the second hottest woman in America. Either that, or Maxim readers are just into women who let you fap to them while they eat shrimp. Not for nothing, but the readership is also broadening their definition of a woman to include men. How progressive! For the very first time in the publication’s history, a man made the list. After a massive write-in campaign, Stephen Colbert entered the top 100 at number 69.

Good for Colbert! Unfortunately, the blow to the self-esteem for these eight television actresses — all of whom placed below Colbert — must have been massive, although not as massive as seeing Lea Michelle 60 or 70 spots ahead of them. It’s one thing to be edged out by a satirical anchor on a fake news show, but it’s quite another to be taken down by the annoying twit from “Glee.”

Here are the 8 TV actresses Stephen Colbert beat. WARNING: Shameless slideshow of severely hot women. Sorry. Couldn’t be helped.

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I don’t know how many of you are familiar with Ken Levine. The veteran TV guy has kind of done everything, from taking over as showrunner (“M*A*S*H*), to producing, writing and consulting on everything from “Cheers” to “The Simpsons” to “Wings” to screenwriting (Tom Hanks’ awesome Volunteers), and to creating a show (“Almost Perfect.”) The guy has even done play-by-play commentary for Major League Baseball for a few years. He’s been around. He knows the business. He’s highly respected, and he’s old enough now that he can say what he wants and doesn’t give a rat’s ass what anyone thinks. Now, he doesn’t know Dan Harmon personally, but he hears things, knows people, and has a fairly great understanding of the business, so his take on the situation certainly carries some weight.

His take? 1) The industry is heartless and brutal, and 2) Dan Harmon pretty much shot himself in the foot. He wrote at length about it on his blog, but here are some choice excerpts:

On the history of sacking showrunners:

Networks have been firing showrunners for years. You just never heard about it. Before social networks and the internet, showrunners were essentially invisible. Just names in the credits. Now showrunners have become quasi-celebrities themselves, which I think is a good thing. Only 70% of the viewers think Joel McHale makes up those funny things he says instead of 90%. But the point is, this isn’t precedent setting.

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Don’t look now, but Hulu (and Hulu Plus) is aiming to become a legitimate force in new and exclusive programming. I’m not a subscriber, but given the dearth of summer viewing options, I may need to subscribe to find out if any of the many shows that Hulu has on tap for this summer end up being any good.

The new summer slate is headlined by Kevin Smith’s new talk show, “Spoilers,” which I’m not that keen on. It basically involves Kevin Smith doing what he does best — shooting the sh*t — as he interviews filmmakers and celebrities and “gushes” over the best films of the summer. I do like Kevin Smith, but there’s only so many ways to repackage what is basically Smith smoking up and rambling about whatever it is that is on his mind. This particular show seems like the answer to his hatred of movie critics, a free-flowing, non-critical discussion among fanboys about summer blockbusters, an nice idea that I’d rather see someone like Nick Frost or Edgar Wright tackle.

Richard Linklater’s travel show, “Up to Speed,” sounds more promising. It involves following a tour guide, Timothy “Speed” Levitch, as he explores “monumentally-ignored monuments” of the United States, like the “luckiest subway grate in New York City.”

In addition to another original series, “We Got Next” (which sounds kind of like “The League” with a pick-up basketball team), Hulu has exclusive rights to air a few British and Canadian series, as well as a neat sounding series directed by Adam Arkin. It’s hard to make much of a determination based on a press release, but the trailer for “Pramface” at least looks decent, like another iteration of “The Inbetweeners.”

We’ll keep you posted whether any of these shows are worth a Hulu subscription, but in the meantime, here’s the full write-ups of their summer slate.

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