• Other so-called = advancements in civilization — Archimedes' foundations of hydrostatics, = Einstein splitting the atom — pale in comparison to this: E! = Entertainment has a new TV show in which USC Song = Girls investigate paranormal activity.

Welcome to Hot Girls In Scary Places, the genius combination = of mankind's two dominating primal urges; fear and lust. Oh, and also = they'll discuss clothes. The premise, so dubious when tried with Eddie Murphy, = so potentially wonderful here, is to place USC Song = Girls in an abandoned hospital which is said to be haunted. They have to = investigate all creepy noises and other ghostly happenings. There's a cash prize of $10,000, although it's unclear how that's awarded. It's the show so = awesome you can't resist it, so stupid TiVo won't record = it!

That one in the middle in the photo there is undoubtedly Lindsey Grubbs, by the way.

"They'r= e totally scared, and totally believe experiences they're going = through," says executive producer Gary Auerbach. "They'll get scared and then = be talking about a sorority party coming up. It's a little bit = ‘Scooby Doo'-ish."

The plan is to have the same three girls placed in a different scary = location each week, which may or may not include Barry Switzer's house. The show's = debut, scheduled for Friday, March 13, is a backdoor pilot, meaning that it's basically a prototype. So if you skip it, it may go away. Oh USC Song = Girls, you have given = us so much. Hopefully we can all make this show a success to pay you = back.