By TERRY MORROW, Scripps Howard News Service

Weren't we just talking about Halloween? Well, now, Thanksgiving is here, and that, of course, means parades.

Of all the rumors about who's dating whom on the set of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," you can definitely eliminate Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner as a real-life couple.

"Taylor and I are really close," said Stewart, 19, of her 17-year-old co-star. "He's one of my best friends."

All those years of playing a stoner in director Kevin Smith's movies have left actor Jason Mewes in a bit of a haze.

"If someone says, 'Hey, let's get Jason Mewes to play a cop in this movie,' somebody else will say, 'But, hey, isn't he that stoner dude from the Kevin Smith films?' So, yeah, it definitely makes (casting agents) second guess me," says the actor.

Oh, so that's what it was all about.

Many were caught off-guard when "The Prisoner" aired in 1967. It was nonlinear television full of symbols and deeper meanings -- sort of like "Lost" for the hippie era. "The Prisoner" was a statement about the Cold War and international instability.

In the world of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," this is the mother of all crossovers.

A three-part story will intertwine all three "CSI" shows -- the original "CSI" set in Las Vegas, "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: NY." The crossover begins with the "Miami" episode (airing 10 p.m. Monday, CBS).

When will we Earthlings ever learn?

Whenever an alien and a spaceship pop up, it's never good news. And when 29 spaceships suddenly appear, hovering over capitals of the world, we're all taken aback before those sweet-talking aliens start making grand promises.

Frightful programming will haunt most network schedules a full week before Halloween.

AMC, as usual, has the most ambitious -- a marathon of chilling movies. "FearFest" is slated to get under way on Oct. 23 and continue through Halloween, Oct. 31. More than 50 movies are on tap, including "The Fly," "Dracula" and "The Shining."

Oh, sure, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham can sell out concerts and star in his own series, but he never wants to be the life of the party.

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns turns his documentarian eye to the national park system in the 12-hour story "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," debuting 8 p.m. EDT Sunday on PBS.

Neil Patrick Harris -- who's been making a second career out of hosting awards shows lately -- will oversee the activity of the 61st annual Emmy Awards, slated for 8 p.m. EDT Sunday on CBS.