Claire Danes (Kent Smith/SHOWTIME)
Jennifer Lopez (Amanda Schwab/Starpix)
Simon Cowell (Sara De Boer/startraksphoto.com)
HOOKUPS
IN
* Debra Messing
The “Smash” star made headlines with the tawdry backstage affair with a co-star.
OUT
* Lauren Graham
The ex-“Gilmore Girls” actress dated her “Parenthood” co-star Peter Krause (“Six Feet Under”). No headlines there. Romance isn’t what it used to be.
SHOWS
IN
* “Homeland”
Showtime’s espionage drama starring Claire Danes was the surprise hit of the year.
OUT
* “Boardwalk Empire”
Not even the “shocking” death of Michael Pitt in the season finale will make people want to tune in to HBO’s bootlegging drama when it returns next year.
JUDGES
IN
* Jennifer Lopez, “American Idol”
Returning for a second season, she’s the new heart and soul of Fox’s talent contest champ, now in Season 11.
OUT
* Simon Cowell, “The X Factor”
He didn’t embarrass himself, but the British boasting boy didn’t have much to brag about in the end.