TV Bites: Daniel Tosh Becomes King of Comedy Central

DanielTosh225.jpgIt's official: Daniel Tosh has surpassed both of Comedy Central's heavy-hitter hosts, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, in ratings. The comedian's show, Tosh.0, drew the network's highest ratings on Wednesday since an episode of Chappelle's Show back in 2004. Tosh's program -- which is commonly described as a Talk Soup featuring Internet clips -- has been averaging 2.2 million viewers compared to Stewart's 2 million and Colbert's 1.4 million. Tosh.0 was recently renewed by the cable network for a third season. [THR]

Jay Leno foils the plans of thousands of travelers, Celebrity Rehab ejects a contestant, and more TV Bites after the jump.

· Another reason to begrudge Jay Leno and/or Joe Biden: After the vice president taped an episode of The Tonight Show on Friday, he held up airplane traffic for thousands of travelers at LAX because of presidential flight restrictions that prevent planes from sharing airspace with either Air Force 1 or Air Force 2. [The Wrap]

· Tila Tequila has been dropped from the cast of VH1's Celebrity Rehab for unknown reasons. [Radar]

· Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead) has been upgraded to a regular cast member on Fox's fall comedy Running Wilde, which also stars Will Arnett and Keri Russell. [Deadline]

· Glee star Amber Riley will perform the national anthem and a few other songs before Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game, which will air on Fox, [THR]

· Fringe has cast Andre Royo (The Wire) to guest-star in the show's third season. [EW]