Ed TV – not!

Another one of those weird “Where-did-that-come-from?” listings on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has actor Edward Norton guest-starring as “John Bauer” on an upcoming episode of “24” (“8 p.m.- 9 p.m.”). Interesting, but not true, according to a show spokesman. Anyway, “John” and “Jack” are usually interchangeable names, and “24” already has Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). This isn’t the first time a bogus listing has appeared on IMDB. Last March it had Demi Moore set to guest-star on “The O.C. another bogus listing had Samuel L. Jackson guesting on the season premiere of “Lost.”

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Howard = ratings: Howard Stern’s two-part sitdown with FNC’s Sean Hannity averaged 1.8 million viewers – a 22 percent increase for “Hannity & Colmes” over the show’s February average.

Speaking of Stern, comedian Robert Schimmel, a frequent “Stern Show” guest, will be at Gotham Comedy Club tonight through Sunday. He’s recently recovered from non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

More ratings: The season premiere of “America’s Next Top Model” notched a best-ever 5.3 million viewers Wednesday – and also broke records in several demos.

Last, but not least:

* Tonight: “Hardball with Chris Matthews” live from Memphis at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (5 & 7 p.m./MSNBC).

* Lance Armstrong spent time Wednesday withWill Reeve, 13-year-old son of Dana Reeve (who died Tuesday): “I would say his spirits were pretty good considering, that, in the last 18 months, he’s lost his father, his mother and his grandmother,” he told “Inside Edition.”

* Sunday: ABC News begins its series, “Bird Flu: Fears, Fact and Fiction.” And Maury Povich gets the Governor’s Award at the local Emmys.

* “Monk” star Tony Shalhoub chatting with Micky Dolenz over at Palm West.