Brunch nuggets

* MSNB C’s “Deborah Norville Tonight” outrated CNN’s “Larry King Live” here in NYC Thursday (71,000 hhs vs. 48,000 hhs). Tonight on MSNBC: “The Future Is Now: Tech Summit 2004,” hosted by Lester Holt and Lisa Ling from Pace University.

* Our very own Linda Stasi lends her relationship advice to the pages of April’s Maxim magazine.

* Manny Medrano has joined ABC News as a Washington correspondent (Supreme Court, legal analysis).

* “Sesame Street” star Big Bird celebrated his 6th birthday, again, yesterday. “Sesame Street’s” prime-time special, “The Street We Live On,” airs April 4 on Ch. 13.

* Catherine Crier, Deborah Roberts, Soledad O’Brien and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera participating in “The Lead Story: Women Who Anchor the Newsdesk,” March 31 at the Marriott Marquis (Sponsor: NY Chapter of Women in Cable and Telecommunications).

* Judge Mablean Ephriam (“Divorce Court”) heading home to Hazelhurst, Miss. for a homecoming celebration Tuesday – she’ll receive a key to the city and be feted at a block party.

* Leann Tweeden (“Best Damn Sports Show”) on the set at Hudson Studios for Ecko Unlimited’s new ad campaign.

* Publishers Russell Dean & Co. and Tony Lanza’s CanUSA Street Productions are partnering to acquire publishing/film/TV rights to the Michelle Renee story (she was abducted and forced to rob the bank she managed).

* WWE’s Chris Jericho and the Hardy Boys (“Wrestlemania”) partying at Suede.

* Jay Leno, Paula Abdul and Traci Bingham at the Laureus event, where Jay auctioned off the new Mercedes SLR McLaren – for $1.1 million.