The end is here. This will be my final report from the Beverly Hilton where I have spent almost two weeks with television executives, actors and the like to get a sense of the fall television season. I have not been alone. Critics from across the country have converged for this purpose.

Now that the end is here there is one thing that stands out in my mind. You would think it would be the trek to the studios where "Cold Case" is filmed. The discussions about why there are so many foreign actors starring in fall shows certainly took up a lot of time. There was even the heated debate over whether "Cavemen" is just bad or reaches that high plateau of terrible that is reserved for shows like "Cop Rock" and "The Littlest Groom."

All of that pales when compared to the opportunity to sit back and watch the almost non-stop coverage of Hollywood's bad girls.

Now that Hilton is out of jail, she has moved to the back burner of celebrity news here. Even Britney Spears has become old news. Spears did get a slight spike in attention over a photo shoot that went terribly bad. But nothing has compared to the media coverage here surrounding Lindsay Lohan.

Lohan's recent DUI arrest was the lead story for local television news broadcasts. And it was not the lead for only one newscasts. It topped the news morning, noon and night. Morning television shows devoted numerous reporters to tracking lLohan's every move. When she could not be tracked, every friend, family member and oddball became interview subjects. Lohan was the topic of most radio talk shows, even getting a mention on sports talk. And the newspapers covered this story like it was on par with the war. If Lohan ever joins the army, there won't be enough Los Angeles journalists to cover the story.

This story dominated the news on the same day I was on the set of "Heroes." Groups of critics were assigned one of the actors to be their tour guide through the numerous sets. Hayden Panettiere was the leader of my group.

Here's a girl who could easily become the next Lindsay or Britney. The show has made her famous. She is working on an album. And she is 17, about the age when the Hollywood bad girls start to spoil.

Panettiere has a simple solution for not being in the middle of the kind of publicity storm that Lohan has created.

"I don't stick white poweder up my nose," the actress says. "Also I have strong parents. I can not leave the house until my bed is made. I have chores. Don't get me started on the chores. I still have a curfew. That's how you stay out of trouble."

Of course if all of the young women in Hollywood followed such a path, the local media would have nothing to report. You can argue that Lohan is news because she is a film star. I'll give you that point. But this kind of news should not be the biggest story for a TV, radiko or newspaper. It has been and will continue that way. That's what I won't soon forget. Got to stop. There's a story coming on a local news station about the affect Lohan has had on the American dollar in England.