Western Pennsylvania's latest "Survivor" contestant was voted out of his tribe in the sixth episode of "Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites" -- although his lack of popularity had made his departure seem imminent almost every week.

Chet Welch, 48, of Ford City, Armstrong County -- one of the "fans" -- asked his willing tribemates to vote him out because he'd injured his foot on a piece of coral. Earlier in the same episode, Jonathan Penner, one of the "favorites" on a competing tribe, left the show in a medical emergency involving a leg infection.

The CBS Web site says Welch works in pharmacy customer service and is a pageant coach.

Jenna Morasca and Amber Brkich, both Western Pennsylvania natives, have been $1 million winners of "Survivor."

George Lucas offered a glimpse into the latest creation in his sci-fi universe at the theater-owners convention ShoWest on Thursday, showing a sequence from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," a computer-animated movie due in theaters Aug. 15. It will be followed by a TV series of the same name, to air on the Cartoon Network and TNT this fall.

The movie, which came about as an afterthought while Lucas was developing an animated TV show of the same name, is set in the years between episodes II and III -- "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" -- of the big-screen "Star Wars" chronicle. The movie and series present fresh adventures of Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker, his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other colleagues. The movie also introduces a female Jedi, Ahsoki, who is Anakin's young apprentice.

Lucas said he plans to produce at least 100 hours worth of TV episodes of "Clone Wars."

He also is moving forward with a live-action "Star Wars" TV show focusing largely on new characters.

(David Germain, Associated Press)

So Michael is on the boat, but what's he been up to all this time?

"I wish I could tell you," actor Harold Perrineau said.

It's the question that's nagged "Lost" viewers since the tormented single-father castaway played by Perrineau sailed away with his son from the ABC drama at the end of the second season -- and didn't return at any point during the third.

Although he's been listed as a cast member throughout the current fourth season, Perrineau didn't appear onscreen until Thursday, when Michael was introduced as crewman Kevin Johnson on that mysterious freighter that's apparently giving those aboard a deadly case of cabin fever.

Viewers will find out where Michael has been during the March 20 episode, which will feature flashbacks detailing what happened after Perrineau's character shockingly gunned down two fellow passengers in order to release seemingly evil Ben and retrieve his son Walt from captivity.

"I hope people see Michael's return and think, 'Oh, this is gonna be good,'" Perrineau said. "We busted our butts doing this one. It felt like we were making a movie because there's so much stuff that happens in this episode."

(Derrik J. Lang, AP)

A California jury yesterday cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter.

Ritter, best known for the TV series "Three's Company" and "8 Simple Rules," was 54 when he died of a torn aorta in 2003.

Jurors found that he was advised to follow up with treatment by a physician, but Ritter didn't follow the order.

The $67 million lawsuit was brought by Ritter's widow and children.

(AP)