NEW YORK - Who is ... Merv Griffin?

The "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" creator will be honored by the Museum of Television & Radio at its annual New York gala on May 26. The gala will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

"Merv Griffin is a unique force in the world of entertainment and media, combining his talents as a singer, performer and television personality with his skill as a business leader and entrepreneur," museum President Stuart N. Brotman said in a statement. "He's truly a living legend."

Griffin, 79, began as a 19-year-old radio singer. His pseudo-Cockney interpretation of "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" sold 3 million copies in 1950.

He was often a substitute host on the "Tonight Show" before Johnny Carson took over, and later had his own long-running daytime talk show.

LOS ANGELES - Four-time Emmy-winner Alfre Woodard will join "Desperate Housewives" as a new neighbor on Wisteria Lane, ABC confirms. Buzz is that she won't be crazy, and will have a young son.Woodard will appear in the season finale, then return in the fall as a full-timer. It's her first regular TV gig since she played Dr. Roxanne Turner on NBC's late, great "St. Elsewhere" from 1985 to '87."Desperate Housewives" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on Channel 4.

NEW YORK - The third-season finale of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" will air live from New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on May 19.Unlike season two's bloated, three-hour finale and reunion, this one will be only an hour, at Trump's insistence.Before, "we ended up with a reunion and all of this nonsense. Nobody wants that. What they want is a finale where somebody gets fired," Trump said.In other "Apprentice" tidbits, original winner Bill Rancic, whose one-year contract with the Trump Organization expires Friday, has been given a one-year extension.Rancic will return to the boardroom during season four, filling in for George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher when necessary.From wire reports