• 24 – 10:00-11:00 pm x65
• Behind the Scenes at G4TV x13

• LAVO in Las Vegas for a special 24 celebration (Jan 16, 2010) x19

• Premiere Screening of 24 season 8 in NYC (Jan 14, 2010)

Edit Added two HQ’s to the photo gallery

Plus An interview with TVGuide

• 2010 Winter TCA Tour – Day 3 (Jan 11, 2010)
• Fox Winter 2010 All-Star Party in Pasadena (Jan 11, 2010)

The Dish Rag caught up with “Battlestar Galactica” star Katee Sackhoff at the HFPA Young Hollywood party Tuesday night.

The actress talked with us about the fast pace of her new role on “24, being engaged to Freddie Prinze Jr. (on the show, people) and her plan to drink wine and watch the Golden Globes in January from the comfort of her own home.

Can we come over?

Starbuck — er — Sackhoff says that “24″ is a less time-consuming gig than “BSG” and calls the suspenseful show, “a well-oiled machine.”

“I’m like the new computer analyst boss (Dana Walsh) of Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and I’m engaged to Freddie Prinze Jr.,” she says. “Its a good life on ‘24′ right now.”

The entire cast has been “great” to the pretty blonde newcomer. “They welcome you with open arms and say, ‘I hope you don’t die.’”

So what’s Katee Sackhoff watching on TV herself these days?

“‘Ice Road Truckers!’ That’s a really good show,” she says.

• 2nd Annual Golden Globes Party 12/08/2009

+ a MQ from the Signature Magazine photoshoot

• Kitten Rescue celebrating 10,000 cats saved in LA 12/05/09

It’s every nerd-boy’s dream: bubble bath, a bottle and Starbuck.The Nov. 23 episode of The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Mondays, 9:30 ET/PT) features the diminutive and delusional Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) sharing a toast in the tub with Katee Sackhoff, who is best known as Capt. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on Syfy series Battlestar Galactica.

Her appearance is the latest of several geek-fantasy guests on Big Bang, whose ratings are up more than 40% in Season 3. The comedy draws nearly 14 million viewers an episode and is a top series among young adults.

The guest shot comes after a year’s worth of lobbying by co-creator and Battlestar fan Chuck Lorre, who originally envisioned her as the object of fanboy desire in last season’s “The Terminator Decoupling.” Sackhoff passed, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Summer Glau stepped in as the sci-fi starlet trapped on a train as Wolowitz and his friends try to woo her.

Lorre got another shot when Sackhoff visited the Two and a Half Men set with close friend and fellow Battlestar alumna Tricia Helfer. He pitched another scenario in which she’d play herself, and this time she agreed.

“The story is about how Wolowitz has this wonderful woman in his life” after a double-date with Leonard and Penny and one of her co-workers from the Cheesecake Factory, Lorre says. “But he can’t recognize what’s right in front of him because he’s mesmerized by fantasies about women from sci-fi. The scene is his mental image of Katee, but she’s telling him the truth, that he’s missing out on real life.”

For her part, Sackhoff enjoyed the rub-a-dub-dub so much that she says she hopes it leads to a recurring role as “Wolowitz’s Number Six” (a Battlestar reference), returning from time to time in his imagination to offer advice – for instance, disabusing him of the notion that he’s a ladies’ man.

Lorre says he could get on board with that idea. “That would be terrific – she could definitely be Number Six in Wolowitz’s head – his muse, the magnificent woman who tells him the truth. We should all have a conscience that looks like Katee Sackhoff.”

Her episode comes on the heels of another recent geeky casting coup: Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wil Wheaton playing an evil version of himself who outwits Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) in a gaming tournament.

Lorre knew that getting Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory would generate interest but says he didn’t fully appreciate the depth of passion among Wesley Crusher devotees, a group that includes Sackhoff. “As a Star Trek fan growing up, I had such a crush on him,” she says.

 Sackhoff’s next small-screen venture also has a Star Trek connection: In January, she joins Fox’s 24 as CTU’s new head analyst. Both shows share a producer in Brannon Braga.

Speaking of Star Trek, inquiring minds want to know: Is Sackhoff a member of Team Kirk or Team Picard? “I am definitely a William Shatner girl. Hands down.”

 The geek hits just keep on coming for “The Big Bang Theory.”

The CBS sitcom, which has begun its third season with a huge ratings improvement, has booked former “Battlestar Galactica” star Katee Sackhoff for a cameo in the Nov. 23 episode, CBS confirms. She’ll be playing herself, and Wolowitz’s (Simon Helberg) dream girl, in the episode.

A network source also tells the Chicago Tribune’s Maureen Ryan, who first reported Sackhoff’s cameo, that “there may be nudity.” It’s network TV, so probably not really — or nothing more than a shot of a bare back — but it’s not hard to imagine the comic possibilities.

Sackhoff is the latest in a line of geek cred-enhancing guest stars for “Big Bang.” Former “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor and Internet eminence Wil Wheaton guested on Monday’s episode; Summer Glau and Sackhoff’s “BSG” co-star Michael Trucco appeared last season.

Fans of Sackhoff can see more of her (screen time-wise, anyway) on the forthcoming season of “24,” where she’ll play a CTU agent.

Plus If you haven’t already, go and check out Katee’s Los Angeles AIDS Walk Photos at KateeSackhoff.com.

• Scream Awards 2009 x 22 +13

I also found some new old Battlestar Galactica season 4 promos. 

• Battlestar Galactica season 4 x 12