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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Star Trek: Discovery, The Flash, Empire and The Blacklist!

1 | As emotional as Once Upon a Time‘s “Regina awakening” scenes were, did the show not really give us that “moment” of her laying familiar eyes on grown Henry?

2 | Were you pleased to hear that Hawaii Five-0‘s Steve is apparently still dating Lynn? Or do you wonder where he and Danny find the time to maintain their respective romances, given their Five-0 jobs,...

In ABC’s fantastical new dramedy Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Jason Ritter’s titular reluctant hero is tasked with — you guessed it — saving humanity. But are you going to save Kevin a season pass on your DVR?

RelatedKevin (Probably) Saves the World EPs on Jason Ritter’s Superpower, Sibling Chemistry and Magical Universe

Before you weigh in with your thoughts, a recap of the pilot: The high-concept story opens with meteors crashing all over Earth, including outside of Austin, Texas, where Kevin has recently arrived to stay with his widowed twin sister Amy (Once Upon a Time‘s JoAnna Garcia Swisher...

Frank Ocean showed up, Justice blew out the power, Tyler, the Creator flexed his many abs, and more.

Tyler Ritter is revealing the first portraits of his and wife Lelia Parma’s son, Benjamin Parma Ritter, who was born on June 9. The Arrow star is opening up to Et about life as a dad and how the unexpected surprise of becoming a parent has made him more connected to his late father, acting icon John Ritter, who died at 54 from an aortic dissection.

“Some people had braced me for it, saying, ‘It’s going to be the most beautiful moment of your life and probably the hardest moment of your life knowing your dad’s not here,’” Ritter tells Et about preparing for the moment that he would become a father, nearly 14 years after the death of his own. But any hesitation was wiped away the moment his son was born. “It was actually more affirming to see him born,” he says, wondering “if what I’m feeling now for Benjamin is what my dad...

[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for the “The Leftovers” Season 3, Episode 7, “The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother).” Moreover, what follows likely won’t make a lick of sense unless you’ve seen the episode, which cannot be succinctly explained.]

On Sunday night, the President, Vice President, and Secretary of Defense secretly plotted to destroy the world — and succeeded.

No, this isn’t a breaking news story — not yet, anyway — and the world eviscerated by nuclear war luckily wasn’t even real in the fictional world of “The Leftovers.” In the most recent episode, aptly titled “The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother),” the American political trio destroyed the afterlife as we know it in order to save Kevin’s soul, and playing the titular roles were Justin Theroux, as President Kevin Harvey, Ann Dowd, as Secretary of Defense Patti Levin, and Liv Tyler, as VP Meg Abbott.

Read More: ‘The Leftovers’ Review: President Justin Theroux Unveils the Purpose of Season 3 in an Inspired Penultimate Episode

While the well-hidden reunion was cherished by all three actors, both Theroux and Tyler made special declarations to their co-star.

Louisa Mellor Feb 28, 2017

Inside No. 9 series 3 pays homage to Sleuth in a delightfully nasty, slippery story themed around cryptic crosswords…

This review contains spoilers.

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3.3 The Riddle Of The Sphinx

With its single location, limited cast and playful, macabre twists, the 1972 film Sleuth starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine is a godfather of sorts to Inside No. 9. This week’s especially slippery episode pays homage to Anthony Shaffer’s warped story of revenge between two rivals in love.

It’s the most complicated tale Inside No. 9 has ever spun. As co-creator Steve Pemberton told us at the series three press launch, “If you missed two sentences in a row, you’d be like ‘what?’ Even I was thinking how are people following this?...

Dan Cooper Mar 15, 2017

Fight Club 2 is something that exists, but it's not heading to the screen as of yet. At least not directly...

Fight Club 2. Has it happened? Will it happen? Should it happen?

See related Prime Suspect 1973 episode 2 review Prime Suspect 1973 episode 1 review Prime Suspect prequel on its way

The collective answer to those three questions are of course yes. And no. Start trawling the web for word of a sequel to the 1999 cult classic turned post-modern masterpiece and one thing soon becomes apparent: the first rule of a Fight Club sequel is that you don’t talk about a Fight Club sequel. It will come as no great surprise to you that the second rule is somewhat similar in fashion and wording to the first.

Yes, I know - you’re probably rolling your eyes right now at my uninspired use of a tired and overused quote and who could blame you?...

Comic Books 101: DC Rebirth Review 2017!

DC Comics had an overall week ending to their New 52 run. Many of the series just petered out, with only a few having any significant sendoff (Batman, Jla, Superman. Marvel was killing them in sales, and only the core titles ever broke the top 10. Then it all changed, DC made a bold announcement to once again “rework” their line up and in continuity world. They announced is DC Rebirth (You can see the lead up to DC Rebirth in my article here DC Comics Then And Now) an attempt to “get back to basics” for many of their characters. New creative teams, no visions for their books, and less crossovers! Phase 1 of the relaunch so far has been a huge success, the months of June-August were predominantly DC books in the top sales, and many fans have enjoyed the new stories regarding their favorite characters.

Helicopter footage released Monday showed police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, allegedly shooting and killing an unarmed African-American man on Friday night after he walked toward his SUV with his arms raised. Terence Crutcher, 40, can be seen walking slowly toward his car, which authorities alleged had been left abandoned and running in the middle of the road, according to NBC News. The video footage shows an officer following Crutcher slowly from behind with a gun pointed at him. In the video, Crutcher approaches the driver's side door before dropping to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun. He was fatally shot moments after.

The next adventure for gaming’s most famous attorney is now available for all to download via the Nintendo eShop on 3Ds, Capcom has announced. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, besides being a mouthful to say, sees the return of the titular protagonist alongside fellow law expert Apollo Justice as they do battle in the courtroom.

You’ll be upholding justice in two different places this time around, as Mr. Wright will be heading to the kingdom of Khura’in in order to navigate “lawyerless courtrooms” and investigate the Divination Séance, a group of spiritualists who utilize strange methods to determine guilty parties. Wright’s colleague Apollo will be staying behind to take care of the two lawyer’s interests closer to home.

The digital-only title is available to purchase now for $29.99, with several batches of Dlc planned to launch over the rest of September. Alternate costumes for...

While people had various issues with The CW's "DC Legends of Tomorrow," one of the more common complaints was the disappointing villain Vandal Savage. The actor's performance aside, much of the setup of the character took place in the "Arrow"/"Flash" crossover earlier that season.

As a result, we went into the series knowing perhaps too much about him. That won't happen with the next season as the show's executive producer Marc Guggenheim tells EW they intend to have more of a mystery surrounding who the antagonists of the second season are:

"Unlike season 1 of Legends, where we basically had the big bad introduced in the crossover, what we're going to do in season 2 of Legends will be more similar to what you've experienced in the first three seasons of Arrow or the first two seasons of Flash, where it's more of a slow reveal and a little bit of a mystery.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 16: “Legendary”

Story by: Greg Berlanti & Chris Fedak

Teleplay by: Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim

Directed by: Dermott Downs

Airs Thursdays at 7pm Et on The CW

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow ends its first season on a deft, compelling cliffhanger that opens a number of possibilities. The finale itself, as per usual for the show, does a few things well and almost everything else poorly. The primary thing it does do well is jettison the three weakest characters (whom I have been vocally requesting killed off for most of the show’s run), namely: Savage, Kendra, and Carter.

Yet even that comes with a caveat, because after an initial mishandling of Kendra’s character early in the season from the writers, and uncomfortable acting from Ciara Renee, the show gradually but very thoroughly turned Kendra around and made her a well-rounded, interesting, sweet and empowered character,...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to [email protected]

Question: Any Good Wife scoop on Cary? —Mohammad

Ausiello: I finally have an answer to the burning “Does he bat for Team Gay?” question. Remember a few months ago when Cary seemed to doth protest too much when his underling hit on him? Well, Ep Robert King reveals that the odd, seemingly out of nowhere exchange was neither a seed being planted for a bigger storyline nor a non sequitur. “We liked how Cary was out of step...

HBO's "The Leftovers" just concluded an incredible second season. (Here's my review of the finale.) As a bookend to the long and candid conversation we had two months ago, I spoke with the series' co-creator Damon Lindelof about many of the big decisions going into the finale, about all the hard work and tough choices required for a season this good, and his thoughts about the show's precarious future, coming up just as soon as a temple closes on Christmas... Let's start with a meta question: why are we doing this interview? A year ago, you didn't want to do any post-mortems. You wanted to let the show speak for itself. You did a bunch at the start of this season, you talked to Mo Ryan last week, and are doing a few like this for the finale. Why did you decide to be a little bit more out there this year?...

As teased by TVLine’s Ask Ausiello column, CBS’ NCIS will delve further into Abby Sciuto’s past after the holidays — with a little help from Tyler Ritter.

RelatedNCIS Casts ‘Bionic Woman’ Lindsay Wagner as Bishop’s Mom

The onetime McCarthys family member has been tapped to guest-star on TV’s most watched drama as Luca, Abby’s younger brother through adoption. What’s more, TVLine has learned that Ritter also will appear on an episode of lead-out NCIS: New Orleans.

Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby, announced Ritter’s casting on Twitter.

“Occasionally you find the perfect actor for a role,...

Recently, CBS dropped the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Goodwife" episode 7 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Driven," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff go down as a case involving a self-driving accident, becomes a focus for Alicia and company , and more. In the new, 7th episode press release: Alicia And Lucca Join A Case Involving An Automotive Executive And His Employee Who Test Drove A Self-driving Car That Was Involved In An Accident, On "The Good Wife," Sunday, Nov. 15. Press release number 2: Alicia and Lucca is going to join a case involving an automotive executive represented by Lockhart, Agos & Lee, and an employee represented by Louis Canning, who was involved in a crippling accident while test-driving a car operating in "driverless" mode. Also, when Ruth and Eli pursue Courtney Boalt (Vanessa Williams), a potential campaign contributor, Peter will...

By Todd Garbarini

Director Robert Mandel's F/X is one of the most entertaining and compulsively watchable thrillers of 1986. I originally caught up with it on VHS and, while I was impressed with the film, the ending I found to be both hokey and frustrating, mostly due to the completely out-of-place 1982 song “Just an Illusion” by Imagination that plays over the end credits. I felt that it undermined all that preceded it. However, like William Friedkin's To Live and Die in La (1985) and David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), F/X is a film that would only grow on me after subsequent repeated viewings. I learned to forgive the inclusion of this song as the final minutes should really be viewed as a visual pun on the film’s overall theme, which begs the question “What is real and what is fiction?”

F/X, which was released on Friday,...

Back Lot Music will release the score soundtrack for Furious 7, Universal Pictures’ upcoming action-thriller directed by James Wan and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson on March 31, 2015, it was announced today. The Furious 7 Original Motion Picture Score features new music by award-winning composer Brian Tyler.

Furious 7 hits theaters nation-wide on April 3.

Tyler is a composer and conductor of more than 70 films and won Film Composer of the Year at the 2014 Cue Awards. He has been the composer for three previous films in the Fast & Furious franchise, having scored the box-office hits Fast Five, Fast & Furious and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift for director Justin Lin. In 2010, Tyler arranged and conducted Jerry Goldsmiths’s film logo music for Universal Pictures and composed a theme for the 100-year anniversary of the studio, making him a valuable part of the Universal family.

Discussing his creation of the score for Furious 7,...

(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen the series finale of NBC’s “Parenthood” entitled “May God Bless and Keep You Always.”)

In true “Parenthood” fashion, the NBC dramedy said farewell with a few laughs and plenty of tears. The most engrossing family drama in recent years really resonated with its hardcore base of fans, who showed up in droves to say goodbye.

They also took to social media, posting on Facebook and sending the Twitter hashtag #BravermanForever to the top of the rankings throughout the night on Thursday.

Also Read: NBC Orders Comedy Pilot...

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Birdman, Gone Girl, Nightcrawler, The Theory Of Everything among Art Directors Guild nominees.

As previously announced, Christopher Nolan will receive the Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award and production designer Jim Bissell, senior illustrator Camille Abbott, senior set designer John P Bruce and scenic artist Will Ferrell will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Hall Of Fame inductees are John Gabriel Beckman, Charles Lisanby and Walter Tyler.

The 19th Adg Awards are set to take place on January 31 in Los Angeles.

The 2014 production design nominees are:

Motion Pictures

Period Film

Inherent Vice

Production Designer: David Crank

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

The Imitation Game

Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic

The Theory Of Everything

Production Designer: John Paul Kelly

Unbroken

Production Designer: Jon Hutman

Fantasy Film

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Production Designer: Peter Wenham

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

Production Designer: James Chinlund

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Production...

And then there were two.

Thursday’s Vampire Diaries booked a one-way ticket home for a lucky resident of Kai’s Personal Hell — but what’s a long-distance trip without a little turbulence?

Related Vampire Diaries Newcomer Talks Jo’s Dark Past, Bright Future With Alaric

Allow me to back up a bit: After attempting to shake off Kai — or, rather, turn him into a “douche kebab” via the aid of a pickaxe — Bonnie and Damon busted out the Ascendant and prepared for lift-off. Unfortunately, Kai’s like the herpes of Tvd enemies, so he returned with a vengeance. A brief scuffle ensued,...

Honoring the best in social media, the 2014 Shorty Awards nominees were announced on Monday (February 24).

On April 7th, winners will be celebrated at the New York Times Center in a live-streamed ceremony at ShortyAwards.com.

Among the nominees are Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, Chloe Moretz, One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato.

Honored for their web-based projects were Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party" Tumblr and Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" web series. Check out the nominees below.

#Actor

Aaron Paul, @aaronpaul_8

Joshua Malina, @JoshMalina

Orlando Jones, @TheOrlandoJones

Arthur Aguiar, @Aguiarthur

Shahrukh Khan, @iamsrk

Misha Collins, @mishacollins

Dylan O'Brien, @dylanobrien

#Actress

Felicia Day, @feliciaday

Lena Dunham, @lenadunham

Retta, @unfoRETTAble

Lua Blanco, @Lua_Blanco

Sophia Abrahão, @sophiaabrahao

Chloë Grace Moretz, @ChloeGMoretz

Miranda Cosgrove, @MirandaCosgrove

#Band

Fifth Harmony, @FifthHarmony

One Direction, @onedirection

Big Time Rush, @bigtimerush

The Script, @thescript

Tokio Hotel, @tokiohotel

5 Seconds of Summer, @5Sos

EMBLEM3, @EmblemThree

#Celebrity

Aaron Paul,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Ace Books

Doctor Who Shada The Lost Adventure Sc, $16.00

Action Lab Entertainment

Fracture #2 (Of 4)(Cover A Chad Cicconi), $2.99

Fracture #2 (Of 4)(Cover B Bill Blankenship), $2.99

Fracture Encore Edition (One Shot)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Jack Hammer #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Ionic), $2.99

Jack Hammer #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Riley Rossmo), $2.99

NFL Rush Zone Super Bowl Special Tp (not verified by Diamond), $19.95

Princeless Encore Edition #3 (Of 4), $2.99

Skyward #5 (Cover A Jeremy Dale), $2.99

Skyward #5 (Cover B Khary Randolph & Laura Martin), $2.99

Antarctic Press

Ghost Cop #2 (Of 3), $3.99

Gold Digger #206, $3.99

Paper Dreams The Ben Dunn Sketchbook Tp, $14.99

Arcana Studio

10th Muse Volume 3 The Image Comics Run Part 3 Tp, $14.95

Steampunk Originals Volume 1 Gn, $14.95

Archie Comic Publications

Archie Funhouse Double Digest #1, $3.99

Archie’s Valentine A Rock And Roll Romance Tp,...

Exclusive: Tyler Ritter is following in the footsteps of his father, the late John Ritter, with a starring role on a multi-camera comedy. Tyler has been cast as the lead in CBS’ new pilot for The McCarthys, from Sony TV and Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment. The comedy is being retooled as multi-camera after shooting a single-camera pilot last season. Written/co-executive produced by Brian Gallivan, The McCarthys revolves around a big, sports-crazed Irish Catholic clan in Boston and the gay son (Ritter) whose greatest sin is not his sexuality but his desire to spend less time with his family. This marks the biggest role to date for Ritter whose father toplined such sitcoms as Three’s Company and 8 Simple Rules. Tyler’s older brother, Jason Ritter, already has several series under his belt, including The Event and Parenthood. Tyler is repped by UTA and Principal Entertainment.

The time has come once again for the people to let their voiced be heard. The 2014 People Choice Awards hand out trophies to the best in movies, TV and music, as voted on by the fans. Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, stars of "2 Broke Girls" are hosting the show and are nominated for two awards themselves.

All of the stars are coming out for the show, from the cast of "Pretty Little Liars" to the stars of "Sharknado," which is somehow nominated for an award. Keep an eye on the list of winners below, which will be updated as trophies are handed out throughout the evening.

Winners are in bold.

Favorite Movie"Despicable Me 2""Fast & Furious 6""Iron Man 3""Monsters University""Star Trek Into Darkness"

Favorite Year-End Movie"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire""Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues""Frozen""The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug""Thor: The Dark World...

Once upon a time, it may very well have been possible to see all of the great television that aired in North America in a calendar year. For most of us, that time is over. From the ever-growing list of networks supplying quality programming to the advent of digital content providers smuggling in new and previously-unavailable series from around the world, 2013 marked the year TV became a truly unwieldy beast – in the best way possible. Beyond the distribution aspect, great television became a more diverse concept than ever before, in ways reflected in our staff’s collective list. Our Top 25 finds room for series of all shapes and sizes, from popular network mainstays to canceled-but-beloved cable darlings and everything in between. The beauty of it all? It’ll likely be even more painful to whittle it down to just 25 next year.

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25. Archer (FX)

One of the best animated series going at the moment,...

Writers for Breaking Bad and House of Cards were among those singled out for the 2014 Writers Guild Awards, which will be held on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles and New York.

The nominees are:

Drama Series:

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

The Good Wife, Written by Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julie Wolfe; CBS

Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary,...

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Ryan Murphy has revealed to EW details about the next season of American Horror Story, including that it will be set in the past. One possibility has me excited, the other feels a little too… familiar. He also said that there won’t be a Coven spin-off series, as originally suggested.

Josh Bowman tells TV Guide that he’s hoping to leave Revenge. “I love working on the show, but I’m just being honest. My character has flip-flopped the most, and it’s been so hard for me to play,” he explains. I’d certainly miss looking at Bowman but it’s not like Daniel has had many interesting stories since Tyler was written out.

Leah Remini is joining the cast of The Exes in a recurring role as Stuart (David Alan Basche)’s divorced sister.

Comedy Central is developing another talk show, according to Deadline. The channel...

Masters of Sex, Season 1, Episode 7: “All Together Now”

Written by Tyler Bensinger

Directed by Tim Frywell

Episode 8: “Love and Marriage”

Written by Tyler Cunningham

Directed by Michael Apted

Airs Sundays at 9pm Et on Showtime

Characters on Masters of Sex are prone to syntactically ambiguous pronouncements. In “All Together Now,” this one stands out: “I’m not discussing my sex life with you.” Those words pass between William and Virgnia, who quite suddenly fold themselves into their own study with little fanfare. Actually, no fanfare whatsoever: in the episode’s opening seconds, they are literally mid-coitus, and apparently not for the first time. The ostensible central couple of the series has made a serious move into practice, and though we see the moment they make that decision (the previous episode’s final scene), we skip the rest of the foreplay and get right in on the action.

Many freshman seasons struggle with pacing,...

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The CW to follow success of Arrow with live action version of DC's Hourman...

Fans of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen will already know of the creative riches that can be mined from the Golden Age of comics. It’s a truth not lost on The CW, who is intending to build on the success of Arrow (and the hoped for success of in-development Flash) by creating a live action TV adaptation of 1940s masked adventurer Hourman.

The hero, whose real name is, wonderfully, Rex Tyler, enjoys superhuman strength and speed whenever he pops a tab of the unique vitamin compound ‘Miraclo’. The catch? His powers only last for an hour. In some versions of the character, he also possesses power over time itself and is able to move around in time and see glimpses of future events.

It’s this feature that...

That’s right, kids, the network that’s bringing you Arrow and may be bringing you Flash in series form – Flash will definitely be appearing on Arrow this season; the “may be” is whether a spinoff series will be picked up – is working on another series from the DC galaxy: Hourman.

According to THR, this version of Hourman has our hero as a “brilliant-yet-troubled pharmaceutical analyst” who has been plagued by visions since his childhood, and who comes to learn that those visions are actually glimpses of the future – one hour into the future. “Determined to win back his ex-wife and son, he heroically prevents these tragedies from unfolding, finding both purpose and redemption along the way.”

The DC Database describes Hourman thus:

Hourman is the legacy of a masked vigilante who uses a drug named Miraclo to give him incredible super-powers for exactly one hour. Rex Tyler is the original version,...

The success of The CW's DC superhero series Arrow is testing the market with a planned series based on The Flash, but a lesser-known heroic property is also in development.  DC's Hourman, originally introduced in 1940, may be headed to the small screen for his own live-action series.  The title character, aka Rex Tyler, is a brilliant-yet-troubled pharmaceutical analyst who experiences visions of events that occur one hour in the future.  Lin Pictures' Dan Lin and Jennifer Gwartz will executive produce alongside Michael Caleo (Ironside), who will also pen the script.  Hit the jump for more. THR reports that The CW is busy developing an Hourman drama series.  Per the write up, Tyler "discovers that the visions that have plagued him since childhood are actually glimpses of tragic events occurring one hour in the future. Determined to win back his ex-wife and son, he heroically prevents these tragedies from unfolding,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Good Wife, Revenge, Supernatural and Revolution!

1 | What’s the verdict on The Carrie Diaries‘ Lindsey Gort’s as young Samantha?

2 | For a show with ‘Live’ in the title, why is it that Saturday Night Live‘s pre-taped Wes Anderson spoof — The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders — turned out to be last episode’s only real source of laughs (Weekend Update notwithstanding)?

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3 | If...

With all the over-the-top McMahon craziness from Monday night, people may gloss over the Wednesday night offering of the Main Event and Nxt. But in reality it is still without a doubt the best one-two punch of WWE produced programming all week. Especially this week as we get a double dose of crazy, sexy and cool with Divas Champion Aj Lee. Plus, we see an awesome two out of three falls match with Antonio Césaro and Sami Zayn. Let us begin with this week’s Main Event.

The show begins with a solid six man tag with the Usos and Kofi Kingston versus The Shield. Everybody was on point as both trios gave it their all. At one point, the babyfaces did an amazing triple dive on the Hounds of Justice. The match had great back-and-forth between the two sides. Kofi Kingston definitely looks the best since his return to the WWE.

Since their debut in November 2012, The Shield has definitely changed the landscape of the WWE. Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose have brought justice to the developmental system by making first impressions all the more important. However, in recent weeks, it seemed the three have taken a backseat to other storylines and showed vulnerability piling up losses. This week justice looks to be a priority again on this week’s Main Event and Nxt.

Let’s start with the first of two appearances on this weeks edition of The Main Event. The show begins with a six man tag rematch from last week’s Monday Night Raw as the Usos and Mark Henry battle The Shield. Really solid opening contest with good back and forth between the two trios. The babyfaces start off really hot dominating until the first commercial break and then it switches as the Hounds of Justice take control.

Usually, the two pack of WWE Main Event and Nxt is the strongest wrestling television of the week from Vince and company. However, sometimes there are building weeks with a ton of shenanigans. And this week was apparently one of those times. Not to say there wasn’t great action, just not up to standards of the usual programming. Let’s begin by breaking down this week’s edition of the Main Event.

The Main Event comes to us from the not so distant past of last week. We are welcomed by the broadcast team of Jbl and Josh Matthews as R-Truth does his full rap as he is set to battle the Rebel Son himself Wade Barrett.

(Can you tell WWE is on an international tour this week and didn’t really care what they put out on television this week?)

The match itself felt very awkward. I just...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to [email protected]

Question: Do you have anything on Season 5 of Parenthood? —Austin

Ausiello: A third party is going to create some tension in Julia and Joel’s marriage, and — shocker! — it’s not one of their irrepressible demon spawn! (I josh, I josh. I love those fire-breathing monsters… like a cold sore.) When the action picks up (after a somewhat sizeable time jump), Joel is in the midst of working on a two-year project with a fireball of an architect...

So... is it too late to change my vote?

When The CW announced a potential Vampire Diaries spinoff in January, I argued that it was a desperate measure by a desperate network. It would dilute the Tvd brand, I figured. It would be too much of a good thing. Or too much of the same thing, really.

However, upon viewing "The Originals," I realized that I vastly underestimated two people vital to this project:

Julie Plec. Joseph Morgan.

Granted, the segue into this week's backdoor pilot wasn't exactly smooth. Katherine's note at the conclusion of "Pictures of You" was fairly random and the first half of this episode felt as if we were dropped into New Orleans for no reason related to Mystic Falls at all.

But Plec clearly had a plan all along.

Contrary to what Klaus wanted to believe, Hayley was more than just a "liquor-fueled one night stand.

Rory Gilmore could be heading back to our screens this fall. Alexis Bledel has been cast alongside Jason Ritter in Fox's new comedy pilot, "Friends & Family," based on the UK series "Gavin and Stacey."

According to Deadline, Bledel will play Stacey to Ritter's Gavin. If the pilot is picked up to series, it will focus on the important moments in the couple's relationship and the difficulties they encounter "while combining their polarizing families’ lives."

Interestingly, Ritter just completed a stint on "Parenthood," playing the fiance of Bledel's on-screen "Gilmore Girls" mom, Lauren Graham. Fast-talking brunettes are obviously his type.

In other pilot casting news ...

TBS' "Do It Yourself" gets Awesome. Ryan McPartlin -- who played Captain Awesome on NBC's "Chuck" -- has joined the comedy pilot, which is set in a home improvement store called Home Time. McPartlin will play Tyler, "an enthusiastic employee of the paint department, where he gives several demonstrations a week.

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hello? Send any/all of the above to [email protected]

Question: Any How I Met Your Mother scoop about Barney and Robin? —Anette

Ausiello: First comes love, then comes marriage, but in-between, there’s… cohabitation! In “The Fortress of Barnitude,” Barney — presumably in preparation for moving in with his fiancée — holds an open house in hopes of unloading his bachelor pad. (Cue flashbacks to one-night stands in 3, 2… ) Somehow, along the way, at least one potential buyer is given the impression that Ted and...

"We were lucky enough to get hugs from Michelle Obama. It was like hugging America," the lead singer of folk-rock band Delta Rae told a cheering audience at Planned Parenthood's January 20th "Plan To Rock" event in Washington, D.C.

That warmth and enthusiasm defined the organization's inauguration-eve celebration. "We as young women have got to step up and do this," women's health advocate Sandra Fluke told The Huffington Post, speaking about the role that young women will play in affecting change during Obama's second term and in future elections.

The party was held at the 9:30 Club, a D.C. music scene staple, and sponsored by Planned Parenthood and Rock the Vote, a non-profit focused on getting young people to the polls. Condoms and chocolates covered the bars while young professionals danced, drank and brushed shoulders with politicians and celebrity co-hosts Kate Walsh, Aisha Tyler, Tatyana Ali and Sophia Bush.

The holiday hiatus from some of your favorite television shows is finally over, and that means a lot more new episodes from here on out! With the new year comes some new beginnings, and that's exactly what we're hoping for. Can you blame us? After all, we are the ones who rearrange our nightly schedules just to see if so and so hookups this week, or if a certain pair of lawyers will look as dapper as always.

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Though all the shows listed below are definite favorites, there's changes that need to happen in 2013 for some. From The Office to Revenge and Suits, a change doesn't necessarily mean there's something wrong. Sometimes, it's just a storyline that we've been dying to see. And at other times, it's a forbidden affair that we can't help but root for week after week.

 

 

1. The Office...

Olympian and Strictly Come Dancing winner Louis Smith is happy to be a gay icon, but wants all us gays to remember he's really, really straight. “As long as gay people can see the line, and that I fancy women, that’s fine. I don’t want to be put in a difficult, uncomfortable situation.” We'll try to control ourselves.

Jake Shears is thrilled his friend Anderson Cooper has finally come out. He also thinks that gay celebrities have a responsibility to come out. "I think gay celebrities at least have the responsibility to come out. It can be tricky though."

Buzzfeed has a list of seven states that they think could achieve marriage equality in 2013. Illinois, Delaware, Minnesota, Hawaii, New Jersey, Rhode Island and California are in play this year. I think Minnesota is a stretch – we didn't win the fight against a constitutional amendment by much, and assuming...

With the exit from Iraq and the draw-down of troops in Afghanistan, the numbers of Americans killed continues to drop. Still, loved ones are mourning 311 lost, and as of Dec. 17, the wars' toll since 2001 now stands at 6,656. Edward Joseph Acosta, 21 Trevor Brandon Adkins, 21 Ahmed Kousay al-Taie, 46 Erica Paige Alecksen, 21 Tobias Christoph Alexander, 30 Joseph James Altmann, 27 Mabry James Anders, 21 Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23 Bradley Wayne Atwell, 27 Daniel Benjamin Bartle, 27 Jon-Luke Bateman, 22 Jonathan Batista, 22 Rayvon Battle Jr., 25 Taylor John Baune, 21 Jordan Logan Bear, 25 Clayton Ross Beauchamp, 21 Genaro Bedoy, 20 Bryan Richard Bell, 23 Russell Ryan Bell, 37 Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28 Kenneth Wade Bennett, 26 Keith David Benson,...

On TV this Sunday: Once Upon a Time‘s princesses and Revenge‘s queen of the Red Sharpies have their last outings before breaking for the holiday, Dexter comes face to face with Hannah’s pop, famous folks reward CNN Heroes and the Nuck stops here in Boardwalk Empire‘s season finale. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (always linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

Preview | Once Upon a Time‘s Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifer Goodwin Preview a ‘Life-Or-Death’ Midseason Finale

8 pm Dog With a Blog (Disney Channel) | As the family’s first Christmas together approaches,...

On TV this first Thursday of November sweeps: Stephen Colbert lends his pipes to The Office, Up All Night hosts an Arrested Development reunion, a Person of Interest might not get any help and Project Runway has designs on another all-star season. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (always linked within), here are 10 programs to watch for tonight.

Preview | Vampire Diaries: Phoebe Tonkin Previews Her ‘Wolfy’ Threat to Tyler and Caroline

Preview | Get a First Look at The Big Bang Theory‘s Incredible Halloween Smurftacular!

8 pm Last Resort (ABC) | While Sam and Marcus don their dress whites and enter negotiations with the U.

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Question: The zombie apocalypse starts up again on The Walking Dead in less than a week. Aside from stockpiling water and canned goods, should I be preparing myself to say goodbye to one (or more!) survivors in the first episode? —Shannon

Ausiello: There is a lot of death in the first two episodes, but I’m not saying how major or minor they are. I will say that this particular departure is still a ways off.

Anything us Vampire Diaries fans can sink our teeth into? October 11th is oh so very far away! — Blaire

The TV Addict: According to sources close to the set, Producers are currently on the look out to add another beautiful bombshell to the cast. More interesting still, tentatively titled “Hayley,” this newcomer to Mystic Falls not only has a history with Tyler, but spells seriously bad news for Damon. Particularly when she doesn’t take kindly to Damon sidestepping questions about the whereabouts of Mason Lockwood.

Did you happen to talk to any of the Bones cast members during Fox’s recent All-Star Party? — Jeff

The TV Addict:Indeed I did. And while we’re saving our spoilerific one-on-one with executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan for a little closer to the show’s eight season premiere, we are happy to report that Bones’ lonely hearts club is about to get slightly less so!

Burn Notice is about to get grittier. The Shield's Kenny Johnson has booked a guest starring spot in an upcoming season six episode of USA Network's veteran spy drama as a world-class assassin, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Johnson, who also appeared in NBC series Prime Suspect, will play Tyler Gray in the pivotal midseason finale, "Desperate Times," slated to air Aug. 23. Described as a merciless, cunning and physically fit operative, his character is the target of a CIA snatch-and-grab operation in Panama. Tyler is cleared on five different guns, speaks multiple languages and

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Since Mondays are just the worst, we here at Zap2it have decided to give your week a much-needed wake-up call with 10 TV teasers -- just to remind you that when the work day is over, your DVR waits to welcome you home.

For this week's Monday Kickstart, get more "Supernatural" goodness, plus news on what you will (and won't!) see in the season premiere of "Fringe." New characters are coming to "The Vampire Diaries" and "Once Upon a Time," plus, we've got scoop on the final season of "The Closer."

"Fringe": In the first episode of Season 5, we will get a chance to see Peter, Olivia, and Henrietta just before the amber tore the family apart. They were as close to a normal family as one might imagine. Another tidbit? Broyles won't appear in the season premiere.  "They're going to be establishing more of the world before he...