Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Color me shocked that Katherine Heigl isn't leaving Grey's Anatomy. Is it possible we're being duped in some way? — Krista
MATT: I must say that the lack of fanfare surrounding ABC's confirmation of Heigl's status — especially when juxtaposed with the flurry of official statements regarding T.R. Knight's departure — made me raise one of my overgrown eyebrows. "Sure, she's staying... for just one more episode," I cynically hypothesized. But one of my best sources insists that this is not a case of clever semantics, and that Heigl's Izzie will have a significant presence in the fall.
Please give me some scoop on what's next for Desperate Housewives' Bree. — Fernando R.
MICKEY: Bree may come off like a brittle maneater, but at heart she's a real softy, which is why juggling an angry Orson and a horny Karl will really ...
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Life is twice as nice for fans of Jim Beaver starting this Thursday, when at 9 pm/ET they can find him playing Bobby in fresh episodes of the CW's Supernatural, then at 10 watch him play sheriff on CBS' Harper's Island.
That, however, is far from all Beaver has going on. He has also just released Life's That Way, a novel chronicling his wife's battle with cancer — an ordeal which happened to coincide with their daughter's autism diagnosis. Beaver found time to talk to TVGuide.com about his labors of the small-screen and of the heart. Read the full Q&A after the jump.
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Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute:
• I've got preview for NCIS' fall 2009 season premiere. You read that right — fall 2009.
• How will a Supernatural star's new gig affect his role on the spook-tacular CW series?
• Will 90210er Jessica Stroup perform double duty on Reaper?
Check out the new MMM, after the jump.
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For Bill problems are like weeds Just when he thinks he has gotten rid of one with the video-gaming venture another one pops up on his doorstep in the form of conniving little compound escapee Rhonda What continues to surprise me is why Barb is so gullible when it comes to this girl Just having her in the house is a threat to the security of the entire family yet she seems taken in by her innocent-runaway act Barb suggests that the families adopt her gets her into the halfway house and even works with the overzealous child advocate to get her placed in a foster home For goodness sake even oblivious Teeny seems to sense that there is something not right with the girl but Barb is ready to risk everything to protect her from the cesspool that is the compound in her eyes Way to keep perspective there boss lady Nicki on the other hand is not fooled and sees the danger that Rhonda represents as she continues to menace her with threats of exposure and demands
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