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Homeland: So, What Happens Now?

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Homeland. Read at your own risk.]No one can argue that Homeland is dragging things out this season.First, Brody's suicide tape ended up in the hands of Saul (Mandy Patinkin) in Beirut. Then, rather than waste a couple episodes deciding what to do with the tape, Saul showed it to Carrie (Claire Danes) as soon as he could. Carrie then took the baton and, instead of flirt-interrogating Brody (Damian Lewis) for several days/weeks, she promptly blew the mission and had him arrested. So why stop now?Homeland Boss: Latest Twist "Turns the Whole Series on Its Head"Sunday's episode saw Carrie & Co. go after Brody in the interrogation room with everything they had...

Mon, Oct 29, 2012

Ratings: Which Show Toppled Grey's Anatomy?

Lots of people are still interested in CBS' Person of Interest.Despite competing against the World Series and the usual Thursday-night fare, the CBS drama drew 14 million viewers and rose 7 percent in the adults-18-to-49 demographic to score a 3.0, according to early Nielsen numbers. That was good enough to beat out ABC's Grey's Anatomy, which was down 12 and 15 percent, respectively, to 8.5 million viewers and a 2.9 in the demo.10 Bubble Shows: Which will survive?Coupling Person's good night ...

Fri, Oct 26, 2012

Ratings: Which Show Toppled Grey's Anatomy?

Exclusive: Look Who's Coming Back to Castle!

Richard Castle is going to start 2013 with a full house!Scandal's Darby Stanchfield will reprise her role as Castle's ex-wife Meredith in a January episode of ABC's Castle, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. And much to the chagrin of Castle (Nathan Fillion), she'll make herself right at home...

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

Exclusive: Look Who's Coming Back to Castle!

Last Resort Boss: Why You Have to Watch Tonight's Episode

Last Resort co-creator Shawn Ryan knows he could stand to gain more viewers. Thus far, the show has averaged just 7.8 million viewers and a 1.9 in the demo. Fortunately, he thinks Thursday's episode (8/7c, ABC) is an engaging hour, both for fans who have already sampled the show and newcomers who are curious about diving in.Last Resort Creators promise more than bombs and submarines"I think it's a perfect time for people who haven't seen the show to come and check it out. It's a great entry point," Ryan tells TVGuide.com...

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

Last Resort Boss: Why You Have to Watch Tonight's Episode

Mega Buzz: Major Family Matters on Castle and NCIS and a Fringe Death

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams.Since we didn't get a new episode of Castle this week, can I get some scoop instead? — JackieADAM: Been waiting to see what would happen when Martha Rodgers and Jim Beckett get in a room together? You'll get your chance during November sweeps! Unfortunately, the family affair happens on the same night Castle and Beckett are stranded without their phones while protecting a witness from the mob. "There's some tension because they've had the 'meet the folks' dinner and it hasn't gone particularly well," creator Andrew W. Marlowe tells us. So, what's the problem? "It's about who Martha is versus who Jim is," Marlowe says. "It's a bit of oil and water."Got any scoop on Fringe? — Jane NATALIE: I've got good news and bad news about this Friday's episode, Jane....

Wed, Oct 24, 2012

Mega Buzz: Major Family Matters on Castle and NCIS and a Fringe Death

CSI: NY: Silence (and Green Day!) Speaks Louder Than Words

"Speak! Say something — anything," CSI: NY 's Mac Taylor demands during an interrogation on Friday's episode. Though it may seem like a pretty innocuous line, it's significant during this hour: Even though it comes roughly midway through the episode, it's the first line of dialogue uttered.  CSI: NY's Season 9: This year, it's personalAppropriately titled "Unspoken," Friday's CSI: NY (9/8c, CBS) eschews the spoken word for the music of Green Day, which underscores the action of the episode's first three acts. During those scenes, a gunman (Boss's Jeff Hephner) opens fire at a political rally for a senator (Neal McDonough). In the aftermath, CSI Lindsay (Anna Belknap) is injured and a child is accidentally shot as the gunman flees.Executive producer Pam Veasey, who crafted the episode, says the idea was inspired by last year's Oscar-winning Best Picture The Artist and came to her when she and the team were pitching fresh ideas for the perennial bubble show's ninth season. "We had pitched that our [goal] this season was: 'Do the unexpected,'" Veasey tells TVGuide.com...

Fri, Oct 19, 2012

CSI: NY: Silence (and Green Day!) Speaks Louder Than Words

Mega Buzz: Glee Breakup Fallout, Elena's "Hurtful" Choice, and a Modern Family Affair?

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams. I still can't believe Santana and Brittany broke up. Is there any hope on the horizon for my favorite Glee couple? — Sarah NATALIE: "They are able to...

Wed, Oct 17, 2012

Mega Buzz: Glee Breakup Fallout, Elena's "Hurtful" Choice, and a Modern Family Affair?

Sons of Anarchy: Justified's Walton Goggins on His Jaw-Dropping Cameo

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about Tuesday's episode of Sons of Anarchy. Read at your own risk.]Thanks to Sons of Anarchy, we've now seen a side of Walton Goggins we never thought we'd see.Fall TV: Get scoop on your favorite showsOn Tuesday's episode, the former star of The Shield reunited with Sons creator Kurt Sutter for a jaw-dropping cameo. Jax (Charlie Hunnam) asks Mayor Hale (Jeff Kober) to lease one of his properties to the Sons so that they could get their "companion" business with Nero (Jimmy Smits) off the ground. When Hale refuses, Jax promises to help the mayor push through the Charming Heights development project. Jax's plan: to blackmail a council member who opposes the mayor's plans.Enter Goggins as...

Wed, Oct 10, 2012

Sons of Anarchy: Justified's Walton Goggins on His Jaw-Dropping Cameo

Mega Buzz: A "More Lethal" Beckett, a Revenge Triangle and Revolution Fallout

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams. I'm worried that Castle has nowhere to take Beckett now that her mom's murder has been solved. Make me feel better? — Valerie ADAM: Stana Katic doesn't think you should be worried. "There's a certain amount of closure, but it doesn't mean that the tale is done," she says. In fact, Katic is finding it much more fun to play the "new" Beckett. "She's more lethal because she's thinking more clearly. She's not running on emotion anymore," she says. "She's become more dangerous to the bad guys." Sounds like Castle better stay in line! Will Emily get Revenge on Ashley for dating Daniel? — Mary NATALIE: She certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve. "You're going to find that Ashley is not a random friend for Emily," creator Mike Kelley tells us. "There's...

Wed, Oct 10, 2012

Mega Buzz: A "More Lethal" Beckett, a Revenge Triangle and Revolution Fallout

Homeland Boss: Latest Twist "Turns the Whole Series on Its Head"

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode. Read at your own risk.]Well we certainly weren't expecting that.Homeland continued its second season with an episode that focused mostly on the attempted killing of terrorist Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) as both disgraced CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and Marine-turned-U.S. Congressman — and Nazir disciple — Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) watched and listened from their respective corners of the world. For Carrie, the operation was a test to see if Carrie and her informant was still viable. For Brody, who watched the scene play out alongside Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan), it was an exercise in loyalty, as Brody quickly and secretly text-messaged Nazir a coded warning just before the bullets began to fly.Homeland Season 2: Will Carrie fly too close to the sun?But it turned out the ultimately unsuccessful assassination plot was just setting the stage for the episode's biggest moment...

Mon, Oct 8, 2012

Homeland Boss: Latest Twist "Turns the Whole Series on Its Head"

Exclusive Castle Sneak Peek: Why Is Castle Paying for Evidence?

We know Richard Castle will do anything for his partner/muse/lover Detective Beckett. But on Monday's episode of Castle (10/9c, ABC), that might (literally) cost him a lot.Exclusive: Castle recruits Star Trek alum for Comic-Con episodeThe Storage Wars-inspired episode, titled "Secret's Safe with Me," finds Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) looking into the auction of a storage unit that may be connected to a woman's murder. There's just one problem: Beckett doesn't have enough time to get a warrant, so the only way to protect what may be key evidence is for Castle to join in on the bidding...

Fri, Oct 5, 2012

Exclusive Castle Sneak Peek: Why Is Castle Paying for Evidence?

Mega Buzz: A Grey's Career Change, Gossip Romance, and Revenge's New Mystery

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams. Got any Grey's Anatomy scoop on Derek? — Jacob NATALIE: Now that he's unable to operate, Derek will turn to teaching the interns. "Derek has to try and find his peace with that," Kevin McKidd tells us. "He doesn't get to cut anymore, but he gets to be this amazing teacher. Owen helps him learn how to be a teacher again." Speaking of our favorite Seattle Grace docs, you saw this, right? That Gossip Girl trailer is racy! Are B and Chuck really going to be hot and heavy like that all season? — CarrieADAM: Not exactly. After one torrid night in Monte Carlo, the two will...

Wed, Oct 3, 2012

Mega Buzz: A Grey's Career Change, Gossip Romance, and Revenge's New Mystery

The Mentalist Takes a Giant Leap Toward Catching Red John

Is this the year The Mentalist's Patrick Jane finally catches Red John? Probably not, but creator Bruno Heller is promising some major movement in the case.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"We're going to get much, much, much closer," Heller tells TVGuide.com. "We're going to take an investigative leap forward, further than we have in the previous four seasons. Up to now, we've kind of been stalking him. This season, conceptually, we get a location for him. The running chase starts now."Perhaps the key to that reveal is Lorelei (guest star Emmanuelle Chriqui), the cocktail waitress-turned-Red John disciple Jane (Simon Baker) had a fling with in last season's finale...

Sun, Sep 30, 2012

The Mentalist Takes a Giant Leap Toward Catching Red John

Homeland Season 2: Will Carrie Fly Too Close to the Sun?

Exactly one week before the Season 2 launch of Showtime's Homeland, the freshman drama won four Emmys, including best drama series, snapping the four-year winning streak of AMC's Mad Men. "It has been the most outrageous three weeks of my professional life," co-creator Alex Gansa tells TVGuide.com. "It's been an unbelievable experience and doubly sweet because it was so unexpected. There is an angel on our shoulders somewhere. I don't know how we deserve it or why we have it, but we're so grateful."

Sat, Sep 29, 2012

Homeland Season 2: Will Carrie Fly Too Close to the Sun?

Exclusive: SVU Books True Blood Alum to Play Rollins' Sister!

For Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Amanda Rollins, True Blood is thicker than water. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe NBC cop drama has cast former True Blood star Lindsay Pulsipher to play the recurring role of Kim Rollins, the younger sister of Kelli Giddish's detective, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Kim, who was first referenced last season, will arrive in New York unexpectedly and will create all kinds of trouble for her older sister....

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Exclusive: SVU Books True Blood Alum to Play Rollins' Sister!

Exclusive: Castle Recruits Star Trek Alum for Comic-Con Episode

When Castle tackles a Comic-Con-inspired episode later this season, the show will have the sci-fi bona fides to back it up.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsStar Trek: Deep Space Nine alum Armin Shimerman will guest-star as Benjamin Donnely, a tech geek who manufactures authentic props for people's costumes at sci-fi conventions, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively....

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Exclusive: Castle Recruits Star Trek Alum for Comic-Con Episode

CSI: NY's Season 9: This Year, It's Personal

After being on the bubble for the second year in a row, CSI: NY ended its last season celebrating the team as one big, happy family.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsNow that the show has once again been saved from cancellation, the producers want to continue to celebrate the show's characters by offering the audience peeks into their private lives throughout the season. "We'll take characters home," executive producer Pam Veasey tells TVGuide.com....

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

CSI: NY's Season 9: This Year, It's Personal

Last Resort Creators Promise More Than Bombs and Submarines

ABC's Last Resort is undoubtedly one of this TV season's boldest shows. But that also makes it one of the riskiest. Fall Preview: Get scoop on all the must-watch new showsCo-created by The Shield's Shawn Ryan and screenwriter Karl Gajdusek, Last Resort tells the story of Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher), the captain of the nuclear submarine the USS Colorado. When Chaplin and his executive officer Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) question an order to fire warheads into Pakistan, their sub is fired upon by another American vessel, forcing them to take up residence on the French Polynesian island of Sainte Marina until they can piece together what happened and prove that they aren't traitors.But can the show sustain its high-action, serialized premise on a female-skewing network like ABC? The creators certainly think so....

Thu, Sep 27, 2012

Last Resort Creators Promise More Than Bombs and Submarines

Sons of Anarchy Boss Weighs In on Brutal, Shocking Death

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Tuesday's episode of Sons of Anarchy.]Tuesday's episode of Sons of Anarchy was, in a word, brutal. Fall TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsNot only did the episode feature a graphically violent death-by-beating, but it also killed off one of the show's most beloved characters. The newly incarcerated Jax (Charlie Hunnam) was told by Damon Pope (Harold Perrineau) that in order to end the beef between their respective gangs, Jax would have to give Pope half of the money SAMCRO earns muling cocaine for the cartel. The second demand was much trickier: Pope also told Jax to choose which one of the brothers he had walked into prison with — Tig (Kim Coates), Chibs (Tommy Flanagan), and Opie (Ryan Hurst) — would not be walking out.While mulling over the decision, Jax...

Wed, Sep 26, 2012

Sons of Anarchy Boss Weighs In on Brutal, Shocking Death

Mega Buzz: A Castle Affair, Big Bang's New Love and Homeland Intel

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams. Loved the Castle premiere, but what was Castle doing with a half-naked woman in the promos for the next episode? — ADAM: As creator Andrew W. Marlowe  already teased, that encounter is a consequence of Castle pretending to be single in order to keep his relationship with Beckett a secret from their co-workers. But that doesn't mean infidelity won't be an issue. An upcoming case will implicate Castle in the murder of an ex. "It makes everybody question: How well do we actually know this guy?" Marlowe says. But it gets worse: "Castle may have been having an affair with her at the same time he was dating Beckett," he teases. "That goes to the heart of all of Beckett's insecurities." Is Leonard actually going to date someone other than Penny on The Big Bang Theory? — Thomas NATALIE: Unfortunately...

Wed, Sep 26, 2012

Mega Buzz: A Castle Affair, Big Bang's New Love and Homeland Intel

NCIS: Can Our "Fallen Heroes" Pick Themselves Back Up?

Following NCIS' season-ending explosion at the Navy yard, Gibbs & Co. will start the new season a little worse for wear. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"There's a theme that's evolved this season and I call it 'Fallen Heroes,'" executive producer Gary Glasberg tells TVGuide.com...

Tue, Sep 25, 2012

NCIS: Can Our "Fallen Heroes" Pick Themselves Back Up?

Is CBS' Vegas a Safe Bet or a Big Gamble?

CBS' new drama Vegas has made a lot of headlines by putting its money on Dennis Quaid, who's making his debut on series television. But is the network also taking a bit of a gamble?Fall Preview: Get scoop on all of this year's must-watch new showsQuaid plays real-life rancher-turned-sheriff Ralph Lamb, who begrudgingly agrees to police 1960s Las Vegas against Michael Chiklis' Vincent Savino and other mobsters who are trying to get a foothold in the casinos. Although the drama is built on a CBS-friendly, case-of-the-week model, it's also a set in the past. And last season's The Playboy Club and Pan Am are non-living proof that period pieces can struggle to find an audience.Executive producer Nicholas Pileggi, the man behind such mob stories as Goodfellas and Casino, isn't worried. "This is a fascinating period," he tells TVGuide.com...

Tue, Sep 25, 2012

Is CBS' Vegas a Safe Bet or a Big Gamble?