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The Mentalist: Has Patrick Jane Been Framed for Murder?

The Mentalist's third season literally ended with a bang when Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) gunned down a man he believed to be Red John (Bradley Whitford), the serial killer who killed Jane's wife and child.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsBut did he really kill Red John? "There's a lot of questions to be answered," creator Bruno Heller tells TVGuide.com of the Season 4 premiere (Thursday, 10/9c, CBS). "If that was Red John, then Red John was still one jump ahead of him because he was able to frame him for killing an innocent man."Indeed, Jane...

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

The Mentalist: Has Patrick Jane Been Framed for Murder?

Mentalist Scoop: Patrick Jane to Lock Horns with The Shield's Catherine Dent

A female FBI agent is going to make waves on The Mentalist this season — both inside the CBI and in Agent Wayne Rigsby's love life.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsTVGuide.com has learned that The Shield star Catherine Dent will appear in multiple Season 4 episodes as Special Agent Susan Darcy, a seasoned and assertive FBI agent who often downplays her intelligence to get what she wants without causing friction. Even so, she's sure to rub a few people the wrong way: As we previously reported, her character will but heads with Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and Agent Lisbon (Robin Tunney) when she takes over one of their cases...

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Mentalist Scoop: Patrick Jane to Lock Horns with The Shield's Catherine Dent

Is Community Really Going to Be "Less Weird" This Year?

"We're gonna have more fun and be less weird than the first two years combined!"So sings — yes, sings — the Greendale Community College study group as NBC's Community kicks off its third season. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe flashy opening number speaks to creator Dan Harmon's plan for the third season, which he says won't be as stunt-episode heavy as the self-referential comedy has been in the past."I don't want to disappoint any more of the more hyperactive savvy fans that love nothing more than the fact that the show is completely unpredictable," Harmon first told TVGuide.com at the end of Season 2. "I have to continue a promise to the audience to always engage them in every part of their brain that love television. But at the same time I've got to get my mom more comfortable with the show."But doesn't an elaborate song-and-dance routine fly in the face of that?

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Is Community Really Going to Be "Less Weird" This Year?

The Middle Season Premiere: Not Everybody Loves Raymond

Turns out, not everybody loves Raymond. Or at least The Middle's Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton) doesn't.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsAnd viewers will learn why on the one-hour season premiere of the ABC comedy, which reunites Heaton with her Everybody Loves Raymond husband Ray Romano."We hadn't gone to him before," co-creator and executive producer DeAnn Heline tells TVGuide.com. "As a new show, you want to give it time to develop. Plus he was busy with his show — he's a busy guy. But, now, all the stars aligned."Romano appears via flashbacks that are brought on by a Heck Family camping trip. As Frankie and Mike (Neil Flynn) take the kids into the woods, the couple reflects on the last time they went camping — on their honeymoon."Ray plays a friend of Mike's who happens to stumble upon them during their honeymoon and causes problems," Heline says...

Wed, Sep 21, 2011

The Middle Season Premiere: Not Everybody Loves Raymond

Harry's Law: Meet the New Associates

Harriet Korn's impressive track record as a defense lawyer during Season 1of Harry's Law can only mean one thing for the new season: expansion.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsWith her notoriety at an all-time high, Harry (Kathy Bates) will move her firm to a new loft and take on two new associates, Oliver Richard (Mark Valley) and Cassie Reynolds (Karen Olivo). (Original cast members Aml Ameen and Brittany Snow left the show over the summer, though Snow will appear in a few episodes to explain the character's exits.)Although Cassie is still green, Oliver and Harry share a history...

Wed, Sep 21, 2011

The 5 Roles That Prove Ted Danson Is Right for CSI

Over the summer, veteran CBS procedural CSI had the unenviable task of replacing its series lead for the second time in three seasons. And while a number of stars' names were bandied about, executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill could think of only one man to follow in the footsteps of Laurence Fishburne and William Petersen: Ted Danson.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"He's able to do so many things. He's such a smart actor," McGill tells TVGuide.com. "We sort of had a rough idea of what this character of D.B. Russell was. Then, when we saw Ted's name and thought he might be available, I think we both just sparked.  He was the guy that we were thinking about."Still, many found Danson's casting a bit surprising....

Wed, Sep 21, 2011

The 5 Roles That Prove Ted Danson Is Right for CSI

Mega Buzz: House's Jail Stay, Ringer's Double Trouble and Finn's Tough Glee Choices

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. What can you tell me about House's stay in the big house? — Tracie ADAM: As you might expect, the good doctor's particular brand of charm doesn't win him many friends on the inside. Odette Annable's prison doc...

Wed, Sep 21, 2011

Mega Buzz: House's Jail Stay, Ringer's Double Trouble and Finn's Tough Glee Choices

NCIS: Will Tony's Mole Hunt Force Him to Grow Up?

Is NCIS' Tony DiNozzo really the best man to carry out the Navy secretary's search for a mole? With all possible respect to DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) as an agent, isn't he a little too goofy for super-secret spy work?Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"You ask the question that's on everyone's mind," Weatherly tells TVGuide.com with a laugh. "When Tony gets to play James Bond, he takes it very seriously...

Tue, Sep 20, 2011

NCIS: Will Tony's Mole Hunt Force Him to Grow Up?

Castle Boss: Castle and Beckett's New Secrets Are a "Ticking Bomb"

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from the Season 4 premiere of ABC's Castle. Read at your own risk.]"I remember everything."With those words, spoken by Detective Kate Beckett in the closing moments of Castle's Season 4 premiere, the show kicked off what is sure to be a rollercoaster season of secrets.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsAfter narrowly surviving the gunshot she suffered in the Season 3 finale, Beckett (Stana Katic) tells Castle (Nathan Fillion) that she doesn't remember anything from the day she was shot — including the fact that Castle told Beckett he loved her. But in the premiere's final moments, Beckett confesses to her police-mandated shrink (Michael Dorn) that she she's been lying about her faulty memory.But why? "She's scared to admit that she heard him because she's scared that the relationship is going to go to the next level and it could potentially ruin their friendship," creator and executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe tells TVGuide.com...

Tue, Sep 20, 2011

Castle Boss: Castle and Beckett's New Secrets Are a "Ticking Bomb"

Castle Season 4: What Happens After "I Love You"?

As the saying goes, you can't unring a bell. So, can you unspeak the words "I love you"?Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThat's the question looming over Castle, as the Season 4 premiere (Monday, 10/c, ABC) focuses heavily on how Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) will react to a profession of love from her mystery-writer/partner, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), in last season's finale. Of course, Castle's "I love you" didn't come over a candlelight dinner, but in the aftermath of Beckett being gunned down by a sniper. So, there are plenty of easy outs, right? ...

Mon, Sep 19, 2011

Castle Season 4: What Happens After "I Love You"?

Hawaii Five-0: Can the Team Be Put Back Together?

McGarrett's in prison for murder. Kono's been stripped of her badge. Chin Ho has rejoined the Hawaii Police Department that once betrayed him. The governor is dead. Where does Hawaii Five-0 go from here?Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"It's going to be a very different Five-0," executive producer Peter M. Lenkov says of the new season, which premieres Monday at 10/9c on CBS. "The most important thing is that they need to get back together. These people need each other. It's going to be fun seeing them put the pieces back together."Helping to kick-start that effort is Lt. Cmdr. Joe White (Lost's Terry O'Quinn), who comes to Hawaii on a mission to exonerate McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin). "He was a mentor. He was his commanding officer," Lenkov says. "Given the kind of character that McGarrett is, imagine the guy who trained him." Adds O'Loughlin...

Mon, Sep 19, 2011

Hawaii Five-0: Can the Team Be Put Back Together?

Exclusive: Rescue Me Star Cops CSI: NY Guest Spot

Kids these days — always getting into trouble! Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Olivia Crocicchia, who played Katy, the youngest daughter of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin on FX's recently wrapped Rescue Me, has landed a guest spot on CSI: NY, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. 

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

Exclusive: Rescue Me Star Cops CSI: NY Guest Spot

Big Brother Crowns a New Winner

After another summer of competing, lying, and backstabbing, Big Brother crowned a new winner.Check out our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and more!Wednesday's 90-minute season finale began with only three players remaining in the house: Adam, Porsche and Rachel. After Rachel won the final, three-part head of household competition...

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

Mega Buzz: New Pairs on Good Wife and Diaries? Plus: Bloody Good Dexter Scoop

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. I need some Good Wife scoop! Anything on Kalinda? — Brittany ADAM: Archie Panjabi says viewers will get new insight into Kalinda's relationship with Will. "The two of them look out for each other a lot," Panjabi says. "I think we'll definitely get to see that in Season 3. They used to spend a lot of time drinking in bars." Given what we now know about Kalinda's history with Peter, we certainly hope nothing happened after those drinks. Please give us scoop on the new season of Dexter! — Mitchell NATALIE: The season premiere opens on...

Wed, Sep 14, 2011

Mega Buzz: New Pairs on Good Wife and Diaries? Plus: Bloody Good Dexter Scoop

Bones Scoop: Meet Season 7's New Baddie!

Starting a family may not be the biggest challenge for Booth and Brennan during Bones' seventh season.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe Fox drama has cast Andrew Leeds (Dirt, Nip/Tuck) as this season's big villain, Christopher Pellant, TVGuide.com has learned. The character is described as a genius "hacktivist," who landed on the FBI's radar when he shut down military communications by cracking into both the Senate and the Defense Department's websites. Now under house arrest, the team is baffled by Pellant's ability to seemingly carry out a murder spree without setting off the alarm on his ankle monitor...

Tue, Sep 13, 2011

Bones Scoop: Meet Season 7's New Baddie!

Exclusive Rescue Me DVD Clip: Deconstructing Tommy's "Death"

Rescue Me's series finale ended with Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) alive and well — perhaps better than ever.Rescue Me postmortem: Creators talk Lou's heroism and Tommy's happy endingBut let's not forget that, despite the show's happy ending, Tommy technically "died" in the Season 6 premiere after being shot by his Uncle Teddy (Lenny Clarke) in Season 5's cliff-hanger. In the exclusive video clip from the Season 6 DVD below, co-creator Peter Tolan discusses Tommy's brief venture into the afterlife as well as his vision of eternity with his fallen first-responder brethren...

Tue, Sep 13, 2011

Exclusive Rescue Me DVD Clip: Deconstructing Tommy's "Death"

Exclusive Walking Dead Key Art: Why Is Rick All Alone?

The Walking Dead fans can gorge on the AMC zombie drama's Season 2 premiere on Oct. 16. Until then, we offer an exclusive first look at the new season's (clue-filled) poster as a tasty appetizer. The Walking Dead creator on Season 2: "This world will get more dangerous" The first question that comes to mind: Why is Rick (Andrew Lincoln) all alone? The poster certainly continues the theme established by the striking Season 1 image of Rick riding into an abandoned Atlanta on horseback. But now that Rick's been reunited with his family and the other survivors, why is he still seen flying solo? Our educated guess after screening the 90-minute season opener: This season will test Rick as a leader, and his decisions may end up isolating him from the other survivors. That's a concept Lincoln saw developing at the end of Season 1 when Rick led the group to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention only to learn it was far from a safe haven.The Walking Dead creator weighs in on Season 1's biggest mystery

Tue, Sep 13, 2011

Exclusive Walking Dead Key Art: Why Is Rick All Alone?

Alphas: Can Nina and Hicks Stay Away From Each Other?

 Alphas' Cameron Hicks (Warren Christie) and Nina Theroux (Laura Mennell) have agreed to cool down their burgeoning romance. Actually doing so, though, may be easier said than done.Check out photos of the Alphas cast"They both came to a realization that maybe stepping back was the best way to go for right now," Christie tells TVGuide.com. "But those feelings are underlying — they are always going to be there. We'll see them pop in and out as things go along."The duo will perhaps have to fight those feelings in Monday's episode (10/9c, Syfy) when Hicks and Nina go undercover to investigate an obstetrician (guest star Brent Spiner), who is conducting a medical experiment that could be detrimental to all future Alphas, perhaps at the behest of Red Flag. That forces the team to bring an Alpha back to their offices, where all hell breaks loose, thanks to Lost's Rebecca Mader, who also guest-stars as a super-stealthy Alpha...

Mon, Sep 12, 2011

Alphas: Can Nina and Hicks Stay Away From Each Other?

Spartacus Star Andy Whitfield Dies of Lymphoma at 39

Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Andy Whitfield has died. He was 39.See other celebrities who have died this yearWhitfield died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Sydney on Sunday, his manager, Sam Maydew, told The Associated Press. In a statement, Whitfield's wife, Vashti, called her husband a "beautiful young warrior" who died in the "arms of his loving wife," according to the AP.Whitfield, a Welsh actor who lived in Australia, was virtually unknown to American audiences when he was cast in the lead of the graphically violent and sexual Starz series....

Mon, Sep 12, 2011

Spartacus Star Andy Whitfield Dies of Lymphoma at 39

Contagion Beats The Help to Top Slow Weekend Box Office

Steven Soderbergh's virus outbreak thriller Contagion fittingly topped what was a pretty sickly weekend box office.The film, which stars Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, pulled in $23.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That was enough to topple three-time champ The Help, which fell to second place with an additional $8.7 million (for a total of $137 million after five weeks).All told, the box office gross for the weekend's top 10 films was only $66.4 million, the lowest weekend gross this year....

Sun, Sep 11, 2011

Contagion Beats The Help to Top Slow Weekend Box Office

Exclusive: Hawaii Five-0 Books 24's Annie Wersching

Former 24 star Annie Wersching will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Fall Preview: Get scoop on all your favorite returning showsWersching will play Samantha Martel, the sister of a murder victim whose death Five-0 is investigating. Described as agitated, frantic and defensive, Wersching's character eventually becomes a suspect when McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) & Co. discover that her brother had recently fired her from his high-end restaurant. Is revenge a dish best served cold ... and bloody?Besides her role as FBI Special Agent Renee Walker on the final two seasons of 24, Wersching ...

Sun, Sep 11, 2011

Exclusive: Hawaii Five-0 Books 24's Annie Wersching

Charlie Sheen Gets Roasted, Says He's Through "Winning"

At the taping for his upcoming Comedy Central roast, Charlie Sheen endured quite the verbal beating. But the former Two and a Half Men star says he came out of it "unscathed," according to Entertainment Weekly.Charlie Sheen roast adds William Shatner, Jon Lovitz and... Kate Walsh?"Once again, I come out unscathed. You can't hurt me. I can't kill me," Sheen said at the conclusion of the taping. "Did you really think your little jokes were going to hurt me? I did porn stars; I did drugs. Then I did the one thing everybody in America wishes he could do. I told my boss to f--- off. And then it was gone. I'm done with 'the winning' because I've already won."Sheen, of course, is referring to his media assault against Two and a Half Men executive producer Chuck Lorre when the show failed to resume production after a hiatus was taken for Sheen to enter rehab....

Sun, Sep 11, 2011

Charlie Sheen Gets Roasted, Says He's Through "Winning"