Good news for House fans: Lisa Edelstein's Cuddy is the only doctor who won't be returning to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in the fall.Check out photos of the House castJesse Spencer signed a new contract to continue with the Fox medical drama late Tuesday night, a rep for NBC Universal, the studio that produces the show, tells TVGuide.com. He will return as a series regular...
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. I know it's early for Grey's Anatomy scoop, but do you know what's going to happen to Alex and Meredith in Season 8? — Alison NATALIE: Alex will be in a heap of new trouble when Grey's returns in the fall — and not just with Meredith. Alex is very much persona non grata this season after snitching on Meredith for her unethical decision to mess with the Alzheimer's clinical trial. Anyone else think he might be stuck with permanent scut duty? Have you heard anything about the new season of CSI: NY? — Diane ADAM: Get ready to finally meet...
The beginning of the end is here for The Closer: After six seasons, Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick is only 21 episodes away from turning in her badge as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. And series creator and executive producer James Duff says it's going to be an emotional ride."The theme of this season is love and loss," Duff tells TVGuide.com. "Loss is part of the promise of love. The only promise that you ever get with love, is that it will end. So we wanted to incorporate how much we loved doing these stories: how much Brenda loved her job, how much she cared about her part in the justice system, and how much it would mean to her to step away from all of that."Summer TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsViewers may recall...
Leverage's Nate Ford has out-conned some very ruthless opponents, but for his next job, he'll have to outsmart himself. Well, sort of.Summer TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsIn Sunday's episode (9/8c, TNT) Nate (Timothy Hutton) and his team target a public relations whiz named Reed Rockwell (Mad Men's Michael Gladis). Rockwell's particular brand of PR involves protecting his clients by sniping at their enemies and sometimes launching full-scale character assassinations. The challenge in taking Rockwell down is that he's a bit of a wizard behind the curtain."He works from the shadows and behind the scenes, sort of like Nate," Gladis tells TVGuide.com....
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.Will NCIS resolve Tony's investigation in the season opener? — Jennie C., via TwitterADAM: I'm hearing Tony's mole hunt will be mostly wrapped up in the premiere. And if you're worried that the investigation is going to tear our beloved team apart, let executive producer Gary Glasberg assure you otherwise. "Our group will be working together as a team more often [this season] and not be quite as splintered as they sometimes are," he says. "There are certain things that [the new Secretary of the Navy] may want them to do, and they're going to have to unite in certain ways to take on those challenges."Do you have any scoop on Desperate Housewives? —Allie NATALIE: Carlos won't deal so well with the guilt of killing Gaby's stepfather, even if it meant saving Gaby's life. In turn, she'll try to find a priest to give him absolution — and by "find," we mean "kidnap." ...
Memphis Beat's second-season finale is setting up quite a showdown: Field of Dreams' Amy Madigan and Millennium star Lance Henriksen will guest-star as the heads of rival crime families, TVGuide.com has learned.Summer TV: Get scoop on your favorite showsMadigan will play Kate Murphy, whose 25-year truce with Henriksen's Tom Harrison is thrown out the window when one of Murphy's daughters is shot. Naturally, the Harrison clan is suspected, and it will be up to Dwight (Jason Lee) to crack the case before the warring families take matters into their own hands and shed more blood...
[WARNING: The following story contains possible spoilers for Season 2 of AMC's The Walking Dead and definite spoilers from the graphic novels. Read at your own risk.] It's the most talked-about whisper since Lost went to TV heaven: What did The Walking Dead's Dr. Jenner tell Rick just before the survivors left the Centers for Disease Control in the Season 1 finale? In the episode's closing moments, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and his not-so-merry men learned that the CDC headquarters, their safe haven, was set to self-destruct. But before Dr. Jenner (Noah Emmerich) blew the place sky-high, he whispered something to Rick. Judging by Rick's reaction, Dr. Jenner's final words seem to be vitally important... and somewhat of a shock. But what did he say? The Walking Dead creator on Season 2: "This world will get more dangerous" Although the show won't return until the fall, the suspense is killing us. So we did some thinking — and some careful reading of Robert Kirkman's graphic novel upon which the show is based — and came up with our two best guesses. Then we took them straight to Kirkman, who, to our surprise, told us that one of our theories isn't far off! But which one? See what you think...
It's fair to say there has been a mixed reaction to CBS' announcement that Big Brother 13 would feature the return of "dynamic duos" from the show's past. For every fan thrilled by the prospect of seeing their favorite players again, there is another who would rather not spend another summer with Jessie, aka "Mr. Pectacular," admiring himself in the mirror.Big Brother Season 13 to feature past "dynamic duos;" 8 houseguests revealed Here at TVGuide.com, we see validity in each argument, but one thing is key: We want to watch game-players, not self-obsessed famemongers whose sole purpose is to stir the pot — and boost ratings — until the house kicks them out. So, in order for us to fully invest in this season's twist, casting of the returning twosomes is key.Behold, the five teams we'd most enjoy watching again this summer...
If you think Bones' seventh season is just going to be about diaper-changing and nap time, think again: The show is introducing a new villain, TVGuide.com has learned. Check out Bones and more of last season's best cliff-hangers"This is someone who is an extremely odd and fearless foe," executive producer Stephan Nathan tells us, comparing the character to such past serial killers as Gormogon and The Gravedigger. "Only he's going to be much more of a 21st-century, tech-savvy foe."Fox announced last week that Bones won't premiere until Nov. 3, which will allow...
If ever there were a TV character in need of therapy, it's Rescue Me's Sheila Keefe, a bipolar widow who has an affair with the cousin of her husband who died during 9/11. So it's a little funny that Callie Thorne, who's brilliantly embodied Sheila for all of Rescue Me's run, is playing Long Island psychotherapist Dani Santino on USA's Necessary Roughness.Summer TV: Get scoop on all the new summer shows
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 this new "female McGarrett" that's joining Hawaii Five-0? — Leo ADAM: She's a Homeland Security agent that the new governor has assigned to McGarrett's team — to spy on them, according to McGarrett. Though they get off to a rocky start, we can reveal that clothes will be shed during one of their first meetings! Please tell me you have any spoilers on the new season of Desperate Housewives! — Laura NATALIE: There's a new man on Wisteria Lane on whom Renee will set her sights — no, not to pursue a relationship; she thinks he's a...
Leverage executive producer Dean Devlin says Season 4 is all about consequences, and few events are likely to have more fallout than the hookup between Nate and Sophie in the Season 3 finale. Summer TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsDevlin says the writers considered the "Moonlighting Curse" before agreeing to pair up Nate (Timothy Hutton) and Sophie (Gina Bellman). "It was a big, well-talked-out decision and we were very nervous about the idea," Devlin tells TVGuide.com. "Every season, we've tried to end the season as though it's our last. So we thought if last season was our last, we wanted them to be together. But we also threw in a big "Whoops!" at the end when they realize they're in bed together."And that "whoops" will drive the early part of Season 4, as Nate and Sophie try to keep the secret from the rest of the team. In the season premiere ...
There's no use trying to get around it: Wilfred is strange. "It's not a nutshell show," star Elijah Wood tells TVGuide.com with a laugh when trying to succinctly explain the new comedy, which debuts Thursday at 10/9c on FX.
If it's hard for you to believe that legendary TV funnyman Bob Newhart has never won an Emmy, don't worry: NCIS executive producer Gary Glasberg says he has trouble wrapping his head around that, too.On the set: NCIS welcomes Bob NewhartBut Glasberg hopes that will soon change. Newhart, best known for his eponymous sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, guest-starred on NCIS last season as Dr. Walter Magnus, a former NCIS medical examiner who trained David McCallum's Ducky. "We came up with a list of actors that we thought that would be perfect for it," Glasberg says...
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.I just watched The Mentalist finale again, and I have no idea what they're going to do next season. Any clues? — ChrisADAM: It's simple: Jane will claim that he killed Red John in self-defense after he learned that Red John was communicating with his mole, Agent O'Loughlin. (We all saw the gun and the phone call, right?) Not so fast, says series creator Bruno Heller. "Not only is there no cell phone with any calls from an FBI Agent named O'Loughlin, but no gun will be found [by the police]," he says, hinting that someone is still pulling the strings. "Within five minutes of the season-opener, Jane is in jail for homicide with no way out. And he and Lisbon, to some extent, start questioning his sanity." There we go — the insanity defense!I can't wait for Weeds to return! How will Nancy be different after "Plan C"? — Amanda NATALIE: Don't assume that being behind bars has taught Nancy anything....
There was at least one part of Melinda McGraw's Men of a Certain Age role that didn't require much acting.Summer TV: Get scoop on all your favorite returning showsOn Men, McGraw plays Erin, a former actress who begins dating Scott Bakula's Terry, with whom she'd acted 20 years earlier. Conveniently, McGraw first worked with Bakula more than 20 years ago on his NBC hit, Quantum Leap."It was my first job, and I didn't know anything," McGraw tells TVGuide.com with a laugh...
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Who did Tony see in the photograph in the NCIS finale? Please tell me they're not going to break up the team! — Melanie ADAM: Executive producer Gary Glasberg gives us a hint. "It will be someone that we recognize," he says, adding we'll get that answer in the season premiere. We'll also get some serious intel on that microchip that E.J. found in her co-worker's arm. New theory: These mysteries are totally connected, right? I can't believe Game of Thrones killed off Ned Stark! Please console me with scoop. — Mark NATALIE: Does this help? Although Ned Stark was beheaded on the Sept of Baelor, it's not...
It's ironic that HawthoRNe's third season opens with a scene of bliss because almost everything that follows is heartache.Summer TV: Get the scoop on your favorite returning showsThe new season (premiering Tuesday, 10/9c, TNT) begins with a pregnant Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) preparing to marry boyfriend and baby-daddy Tom Wakefield (Michael Vartan). But the rest of the season-opener is no honeymoon: Christina is brutally attacked in the hospital ...
English singer Lily Allen is married, People reports.Lily Allen gets engagedThe songstress, 26, married Sam Cooper in an intimate ceremony at St. James the Great Church in Gloucestershire, England, Saturday. Allen's father gave her away, and she wore a gown with long sleeves by French designer Delphine Manivet, according to People.The couple began dating in July 2009...
Tracy Morgan may be in hot water for making anti-gay comments in his stand-up routine, but the 30 Rock star took the top prize for comedy acting at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.Tracy Morgan apologizes for homophobic rant: "I'm not a hateful person"Morgan was named best actor in a comedy series during the international TV festival's Golden Nymph Awards Friday, Deadline.com reports. Other U.S. winners included Mad Men (best drama), Modern Family (best comedy) and Jon Hamm (best actor in a drama) as well as ....
Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has admitted to lying about sending lewd photos and having inappropriate communications with several women online, is seeking treatment, according to People.VIDEO: Bill Maher, Jane Lynch do a dramatic reading of Anthony Weiner's sex messages"Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person," Weiner's spokeswoman Risa Heller told the magazine in a statement. "In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well."On Monday, Weiner held a press conference...
After two and a half seasons of playing ruthless ATF Agent June Stahl on Sons of Anarchy, Ally Walker says she was ready to do something a little lighter. Enter the new Lifetime series, The Protector.Summer TV Preview: Check out the must-see new shows "I'm not a sociopath," Walker jokes with TVGuide.com of her latest character, homicide detective Gloria Sheppard. "That's always a plus."Homicidal tendencies excluded, this role does feel a bit familiar for Walker, who also starred for three seasons as an FBI consultant on NBC's crime drama Profiler. "I just have that cop gene going on," Walker says with a laugh...
