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24 Preview: Has CTU Not Solved Its Mole Problem?

Last week on Fox's 24 (Mondays at 9 pm/ET), CTU staffer Nadia Yassir was identified as a mole feeding info to this season's baddies, prompting Ricky Schroder's Mike Doyle to give her a helluva scare in the interrogation room. But is Nadia really a turncoat? Or is she the victim of a masterful, 24-style setup? TVGuide.com debriefed Marisol Nichols on her character's unfortunate pickle. TVGuide.com: First off, talk CTU to me....Marisol Nichols: "I need you to upload the link to the variable... thing and decode it to my computer." TVGuide.com: "The variable thing"?Nichols: How about, "Upload the video image to my feed and decrypt it using an H5 QS"? TVGuide.com: Wow. You and Mary Lynn [Rajs

Mon, Mar 26, 2007

24 Preview: Has CTU Not Solved Its Mole Problem?

The Plan to Make ABC's Six Degrees Hotter Than Ever

It was a long six months ago that Six Degrees debuted on ABC. Spinning the separate-yet-sometimes-intertwined stories of a half dozen New Yorkers — played by Jay Hernandez, Bridget Moynahan, Erika Christensen, Dorian Missick, Campbell Scott and Hope Davis — the J.J. Abrams-produced drama opened strong in its cushy post-Grey's Anatomy ti

Fri, Mar 23, 2007

The Plan to Make ABC's Six Degrees Hotter Than Ever

The Prison Break Continues: Exclusive Season 3 Scoop

Fox has picked up Prison Break (Mondays at 8 pm/ET) for a third season — but earning that green light was no easy feat for the serialized thriller that, having busted its cons out of the clink at the end of Season 1, ran the risk of exhausting not just its scrambling fugitives, but its storytelling options as well. As such, coming up with a winning Season 3 setup "was absolutely the toughest nut to crack thus far," series creator Paul T. Scheuring tells TVGuide.com. Since the pickup was announced, a few details and clues have surfaced in the trades. For example, viewers can expect the addition of at least four cast members (two men, two women, none American), says Variety, and Scheuring hinted to the Hollywood Reporter that one of the brothers — either

Wed, Mar 21, 2007

The Prison Break Continues: Exclusive Season 3 Scoop

Apprentice's Muna Drops the Soap, Catches Acting Bug

On Sunday's The Apprentice (10 pm/ET, on NBC), it was, "Lights, camera... ejection!" for 28-year-old Muna Heaven when her team's sudsy webisode for Soft Scrub was high on drama, yet low on intelligibility. [Cue organ music] Will Muna ever forgive Heidi's betrayal? Why didn't she spill all of Kristine's dirty secrets? And how will Dr. Alistair Sexton react when he learns that his nephew Biff is actually his long-lost son's presumed-dead twin, Guillermo? TVGuide.com asked the Jamaica-born Muna these questions — well, at least two of them — and more. TVGuide.com: Yo

Wed, Mar 21, 2007

Apprentice's Muna Drops the Soap, Catches Acting Bug

Terry O'Quinn Teases a "Spectacular" Lost Reveal!

The origin of Jack's tattoos? Puh-lease. On this Wednesday's Lost (10 pm/ET, on ABC), longtime fans will get the answer to a far more provocative mystery: What paralyzed John Locke and landed him in a wheelchair in the first place? Terry O'Quinn shared with TVGuide.com a sneak peek. Plus, the original cast member's thoughts on airing next season without a break. TVGuide.com: According to the ABC summary for this episode, "Ben tries to persuade a determined Locke to call off his destructive plan by offering him some of the secrets of the island." What can you tease about Locke's plan?Terry O'Quinn: Nothing. [Laughs] I don't know how to do teases. There are no revelations I can give you because I'm not careful enough. I don't know what's safe to say or what's not safe to say. TVGuide.com: Which

Tue, Mar 20, 2007

Terry O'Quinn Teases a "Spectacular" Lost Reveal!

Idol Chat: Is Conflicting Advice Confounding the Singers?

As American Idol's top 12 was clipped to 11, the question arose: Is it better to be unique and bold, or safe and stale? Looking ahead, is another guy about to get gone? Or will this week's theme throw a stumbling block in front of two front-runners? TVGuide.com asked Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat, Idol Tonight and Reality Chat, for their expert takes. TVGuide.com: In last week's chat, Rosanna predicted that Chris Sligh would face an obstacle with the

Tue, Mar 20, 2007

Idol Chat: Is Conflicting Advice Confounding the Singers?

Holland Taylor: From Bosom Buddies to Her Naughty Men

If you were ever a fan of Bosom Buddies, and you now watch CBS' Two and a Half Men (Mondays at 9 pm/ET), not many a week goes by where a line delivery or physical flourish from Holland Taylor doesn’t harken back to the days of Kip, Henry, and the Livingston, Gentry and Mishkin ad agency. Taylor's Ruth Dunbar was a role that would pave the way for many more women to be reckoned with. TVGuide.com welcomed the chance to take a walk down memory lane with Taylor, dropping such names along the way as Hanks, Clooney, Pfeiffer and Sheen. TVGuide.com: Do you know what I have on my desk right here?Holland Taylor: What? TVGuide.com: The just-released Season 1 DVD set for Bosom Buddies.Taylor: [S

Mon, Mar 19, 2007

Holland Taylor: From Bosom Buddies to Her Naughty Men

Things Get "Hairy" as Apprentice's Surya Sounds Off

Task sponsor GNC may promote good health, but nothing could keep The Apprentice's Arrow team from growing sick and tired of perpetual project manager Surya Yalamanchili's leadership style. So when their halftime show hawking the vitamin store came up anemic, it was the 24-year-old Ohioan who was shown the door. TVGuide.com invited Surya to set the record straight on the circumstances of his exit, as well as weigh in on, yes, that nickname. (NBC's The Apprentice airs Sundays at 10 pm/ET.) TVGuide.com: Close one last night, man. I thought for a minute there that James might find enough rope to hang himself.Surya Yalamanchili: Yeah, yeah.... That boardroom probably lasted two to three hours. It went on forever. Trump did something I was told he'd never done before: He sent us out twice

Fri, Mar 16, 2007

Things Get "Hairy" as Apprentice's Surya Sounds Off

Idol Chat: Which Top 12 Finalist Faces the Biggest Hurdle?

Who from last Thursday was American Idol's most upsetting ejection? Which top 12 finalist faces the biggest hurdle with this week's theme? And which singer is pulling a fast one on the audience? TVGuide.com asked Rosanna Tavarez, the cohost of the TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat and Reality Chat, for her insider's take on the competition's latest twists and turns. TVGuide.com: Before we get started, what did you think about "the biggest thing to happen to American Idol in five years," the "Idol Gives Back" fund-raiser shows?R

Tue, Mar 13, 2007

Idol Chat: Which Top 12 Finalist Faces the Biggest Hurdle?

The Apprentice's Double-bagged Duo Talk "Trash"

At what cost product placement? That's what luxury-minded Lexus must be thinking, having lent its name and slick new vehicle to an installment of NBC's The Apprentice (Sundays at 10 pm/ET), which wound up highlighting go-karts and will be best associated with "white trash." The day after the dual dismissal, TVGuide.com spoke separately with Derek Arteta, who was booted from the boardroom for his use of a questionable term, and Jenn Hoffman, who, it could be argued, was canned just for kicks. First up, Derek: TVGuide.com: When they had that promo running all week, saying that "two words" will lead to a double firing, I was sitting there wondering what they could be. Does someone tell Trump, "You suck"? The last words I expected them to be

Fri, Mar 9, 2007

The Apprentice's Double-bagged Duo Talk "Trash"

It's Time for Some Girls-on-Girls Next Door Action!

Three gals, three seasons, three four-way Q&As. With the latest season of E!'s The Girls Next Door (Sundays at 10 pm/ET) now under way, TVGuide.com grabbed a few minutes with Hugh Hefner's gaggle of girlfriends — Holly Madison, 27, Bridget Marquardt, 33, and Kendra Wilkinson, 21 — to find out just how well they know each other after all this time. TVGuide.com: This week's episode concerns the mansion's New Year's Eve bash and your individual resolutions. Kendra, your goal was to get better organized, and you have

Fri, Mar 9, 2007

It's Time for Some Girls-on-Girls Next Door Action!

A "Frank" Talk with 30 Rock's "World Champion"

You know the foam-backed hats and the ginormous glasses, but do you really know Judah Friedlander, the journeyman funnyman playing 30 Rock's Frank Rossitano? As the critically acclaimed NBC series presents its last episode before sitting out a six-week hiatus, TVGuide.com grabbed Friedlander between stand-up gigs to gain insight into what makes Frank... well, do whatever it is that he does when he's not writing. TVGuide.com: What's the typical first question reporters ask you?Judah Friedlander: Not that one! First time I've heard that one, dude. TVGuide.com: I figured it must be, "The hats, are they yours?"Friedlander: The hats are all mine. I come up with all the sayings, and I make them all myself. As a stand-

Thu, Mar 8, 2007

A "Frank" Talk with 30 Rock's "World Champion"

Does Legal Eagle David E. Kelley Throw a Wild Wedding?

The prolific writer-producer who gave us Ally McBeal, The Practice and Boston Legal invites you tonight at 9 pm/ET to spend some time with The Wedding Bells, a Fox series about three sisters who labor to help couples find their "happily ever after" — at least until they reach the catering hall's parking lot. KaDee Strickland (The Grudge), the Southern belle who plays middle sis Annie Bell, shared with TVGuide.com a preview. TVGuide.com: Did you hear about the toasters? As part of the PR push, Fox sent toasters to reporters, wrapped up as wedding gifts.KaDee Strickland: That's perfect! I hope you enjoy your toaster. TVGuide.com: No, I'm totally going to regift this — though I hear it has a Wedding Bells logo on the

Wed, Mar 7, 2007

Does Legal Eagle David E. Kelley Throw a Wild Wedding?

Here, Kitty, Kitty: Is the CW's Pussycat Hunt Too Hot for TV?

Starting tonight at 9 pm and for the next few Tuesdays, pit-bull detective Veronica Mars will cede her CW time slot to some Pussycat Dolls, namely The Search for the Next Doll, a reality competition in which a gaggle of gals vie for a coveted slot in the group that has purred such pop ditties as "Don't Cha," "Buttonz" and "Wait a Minute." TVGuide.com spoke with Robin Antin, the Dolls' founder and choreographer and an exec producer on the series, about this Pussycat hunt. TVGuide.com: The Pussycat Dolls have come a long way. I mean, for a while there they were purely a novelty act, or at least perceived that way.Robin Antin: It was perceived that way, but to me it was definitely much more. I worked so hard to create the Pus

Tue, Mar 6, 2007

Here, Kitty, Kitty: Is the CW's Pussycat Hunt Too Hot for TV?

Idol Chat: Our Experts Weren't Lovin' Last Week's Theme

Who of last week's American Idol ejections was least deserving of their diss? Who from the remaining "sweet 16" is building up steam? And is Simon in any place to be snarking on the singers' wardrobe choices? TVGuide.com asked Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of the TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat and Reality Chat, for their ultra-informed takes. TVGuide.com: From where you sit, what was the big story coming out of last week's competition?Rosanna Tavarez: Antonella Barba, maybe? Kimberly Caldwell: I'm sure everybody thought An

Tue, Mar 6, 2007

Idol Chat: Our Experts Weren't Lovin' Last Week's Theme

Weeds' Mary-Louise Parker Makes a Killer Bride

Oh, how this reporter loves himself some Mary-Louise Parker. Most recently spied marketing Mary Jane as the Golden Globe-winning star of Showtime's Weeds, she resurfaces Saturday at 8 pm/ET in Oxygen's The Robber Bride, playing Zenia, an enigmatic enchantress who gave many people a reason to kill her. But who, if anyone, actually did her in? TVGuide.com leapt at the chance to speak with Parker about this TV-movie potboiler, peddling Weeds, and her upcoming gig as a very kind of different bride — Brad Pitt's! TVGuide.com: Wow. I'm talking to you. My first note here is to "fawn over her like a fool."Mary-Louise Parker: Oh, wow! That's so nice! I could use it.... TVGuide.com: When

Fri, Mar 2, 2007

Weeds' Mary-Louise Parker Makes a Killer Bride

Wedding Crashers' Jane Seymour Is One ICE-y Hot Mama

Michaela "Mike" Quinn is playing doctor again, though this time she is a far cry from the Wild West and she'll have temperatures rising in a very different way. In a three-episode arc starting tonight on ABC's In Case of Emergency (Wednesdays at 9:30 pm/ET), Jane Seymour plays the hot-to-trot mother of David Arquette's Jason and the ardent pursuer of Jonathan Silverman's Harry. TVGuide.com spent a few minutes with the Brit beauty and Wedding Crashers cougar to discuss her bawdy new bits. TVGuide.com: So, is there love in the air for Jason's mother? Or at least some lust? Jane

Wed, Feb 28, 2007

Wedding Crashers' Jane Seymour Is One ICE-y Hot Mama

Lost and Found: Jorge Garcia Previews Hurley's Discovery

The genteel man who gave Lost's original castaways their "golf course" this week seeks to start up another diversion, when Hurley makes a most unexpected discovery within the jungle brush. Before actually screening the episode (airing tonight at 10 pm/ET), TVGuide.com caught up with Jorge Garcia to preview the Hurley-centric outing, discuss one of Lost's latest puzzlers and survey the eventual fate of ABC's brain-busting series. TVGuide.com: I have to tell you, Elizabeth Mitchell is extremely lovely and all and we had a great interview, but it feels good to be talking now with a member of "the old guard."Garcia: [Laughs heartily] That's funny. It's all good, we're bringing her into the fold.... TVGuide.com: N

Wed, Feb 28, 2007

Lost and Found: Jorge Garcia Previews Hurley's Discovery

Idol Chat: Experts Assess an Early Fave and a Racy Scandal

As American Idol's two dozen finalists were narrowed down to 20, what's the biggest obstacle facing early favorite Lakisha Jones (pictured at right)? Is Blake "Beatbox" Lewis the real deal? And could an online scandal get one beauty booted? TVGuide.com checked in with Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat and Reality Chat, for their expert takes. TVGuide.com: If I may

Tue, Feb 27, 2007

Idol Chat: Experts Assess an Early Fave and a Racy Scandal

Oscars Expert Robert Osborne Spills the Show's Secrets

Could a young Miss pull a major upset at Sunday's Oscars? What's the biggest obstacle facing Eddie Murphy? And is there anything holding back the crown from Helen Mirren? Who better to answer these questions than Robert Osborne, the host of Turner Classic Movies' "31 Days of Oscars" showcase (airing through Mar. 3) who is also the author of the (massive) 75 Years of the Oscar, and the Academy's very own official red-carpet celebrity greeter? TVGuide.com welcomed the "golden" opportunity to pick the expert's brain.  TVGuide.com: First of all, thank you for the hernia your book gave me....Robert Osborne:

Fri, Feb 23, 2007

Oscars Expert Robert Osborne Spills the Show's Secrets

The Apprentice's Aimee Sounds Off on Getting Mall'd

Fue injusto que Donald Trump despidió a Aimee? On last week's The Apprentice, the Priceline was far from right for Aimee Trottier, whose team came up short on a task to... man, it was so boring, I hesitate to remind myself of it. But to be fair, the 32-year-old Chicagoan was operating on incomplete information, that her target market was significantly Hispanic. TVGuide.com invited the fired femme to share her side of the story. Plus: What exactly did she shout at her foes as she left the camp? TVGuide.com: I have to say, I can't 100 percent agree with Trump's latest call, because it sends the message that withholding vital information is good strategy.Aimee Trottier: Well thank you for that, because I felt the same way. I don

Fri, Feb 23, 2007

The Apprentice's Aimee Sounds Off on Getting Mall'd

Idol Chat: Who Soared (and Who Sank) In Hollywood?

Ladies and gentlemen, American Idol presented you last Wednesday with your 24 finalists. Who got robbed during the Hollywood round, and who had worrisome flaws exposed? TVGuide.com checked in with Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez, the hosts of TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat and Reality Chat, for their expert takes. TVGuide.com: Topic No. 1, Baylie Brown, aka Miss "Commercial with a Capital C" who was stuck with two best friends....Kimberly: The best friends who want to kill each other? [Laughs] TVGuide.com: She was such an early favorite. D

Tue, Feb 20, 2007

Idol Chat: Who Soared (and Who Sank) In Hollywood?