Question: Have any scoop about what "creative differences" lead to Nona Gaye's hasty departure from Law & Order: CI? Answer: It's my understanding that everything kind of shifted when Eric Bogosian was tapped to play the new captain. (Translation: His role got bigger, hers got smaller. Much smaller.)
Question: Any ER scoop? Answer: J.P. Manoux (Phil of the Future) has been cast as the new chief surgical resident, Dr. Dustin Crenshaw. He's best described as a brilliant but pompous Ivy League doctor who makes Neela's life pure hell.
Question: Can you give us a list of when all last season's TV shows will come out on DVD?Answer: Um, sure, I'll get right on that.
Question: In last week's Ask Ausiello, you made a comment about a new agent named Samuels coming in to head up field ops on 24. What happened to Curtis? Answer: Good question. Not sure. However, his portrayer, Roger R. Cross, was spotted at the end of Oliver Stone's World Trade Center.
Question: 7th Heaven scoop, please. Anything! Answer: Tragedy looms for one of the Camden kids as the 11th season opens. And a younger man is going to cause problems for Lucy and Kevin in Episode 2. Stephen Collins, meanwhile, will lampoon his do-gooder Heaven image in tomorrow's season finale of FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. All I'll say is that he has a surprising connection to Dennis and Dee, and it's one of two major twists in the episode.
Question: Does Andrew become an assassin? Answer: You're not even close.
Question: OK, last week you said that a CW star got upset because his/her lesser-known costar got face time in the CW ads and he/she didn't. I have to know who it is! Please? Pretty please? An asterisk quiz? Anything? (Did I mention the statue I'm erecting in your honor in my front yard?) Answer: Sorry, but my lips are forever sealed.
Question: Call me crazy, but I just love Weeds. Can you please give me some spoilers? Answer: You're gonna think I'm hitting the hashish a little too hard when I tell you this, but in Episode 3, we're going to learn that ***** a** *a*** a** ****a** a** ****. Hey, tired of trying to solve these puzzles all by yourself? Well, listen up: I've gone and created a special thread in my Ausiello Report blog where TV scoop hounds like yourself can discuss the latest edition of Ask Ausiello. Although the thought of uniting thousands of AAdicts under one cyber roof scares me a little, I trust that you will use your powers for good (i.e.: dissect asterisk quizzes, weigh in on the latest spoilers, organize a parade in my honor). We'll try it for one week and see how it works. If I smell even a whiff of foul play, I'm pull
Question: Hey, I saw you at lunch today. You were going into Subway in the underground concourse, right? You were wearing a green polo shirt. I thought about reporting the sighting to gawker.com, but I don't think they'll post it. Based on your head shot, I thought you'd be much skinnier, but you have a regular build. Do you get that a lot?Answer: You mean do strangers send me e-mails to tell me I'm fatter than they thought? Nope, you're the first.
Question: For the life of me I can't figure out what new hobby Andrew has taken up on Desperate Housewives (Ask Ausiello 8/9). Please reveal one more letter, Vanna? Answer: Are you serious? That was the easiest asterisk quiz ever!
Question: Could you please give us some One Tree Hill spoilers for Season 4? Answer: Matt Barr (Commander in Chief) has been cast in a pivotal role that will shake Peyton's tree. Speaking of Peyton, I hear she'll be undergoing a makeover (new hair, new clothes) by Episode 3 that will signal a return to her darker roots.
Question: Any scoop on the new season of Numbers? Pretty please! Answer: Episode 3 will kick off a multi-episode story line for Don (Rob Morrow) exploring issues in his life that he hasn't come to terms with. "He'll find himself having to confront them if he wants to make professional, and personal, progress," says exec producer Cheryl Heuton, who teases that the "curious relationship" between Megan (Diane Farr) and Larry (Peter MacNicol) will also build — but not as a typical romance. "[It'll] bring out a side of Megan's character that shares some of Larry's eccentricities."
Question: Do you have any good spoilers for Entourage? Answer: Adam Goldberg just shot a guest appearance that'll air when the show returns in early '07. Not sure if he'll be playing himself, but he will have something to do with "Medellín" falling back on Ari and Vince's lap. Also, Drama's "career" will get a major boost when he lands a role in Rush Hour 3. Or so he thinks.
Question: I heard William Petersen will take a break from CSI, and someone pretty big will be taking his place. Any idea who? Answer: He's only going to be MIA for two episodes (in early '07), and the show's publicist tells me "there will be no replacement."
Question: I'm guessing the Gilmore Girls asterisk quiz answers are "Arm Wrestling" and "Racquetball Court." What do I win? [Crosses fingers and hopes it's Ask Ausiello swag]Answer: You’re right! You win free passage to the TV Guide store! Congrats!
Question: Your ego is bigger than Barry Bonds' head. You devote 50 percent of your column to Gilmore Girls, 35 percent to your ego, 10 percent to yawning bunnies and 5 percent to actual inside dirt. Your column is a sham, and I wonder how you live with yourself sometimes. Answer: Did you go back and research past columns to come up with that breakdown, or was that off the top of your head? Either way, your percentages are eerily accurate. I'm not kidding. You pretty much nailed my top-secret formula for AA.
Question: Why did the show go away? The show was great. Just bring it back. Answer: The first person to reunite Keiandre with her meds gets a $25 gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma.
Question: I'm really hoping that Lipstick Jungle (based on Candace Bushnell's book) will still see the light of day. I've heard the pilot is still possible for mid-season pickup on NBC. Do you have any updates? Answer: I'll ask costar Matthew Morrison for an update next time I see him at the gym.
Question: My old Smurf t-shirt doesn't fit me anymore. I'll send it to you in exchange for some Supernatural prattle!Answer: You got a deal! I just found out that Buffy's Amber Benson will guest star in the episode “Bloodlust.” She plays — get this — a vampire(!) who kidnaps Sam, but then delivers some very surprising news that causes the Winchesters to rethink their stand on the supernatural.
Question: How exactly will Dave Rosenthal bring Rory and Logan "closer together" than they've ever been? A transatlantic phone call isn't what I'd describe as "utterly romantic" — unless there's something else up Rosenthal's sleeve that you're not telling us! Answer: I already told you that it ties in with the episode title, "The Long Morrow." But because I'm that kind of guy, here's another clue: A flying object is involved.
Question: Do you have any scoop on The 4400 finale? Answer: The show's spoilericious publicist sent me this exclusive-to-AA tease: "Jordan (Billy Campbell) places the biggest bet in the history of mankind when he devises a plan to distribute promicin — the serum found in the 4400s that gives them their powers — to the masses."
Question: I read that Anthony Michael Hall will appear in an upcoming episode of Rescue Me. Can you confirm? Answer: FX insists it's not true.