Question: Please, please, please give us a hint as to which actress was missing from the BSG set (Ask Ausiello 7/5). Even if it's just in asterisks! Seriously, I'll give you my firstborn for this information! Answer: It wasn't Mary McDonnell. Or Katee Sackhoff.
Question: Ausiello, you are my hero. Do you have any Office scoop? Answer: Did you see that New York Post story about the supporting cast of the U.K. Office making an appearance on the U.S. version this season? I'm already salivating at the prospect of Tim and Dawn coming face-to-face with Jim and Pam. I mean, can you imagine?
Question: Are David Gallagher (Simon) and Mackenzie Rosman (Ruthie) really leaving 7th Heaven? What's the latest?!? Answer: The latest is that Brenda Hampton is still trying to get them to change their minds. But as of now, they're done.
Question: Ugh! This year's Emmy nominations are complete crap. Damn it, Michael, you should have slept with the judges to get Lauren Graham in there. Answer: Believe me, had that option been presented to me, I would have whored myself out in a heartbeat. Speaking of the egregious Graham snub, I was chatting with a network exec the day after the noms and he remarked that, with LG's film career heating up, she'll probably be nominated for an Academy Award before she lands her first Emmy bid. How unbelievably ironic (and fitting) would that be? Oh, and in case you're wondering what Rob Thomas thought of Kristen Bell's second consecutive Emmy diss, wonder no more. "Hey, I loved Geena Davis in The Accidental Tourist, too — that doesn't mean she's better in Commander in Chief than Kristen is
Question: Seriously, who does Stockard Channing have embarrassing photos of? She gets nominated for the Emmys every year — even if she wasn't actually on television. Answer: Amen, sister. This is probably a good time for me to point out that the majority of my beef is not with the Academy. I applaud them for revamping the voting system in an effort to try to spread the Emmy wealth. I think the changes made perfect sense, and I had every reason to believe it would fix what continually ailed the whole process. No, my problem is with this special blue-ribbon panel. The folks who sat in that screening room on June 24 and 25 and watched Hugh Laurie work his magic on House and still deemed him unworthy of a nomination. Geena Davis is a fabulous actress, but even her best episode of Commander in Chief does
Question: Any spoilers for the new season of Supernatural? Specifically, will Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John) survive the car crash? Answer: Here's the straight scoop from series creator Eric Kripke himself (warning: you're just inches away from a major spoiler about last May's cliff-hanger; proceed at your own peril): "We will introduce a new set of 'hunters' this season — a mom and her daughter, who will be about the same age as the Winchester boys. John will definitely have survived the car crash, he’s alive and well, and he’ll soon have a face-to-face confrontation with the demon."
Question: I'm really down this week, but you could cheer me up with some new Las Vegas news! Answer: Danny and Delinda spend much of this coming season's second episode having sex, so I guess things don't work out well for her and Shawn Christian. In the same episode, Montecito's employees are forced to attend a sexual-harassment seminar, and Mary used the opportunity to publicly condemn Danny for dipping his pen in company ink. Um, jealous much, missy?
Question: I need Gilmore Girls spoilers — and fast. Answer: My Stars Hollow mole tells me the first six episodes are going to be very, very, very dramatic for Luke and Lorelai. Hopefully I'll get more details from new GG boss Dave Rosenthal when I see him Monday at press tour. BTW, I've gotten confirmation that Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel will be joining Dave R. at CW's Gilmore Girls session. Originally it was just going to be Lauren and Dave. I have a feeling that one's going to be standing room only.
Question: Which fall pilots would you deem worthy of my time?Answer: I finished watching the last of the pilots over the weekend and I have fantastic news: For the first time in recent memory, the good fall shows easily outnumber the bad ones — at least based on the pilots I saw. As Desperate Housewives taught us, the second and third episodes tell us much more about a show's creative bones than a season premiere. With that said, here are the fall offerings that have the most FauxVo potential. * Vanished (Fox) and Kidnapped (NBC): Among the things these two thrillers share in common: They both&
Question: What do you think about Chris and Mariska being nominated for SVU? Answer: Right actors, wrong year. You know my love for Mariska knows no bounds, but this wasn't her strongest season — her tour-de-force work in "911" notwithstanding. That's not to say I won't have a seizure if Marish wins, 'cause I will.
Yours truly just received a truly Super tip that's so good I'm not waiting for tomorrow's Ask Ausiello to report it. Aaron Ashmore — aka Veronica Mars' former beau, Troy Vandegraff — has been cast as Jimmy Olsen on Smallville! Amazing, right? Well, the news gets better. My Super mole confirms that Jimmy is being groomed as a love interest for Chloe! I've got another eather-shattering Smallville scoop, but that one I am saving for AA. (Hint: It's really good.) Fun fact free-o-charge: True Fanboys will recall that Aaron's twin bro, Shawn, appeared on Smallville as Clark's power-sucking nemesis Eric Summers.
Fox is now confirming that Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal) is joining the cast of 24 as a series regular. He'll play a high-ranking government official who becomes embroiled in Jack Bauer's latest day from hell. You're probably wondering what this means for MacNicol's full-time gig on CBS' Numbers. Believe it or not, I'm told he will do both shows simultaneously. Sounds like someone's gonna be busy!In other 24 casting news, the show is looking at actresses in their early 30s to play Chloe's new boss and Bill Buchanan's right hand lady at CTU. The character is described as smart, attractive and very good at what she does. In other words, Chloe's gonna have none of her.
By popular demand (152 e-mails and counting), here's the complete transcript of my interview with Milo Ventimiglia, conducted last Friday during a preplanned meet-and-greet at TV Guide's Gotham headquarters. Juicy, scoopy bits abound — particularly the stuff about Lauren Graham's Gilmore Girls contract that you just know I'll be asking her about tomorrow if, er, when she lands her first Emmy nomination! Ausiello: Inquiring minds (read: TVGuide.com readers) must know: Are you single?Milo: Yeah.Ausiello: How's single life treating you?Milo: [Chuckles] That's about all you'll get out of me.Ausiello: Any chance of you going back to Gilmore Girls?Milo: Never gonna happen.Ausiello: Because the Palladinos are gone?Milo: Yup.Ausiello: But what if the new show-runner, Dave Rosenthal, asks you? He might be a fan of yours.Milo: I appreciate that, but I'm pretty busy this year.Ausiello: So you feel that Jess' story is done?Milo: I felt that it was done a long time ago, but Dan and Amy kept...
Question: Your comment about someone coming back from Season 1 on the L Word is killing me! Is it Marina? Please tell me it is!! Answer: It is!
Question: I missed the last episode of Everwood. Will WB repeat it? Answer: They're telling me no.
Question: I don't care what anyone says, I love your "rude" comments. If people keep asking dumb questions (anything regarding Tru Calling, for instance), they deserve to have you making comments about them. So keep up the great work. Now, when is Fox bringing back The Inside and Wonderfalls? Answer: The Inside returns a week from never, and Wonderfalls goes back into production when yo mama starts shaving her pits. (You set me up, you bitch!) My apologies for the abbreviated AA this week. Due to the Fourth of July holiday, I had only a few hours to pull this together before I went out and got plastered. Next week, I'll be back to my normal l
Question: Any scoop on the Battlestar Galactica's Season 3 premiere date? Answer: Sci Fi won't give me anything more specific than October.
Question: Hey, I just wanted to thank you for raving about Deadwood and Battlestar Galactica. How could I have been so ignorant as to not watch the best Western and sci-fi shows that I've ever seen? Now I'm hooked! Answer: And you're a better man for it, Sam. Best two hours of television out there.
Question: I was just reading that you went to Atlantic City during your vacation. Did you take the Atlantic City Expressway, by any chance? I work at the Egg Harbor toll plaza and someone came through my lane that looked a lot like you. Answer: If this sighting you speak of took place on June 15, then yes, it was me. It's funny, I thought I felt a disturbance in my Stalker Detector as I passed through the toll booth; now it all makes sense. The only thing I can't wrap my head around is why you made me pay the 35 cents. I'm actually a little insulted.
Question: I just checked out the pictures you posted from your vacation. Wow, you really are good-looking! Answer: Did you think I was lying?
Question: Give us a 7th Heaven 11th-season spoiler! Answer: Oh, if I must. When the show returns this fall, Lucy will no longer be pregnant.
Question: I'm going out of my frakkin' mind with Battlestar Galactica withdrawal! Help! Throw a girl a bone! Answer: OK, but let's keep this between the two of us. Remember exec producer David Eick telling me that a major character will be killed off in the third episode? Well, one of my mole's friend's sister's roommates happened upon the set a few weeks ago and noticed the entire cast was present except for one person — a woman. You do the math.