Question: Any hints about the season finale of Gilmore Girls next week? I'll buy 10 Ask Ausiello T-shirts just for a tiny hint! Answer: Break out your Amex, Rebecca, because I've already seen the finale and I blogged all about it in the Ausiello Report. There's just one small clarification: The "something" that Lorelai does that she's never done before actually occurs in the back seat of a car, not the front.
Question: I'm quite sorry, but when it came down to voting for Milo Ventimiglia or you as World's Sexiest Vegetarian, I had to vote for Milo. Answer: It's OK. When it came down to loaning my Gilmore Girls finale screener to Rachel or you, I had to go with Rachel.
When the screener DVD arrived Friday morning from Warner Bros. I was both excited and terrified. I was excited that I wouldn't have to wait until May 9 to watch the Gilmore Girls season finale. But I was terrified because this in many ways could end up being the show's series finale. Sure, Gilmore Girls will be back next season, but without Team Palladino at the helm, who really knows what version of Gilmore Girls we'll be getting? So after staring at the DVD all weekend, I finally popped it in two hours ago, and now I'm here to tell the tale: Overall, it was a good Gilmore Girls episode. Had AS-P gone a little lighter on Taylor and the troubadours — and excised that unfortunate final scene you may have heard something about — it probably would have been a great episode. Still, there was much to love. Here are some highlights (spoilerphobes, read at your own risk): Lorelai does something she's never done before — and in the front seat of a car. And when it was over, ...
You read it here first: ABC has renewed Boston Legal for a 22-episode third season. The network wouldn't comment, but my spies say it's a done deal. Also on the pickup front, NBC just announced that Crossing Jordan, Medium and Las Vegas will all be back next season.Gotta run. Damon and Carlton are calling at 6:30 pm/ET! I see loads of Lost prattle in my (and your) immediate future!!!
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: ABC just sent out spoilery teases for the two-hour series finale of Alias, airing Monday, May 22 (9-11 pm/ET), and the two-hour season finale of Lost, airing Wednesday, May 24 (9-11 pm/ET). Read at your own risk.Alias: "In the first part of [the] Alias two-hour Finale event, 'Reprisal,' Sloane takes Marshall and Rachel hostage in order to discover a crucial clue to Rambaldi's ultimate endgame, as Sydney, Vaughn and APO race to stop him. In the second part, 'All the Time in the World,' Sydney and Jack must find a way to keep Sloane and Irina from putting their deadly plan into action."Lost: "After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront 'The Others' and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the 'button' and the hatch."
Here are several updates on stuff I reported in this week's Ask Ausiello as well as some new scoops mixed in. Enjoy! I can now confirm that Marlee Matlin has signed on to appear in 11 episodes of Showtime's The L Word. The deal just closed and, even though this drama is so far off my radar it's virtually undetectable, I wanted to bring you the official word ASAP. The Oscar winner will play a deaf artist who takes a shine to Jennifer Beals' Bette. She'll first show up in the fourth-season premiere in January. Speaking of shows I probably should be watching, Disney's teen phenom Hannah Montana has reeled in a pretty big fish. I'm told Dolly Parton will make a guest appearance this summer. I'm not sure who she's playing, but very reliable sources say her character will have huge knockers. Regarding the fate of The King of Queens, another source told me yesterday that "the show is definitely dead." Still no confirmation from CBS. My Eric Balfour mole (yes, I now have a mole assigned sp...
Question: I'm sending a letter to AS-P to tell her how much we love her. Think that'll help? Answer: Sure! And while you're at it drop a note to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and kindly ask him to suspend his enrichment of uranium.
Question: How cool would it be if Mariska had a boy and named it Michael? She could tell the world that it was in honor of her dad, Mickey, but we would all know that it's because she's your biggest fan. Answer: I like the way your mind works, Arietta.
Question: OMG, are you serious? J.J. Abrams is gonna direct, produce and write the next Star Trek movie?! OMG!!! I'm soooo excited! Answer: Me, too. And I don't even like Star Trek.
Question: I'm a huge Eric Balfour and O.C. fan, and I just have to know if the spoilers are true about him coming back for the finale. Answer: "Huge Eric Balfour fan" — now there are four words you don't hear every day. Yeah, he'll be back.
Question: I just wanna know what you had to do to get nominated in PETA's World's Sexiest Vegetarian poll? Answer: I had to be a pescetarian pectovegetarian demivegetarian vegiequarian crustovegetarian flexitarian fishatarian semivegetarian vegetarian. And sexy. Now, do a guy a favor and vote for me. This could be one of the biggest things that's ever happened to me.
Question: On The O.C., is the person who might die one of the main people who has been on the show since the first season? Answer: Yes.
Question: OMG, go tell everyone to go to GoVeg.com and vote for you in the World's Sexiest Vegetarian! Answer: Done and done. Oh, and since the categories are divided by gender, go ahead and vote for Kristen Bell, too. We so deserve this it's not even funny.
Question: Hey, has it been confirmed whether Oliver is coming back to The O.C., or is it just a rumor? Answer: It's just a rumor. In fact, Josh Schwartz is denying that the Season 1 menace is headed back to town, but he could just be trying to throw us off the scent. He's sneaky like that.
Question: Any scoop on who will appear on Dancing with the Stars 3, and when it will air? Thanks!!! Answer: I heard they were in talks with a wildly popular teen star about appearing on the next cycle, but she backed out due to weight issues.
Question: How much longer are we going to have to put up with Warrick's wife on CSI? We all know he should be with Catherine. Answer: You won't have to put up with her much longer. Pick up the new issue of TV Guide, on sale tomorrow, for lots of scoop on the Tina/Warrick/Catherine triangle.
Question: Any Grey's Anatomy spoilers? In particular, what's going happen to Denny? They're not going to kill him off, are they? Answer: He'll live long enough to appear in the season finale, per USA Today. After that, it's anyone's guess. BTW, don't you think it's strange that we know so little about Denny? I'm beginning to suspect that maybe there's something he's not telling us.
Question: L Word scoop? Answer: Big prattle: My L mole tipped me off that Oscar winner Marlee Matlin is thisclose to booking an 11-episode arc as a deaf lesbian. If she signs, she'd show up at the beginning of the fourth season in early 2007.
Question: Since the Lost finale will be a Desmond flashback and we also know that we will find out why the plane was brought down, is it safe to assume that Desmond caused the plane to crash? Answer: That's a really good question. Why don't you do me (and yourself) a favor and cut and paste that question in the feedback box below, write "D and C" in the subject line (sans the quotes), resend it to me ASAP and I'll be sure to ask Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse when I talk to them on Friday. That's right, I'll be interrogating the Lost bosses on Friday for another — wait for it, wait for it — all mostly Lost edition of Ask Ausiello, to run next Wednesday!
Question: A couple of weeks ago you hinted at a major plot twist on ER affecting Ray and Neela. Did I miss this? Answer: Nope, it's coming up on May 11.
Question: On the April 18 Gilmore Girls, when Lauren Graham said "frakkin'," it definitely reminded me of you. Answer: Yeah, that reminded me of me, too. (RIP Team Palladino.)
Question: 7th Heaven finale scoop please. Answer: I'm told from those in the know that the series (or season?) finale is sweet, funny and filled with flashbacks that will be a hoot for longtime fans. Of course, there'll be plenty of drama as well. Simon's trip to the altar will be a bumpy one when the groom-to-be's old flame returns at the most inopportune time with what sounds like some major news. As you know, Mary is back, as is Matt, but don't expect a huge family reunion. A face from Matt's past will also resurface. And the finale will answer the age-old question, "Do twins run in the Camden family?"