Question: Please give me some One Tree Hill spoilers!Answer: Someone from the school-shooting episode will be returning a changed man, and we’re about to see a side of Rachel that almost makes her human. My OTH mole also tells me that in the April 26 episode there is a beautiful, lump-in-your-throat scene between Karen and Lucas about Keith’s death, and it will change Lucas’ life in a way he never imagined.
Question: I haven't heard anything about CSI:NY lately. Could you give me a scoop? Answer: The season will end with several bangs — as in explosions, not gunshots.
Question: The cast and crew of Grey's Anatomy were in Seattle last week. They were filming scenes of helicopters landing on the rooftop helipad of local ABC affiliate KOMO TV 4, which stands in for Seattle Grace's helipad. Possibly scenes for May's season finale? Answer: You mean Shonda Rhimes didn't have the city evacuated prior to filming? She's slipping.
Chloe is a traitor! OK, that's not exactly true, but 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub is consorting with the enemy, guest-starring on the May 9 season finale of WB's Gilmore Girls. The actress will play one of several singers who invade Stars Hollow hoping to get discovered after an agent taps the town's troubadour to open for Neil Young. Rajskub — who honed her crooner chops as part of the improv comedy-music group the Girls Guitar Club — called me from the Gilmore set late yesterday to chat about the Girls gig, Chloe's upcoming "romantic challenge" and her plans to take Manhattan this summer. Ausiello: I just want to point out that I interviewed you back in 2003 when you first started on 24, before Chloe became the superstar she is now.Rajskub: Th
Chloe is a traitor! OK, that's not exactly true, but 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub is consorting with the enemy, guest-starring on the May 9 season finale of WB's Gilmore Girls. The actress will play one of several singers who invade Stars Hollow hoping to get discovered after an agent taps the town's troubadour to open for Neil Young. Rajskub — who honed her crooner chops as part of the improv comedy-music group the Girls Guitar Club — called me from the Gilmore set late yesterday to chat about the Girls gig, Chloe's upcoming "romantic challenge" and her plans to take Manhattan this summer. Ausiello: I just want to point out that I interviewed you back in 2003 when you first started on 24, before Chloe became the superstar she is now.Rajskub: Th
I have to start paying more attention to those doctors milling about in the background on Scrubs, because for the life of me I don't ever recall seeing actress Elizabeth Banks (Slither, 40 Year Old Virgin). But on May 9, not only will we learn that she's been there the whole time (wink, wink), but we'll discover that she's got a crush on J.D. (Zach Braff). Banks' arc will continue into the season finale on May 16 and, assuming the show will return for a sixth season (NBC, don't make me come over there!), she'll likely be back in the fall. BTW, not to sound like a broken record or anything, but Scrubs is seriously enjoying its best season creatively to date. No show right now makes me laugh harder or with more consistency. And don't even get me started on the cast. Oh, go ahead and get me started. Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison and Judy Reyes are da bomb diggity. Funniest TV quartet since Seinfeld's fears
If Tori Spelling's said it once, she's said it a thousand times: She has no beef with her former Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Shannen Doherty. Well, her “true life” VH1 comedy So noTORIous begs to differ. In this Sunday's episode, a terrified Tori hides inside a sex shop to avoid a run-in with her nemesis, er, bestest friend. Later, she flashes back to her 90210 days and Doherty — I'm quoting directly from the script here — appears as a "gigantic, towering shadow" and talks like “Linda Blair in The Exorcist.” Spelling declined to comment, but a source close to So noTORIous insists the bit merely "plays off the joke that everybody thinks they don't get along. The show is all about poking fun at rumors." But will Doherty be laughing? Her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, says her client would be "very, very hurt" by such a monstrous portrayal, especially after Spelling personally invited her to make a cameo. "Tori
Trying to ID the actress who voiced the role of Tony's "wife" during his coma-induced hallucination on The Sopranos is so yesterday. The new mystery confounding fans concerns that mystical Ojibwe proverb that suddenly appeared on his hospital-room wall. Who put it there? "Stay tuned," teases executive producer Terence Winter, adding that the saying "will be referred to again." The quote was hand-picked by series creator David Chase, who discovered it two years ago while reading Peter Matthiessen's award-winning spiritual journey The Snow Leopard. But it wasn't until months later — when late Sopranos director John Patterson fell ill with cancer — that it really started to resonate with Chase. "David was visiting John at his home and somebody had posted a little card on the wall that had this quote on it," Winter explains. "It was a pretty incredible coincidence… and David just decided to incorporate it into the show." S
Question: Any plans for Greg Grunberg to reprise his role as the pilot when Lost finally explains how Oceanic 815 crashed? Answer: Let's ask Grunny himself: "No, they haven't asked. Maybe that's because I took all those tiny bottles of booze into the cockpit preflight. Jealous bastards!"
Question: Has Smallville been renewed yet? Answer: Not officially, but it's a shoo-in. And this just in: Lex's late mother will make an appearance in next month's finale.
Question: Any Supernatural news? Answer: We're going to get Meg's backstory soon. And the season finale is essentially a three-part episode airing April 20 and 27 and May 4, which finds the Winchester clan (including Papa John, played by Grey's Anatomy's Denny) going after the demon that killed their mother. When they discover that the beast is planning to strike again, they set a trap that goes horribly wrong.
Question: Somehow, I don't think that it is a coincidence that Locke's father was a con man just like Sawyer. Answer: See, Ken — I told you it was there.
Question: Can you give me any new scoop on House?! Answer: In the May 23 season finale, Dr. Buguphisass is confronted by a patient he wronged in the past.
Question: I heard there'll be a wedding on Las Vegas; please tell me who's getting married.Answer: The bride is Delinda and the groom is a man who shall remain nameless. BTW, I erred last week when I said Jerry O'Connell would only be appearing in one episode during May sweeps. Turns out he'll be around on May 5 and for the May 12 finale when Sam begs him to be her date for the big wedding.
Question: A few of weeks ago you stated that Jessica Biel won't be appearing in the series finale of 7th Heaven, but on Monday, USA Today reported that she will indeed reprise her role! I am trying to catch my breath at this amazing — and unexpected — news. Was this a last-minute decision by her? Answer: It was so last-minute that Brenda Hampton had to rework the script, which originally had Carlos making two major announcements on Mary's behalf. Now she'll be able to deliver the big news in person.
Question: Am I the only one not liking the Izzie-Denny story line on Grey's Anatomy? I can't stand it! Please tell me it'll be over soon! Answer: I'll confess, I wasn't a big fan at first, either. But damnit if those two aren't starting to grow on me. The initial plan was for him to do nine episodes, which would have his arc ending right around the season finale next month. BTW, we won't see an original Grey's until April 30. Next week What About Brian gets a sneak preview in Grey's time slot, and the following week we get another gratuitous clips show. Sigh…
Question: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 6: yes or no? Answer: How 'bout probably.
Question: ER spoilers are really hard to come by. Please tell me that Abby isn't the one to die! I read somewhere that the birth doesn't go quite as planned.Answer: Abby is not the one to die.
Question: This is one desperate fan here! I want my Desperate Housewives scoop! Answer: The finale script is still being tweaked, but I have it on good authority that one Housewife will find out her spouse is an adulterer and another will discover she's expecting. And neither one will take the news well.
Question: Any news on the Charmed finale? Answer: Yes! Brad Kern has put the finishing touches on the script and my spies tell me it covers 80 years in the girls' lives, from the 1970s to around 2050 with numerous stops in between. Most of it is told from the POV of Piper and Leo, but Phoebe and Paige are hardly marginalized. In fact, one of them gets married.
Question: Is it true that Commander in Chief is finally coming off the shelf and onto ABC's Thursday lineup? If so, do you know what surprises are in store for fans? Answer: Yeah, it'll air Thursdays at 10 pm/ET beginning April 13. And I'm hearing there will be a medical crisis in Mac's future that will pave the way for a temporary takeover by Donald Sutherland's Templeton. Good times....
Question: I'm a huge fan of Bones. Any chance of Booth and Brennan getting together? Answer: I asked David Boreanaz a crasser version of that exact question on last week's podcast.