Question: Can you do anything to find out when Lost is going to premiere?Answer: I'm hearing it'll either be February or (egads!) April. We should know for sure later today when ABC unveils its entire strike-imposed sked.
Question: Earlier this season, you teased that someone's getting divorced on Grey's Anatomy, and it's not who we'd expect. After reading your Bailey/narration spoiler, it has me thinking that it's her. Answer: I can neither confirm nor deny that Bailey will be getting a divorce this season on Grey's Anatomy.
Question: You mentioned a while back that George's mom was returning to Grey's Anatomy. Did the strike push that back? Answer: That's what I'm hearing. According to my Seattle Grace mole, Mama O'Malley's return — originally slated for November sweeps — was delayed until Episode 11, aka the show's final pre-strike episode. That probably explains why George had little to do during the just-wrapped two-parter. Why'd they move her out of sweeps? Well, per my spy, when it became clear that eppy 11 might be the final hour of Grey's we get in a long time, the script underwent "massive rewrites" to ramp up the drama and add several cliff-hangers — one of which involves George's old lady. "They're pretty big bombshells," says the source. "Basically, everyone's futures are left up in the air." Well, not everyone's. As I reported in this we
Question: It's been forever since you gave us some scoop about Smallville. Got anything? Please? Pretty please? Answer: I can confirm that Jane Seymour is returning for the final pre-strike episode (No. 15), which probably won't air until February. It's safe to say she'll appear in a flashback since Lana stabbed her to death in Season 4. I think it's also safe to say said flashback will finally reveal both why her character was such a raging bitch and what connection she has to a certain Smallville villain (cough, Brainiac, cough).
Question: Does the writers' strike mean us Ausholes can't hope for any more cameos this season? Answer: I regret to inform you that my fifth-annual prime-time cameo has been put on hold pending a resolution to the strike. If that doesn't bring both sides back to the bargaining table, nothing will.
Question: I need info on my new favorite show, Dirty Sexy Money. At this point I'll take anything you have! Answer: If you're wondering where Carmelita disappeared to in last week's episode, rest assured it wasn't the local morgue. "They're not going to off her," insists leading man William Baldwin. "She's [been] abducted. And that's another thing. Did Tripp do it? Did Simon do it? Did my wife do it? Who dunnit?"
Question: Are there any scoops about a love interest or temptation for Grissom on CSI? Answer: There's nothing in any of the remaining scripts I've read.
Question: Any idea when the second season of Burn Notice will premiere? Answer: It's slated for June, but as a result of the — all together now — writers' strike, that's subject to change. Shooting was scheduled to get under way in mid-January, but that start date will be delayed for as long as the strike lasts (i.e., a two-month strike would push back production to mid-March). I'm told that as long as the strike is resolved by the end of February, the second season will debut on schedule. (Last year, Burn Notice didn't start shooting until April and still premiered in June.) In the meantime, Jeffrey Donovan is currently lensing the Clint Eastwood drama The Changeling, opposite Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich.
Question: One Tree Hill scoop, please! Answer: The new woman in Lucas' life may not want the one that used to be there back in it. Also, MySpace music phenom Kate Voegele will be doing a multi-arc as part of the music storyline involving K-Fed.
I've got good news and bad news about the latest installment of my Ausiello Report vodcast, now available for your viewing pleasure via this handy link.Let's get the bad news out of the way first: After this week's episode, AR is going on a little end-of-year hiatus, with fresh episodes returning in early January.Now for the good news: Befitting a fall finale, we're going out with a bang. I did the math and this is, by far, our biggest, most scoop-filled show ever. In addition to details on how Grey's will resolve the Mer/Derek/Rose triangle, AR 1.41 contains major-ass intel on the upcoming series finale of The Shield, a looming cliff-hanger on Bones, and this Sunday's stunning Season 2 conclusion of Dexter. And I haven't even gotten to the most shocking thing about this week's show. To say more would ruin what could go down as the biggest watercooler moment of '07.Enjoy!
My sixth sense is telling me that Medium is headed back to Monday night! Actually, it's a well-placed NBC source that's doing the blabbing, but whatever. The bottom line is that the Patricia Arquette starrer will kick off its fourth season on Monday, Jan. 7 at 10 pm, where it'll round out a new strike-imposed Monday lineup that includes American Gladiators at 8 pm and Deal or No Deal at 9 pm. An official announcement from the Peacock is expected later today.Thoughts?
Question: Did Lynette's husband die in the tornado? The promos said "a friend and a husband" would die. Is it Tom? Who is the friend? I'm so confused. When are new episodes coming back? Answer: Actually, it's episode, not episodes. The conclusion to Sunday's two-parter is the only remaining episode in the can. And my guess is ABC is holding on to it as long as possible.
Question: I would love to see Daniel and Hilda hook up on Ugly Betty. Any chance that will happen?Answer: Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they have a drunken hookup last season? I seem to recall they did. Regardless, I know of no plans for a Daniel-Hilda coupling. But at a recent event, Ana Ortiz let it slip that Hilda will venture back out into the dating world with a familiar face: Freddy Rodriguez! "It was really just one date at a salsa club," she says of her character's rendezvous with "Mode"'s sandwich-making entrepreneur. "I think he just did it to make my sister jealous."
Question: If the new Grey's Anatomy narrator is Bailey, does that mean that Meredith will cease to exist? Answer: Bailey's the new narrator for one episode. Meredith will be back whining waxing philosophic the following week. In related news, this week's Ausiello Report vodcast contains a rather graphic reenactment of the top-secret tragedy at the center of Bailey's big episode. Consider yourself warned.
Question: Have you gotten onboard with Life yet? Answer: No, but Intern Rob got his hands on tonight's episode — the conclusion of the two-parter that began on Monday — and he tells me that Crews coaxes a personal confession out of the real Seybolt family killer, which finally allows him to clear his name. Of course, there's still the mystery of who set him up, and dang-it if Jack isn't harboring the one person who could clear the whole thing up. I (or rather, Rob) would tell you who that person is, but NBC has sworn us to secrecy.
Question: Do you have any scoop on why we got the G-rated version of the big Bones kiss? (In case you missed it, you can view the PG-13 version here.) Answer: Holy lip-smacker! I counted seven steamboats — and at least one tongue. Not sure why they didn't use this version. Perhaps Jaime Boreanaz was given final approval?
Question: OMG! Is ******* *o* a ******!?!Answer: I feel like a proud parent.
Question: Can you tell us anything else about Michael's return to Lost — like who he'll be sharing scenes with? Answer: I can tell you that in one scene he appears opposite a gun-toting character we thought was dead — and who still may be. And here's the real kicker: The scene does not take place on the island. Far from it, in fact.
Question: I ran into Smurfette at the Coffee Bean on Wilshire and she told me you guys won't be BFFs again until you spill on Angela Petrelli's power. Answer: You tell Smurfette to be patient. Mama P. is loaded with secrets, some of which will definitely be revealed in the second half of the season. Interpret that as you like.
Question: Will Lundy be back next season on Dexter? Any new spoilers on whether or not his relationship with Deb continues? Answer: All I'll say is it's not looking good for these two — and hallelujah to that. The Deb-Lundy romance was as ill-conceived as it was clumsily executed, and it dragged down what was otherwise a solid sophomore season. There were times I felt like the show's writers had handed their scenes off to someone at October Road to pen. Heck, the couples on The Hills have more nuanced dialogue than these two.
Question: What is Alexis Bledel up to these days? Answer: Beats me, but had Gilmore Girls been back this season, she would've been (wait for it) spending time with ex-leading man Matt Czuchry! No lie. Czuchry recently confirmed to me that despite Rory and Logan's series-ending split, he quietly inked a new deal with the show last spring that — if Gilmore was renewed for an abbreviated, 13-episode eighth season — would've called for Logan to return. "Contractually, there was an agreement that I would come back for a certain amount of episodes," reveals the upcoming Friday Night Lights guest star, who insists TPTB didn't clue him in on why Logan would've returned. "I don't know [what would've happened], because those episodes were never written. There were a lot of hypotheticals about what those 13 episodes would be." At the very least, the return engagement probably would've given Rory-Logan a better send-off t
Question: This isn't really a question, but gawd, I sure hope Lynette's kids died in that Desperate Housewives tornado! Wait, I can turn this into a question! Michael, can you please tell me whether Lynette's kids are dead? Pretty puh-leeeeease with a Snapple cap on top?! Answer: Regrettably, the Scavos' demon spawn survive the twister. I don't get Marc Cherry sometimes. He had a golden opportunity to kill four really annoying birds with one big shiny stone and he didn't take it. Maybe he's waiting to unload them in the May sweeps tsunami.