Question: I read your report that Jennifer Esposito pulls Tommy out of the fire in the Rescue Me premiere, but will she become a regular? Possibly a new love interest for Tommy or, dare I say, Franco?Answer: She's a recurring love interest for Tommy. Franco's only got eyes for Natalie (the returning Sherri Saum).
Question: Dude, what was with your shirt selection on last week's vodcast? Does TV Guide not have a "Mode"-like Christine equivalent to help you with your wardrobe? Seriously. That light gray simply does not work for you. I'd suggest a cerulean blue or eggplant.Answer: Blame the folks over at Penguin. I approached them two months ago about becoming the Ausiello Report's exclusive wardrobe supplier, but I have yet to hear back. They've got two more weeks before I move on to Ben Sherman. I'm not playing around anymore.
Question: So, how do you stop an exploding man?Answer: Apparently, you pick him up and fly him into outer space.
Question: I cannot believe George of all people failed his intern exam on Grey's Anatomy! Is T.R. Knight leaving the show?Answer: For the last time, T.R. Knight is not leaving Grey's. However, the same can't be said for Isaiah Washington, who has yet to renegotiate his deal with the show.
Question: If you get Amy Sherman-Palladino to spill the final four words she had in mind for Gilmore Girls, you might actually be earning your salary.Answer: Bite me.
Jericho fans are proving to be da bomb at marshalling their resources. The monstrous public outcry surrounding the show's cancelation prompted CBS' entertainment president Nina Tassler to take the unusual step of posting the following message at CBS.com over the weekend... To the fans of Jericho:We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment. Please know that canceling a television series is a very difficult decision. Hundreds of people at the Network, the production company and the incredibly-talented creative team worked very hard to build and serve the community for this show -- both on-air and online. It is a show we loved too.Thank you for supporting Jericho with such passion. We truly appreciate the commitment you made to the series and we are humbled by your disappointment. In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jer...
3:50: Fox upfront. The words still send shivers down my spine. As you recall, the network's presentation last year was widely considered to be the single most grueling upfront in the history of upfrontmanship. The post-traumatic stress still hasn't worn off.3:51: Good news. Fox has clearly learned from their mistakes. In stark contrast to last year, the check-in process was easy-breezy. Even better, the air conditioning is working! Now if we can wrap this thing up in under two hours, almost all will be forgiven.4:01: I'm in complete denial about the VM thing, BTW. Just thought I'd share. Ooooh, the show is starting... with a 24 parody!4:05: Jack Bauer urges Fox president Peter Liguori to keep this year's presentation under an hour! LOL!4:06: They're bringing all their stars out onstage. Fox always has a good talent turnout at these things. 4:08: Well, most years they have a good turnout. The only Prison Breaker in attendance is Sucre (Amaury Nolasco)!4:09: No Kiefer Sutherland, but ...
I forwarded Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas the comments Dawn Ostroff made at the CW upfront (read 'em in my live blog) regarding the show's fate, and below is the response he just sent me:"No one has talked to me about a new, non-Veronica project. All my writers have been offered jobs elsewhere, and I believe they will now all accept these jobs. Very, very, very sad day around the VM offices."I assume that anything Dawn would be talking about in the realm of a Rob-Kristen project would involve a new from-scratch pilot as they don't have me in a deal, and they'll lose Kristen in a couple of weeks."Bottom line: It's over. First Gilmore Girls and now this. Simply depressing. Who's giving out hugs?
3:46: CBS' Upfront starts in 15 minutes and I'm lost. Does anyone out there know how to get to Carnegie Hall!? Ba-dum-bum. 3:48: I've got an awesome seat right in the center. Some might say I have a birds-eye view of the stage. Ba-dum-bum.3:53: CBS is young and hip — and they've got a DJ spinning records in front of the stage to prove it!3:57: You haven't lived until you've heard CBS' NFL theme song remixed with "We Will Rock You."4:00: Showtime! Oooh, we're starting with a musical number! A reggae group is welcoming us with a song about the upfronts.4:05: Ladies and gentleman, make way for King Les Moonves!!4:10: "For the fifth year in a row, CBS is America's most watched network," Les proclaims. So humble, that one. 4:15: Moonves introduces a YouTube clip that a fan compiled featuring David Caruso's endless one-liners from CSI: Miami. Funny stuff.4:16: Someone in row 12 smuggled a freakin' laptop in here! No fair! She should be forced to Blackberry-blog like me! (It's not eas...
Veronica Mars is still clinging to life.Despite reports this morning that the show has been canceled, Rob Thomas just assured me via e-mail that there's "nothing definitive." That jives with what I told you in Ask Ausiello: It's possible CW head Dawn Ostroff is delaying a final verdict on VM until after Thursday's upfront. One encouraging sign: Sources say Rob has passed on CBS' offer to come aboard its new musical mystery drama Viva Laughlin as an executive producer. (Rob declined to comment on anything Viva-related.)Anyone wanna guess what the first question out of my mouth will be at tomorrow's CW press conference? C'mon, give it a shot.(For more upfront coverage, check out TVGuide.com's First Look: Hottest Fall TV blog.)
Question: With this week being upfront week, do you have any scoops for next season?Answer: Cue the broken record: Pushing Daisies will knock your tube socks off. And here's some scoop: Series creator Bryan Fuller is already hard at work on a companion comic book!
Question: Any further Lost scoopage is much appreciated!Answer: My (slightly ironic) advice to you: Resist all spoilers concerning next week's game-changer. It'll ruin all the fun. Trust me.
Question: Do you know why Footballers' Wives wasn't picked up? It was on the schedule, and now didn't make the cut.Answer: That's a good question. I saw the pilot and thought it was pretty good, in a Melrose Place, check-your-brain-at-the-door-and-just-have-fun kind of way.
Question: Well, either your earlier scoop about the season finale including a showdown between Jack and Locke was wrong, or Locke makes it out of the Pit of Despair alive. Are you at liberty to disclose which?Answer: My scoop was not wrong.
Question: I don't understand you. First, you reported that Veronica Mars' chance of survival had gone from "so-so" to "pretty good." Now with the news that Rob Thomas has been asked to run a new pilot on CBS, VM’s chances have gone back down to "slim." What gives?Answer: What did I tell you about shooting the messenger? The messenger is just doing his job. The messenger is good. And the messenger has an update: Last night at ABC's upfront bash, a high-level Warner Bros. executive confirmed what I first
Question: Words cannot express how happy I am that NBC renewed Friday Night Lights. Any scoop on Season 2?Answer: I spoke to the entire cast on Monday (video forthcoming), and I'm happy to report that there doesn't seem to be a rotten egg (read: raging diva) in the group. If I had to pick a favorite though, I'd have to go with Scott Porter (aka Jason Street). And that's only partly because he marched right up to me on the red carpet and said, "I find out what's happening on our show from you!" Kinder words have never been spoken. Well, Scott, if you're reading this, here's a scoop for you: Mrs. Taylor (the flawless Connie Britton) will be on the verge of popping out a kid when Season 2 starts. And exec producer Sarah Aubrey told me that not even the writers know how old the players are. "Don't ask me this," she chuckled. "[Exec producer]
Question: Give me some scoop on Heroes! Pretty please, with cherries on top of ice cream scooped out by an Ausiello ice cream scoop?!Answer: As you'll see in our video interview (should be live soon at Ausiello Central tomorrow morning), Greg Grunberg unleashed a mild spoiler about next season: The final three minutes of this season will mirror the first three minutes of next season.
Question: Publish the answers to your blind items, or forget it.Answer: As far as threats go, that one's pretty weak. And also a tad confusing. What exactly would I be forgetting?
Question: The Smallville season finale airs tomorrow night. Give us something!Answer: Actually, I literally just finished watching the episode and, as you know, I'm not the biggest Smallville fan, but even I have to admit the episode is pretty fraktacular. Warner Bros. sent it to me on the condition I don't reveal the following four things:1. Who dies2. ***'* ****** 3. Chloe's power4. ******'* ************ to ******* ********* Among the things I can tease:• Clark's greatest weakness is going to be his new enemy's greatest strength.• Lionel's true colors are revealed, and they're not as dark as we imagined.• Lois has a dead-end run-in with one of Lex's goons in an awesome sequence.• Clark finally tells Lana his secret again, with very similar res
Question: I read that T.R. Knight is leaving Grey's Anatomy. Noooooo! Please tell me this isn't true.Answer: (Major spoiler alert) T.R. Knight will be back next season.
Question: I am seriously tired of your anti-Gizzie rants. I love them, and pretty much everyone I know does, too.Answer: If you say so.
Question: Any Heroes spoilers?Answer: (Major spoiler alert) "The bomb" is a series regular, male and was in the pilot.