Question: Any status report on the upcoming Deadwood movies?Answer: Hate to be a pessimist, but I think HBO was jerking our collective chain with this two-movie thing. Considering more than half the cast has moved on to other projects, I don't see how it'll be logistically possible to start shooting the first movie this summer. But maybe they'll prove me wrong. (They better prove me wrong.)
Question: Word on the street is that Piz has a big secret on Veronica Mars.Answer: I think the word on the street is "wrong."
Question: My birthday was last Friday, just like your BFF Lauren Graham! That should be worth some serious Grey's scoop.Answer: Lucky for you, I just received a fresh batch of intel regarding the enhanced two-hour May-sweeps episode of Grey's Anatomy with a potential for afterlife (aka the spin-off). According to multiple unnamed spies who (lucky for us) can't keep their traps shut, Addison comes to the conclusion that (Spoiler alert) McSteamy is about a decade away from becoming father material, and hightails it to Los Angeles to meet with one of the world's foremost fertility experts. Mrs. Egg Harvester is also one of Addison's BFFs and the owner of a state-of-the-art wellness center, which just so happens to be looking for a neonatal specialist. I think you can figure out the rest.
Question: So George and Izzie actually happened on Grey's Anatomy. I guess you gave us fair warning. Now can you please assure us that it was a one-time drunken mistake and it won't be happening again?Answer: I really wish I could. But I can't.
Question: Scrubs? Anything?Answer: You know how Bill Lawrence opted to put that whole J.D./Elliot love story to bed a few seasons back? Looks like he's stirring up some old feelings in the final three episodes — just in time for Dr. Kim's return and Elliot's engagement!
Question: Any new Abby-Luka scoop on ER?Answer: You can disregard my theory about them tying the knot in Croatia. (Spoiler alert) The nuptials actually take place somewhere in Chicago, and to say the ceremony gets off to a rocky start is a bit of an understatement.
Question: What do you think of October Road?Answer: It made me want to gouge my eyes out with a metal fork.
Question: I watched the first episode of October Road and I didn't hate it.Answer: There's a ringing endorsement if ever I heard one.
Question: Please give me a really good reason to keep watching Battlestar Galactica after the series of nonevents they’ve been having lately.Answer: I'm with you, Sarah. BSG has been seriously off its game since it returned in January. The March 11 episode — you know, the one where Baltar's Irish-sounding lawyer talks Apollo's ear off for 30 minutes straight — had me doing something I never thought possible: hitting the fast-forward button. The good news is that this Sunday's season finale, while certainly imperfect, is a vast improvement over recent weeks.
Question: Please tell me that Eddie Egomaniac is not Hugh Laurie! I love him, but he seemed kind of grumpy in the latest TV Guide article.Answer: It's not Hugh Laurie.
Question: OK, totally hated the George-Izzie hookup on Grey's last week. That was the last thing I thought was true from your list of twists. I had money on Burke's transfer!Answer: Funny thing is, one of the "false" plots twists nearly turned out to be true — and it still might! I got a questionable tip about two weeks ago that (Potential spoiler alert) Callie was pregnant, and Grey's was planning to set up a whole "Who's the daddy?" story with George and McSteamy. But now it looks like that was another Shonda Rhimes-tested and -approved foiler.
Question: I'd be ever so grateful for some more Smallville scoop.Answer: Per my Super mole, the Justice League won't be back in the season finale, but Martian Manhunter will.
Question: Do you have any scoop on The Riches? We all know it won't live up to your love for FX's Dirt.Answer: Oh, I get it — you're being sarcastic. It was so subtle I nearly missed it. Anyway, I loved The Riches. Well, I loved the completely original and highly entertaining pilot. Too bad it quickly deteriorated into your standard, run-of-the-mill, cliché-ridden dark comedy about life in suburbia. The downward spiral started Monday night and continues with next week's painfully uneven third episode. I'll probably give it a few more weeks, if for no other reason than to watch Eddie Izzard's career-making performance. I'm also kind of curious about who keeps calling Doug Rich's phone, a mystery that kinda sorta gets answered in the final seconds of next week's epis
Question: Just watched your Ausiello Report vodcast and I had to tell you: You're cute.Answer: I'm cude! I'm cude! She said I'm cuuuuuuuuuude!
Question: Is Mohinder really dead on Heroes? Are we going to see HRG again? Who else is dead?Answer: A series regular goes away for good on April 23, but it's none of the folks you mentioned.
Question: I heard on the radio that Lisa Kudrow may also join the Grey's spin-off. Have you heard anything about this?Answer: Not true. Lisa was up for one of the primary roles — Amy Brenneman's part, perhaps? — but apparently a return to TV prompted this reaction from her: "I don't want to see that!" (Never gets old.)
Question: Does the blind item "BFF Goes MIA" involve a certain someone who reached BFF status after an act of übercoolness at a post-Golden Globe party this past year?Answer: No, it's not Becki Newton — who, by the way, has a memorable run-in with a cat on tomorrow's Ugly Betty. It's not to be missed. Ditto the make-out session between Mark and Betty, which, once you get past the whole gross, unnatural aspect of it, is pretty hysterical.
Question: Got any info as to what is going to happen the rest of the season on Close to Home?Answer: Did you see my exclusive item in last week's TV Guide about Jennifer Finnigan's real-life beau Jonathan Silverman doing a three-episode arc? He's playing a political operative hired by Conlon to help with his attorney-general campaign.
Question: Two Bones characters headed down the aisle? Is this for real?Answer: Sure is! And notice how I said "headed down the aisle" as opposed to "marry." Check out my latest vodcast for more! Also be sure to check out TVGuide.com's Movie Talk vodcast, starring my colleagues Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox. I can honestly say it's the second coolest vodcast on our site.
Question: Have you heard about Chris Meloni's full moon in the May 8 episode of SVU?Answer: "Full moon" is a bit of an exaggeration. From what I hear, it's more like a waning crescent.
Question: Got any scoop on CSI's Miniature Killer?Answer: Rumor has it Mini Meanie won't fit the typical serial-killer profile.
Question: I would love some juicy new Law & Order: SVU scoop!Answer: Four words: Baby. Bombshell. Season. Finale. Here's nine more: Check out this week's Ausiello Report vodcast for more! (If the clip doesn't immediately start playing, click the play/pause button underneath the video player.)