Question: Any Bones scoop?Answer: The season finale is going to be ridonkulous — and I mean that in a good way. Not only are two series regulars headed down the aisle, but there's a knock-down drag-out brawl between Ryan O'Neal and David Boreanaz, and Brennan's mother is returning (yeah, the dead one).
Question: If your "BFF Goes MIA" blind item is not Lauren Graham, then please, for the love of all that is Lorelai, tell the world!Answer: Let me end the suspense right now: The answer to the "Is it or isn't it Lauren?!" question can be found in the latest installment of my Ausiello Report vodcast! BTW, it's Lauren's birthday on Friday! Anyone wanna go in on a fruit basket with me?
Question: The funny Sawyer line in last Wednesday's Lost has to be his, "Who the hell are you?" crack to Nikki, right? That was hysterical. If I'm right, could you reward me by telling us when we're going to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Supernatural again?Answer: Hallelujah! Yes! That's the one! Thank god it wasn't just me. Here's your prize, Charissa: It looks like JDM will appear in the season finale, "All Hell Breaks Loose Part II."
Question: So why did Grey's Anatomy put the kibosh on the Addison and Alex romance?Answer: I hear the brakes were put on Addisex the moment it was decided that Justin Chambers wouldn't be following Kate Walsh over to Grey's 2.0. The thinking being: no sense in getting viewers even more invested in Addisex if only one of 'em is returning to Seattle Grace next season.
Question: Is Scrubs going to address Dr. Kim's fake miscarriage this season?Answer: Yessir! During May sweeps, J.D. is going to spot his paunch-sportin' ex (Elizabeth Banks, who's back for three episodes) at a medical convention and deduce that she either really let herself go, or lied about losing their baby. No word if her sexy obstetrician will be back. (Hey, someone's gotta deliver J.D. Jr!)
Question: Get a life and get new friends.Answer: You can't make me.
Question: Season 6 of The Shield is getting very close! You have got to have some new scoops for us.Answer: Mackey's worst nightmare comes true when his daughter decides it's time to Google Daddy.
Finally, we can put a face with the name. Former Days of Our Lives stud Eric Winter has been cast as the oft-referred-to-but-never-seen gay brother to Rob Lowe's Sen. McCallister on Brothers & Sisters. According to my Walker family mole, the 30-year-old actor -- whose other credits include the blink-and-you-missed-it WB drama Just Legal and, most recently, ABC Family's Wildfire -- starts work this week for an April debut. As I teased in Ask Ausiello, Kitty initially mistakes him for being one of the senator's frat brothers. When the truth comes out, she immediately fixes him up with Kevin -- to disastrous results. What do we think? Notice any family resemblance?
Grey's 2.0 just got a major infusion of girl power. Sources confirm that Alias' Merrin Dungey and Judging Amy's Amy Brenneman have joined the cast of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, er, I mean "the enhanced two-hour Grey's Anatomy episode with a potential for afterlife." Based on recent intel, my guess is Dungey will be playing a psychiatrist, and Brenneman a fertility specialist. But it could be the other way around. The duo's hiring puts to rest speculation (or concern?) that Kate Walsh would find herself surrounded by a mostly-male ensemble -- buzz that only intensified with the recent casting of Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Paul Adelstein and Chris Lowell.Pretty ftaktastic cast, if you ask me. This thing is really gonna have to suck to fail. You agree?
Piz has hit the big time!Sources confirm that Chris Lowell — that's Veronica Mars' Piz to you — has joined the cast of the in-the-works Grey's Anatomy spin-off (or, as the lawyers over at ABC insist we call it, "The upcoming enhanced two-hour Grey's Anatomy episode with a potential for afterlife") executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Mark Gordon.Althought this is fantastic news for Lowell and his growing legion of admirers, it probably doesn't bode well for Veronica Mars' renewal chances. Also not helping matters: the impressive premiere ratings for those damn Pussycat Dolls. Still, this is a huge break for Lowell, one of the nicest, most down-to-earth young actors in the biz. Let's hope success doesn't corrupt his soul.
Question: Smallville! Do you have any good scoop on Chloe?Answer: Clark's gal Friday is about to start exhibiting some serious ****** *****ish tendencies.
Question: Any new scoop on Lost?Answer: Sawyer delivers what I'm pretty sure is the funniest line of Lost dialogue ever in "Enter 77." You'll know it when you hear it. Trust me.
Question: Can you give us scoop about SVU?Answer: They've lined up Nip/Tuck's Dylan Walsh to guest-star later this season as a big baddie who goes toe-to-toe with Stabler. And Mariska and Chris were shooting the season finale Monday inside City Hall on the same day I was reporting for jury duty. Coincidence? I think not. Fate? I think so.
Question: Holy jury-duty hell! Ten weeks without Ask Ausiello? Please tell me that mean judge didn't assign you to that big case!Answer: Good news: I'm a free man! After I explained to the judge what I do for a living, he agreed that I provide a valuable public service via Ask Ausiello and promptly released me. I'm sure it also helped that he was a huge Gilmore Girls fan.
Question: Any news on Dirt?Answer: Still sucks.
Question: Is your vodcast available on iTunes?Answer: No, but I'm told it will be soon.
Question: Is it 100 percent confirmed that Goran Visnjic won't come back (as a regular) for the 14th season of ER (Ask Ausiello 2/28)? What about Maura Tierney? Anything new on her coming back?Answer: I'd say it's 99 percent certain he won't be back as a series regular. And Maura is contracted through next season, so she's definitely sticking around.
Question: I'm going to die if you don't give me some scoop on SVU.Answer: Ludacris reprises his role as Ice-T's stepson in the season finale, which finds the SVU crew accused of giving preferential treatment to their relatives. Benson's half brother is also back.
Question: Any scoop on what's coming up on Grey's?Answer: Denny (might be) returning! Again! Sort of! Jeffrey Dean Morgan is in talks to host the latest Grey's clip show in April. OK, that's a wrap! Let's cut to the housekeeping notes, shall we? Head on over to the Ausiello Report to discuss this week's AA; check out the latest installment of my vodcast at Ausiello Central; send questions/tips/donations to askausiello@tvguide.com; and come back here next week and we'll do it all again!
Question: I read that Peter MacNicol will not be returning to Numbers because of the popularity of his character on 24. Is there any truth to this?Answer: Did "certain people" tell you that? (Spoiler alert) First off, MacNicol shot his final 24 episode weeks ago. Second, he's returning to Numbers on April 27.
Question: Can I please get some Smallville scoop?Answer: Episode 19 (aka "Nemesis") is very Lex/Clark-centric. The two of them get trapped in a tunnel and spend their downtime hashing out when their friendship went sour. Also, Lionel lands in ICU… and at the mercy of Lana's dark side. Yes, she has one — and it's a doozy.
Question: Is it safe to assume that Jack and Claire on Lost are siblings, since John Terry, who plays Jack's dad, is scheduled to appear in her flashback episode next week?Answer: I think it's safe to assume that that question will be answered.