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Is the "ego-trippin' guest ...

Question: Is the "ego-trippin' guest 'star'" Ed Helms from The Office?Answer: No. Right night, wrong network. That's a wrap, folks. Keep close watch on the Ausiello Report throughout the week for breaking casting news, 'round-the-clock updates on Isaiahgate, and the latest on the casting coup of the frakkin' decade. Now head on over to the AA Discussion Thread to weigh in on any of the important and life-changing issues raised in this week's column. See you back here next week!

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

What did Kevin Reilly have to ...

Question: What did Kevin Reilly have to say to the fans' declarations of undying love for Friday Night Lights? Any scoop for us?Answer: Well, after I personally relayed all of your testimonials to him, Reilly told me that there's a "good" chance the show will see a second season provided it holds steady in the ratings. "I just want it to maintain [its numbers], and then we'll figure out where to put it," he said. Reilly is such a huge FNL fan that he later joked promised to keep it going "until there are two people left watching this thing." And you better believe I plan on holding him to that.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Did you catch Jake Gyllenhaal ...

Question: Did you catch Jake Gyllenhaal on Saturday Night Live last weekend? His opening monologue was hysterical. I haven't laughed that hard at an SNL sketch in a long time. Answer: Agreed. If they keep this up, I'm gonna have to start throwing around the C-word.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Have you heard anything about ...

Question: Have you heard anything about Bones?Answer: Big scoop straight from Emily Deschanel: Former Hugh Laurie sidekick Stephen Fry is doing a multi-episode arc as a shrink. "[Booth] goes a little nutso, does something bad and is given mandatory therapy," Emily told me Saturday night at Fox's press-tour party. As a result, Booth and Brennan "get separated, and that's when I have to work with" new recurring guest star/love interest Eddie McClintock. Booth eventually returns to the fold, but his jealousy over Brennan's new crush lands them both on Fry's couch. "We end up going to couples therapy with Stephen Fry because we're not working well together." Emily also confirmed that her pa, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, will helm Bones' penultimate episode in May. "I won't have any kissing scenes in that episode. I requested that," she

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Are you ever going to tell us ...

Question: Are you ever going to tell us who the "TV Flames" are in your blind item? Answer: Ninety bucks gets you an asterisk quiz with half the letters filled in.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

I'm lovin' 24 so far this ...

Question: I'm lovin' 24 so far this season. What's the latest on Kim Raver returning?Answer: It's looking iffy at best. My CTU mole tells me there's a tragic twist involving Audrey coming up around the midday point that would appear to make a Raver reprisal highly unlikely.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

I’m voting in the upcoming ...

Question: I’m voting in the upcoming SAG Awards, and my only surefire pick is Chandra Wilson for female in a drama series. What are your picks for the other TV categories? I will heavily consider your advice!Answer: Funny you should ask. My predix were just posted here!

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Keri Russell is pregnant! Are ...

Question: Keri Russell is pregnant! Are you the father? Give me some Crossing Jordan scoop! Answer: NBC sent me an advance screener of this Sunday's episode, along with a note that ended with this sentence: "Please do not reveal the identity of the series regular who is killed." Do they know me or do they know me? (And no comment on the Keri Q.)

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Loved your Golden Globes ...

Question: Loved your Golden Globes red-carpet interviews. I've been trying to figure out who could be the mystery guest star on Heroes that Masi Oka alluded to during your interview with him. Could it be Stan Lee? After all, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is on hiatus right now.Answer: Did you bug my office? Yes, it's Stan Lee. Pretty soon you guys aren't even going to need me.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Holy moly! Is the Cohens' ...

Question: Holy moly! Is the Cohens' house getting destroyed in an **********?Answer: Yes! Can you believe it?

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Lost scoop with a cherry on ...

Question: Lost scoop with a cherry on top, please?Answer: Charlie's about to get his comeuppance for kidnapping Sun last season. "That is getting resolved in an upcoming episode," exec producer Carlton Cuse tells me. "Sun finally finds out who actually did that to her. It takes place in another character's episode, but it becomes an important ancillary part of that episode." Cuse adds that it's a "reasonable assumption" that the reveal will cause problems between Charlie and Claire.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Your column has been light on ...

Question: Your column has been light on Supernatural scoop of late. Fix that, pretty please with Diet Raspberry Snapple on top?Answer: You had me at pretty, Skye. Battlestar Galactica's babelicious Tricia Helfer "is one of the guest stars coming in in Episode 16," Kripke told me. "It's a very cool episode. It basically takes place in real time, over one night on a haunted highway. We see this woman who lost her husband, and the boys help her try to find him, and there's a huge twist in the end."

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

I read that Everwood was ...

Question: I read that Everwood was picked up by the MIA Network. What is the network? I've never heard of it.Answer: OK, now this is starting to get mean. I'll stop.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Any scoop for Rory and Logan?

Question: Any scoop for Rory and Logan?Answer: Yeah, but it might make you ill. Matt Czuchry thinks Rory and Logan should eventually (yikes!) go their separate ways. "I would love to see Rory single at the end. I just feel like that's the way the show began, with the mother-daughter relationship. It's kind of like Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker and the big question of, 'What is she going to do at the end?' I thought she should have been by herself, because that was the whole through-line of the show. The most important thing for me is that Rory and Lorelai are there together at the end. It should be about the Gilmore girls and them going forward." You know what? As much as I love Logan and Rory, I kinda agree with him.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Hey! Where's the Grey's ...

Question: Hey! Where's the Grey's Anatomy scoop? Hello, most popular show ever. Throw us a bone.Answer: Remember the ginormous February-sweeps ferry-boat-fire episode I first told you about two weeks ago? Well, it's apparently too big to squeeze into just one hour, and will now encompass three whole episodes. Appropriately titled "Walk on Water," the three-episode arc will kick off Feb. 8 and mark the arrival of Elizabeth Reaser as a patient who, per Shonda Rhimes, "will affect the lives of all the doctors at Seattle Grace."

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wow! "Justice" was, like, the ...

Question: Wow! "Justice" was, like, the best Smallville episode ever! Are there any plans for a spin-off?Answer: "We've been talking about it," CW boss lady Dawn Ostroff told me. "I don't know if it's going to happen. It's hard; there are so many pieces to the puzzle, [including] rights issues. But it's something that we talked about. It's not going to happen immediately, but I wouldn't say never. Maybe somewhere down the road."

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Whatever happened to your ...

Question: Whatever happened to your cameo on Scrubs? Did I miss it?Answer: No, silly. It airs Feb. 1, the first day of sweeps (of course). I'm not really making a big deal about this one though. Sure, there's the requisite feature in the current issue of TV Guide magazine. And an exclusive backstage video diary on TVGuide.com. And a shamelessly pluggy visit with John Henson on TV Guide Channel's Watch This. I've also alluded to it in the Ausiello Report. And Ask Ausiel

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

You've been stingy with ...

Question: You've been stingy with Gilmore Girls scoop lately. Tell the truth: Is it because you got in trouble after Whispergate?Answer: Me? In trouble? Pshaw. Next to Isaiah Washington's Golden Globes meltdown, Whispergate was the best thing to happen to my career. I thank the gods every day for giving me the gift of Whispergate. Heck, if it wasn't for all the increased visibility that Whispergate brought me, a heavily imbedded Gilmore Girls source probably wouldn't have come up to me at press tour and revealed that (Massive spoiler alert) David Rosenthal is seriously considering ending the season (or series?) with Lorelai and Luke not only married but expecting a baby. Which leads me to my next piec

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Is Jennifer Aniston really in ...

Question: Is Jennifer Aniston really in the Dirt finale?Answer: Yes, and, as I spilled exclusively in the Ausiello Report, she's swapping spit with her good pal Courteney Cox!

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

I see you walking around ...

Question: I see you walking around midtown Manhattan all the time, and I always want to say, "How come you never answer my questions?" Hopefully you can get this one answered at press tour: Is the CW really interested in picking up The O.C.?Answer: No. Dawn Ostroff and Josh Schwartz both confirmed that although the idea came up, it never went anywhere. The final episode of The O.C. will air on Feb. 22. End of story. (And thanks for not heckling me on the streets of New York.)

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Where the frak is Vincent on ...

Question: Where the frak is Vincent on Lost? Was he on the boat with Michael and Walt?Answer: No, he's still on the island, per Cuse, who reveals, "The dog is coming back very soon." Someone who is not coming back anytime soon, however, is Michelle Rodriguez — despite rumors to the contrary. "She was over in Hawaii visiting friends and all of a sudden there was this furor," he says of recent Web rumors. "We might have her back at some point, but she's not currently back on the show."

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Great job at the Globes, but ...

Question: Great job at the Globes, but you've been very negligent with Gilmore Girls recently. Please give us some more scoop that doesn't involve the death of a pet!Answer: Fair enough. The buzz in Stars Hollow is that the key to an eighth season may rest in Alexis Bledel's petite hands. Unlike Lauren Graham, who appears to be somewhat amenable to the idea of continuing on for another year, Bledel is proving a tougher sell. As a result, Warner Bros. and the CW are allegedly developing a Plan B that would focus an eighth season on Lorelai, Luke and their new baby, with the occasional sweeps-month guest appearance by Rory. Wow, that sounds like a disaster.

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Wed, Jan 24, 2007