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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The Canadian series Primeval: New World has been canceled by the Canadian channel Space after only one season. The viewers in the US who were awaiting the debut of the series on Syfy should know the cabler will still air the series despite the cancellation. (Etan Vlessing at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Constance Zimmer (Entourage) will have a recurring role on the HBO series The Newsroom when it returns for its second season. She will play Taylor, a press spokesperson for the Mitt Romney campaign. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MADE-FOR-TV MINI-SERIES NEWS

Actor Jack Davenport (Smash) will star in the upcoming six-part UK mini-series called Breathless that will be set in 1961. The mini will follow the lives of a group of doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward at a period when Britain was on the brink of the 60s revolution. He will play Otto Powell, a brilliant and charismatic surgeon who believes he can make a difference to women’s lives. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: Mira Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Theatrical Trailer

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: Any scoop on Revenge? – Juan

Team Watch with Kristin: Don’t put away the tissues just yet as Amanda won’t be the only casualty in the Hamptons this season. “More deaths coming,” Gabriel Mann ominously teases. “Lots of tears, lots of fury, lots of vengeance, Revenge squared.”

Question: I’ll take some Once Upon a Time spoilers! – Thomas

Team Watch with Kristin: In the March 7 episode “The Miller’s Daughter,” Rose McGowan kills it as a young Cora and we get to see how Regina’s evil mother became the power-hungry person she is today. We’ll also see her first meeting with Rumpelstiltskin, which is, in a word, seductive.

Question: Please give us Zoe and Wade some good news! Hart of Dixie’s last episode broke my Zade-loving heart! – Sarah

Team Watch with Kristin: Sorry, but things are not looking good for Zoe and Wade as the show is currently casting a new love interest for Bluebell’s cutest doc: Michael, Max’s father! Though he’s unlikely match for her at first, Zoe kind of likes that he’s pretty normal, but too bad he’s not exactly into all the drama going on in her life.

Question: Where is the Covert Affairs scoop? – Thompson

Team Watch with Kristin: Covert Affairs is currently looking for a major recurring character for season four named Teo, a Colombian rebel leader. Teo is described as charismatic and intellectually curious, but he has big secrets about his past that will affect both Annie and Auggie.

Question: Now that Once Upon a Time‘s Emma has disappointed Henry by lying to him about his father, will Regina have a chance to really reconnect with her son? –Vicki

Mitovich: That is totally where I thought this was going, too, but it appears we’re both wrong. As Jennifer Morrison explained to me, “Unfortunately for Regina at this point, she is so wrapped up in her own sort of mess with her mother being in town and the complications of that relationship, and sort of her failing at trying to not use magic, she sort of misses seeing her opportunity [with Henry]. She does make a move to get him back, but she doesn’t necessarily make the most strategic move, based on the circumstances.”

Question: Please give us a one-word clue about this week’s Beauty and the Beast! — @itslulim via Twitter

Mitovich: Well, it would be cruel – yet accurate – of me to trot out the word “break-up.” But I am not a cruel man, so I’ll just go with “game-changer.” (I assume everyone has heard about the shocking death by now…?) For those who are not @itsluim and are OK with more than one word, you probably saw me tweet, “Oh damn” twice, as I previewed tonight’s episode. One was a sad “Oh damn,” and one was… not. Y’all are gonna be talking about this episode, because in the course of one unpredictable scene I suspect you’ll get more than you bargained for.

Question: What happened to Crossbones from NBC? Did it get a pilot order or what? There were rumors a while back about Hugh Laurie even joining it! – Omabin

Mitovich: Though the talk about Laurie — one of the most in-demand actors this development season — playing Blackbeard has died down, Crossbones was actually ordered to series almost from the get-go, and is still in development/casting.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Chris Carmack (The O.C.) will have a recurring role on Nashville later this season, playing Will, a new neighbor who befriends Scarlett and Gunnar. Carmack is expected to appear in six episodes. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actress Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead) will guest star in a March episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Avery Jordan, a popular sports reporter who accuses her cameraman of raping her; but when she learns she’s pregnant from the encounter, she opts to keep the baby. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Lily James, who plays rebellious great niece Rose to the Dowager Crawley has been made a series regular on Downton Abbey for its upcoming fourth season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actors Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint) and Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica) will both appear in the upcoming third season of The Killing. Dillon will be a series regular, appearing as Becker, who goes head to head with death row inmate Seward (Peter Sarsgaard). While Douglas will play Gabe, a prison guard on death row. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online, Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide, Michael Ausiello at TV Line and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: I need some scoop on the Pretty Little Liars finale! This season has been insane. – Libby

Team Watch with Kristin:  Well, prepare for even more craziness! “The finale is mind-blowing. The finale is very hot and we answer a couple of very big questions and we launch a new mystery that will take us into season four,” creator Marlene King teases. “I hope fans are really excited about wanting the answer to that new question. It’s a question fans have already asked, but now we’re addressing it.”

Question: If I don’t see some Rayna-Deacon lovin’ on Nashville soon, I’m going to lose it! Tell me what you know! – Deanna

Team Watch with Kristin: We know that for every moment that oozes chemistry between Rayna and Deacon, there will be a not-so-hot moment. It’s the usual will they-won’t they back and forth dance that TV shows love to torture us with. Just prepare to sit tight and wait. Plus, we think Rayna will be too busy with family matters when she has to convince her children not to get into the singing business. Seriously, they even asked to be signed to her new label! Kids today.

Question: Please say that August is coming back to OUAT! – WesleyPomatto

Team Watch with Kristin:  Rejoice, August/Pinocchio fans as Eion Bailey will be returning to the ABC hit series. And we can spill that he will be sharing scenes with Emma’s baby-father and Rumple’s son Neal in New York City, so this begs the question: flashback or present-day confrontation? Hmmm…

Question: Will the hunt for Eli David and Jackie Vance’s killer be resolved in this year’s NCIS finale? — Frank

ADAM: That would make sense, right? Although executive producer Gary Glasberg tells us the effects of those murders on Ziva and Director Vance will be felt throughout the rest of the season, Rocky Carroll isn’t so sure the case will necessarily be tied up. “This may be something that spills into next season,” he teases. “I wouldn’t be all that surprised if the resolve of this happens when [no one’s thinking], ‘Hey, this is the episode where we solve it.’ It’s going to be one of those things that catches us off guard again.”

Question: Is Jeremy really dead on The Vampire Diaries? How will Elena ever get over that? — Jessie

NATALIE: You’ll find out if he’s truly a goner before the next episode ends. But regardless of whether he lives, Elena is going to be in a bit of a state for a while. At times she will seem complete completely numb, while at others she will display a fiery recklessness that leads her to do something she might ultimately regret.

Question: Why is Scott Foley’s Jake such a creeper on Scandal? — Linda

NATALIE: Just because Jake was spying on Olivia via hidden cameras, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s a creeper — at least that’s what Foley says. “Jake definitely isn’t doing this on his own,” he teases. “He was hired by a group or a person to keep an eye on her and to find out something about her.” Certainly his boss/es didn’t anticipate that he’d fall for Olivia. That will be one interesting date.

Question: Heather saw Cat and Vincent kiss. How are they going to handle that on Beauty and the Beast? —Sarah

NATALIE: Well, nosy sister Heather will expect a meeting with Cat’s man, but the dinner doesn’t go so well. Let’s just say that Vincent does something that gives Heather a very bad impression. As a result, Heather and Tess will stage a “Vincent intervention.”

Question: That Suits finale promo is not a red herring, right? Mike is going to tell Rachel his secret? — Gina

ADAM: All we’ll say is that Rachel’s Harvard ordeal is not over. She tells Mike that she was rejected because of Louis’ relationship with Sheila (which, remember, is a lie Louis came up with) and tries to use Mike’s status as a Harvard “alum” to make a case against Louis. Will he help her or come clean?

Question: Is there any chance Once Upon a Time fans will ever get a flashback to the day Regina first adopted Henry? —Lanie

Ausiello: In a manner of speaking, yes. “We are going to explore the origins of what made Regina go get Henry,” series co-creator Adam Horowitz reveals, “what made Regina want a child.”

Question: Once Upon a Time‘s Henry/Neal/Emma rocked “Manhattan.” What’s next for my favorite family? —Patti

Ausiello: What’s next? Uh, major complications. ”Emma’s not going to forgive Neal or ask for him to be in her life romantically, but she at least feels that it would probably be best for Henry to have Neal in his life,” Jennifer Morrison told TVLine’s Matt Mitovich. “But in the midst of Emma asking Neal [about that], it’s revealed to her that he has a fiancée, a whole life that’s been going on. So, that definitely is complicated!”

Question: I’m disappointed that there hasn’t been anything juicy about Switched at Birth in almost a month. Can you give me the latest on my secret weeknight obsession? —Catherine

Ausiello: Switched at Birth is going where no show has gone before: The March 4 hour will be told entirely in American Sign Language. “The theme of the episode is, can the hearing world and the deaf world really co-exist with each other without there being a prejudice or reverse prejudice going on?” star Vanessa Marano previewed at the Streamy Awards. With Carlton School for the Deaf on the brink of being closed, Bay gets involved in the fight to save it, and ends up causing “so much trouble,” teases the actress. “She helps out the deaf kids in that episode, and then doesn’t necessarily get rewarded in the way that she was hoping she would be.”

Question: Tell me something about Revenge! —Simona

Ausiello: With Amanda pushing up daisies, the show is on the lookout for another recurring female rabble-rouser. Producers are casting the role of Regina, a cynical, sharp-tongued 18-year-old who possesses a vicious sense of humor and a wild streak.

Question: Could you supply some scoop on Body of Proof in your next Ask Ausiello? —Jason

Ausiello: Dana Delany says the rebooted ABC drama’s third season (premiering Tuesday) features less “whimsy” and “a lot more danger,” adding that Megan will find herself in several perilous situations over the course of the 13 episodes. And at the risking of getting ahead of ourselves, the finale will resolve a long-standing mystery and feature a shocking cameo by this studly hunkamuffin.

Question: Any scoop on Scott Foley’s Scandal peeping tom, Jake? My guess is he’s working for Mellie. —Jodi

Ausiello: Interesting. My money’s on Hollis. Another provocative question no one (except me) seems to be asking: How long has Jake been spying on Liv? “It could have been going on for years,” speculates Foley. “Or it could be a new thing. Personally, I think it’s probably been going on for a month or two and he realized there was something interesting [about her and decided] to meet her in real-life and see what happens.”

Question: I’m really worried about Army Wives this season, Sandra. SO many changes. Anything to soothe my fears? — Stephanie

Sandra: I thought the season 7 premiere was definitely on point, but as you may know, Claudia Joy is a goner in the season premiere. So that definitely won’t be an easy goodbye for viewers — or the gang, for that matter — it’s nicely done. Also, prepare yourself: The second episode might bring news of another impending farewell.

Question: Any plans for Mulan to return to Once? — Alyson

Sandra: “We’re not going to rule anything out and there are some surprises we want to keep in store for characters who may be coming back later in the season,” says executive producer Adam Horowitz. “So we’re not going to rule anything out nor will we confirm or deny.”

Question: Monday night’s Casle was almost too much! I might have just re-watched and started crying again. Any happier news to share? — Kylie

Sandra: “We have a really fun episode where a woman is murdered and it seems like something supernatural is responsible,” reports executive producer Andrew Marlowe. “And [they discover] — not unlike the Ring — a videotape message that creepy and appears to Castle to be haunted. After seeing it, he’s convinced he’s going to be the next victim — and he may not be wrong.” If that doesn’t sound fun, I don’t know what is! Also later this season? One word: Big Foot.

Question: Any Castle scoop to share? PLEASE!— Leslie

Sandra: Here’s something you’ll love if you’re a fan of Det. Ryan: An upcoming episode is going to delve back into Ryan’s past as a detective in narcotics. “A person from one of his old cases resurfaces and it forces him to go undercover again,” says Marlowe, “and it’s a much different Ryan we get to see. He’s sort of put an aspect of himself behind him [when he] went to be a homicide detective and became the sweater vest guy — but he wasn’t always that guy.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

CONDOLENCES

Country singer Mindy McCready was found in her Arkansas home on Sunday from an apparent suicide. She was only 37. (E! Online)

ME: Rest in peace, Ms. McCready. Such sad news about someone so young. Condolences to her family, friends and fans. Moment of silence please.

TELEVISION

Actor Paul Ben-Victor (In Plain Sight) will appear in a four-episode arc on the CBS period drama Vegas, playing a character named Barry Silver, an arrogant Hollywood mogul. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actor Domenick Lombardozzi (Breakout Kings) will recur on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire playing Al Capone’s older brother Ralph. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past holiday weekend from Deadline:

1. Good Day To Die Hard – 28.5 million
2. Identify Thief – 27.5 million
3. Safe Haven – 24.4 million
4. Escape From Planet Earth – 20.8 million
5. Warm Bodies – 10.5 million
6. Beautiful Creatures – 8.9 million
7. Side Effects – 7.1 million
8. Silver Linings Playbook – 7 million
9. Hansel & Gretel – 4.1 million
10. Zero Dark Thirty – 3.6 million

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

The BBC has announced that prolific writer Andrew Davies (the man behind House Of Cards, Pride And Prejudice, Bridget Jones and Brideshead Revisited – among others) will write a six-part serialized version of the epic Tolstoy novel War And Peace to air on BBC One (in the U.K.) in 2015. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Actress Keke Palmer (Joyful Noise), Lil Mama (America’s Best Dance Crew) and actress Drew Sidora (Step Up) are set to star in the VH1 biopic called Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story that will focus on the lives of the members of the R&B/hip-hop/pop group TLC. Palmer will portray Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Lil Mama will play the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Sidora will play Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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