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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The CW has cancelled the new medical drama Emily Owens, M.D., but the remaining episodes of the 13-episode order will continue to air. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

CBS has given a 13-episode straight-to-series order to the drama Under the Dome based on the Steven King novel of the same name. The series will tell the story of a small New England town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers to what this barrier is, where it came from and if and when it will go away. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Diane Farr (Numb3rs and Rescue Me) will have a multi-episode arc in the final season of Private Practice, starring as a woman named Miranda, but no other details about her role have been revealed as yet. The series finale is slated to air in late January on ABC. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actress Lisa Edelstein (House) will guest star on two episodes of the Showtime comedy House of Lies, playing Brynn, a smart and sexy political consultant whom Marty (Don Cheadle) meets on one of his assignments. The series will be back for a new season starting on January 13. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Angela Bassett and actor Mark Indelicato (Ugly Betty) will join actresses Shailene Woodley, Gabourey Sidibe and Eva Green as well as actors Shiloh Fernandez, and Christopher Meloni in the box office film White Bird in a Blizzard. The story follows a troubled young woman whose life is upended following the disappearance of her mother. Indelicato will portray an outcast in a middle class school while Bassett will play a doctor. (Variety, Facebook and Dark Horizons)

Actress Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) will star opposite Kevin Costner in an as-yet untitled action film about a Secret Service agent who discovers he’s dying; but before he goes, he attempts to complete a final mission, reconnecting with his estranged daughter. He’s also taking an experimental drug that could prolong his life and that adds complexity to the ticking clock because of the drug’s hallucinatory side effects. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

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Hey All

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The FOX drama Touch has been bumped later on the schedule again. Now it will air as a two-hour premiere on February 8 at 8 PM. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Laura Vandervoort (Smallville and V) will guest star as a bad girl on an upcoming episode of CSI: NY, playing Macy, a young woman who is just getting out of prison after serving two years for possession of stolen property. The problem now is that she is hungry to take vengeance on the boyfriend who left her holding the bag, regardless of the consequences. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Travis Van Winkle (Happy Endings) has landed a recurring role on Hart of Dixie, playing Jonah Breeland, Lemon’s (Jamie King) studly cousin who once called the fictional town home. Beloved by the everyone in town, Jonah ends up posing a threat to Zoe and her hard-earned good standing in Bluebell. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

Actor Peter Cambor will reprise his role on NCIS: Los Angeles in an episode set to air in February. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor D. B. Sweeney (24 and Jericho) will have a recurring role on Touch when the FOX drama returns to the schedule next year. Sweeney will play Tanner, a threatening, authoritative, forceful and fierce ex-military guy who’s an enforcer for Aster Corps. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Twin actors Charlie and Max Carver (who played the Scavo twins on Desperate Housewives) and actresses Adelaide Kane (the Australian soap Neighbours) and Felisha Terrel (Days of Our Lives) have landed recurring roles on the MTV thriller series Teen Wolf for the show’s upcoming third season. The Carver twins will play identical twin alpha werewolves Ethan and Aidan, who are described as dangerous charmers with brilliant minds. Kane will play Cora, a mysterious and beautiful young woman toughened by a life on her own who has secret ties to Beacon Hills while Terrell will play Kali, a ruthless and sexy alpha werewolf who invades Beacon Hills. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Give me some Revolution scoop! It’s going to be a long four months! — Sarah

ADAM: Want to know more about Miles and Nora’s past? You got it! “It’s a little twist on their history. It’s not exactly what you think it would be,” Daniella Alonso tells us. Allow co-executive producer David Rambo to elaborate: “She and Miles blew stuff up. They would work for anybody: bounty hunters, militia, drug lords. …They were mercenaries — and they loved it.” The show will also peel back some layers on another duo. “We are going to learn a lot more about Randall and Grace,” Rambo teases. “Especially Randall, and the project that lead to the lights going out and Randall’s association with the Mathesons.”

Question: How will Elena cope with her breakup from Stefan on The Vampire Diaries? — Jodi

NATALIE: The very last way you’d expect — though it may make some fans happy. The big question now becomes: Why? Are Elena’s intentions pure?

Question: Is there anything you can tell us about McGee on NCIS? — Tara, via Twitter

ADAM: McGee’s upcoming undercover mission with Fornell and Gibbs’ ex-wife Diane (returning guest star Melinda McGraw) will be very uncomfortable for him. “She ends up having to spend the night with McGee, and you can only imagine what sort of comes out of that,” executive producer Gary Glasberg says with a laugh. “This is a woman who is very sharp and very shrewd,” he says. “This a situation that she can’t help but have some fun with, and she takes full advantage of that. McGee is absolutely terrified.”

Question: I’m so excited about the Huntress on Arrow! — Maya

NATALIE: Me too! But talk about an awkward double date: Oliver and Helena will join Tommy and Laurel for a dinner that will make Birds of Prey fanboys squeal. Helena will also be a different kind of love interest for Oliver than Laurel could ever be. “In talking to her and getting to know her, Oliver realizes that, in some ways, she’s the only person in the world who truly understands him because Helena has a very tragic backstory as well,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says.

Question: Anything cool coming up on Leverage? — Philip

ADAM: Ever wonder what Nate & Co. might have done if they were in Inception? Wonder no more. Next Tuesday’s episode finds the team manipulating a man’s dreams in order to find answers about why he wants to sell off his company. It’s a challenge unlike any the team has faced before, mostly because they’re trying to help their mark rather than take him down. As such, the risky con puts everyone on edge, including Hardison and Spencer, who have a rather bromantic spat, and Parker, who must relive some personal trauma to save the mission.

Question: Any Once Upon a Time scoop you can share? – Daisy

Team Watch with Kristin: Yet another regal beauty will be joining the ABC hit series! Viewers will meet the elegant and poised Katerina in episode 15. Katerina captures the affection of all those that meet her, thanks to her pure spirit and kind heart. As if she doesn’t already sound perfect enough, it’s worth noting that she treats everyone with dignity and respect, no matter their place in society and she’s super close with her adoring family.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the last few days:

TELEVISION

Actress sienna Guillory (Eragon) will appear in the third season of the BBC America series Luther. She will play a new love interest, Mary, who works in a vintage clothes shop who has a chance encounter with the troubled cop played brilliantly by Idris Elba. (The Futon Critic)

It looks like Necessary Roughness will be back for third season on the USA Network. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Kimberly Williams- Paisley has been promoted to regular status on the ABC drama Nashville. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The Syfy series Merlin will come to an end after its upcoming fifth season. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Actress Audra McDonald will be back for the series finale of Private Practice when it airs on ABC at the end of January. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor David Anders (Once Upon a Time and Alias) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the new CW series Arrow, playing a nasty criminal name Cyrus Vanch, who will arrive in Starling City after a prison sentence. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Julian Fellowes, the award-winning writer/series creator, behind the international sensation Downton Abbey will create and produce a new potential series for NBC entitled The Gilded Ages, which will be set in late 19th-century New York and will focus on the princes of the American Renaissance and the vast fortunes they made – and spent – in New York. (Tim Kenneally at The Wrap)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actress Taryn Manning (Hawaii Five-0) will have a major multi-episode arc in the hour-long online series Orange Is The New Black, which will debut on Netflix. The series from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan centers on Piper (Taylor Schilling), an engaged Brooklynite whose decade-old relationship with a drug-runner (Laura Prepon) in college results in her arrest and multi-year detention in a federal penitentiary. Manning will play inmate Tiffany Doggett, a wild child from Waynesboro, Virginia. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga) has landed a role in a potential new franchise – the indie genre film Tatua, which is based on an original concept by comic book creators Paul Jenkins and Rob Prior. The project is about a man with a rare blood type that allows him to be tattooed with a powerful ink. He is able to pull those weapons straight off his skin, giving him an enviable leg up as a covert assassin. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

The following are the top 10 box office films for this past weekend based on Exhibitor Relations:

1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – $43.1 million
2. Skyfall – $36 million
3. Lincoln – $25 million
4. Rise of the Guardians – $24 million
5. Life of Pi – $22 million
6. Wreck-It Ralph – $16.8 million
7. Red Dawn – $14.6 million
8. Flight – $8.6 million
9. Silver Linings Playbook – $4.6 million
10. Argo – $3.9 million

Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz (The Hunger Games) will play the late and legendary singer Marvin Gaye. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the last few days:

TELEVISION

Actress Camille Guaty (Prison Break and Las Vegas) and Charlie Bewley (The Twilight Saga) will guest star in at least two episodes of The Vampire Diaries with Guaty starring as a woman from Professor Shane’s (David Alpay) past while Bewley’s role is being kept under wraps. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Chevy Chase has left the NBC comedy Community effective immediately. (E! Online)

Actress Mia Kirshner (who will star in the upcoming Syfy series Defiance) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the new USA Network series Graceland that is set to air next summer. Graceland is a one-hour drama that follows a group of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and U.S. Customs agents who are forced to live together in a repossessed beach mansion in Southern California. Kirshner will star as Ashika Pearl, a California medical marijuana farmer who, despite her penchant for new-age trendiness, isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty when her criminal enterprise is threatened. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Downton Abbey will be back for a fourth season. (Deadline)

CONDOLENCES

Legendary actor Larry Hagman has passed away from complications of a recent battle with cancer this weekend at the age of 81. (E! Online)

Actress Deborah Raffin passed away last week due to complications from leukemia. She was 59. (Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Giants Ahoy! Second Trailer for Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’

Dwayne Johnson is After Bad Guys So His Son Doesn’t Have to ‘Snitch’

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

Question: I’d be eternally grateful for some Once Upon a Time scoop! – Thomas

Team Watch with Kristin: A paternal presence this way comes! The ABC hit series is currently casting the mysterious role of Arlo, a man in his late 30s-early 40s who is very large in height and weight. (Hmmm…could he be another giant?!) He’s wise, firm and imposing and has an air of authority to him.

Question: I love the friendship between Stefan and Caroline on The Vampire Diaries. Will we see more of that? — Joan

NATALIE: Definitely, and in fact, together they’ll make an important discovery in the next episode. Candice Accola also tells us that she’s happy that Stefan and Caroline are finally sharing more screen time. “They’re both struggling with trying to support the ones they love in difficult circumstances that they don’t necessarily agree with,” she says. “So they come together over that and find a friendship that’s long overdue.”

Question: I would be extra-thankful for a little pre-holiday Castle scoop. — Jenny

ADAM: Did you enjoy Castle’s foray into the world of rock ‘n’ roll during the documentary episode? Well, get ready for more music when Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a DJ. Among the suspects: Taylor Cole (The Event, CSI: Miami) plays an aging pop star whose album launch party was the victim’s final gig. The suspicious diva must have had some really killer tracks!

Question: We haven’t heard much about NCIS’ Christmas episode on Dec. 18, other than Robert Wagner comes back as Tony’s dad. Got anything else? —Lonnie

Ausiello: Well, if the elder DiNozzo is coming to visit his son for the holiday that can only mean one thing. For the very first time, “We see Tony’s apartment,” Cote de Pablo tells us. And what if anything is surprising about the bachelor’s pad and/or its decor…? “The bed he sleeps in,” de Pablo answers with a rather hearty laugh.

Question: Thanks for all the Army Wives scoop last week. Do you happen to know if Kellie Martin and Ryan Michelle Bathe are returning in Season 6? —Anna

Ausiello: They are. Exec producer Jeff Melvoin confirms that Wives‘ resident lesbian couple will continue to recur when the show returns next year. Also, I carved out this little scooplet from my Q&A: Wives 2.0 will really come into focus in the new season’s third episode, when an “emotional event” unites the new and existing wives. “It’s a catalytic [incident] in a sense that it throws them all together,” previews Melvoin, “And when they get thru that together, that’s where they really emerge as a unified group of friends.”

Question: Since there was no new Revenge on Sunday, please give us some scoop? Please? Maybe something regarding my two favorites, Victoria and Conrad? —Cher

Ausiello: If you’re wondering if that touchy-feely moment they shared in the last episode will lead to a real reconciliation, wonder no more: It won’t. Two forces will further complicate their unholy union — one of them is the arrival of Dylan Walsh, and the other one involves the release of a fresh skeleton from Conrad’s closet. According to Madeline Stowe, a “surprising” secret will come to light “very soon” about her onscreen leading man. “There’s always something,” she adds with a laugh. “All marriages tilt on the axis of their own logic, and this is a weird one.” Bonus Scoop: Is Emily’s Revengenda Tour winding its way to the West Coast? The show is currently casting the role of a concierge who works the front desk at an upscale Los Angeles hotel.

That’s it. Enjoy!

PS: Due to the long Thanksgiving weekend, I combined news since Wednesday through today (Saturday) for this update and another update should be posted on Tuesday, covering the next three days.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Anna Chlumsky (Veep) will guest star in the mid-season NBC thriller Hannibal (based on the legendary Dr. Hannibal Lechter). Chlumsky will play Miriam Lass, a young FBI trainee under the tutelage of Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne). The series is anticipated to debut sometime next year. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Boss has not been renewed for a third season by Starz, but there is a chance that a two-hour movie might be done to wrap up the story. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

TV TRAILERS

First trailer: David E. Kelley’s new TNT drama ‘Monday Mornings’ — EXCLUSIVE

Hot TV Clip: ‘Smash’ Season 2

NOTE: Let’s hope that with the new showrunner that season 2 of Smash will improve on all of season one except for the pilot. Fingers crossed!

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: Gorgeous Full Length Trailer for Blue Sky Animation’s ‘Epic’

THE SPOILER ROOM (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

GRIMM: FOUR TEASES!

I have some fun dish on the rest of the season for all you Grimmsters!

1. We will see a confrontation between Nick and Renard very soon. My reaction to the final kiss? “WHOA!” And while one segment of the fans probably cheered in delight, I know a few Nick fans who can’t wait to see this blow up. Thankfully, the first episode back will deliver, says David Giuntoli. “You don’t have to wait that long,” he says.

2. More fun with Monroe, Nick, Hank and Rosalee.

Monroe’s got a new roomie, and according to Giuntoli, it will open the door to more of the dynamic that fans love so much. “Monroe and I are pretty tight as is,” he says. “I think the Rosalee-Hank-Monroe-Nick dynamic is kind of fun. We all have dinner together now, and I think there’s some fun growth in that entire group kind of dynamic.”

3. When will Mama Burkhardt return?

If you’re thinking the writers are saving the return of Nick’s mom for something big, you’re probably right. “I’ve only read up to 15, and we’ve alluded to certain things,” reports Giuntoli. “But I don’t know when. I think she will [return].”

4. What will change Grimm ‘forever’?

“I will say major events happen between the captain and Nick Burkhardt that will change Grimm forever,” teases Giuntoli. “I’ll just say this — whatever Nick knows, Hank will know pretty soon afterward.” Guesses? Hit the comments.

ONCE UPON A TIME: ‘MAJOR CLIFFHANGER’ IN STORE

Emma and Mary Margaret are coming back! But as Jennifer Morrison teases, everyone stuck in “post-apocalyptic fairytale land” is in for “quite a journey” as David and Henry attempt to bring back the mother-daughter duo. The big issue? How to accomplish selective return! “They’re trying to keep [Cora and Capt. Hook] out,” says Morrison. “It’s like, ‘How do we bring back Emma and Margaret and keep out the other ones?’”

Possibly related? Morrison reports “there will be a pretty major cliffhanger” at the end of episode nine. But before you connect the two, it seems the core four aren’t the only ones with major issues to contend with as season 2 continues. “What I can tell you is that there are some pretty big, explosive things coming for Archie, for sure,” Raphael Sbarge says. “It’s pretty dramatic — that’s what I’ll say. As far as where it goes from there, I believe the Once Upon a Time scripts and the nuclear launch codes are essentially kept in the same location.”

But one thing we won’t be seeing any time soon is the psychologist giving his take on Henry’s strange, fire-filled dreams. (Seems like a natural fit, don’t you think?) “I don’t have that on my radar yet,” he says “I agree with you that there’s an opportunity there, but we haven’t gotten there yet. With the curse sort of going sideways, I think there’s ample job security for Archie. Everyone’s falling apart!”

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly and Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Any Hart of Dixie scoop? — Suzie

Sandra: Look for Lemon to start a new career path with some unexpected help from George. Meanwhile, Wade is going to make a sweet (but incredibly messy) gesture to show Zoe how much he cares.

Question: Any Revenge scoop? – Jaclyn

Team Watch with Kristin: Revenge will be injecting some West Coast flavor later this season with the introduction of a California businesswoman Donna Carlisle, who recently inherited her father’s business. While’s she entertaining offers from potential investors, Donna is a stickler when it comes to her terms.

Question: I know if I ask for Justified spoilers, you guys will deliver. Right? – Marc

Team Watch with Kristin: Was that a threat veiled as a compliment? Well played, sir. In episode seven of the new season, Raylan will get more than he bargained for when a young grad student develops a cute little crush on him. And when we say “cute” and “little,” we really mean “intense” and “huge.” We hope this doesn’t turn into an Alicia-Silverstone-and-Cary-Elwes-in-the-movie-Crush type situation. Wait a minute. This is Justified! Of course it’s going to take a turn for the worse.

Question: So bummed Once Upon a Time wasn’t on this week. Cheer me up with some scoop, please! – Devon

Team Watch with Kristin: You can expect conflict between Prince Charming and two of the show’s more devious characters in the coming episodes, but you can kind of understand why: “Now that Regina and Gold know that Cora is in the mix, they don’t want her to come through,” Jennifer Morrison teases of the obstacles Snow and Emma face when trying to return to Storybrooke.

Question: I am loving Beauty And the Beast! Vincent and Cat’s chemistry is insane! Please tell me there’s a kiss on the horizon?! – Amy L.

Team Watch with Kristin: You think the powers-that-be over at Beauty and the Beast would dare give you a kiss that easily? Of course not! The CW series has been casting very attractive men and women to distract Vincent and Cat from their undeniable chemistry, so our advice is to not hold your breath for those two. We anticipate Cat smooching someone else before smooching the Beast.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Michael Beach (Third Watch) has landed a recurring role on the Lifetime series The Client List, playing the boyfriend of parlor’s owner Georgia (Loretta Devine). He is a former musician who owns the bar where she works. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

MTV is developing a new drama called Blackwood from Kelsey Grammer’s production company that is based on the young adult book of the same name by Gwenda Bond. The project centers on 19-year-old Miranda Blackwood who, when 114 people, including her father, suddenly vanish off Roanoke Island, begins to investigate the mass disappearance, teaming with her high school sweetheart. But she makes a chilling discovery when she uncovers that she’s at the center of not only this mystery, but one that traces back to the first American mystery: the disappearance of 114 people at what would be called The Lost Colony. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Producer Carol Mendelsohn is developing a project for CBS based on the Kate Braestrup novel called “Here If You Need Me”. The project is a drama about a female state trooper whose husband is killed; and as a way to cope, she takes over his life and finds spirituality in the process. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Deadline:

1. Breaking Dawn Part 2 – 141.3 million
2. Skyfall – 41.5 million
3. Lincoln – 21 million
4. Wreck-It Ralph – 18.3 million
5. Flight – 8.6 million
6. Argo – 4 million
7. Taken 2 – 2.1 million
8. Pitch Perfect – 1.3 million
9. Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 1.2 million
10. Here Comes The Boom – 1.1 million

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Where is the Nikita scoop? – Brooke in San Diego

Team Watch with Kristin: Right here! In episode 12, Amanda is up to no good. Well, she’s always up to no good, but this time the whole country is in danger. Amanda will be training a terrorist who really has it out for America after he lost a family member to collateral damage during a war in his country. And he wants revenge in the worst way possible.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Mykelti Williamson (24) will have a recurring role in the FOX drama Touch, playing an LAPD Detective who has seen it all and possesses a keen sense for the truth. Also, actress Frances Fisher (Eureka) will appear in a multi-episode arc of the series as the ultra-competent head of Aster Corps. Touch will be back for Season 2 on February 1. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace) will return to Private Practice, as a member of her support group Violet (Amy Brenneman) joined to cope with Pete’s sudden death. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Constance Zimmer (Entourage) has landed a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy, playing Dr. Cahill, a confident, self-possessed and laser-focused doctor with a wicked sense of humor. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Sadly, ABC has cancelled both new dramas Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue, but all 13 episodes that were ordered will air, but neither show will get a full-season pick-up. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Greg Germann (Ally McBeal) will guest star in an upcoming episode of NCIS as Jerome Craig, the deputy director who serves under Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll). (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Janina Gavankar (True Blood and The Gates) has landed a multi-episode arc on Arrow, playing McKenna Hall, a vice cop with the Starling City Police Department, who is described as tough, sexy, and considerably formidable who has a complicated history with Oliver (Stephen Amell). (Zap2It)

Actress Annabella Sciorra (The Good Wife and The Sopranos) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Blue Bloods, playing Grace an NYPD psychologist who is met with quite a challenge when she is tasked with assessing Jamie’s emotional condition in the wake of a fatal shooting. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Lifetime has put into development a light drama called Paranormal Housewives to be executive produced by Julia Roberts and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. The show is inspired by the real Paranormal Housewives, a Southern California group of female professional paranormal investigators. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin from E! Online)

Question: Need Homeland scoop. Please and thank you! – Carla in Seattle

Team Watch with Kristin: You cut right to the chase—we like it! If Carrie and Brody’s make out session last week had you melting, prepare yourself for the “bone session” (that is Rupert Friend’s phrase, FYI) coming this Sunday. Yes, our favorite non-couple finally do it for the first time since “The Weekend” episode in season one. Apparently that is the only way Carrie was able to calm Brody down because he completely loses his cool which does not please Nazir. Also, you will have to pay attention to the last 30 seconds Sunday night because Brody comes face to face with someone almost unrecognizable from his past.

Question: In desperate need of some Once Upon a Time scoop! – Anna

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare for the arrival of a new princess: Helena! Confident and well-bred, this brunette knows her way around kings and courts and can wrap any man around her finger. Still, don’t let the sweet-talking fool you: She’s a warrior and has slain many deadly creatures; she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty to get what she wants.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The Cinemax series Hunted may not have been renewed by its home network BBC One (in the U.K.), but that doesn’t mean that Cinemax is done with it. It looks like the cabler is working with series creator Frank Spotnitz on a “new incarnation of the show about spy Sam Hunter, who is played by actress Melissa George. Details on how that will all work out are not apparent just yet. (Nellie Andreeva and Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

American Horror Story has been given a third season renewal by FX. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Eddie Izzard (The Riches) will guest star in the upcoming NBC thriller Hannibal, playing an inmate at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, the very same facility where Hannibal Lecter is eventually incarcerated. His character is claiming to be “the infamous Chesapeake Ripper.” (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

TV TRAILER

TV Trailer: Netflix’s ‘House Of Cards’

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

NBC is developing a drama project tentatively called George Washington, which would take an intimate look at the enigmatic leader who became the father of a nation on one side of the Atlantic and a terrorist on the other, a man to be eliminated at all costs by the British Crown. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The History channel is now developing a mini-series to be called Texas Rising, which would chronicle the formation and rise of the Texas Rangers, the oldest law enforcement organization in North America. It will chronicle the force’s humble beginnings as well as its role during Texas’ secession from the U.S. during the Civil War. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Bryan Greenberg (How To Make It In America and October Road) and newcomer actress Stephanie Sigman (the star of the Mexican film called Miss Bala) have landed the lead roles in the as yet untitled hour-long pilot from the USA Network, which is based on a short story by legendary author Elmore Leonard. The project would center on a Miami businessman (Greenberg) who, contemplating a run for political office, tries to increase his chances of being elected by marrying a Colombian woman (Sigman) who is on the run from her troubled past. What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly escalates into much more as his new wife proves to be more resourceful at “fixing” any problem the corrupt South Miami political scene throws at her husband. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MTV has picked up the comedy pilot currently called Hot Mess from Lauren Iungerich, the creator of the lauded comedy Awkward. The project would revolves around Amanda Marshall, who is her own worst enemy when it comes to love. She emotionally spirals, impulsively texts and proactively calls. She knows the rules but can’t follow them because she can’t help herself, but she’s trying. She’s a loveable “hot mess.” (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights) will star opposite actor Benjamin Walker (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) in the Cold War spy drama pilot from HBO called The Missionary. The project is set in Berlin in the late 1960s, centering on Roy (Walker), a young American missionary who gets caught up in Cold War intrigue while helping a young woman escape East Berlin. Plemons will play Sherwood Elbridge, a young coca-cola executive who helps smuggle defectors out of the Eastern Bloc. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (who was nominated for an Oscar for the film Maria Full Of Grade) has joined the cast of the FX drama pilot called The Bridge that will star Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir. The project centers on two detectives from the U.S. and Mexico, El Paso Police Homicide Detective Sonya North (Kruger) and Marco Ruiz (Bichir) who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Moreno will play Marco’s second wife who is at home to tend to the kids while Marco works long hours. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Sony Pictures has acquired the science fiction novella called Seasons by author Joe Haldeman. The novella focuses on an anthropological expedition to a planet with sentient humanoids that goes horribly awry. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Good Universe have acquired the picture rights to the book series by Susan Ee known as Angelfall. The story behind the books begins six weeks after angels of the apocalypse descend to demolish the modern world, and street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her 17-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back, including making a deal with an enemy angel Raffe, a warrior who has been left bleeding and wingless. The two journey toward the angel’s stronghold where Penryn must risk everything to rescue her sister and Raffe must decide whether to put himself at the mercy of his enemies for the chance to be made whole again. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) is attached to star in the film based on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell video game. The original game revolves around Sam Fisher, a covert operative to be played by Hardy. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actor Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) will play the lead role in a movie about Pompeii for which director Paul W.S. Anderson is helming. This version will be a period adventure movie anchored by a strong love story, centering on a slave named Milo (Harington) who is in love with his master’s daughter. But she’s already been promised to a corrupt Roman senator, and he’s sold to another owner in far away Naples. When Vesuvius blows, Milo travels back to Pompeii to rescue his true love and save his friend, a gladiator locked in the coliseum. (Variety and First Showing)

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Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Hit me with some Revenge scoop, if you can. – Terry in Las Vegas

Team Watch with Kristin: When Revenge returns on Nov. 25, it will be the flashback episode, so we’re headed back to 2006! As for the present, we asked Ashley Madekwe if there was a future for her and Daniel, and she took a long pause before answering. “I can’t answer that! But we’re still doing it [right now].” Rub it in, why don’t you? Madekwe also confirmed that Jennifer Jason Leigh, aka Emily’s mom, will be back in future episodes.

Question: Scandal, scandal, scandal; I need scoop. – Gillian

Team Watch with Kristin: Tony Goldwyn told us some secrets about season two, and we could not be more excited. “I can tell you that there’s more flashback episodes coming, so the audience is going to find out a lot more about what’s behind all of our relationships. Olivia and mine’s relationship, my marriage, how everyone at Olivia Pope and Associates got together,” he says. “The story moves that Shonda [Rhimes] makes are as big and as shocking than in season one.” Color us ready for more Scandal drama! Bonus scoop: We’re hearing a presidential debate is coming up soon.

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Actor Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck) will have a multi-episode arc on the ABC soap Revenge, playing Jason Prosser, a rival hedge fund manager to Conrad Grayson (Henry Czerny). (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives) will have a multi-episode arc in The Good Wife; but there are no specific details on the character he will play except that he will interact with Eli (Alan Cumming). (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actress Grace Gummer (Gigantic and daughter of Meryl Streep) has joined the cast of The Newsroom in the recurring role of Hallie Shea, an embedded reporter covering the Mitt Romney campaign. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Actor Brandon T. Jackson (Percy Jackson) has landed the lead role in the Beverly Hills Cop reboot being developed by CBS. The series centers on Axel Foley’s blue-collar police officer son, Aaron (Jackson), who helps take down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills while trying to escape the shadow of his larger-than-life father. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Writers-producers Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts (Revenge) and the Mark Gordon Company have sold two hour-long project. The first project set with ABC, based on an original idea by actor Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas) takes place behind the scenes of a daytime soap and explores the loves, lives, and lunacy at an on-the-bubble series, where the antics of the cast and crew are crazier than any of the plot lines they broadcast. The second project is called Graveyard Queen and is in development at NBC. It centers on a beautiful young cemetery restorer cursed with the ability to see the dead who, at great risk to her physical and mental well-being, joins forces with a haunted homicide detective to solve a string of brutal murders in Charleston, SC. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Writer-producer Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle) has sold two hour-long projects. The first is called SAGA and is in development at ABC. This project could be a potential companion to Once Upon A Time, when the author of a best-selling book series goes missing before she can complete the final installment in her epic fantasy saga. A family of fans discovers she’s been kidnapped into the very real world of her books and attempts to rescue her. The second project is as yet untitled Miller and is in development with FOX. It is a drama set in the world of Texas ranches and rodeos in which multiple generations of two families on either side of the American Dream struggle for love, power and glory. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Actress Evan Rachel Wood (True Blood and Across the Universe) has landed the female lead in the upcoming box office film called 10 Things I Hate About Life that will be set in Los Angeles and focuses on a young man and woman who meet while each is attempting to commit suicide, and they find in each other some great reasons to keep on living. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

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

Question: Gimme something on Castle that doesn’t have to do with the couple’s relationship. – Melissa in Omaha

Team Watch with Kristin: The 12th episode of the season, entitled “Under the Influence,” finds Beckett and Castle on the case of a murdered DJ. Among their list of suspects: Regina Cane, a fading pop star desperate to stay in the spotlight; an image-conscious rapper named Bone Thug; and an orphaned 14-year-old street kid with a growing rap sheet. Look for Esposito, who didn’t exactly have the easiest upbringing himself, to take a special interest in helping out the troubled teen.

Question: Anything on Vampire Diaries? —Kelley

Ausiello: How about some exclusive casting scoop? Madeline Zima of Heroes and Californication fame will guest-star in Episode 8 as Charlotte, a character rumored to share a romantic past with — wait for it — Damon!

Question: Please give me some Scandal spoilers, particularly of the Olivia/Fitz variety! I love them. —Nicole.

Ausiello: If you loved the Season 1 flashback episode that showed us how those two crazy kids met, you won’t want to miss the 11th episode of Season 2. Once again, the show will travel back in time, but a bit further down the campaign trail. There, it becomes clear what, exactly, stands between Grant and the White House. (Hint: Obama can relate.) And the reason for this flashback? Let’s just say that it ties into the Quinnspiracy and that “defiance” word that oil tycoon Hollis Doyle has been lobbing around.

Question: Awesome news about Nashville getting a full-season pickup. Any info on upcoming episodes? —Lori

Ausiello: If you’re wondering if/when Scarlett and Gunnar’s B-story will intersect with Rayna and Juliette’s A-story, wonder no more. “They’re [all] getting closer,” previews Scarlett’s portrayer, Clare Bowen, “and there are signs that their worlds are about to collide.”

Question: Counting the seconds until Pretty Little Liars returns. Scoop, please?! —Justine

Ausiello: Remember when PLL EP Oliver Goldstick told us that Lucas might crack in the new season? Well, it sounds like Madhouse Mona could be the trigger. According to Lucas’ portrayer, Brendan Robinson, the bonkers brunette’s return to Rosewood High will impact “everybody involved with this whole situation, including Lucas.” In fact, “We’re going to learn a little bit more about Lucas’ relationship with Mona,” he teases, before adding that Lucas will make “some kind of confession. But I can’t say to who, or how or what it involves.”

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Actress Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace) has landed a multi-episode arc on the ABC drama Body of Proof that will be back in mid-season. She will play Angela Martin, a police chief who goes head to head with new addition Tommy (Mark Valley) and Megan (Dana Delaney). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

ABC picked up new series Nashville for a full season. (ABC Press Release)

Actor Ernie Hudson (Oz) will have a recurring role on the new ABC drama Last Resort, playing the Speaker of the House Conrad Buell. (Nellie Andreeva and Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actor Seth Gabel (Fringe) will be showing up in the new CW hit series Arrow playing a “scary and nightmarish” super-villain modeled after the DC Comics character Vertigo, but his name won’t be Vertigo. A deadly new drug that becomes all the rage in Starling City will be called Vertigo. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Legend/superstar Liza Minnelli will guest star on an episode of Smash in season two as herself and will sing an original song with Tom (Christian Borle). (Jenna Mullins at E! Online)

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Actress Mena Suvari and actor Henry Simmons have joined the cast of upcoming two-hour movie/backdoor pilot at Lifetime called Stalkers which is set to star Drea De Mateo (The Sopranos) and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Prison Break). The pilot/movie is inspired by a true story from the book “Whisper Of Fear: The True Story Of The Prosecutor Who Stalks The Stalkers” by Rhonda Saunders, a criminal prosecutor who wrote the law on stalking in California. The project follows Diane Harper (de Matteo), a hot-headed cop with a troubled past, and a polished, ambitious DA (O’Keefe) who team up to bring a stalker (Suvari), obsessed with her former lover, to justice. Simmons will play Harper’s partner Cliff. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The CW has bought the spec script entitled Sick that is based in a world where youths are quarantined after a mysterious virus makes adults allergic to teenagers. It will center on a band of teens who escape from their containment units and go on the run from authorities. The network has also put into development a drama project called Jane Whitefield, which is based on the “Vanishing Act” book series by Thomas Perry. The project will center on a quirky young woman in search of her biological parents and her own identity who runs a private investigation/”eraser” company in Portland. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Arrow executive producer Greg Berlanti and The Vampire Diaries executive producer (who have been friends since college) will be teaming together for an adaptation of the cult British 70’s sci-fi series The Tomorrow People, which tells the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Former House executive producer Katie Jacobs will team with best-selling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo for a project to be called I Am Victor, a potential new drama for NBC. The project, based on Nesbo’s book, is described as “House (the character from the FOX medical series) as a divorce attorney”. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Question: Got anything on Arrow? – Karrie

Team Watch with Kristin: As a matter of fact, we do! In the show’s on-target 13thepisode, look for the introduction of a major new recurring character named Halloway. The dude’s an imposing CIA black-ops agent who was sent to Lian Yu on a mission that didn’t turn out so well and, as a result, now has major trust issues. Which tends to make an already dangerous man even more dangerous. In other words, watch your back, Oliver!

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