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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Vik Sahay (Chuck) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Bones, playing Akshay Mirza, the eco-hip head of a funeral home that provides holistic, coffin-free burials; but when his business partner and former lover is murdered, he becomes a prime suspect in the case. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Ron Eldard (ER) will have a recurring role in Justified when it returns in early 2013 for its fourth season. He will play Colt, a violent, dark-humored and rule-bending sergeant with the military police; a veteran of Desert Storm, as well as the Iraq and Afghan wars, Colt jailed Boyd (Walton Goggins) several times during Boyd’s stint in Kuwait, and they became friends. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

CBS is developing the drama project called Last Stop Savannah, which will be written by Randy Brown (who wrote the recent box office film Trouble With the Curve). The project will center on a high-profile Chicago attorney who suffers a fall from grace and loses his Illinois license. He returns to his hometown of Savannah for a job at his old college roommate’s firm where his daughter works as a newly minted partner. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

ABC is developing an as-yet titled drama project from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl) and writer Karen Croner. It is being described as a contemporary dramedy soap about a woman returning with her teenage son to live with her rock-n-roll family in Laurel Canyon. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Rhona Mitra (Strike Back) has landed the female lead opposite actor Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy) in the TNT action drama pilot called The Last Ship (that is coming from Michael Bay. The project centers on the crew of a naval destroyer who, after a global catastrophe decimates the Earth’s population, are forced to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy) has joined the cast of the TNT drama pilot called King & Maxwell that will follow private eyes Sean King (Jon Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell (this role has yet to be filled), who both are former secret service agents. Hurst will play Edgar, a suspected serial killer in prison. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Suits has been renewed by the USA Network for a third season. It will be back for the rest of its current, second season in January. (Seat42F)

Actor Keith David (The cape) will guest star in an episode of Touch when it returns to FOX in January. He will play Dutch, a grizzled ex-Navy Seal who’s also an old friend Martin (Kiefer Sutherland). (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actor Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural and Being Human) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Person of Interest; but details on the part he will be playing have not been released yet. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Gina Torres (Suits) will guest star on the upcoming NBC drama Hannibal, playing (ironically) the wife of Jack Crawford (to be played by her real-life husband Laurence Fishburne). The series is slated to air mid-season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

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DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Laura Allen (Awake) has landed a role in the NBC pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives that will revolve around the lives of several couples. Allen will play Alison Dunn, a grounded and levelheaded mother and wife who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of all. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress-Producer Salma Hayek and executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men) are teaming up to develop a new version of the classic TV series The Cisco Kid. This project will be a modern day re-retelling of the classic story of a handsome outlaw and his faithful sidekick; it will follow Cisco as he returns to Los Angeles after serving several tours as a Marine in Afghanistan. After witnessing the murder of his father, Cisco and his best friend/fellow Marine, Sam, team up to solve the case and subsequently find themselves doing what the authorities can’t, defending the city’s oppressed and disenfranchised. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office films from this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations and E! Online:

1. Taken 2, $22.5 million
2. Argo, $20.1 million
3. Sinister, $18.3 million
4. Hotel Transylvania, $17.3 million
5. Here Comes the Boom, $12 million
6. Pitch Perfect, $9.3 million
7. Frankenweenie, $7 million
8. Looper, $6.3 million
9. Seven Psychopaths, $4.3 million
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, $2.2 million

Actor Christoph Waltz (Water for Elephants) will play former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the upcoming film called Reykjavik, that will be set in 1986 centered around a meeting between Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan (to be played by Michael Douglas) that signaled the end of the Cold War. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

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

Question: Revenge just keeps getting better and better! Any scoop? – Reenie

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare to meet Salvador Grobet, a Central American gentleman who will be staying with the Graysons for a bit. He’s dashing, wealthy and loves to use his charm on any lady in a two-mile radius, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t in town to get some business done as well. Also, it seems like Amanda is sticking around a bit as a baptism will be performed later this season.

Question: Revolution scoop is in order! – Chris

Team Watch with Kristin: Want to know why the lights went out? Yes, that was a trick question, because of course you want to know! Creator Eric Kripke teases that viewers will get the answer to that question sooner than you might think. “We’re talking dangerously about revealing that secret before the end of the first season,” he tells us. “It’s part of my philosophy about not being too precious with anything. We may reveal the secret sooner than later.”

NOTE: The following questions are focused on the new CW series Arrow:

Question: Will we see some Laurel/Oliver flashbacks any time soon? — Joy

Sandra: “You’ll definitely get to see more of the history between Laurel and Oliver, and where they come from,” assures Cassidy, who adds that she loves playing a character with “a huge heart.” Which is also something that likely endears her to Oliver. “Laurel lost her sister because her boyfriend had an affair and invited her [on the boat]. It’s basically his fault. And I think if any man did this to me and my sisters, I would never forgive that person,” she says. “I feel like she has a lot of soul, and she’s clearly very strong because she tries to see the best in everyone. I think that says a lot about her.”

Question: Can we please get Revenge/Arrow crossover? I think Emily and Oliver would make amazing partners! — Leslie

Sandra: And have amazingly beautiful justice-seeking babies! Ehem. No spoiler here because this is a crazy bananas idea. But, for the record, Amell is on board: “Let’s cross pollinate. Let’s do it. I don’t understand why we wouldn’t. Maybe ABC and CW would have issues, but that’s not for me to discuss. But in a perfect world, we would just do it.”

Question: Please tell me we’re going to see that ladder thing on Arrow again. Please. Please. – Kristine

Sandra: As I reported in this post-premiere scoop, no salmon ladder again any time soon. (Sniff.) But if it’s action you like, I hear there’s some very impressive machete stunts in this week’s episode (not to mention, a Kardashian joke). And in the seventh episode, there’s a fight scene that Amell is “very proud of” against a character that “D.C. comics fans will recognize.” “It’s another fight in my plain clothes and when I’m in my plain clothes, it has to be only me because I don’t have a hood on; you can’t hide my face,” he said. “It got a really nice reception from the crew after we shot it.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Richard Harmon (Caprica and The Killing) has joined the cast of the upcoming A&E drama series Bates Motel, the TV prequel (of sorts) to the classic film Psycho. Harmon will have the recurring role of Richard Slymore, the cool, intelligent and artsy big man on campus at the high school where Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) enrolls after he and his mother (Vera Farmiga) move to town. Bates Motel will premiere sometime in 2013. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Looks like actor Colton Haynes will not be returning to the MTV thriller Teen Wolf when the show returns for its third season sometime next year. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

J.J. Abrams and Ken Olin are joining together for a new project called Electropolis for The CW. The one-hour drama is being described as an undercover cop show about after-hours Los Angeles and the young people who live their lives after most are asleep, making their moves to the pulsing beats of electronic music. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Law & Order creator Dick Wolf is heading into the world of cults with a drama project called The Church that is being developed at NBC. The project centers on a family who discovers that the seemingly upstanding organization they belong to is actually a cult. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker and feature film writer (Ms.) Whit Anderson will team together for a project at NBC based on the classic novel Alice in Wonderland. This version, to be called, Wonderland, is set years after the events in the book, centering on Alice and a new character, Clara. Seven years ago, Clara’s life took an unexplained turn for the worse, and a mysterious stranger tells her there may be an explanation after all; an explanation that lies in the fantastical world of Wonderland. To revive her dreams and get her life back on track, Clara must wage war against Wonderland’s reigning Queen, the woman we once knew as Alice. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Ewan McGregor will star in the upcoming heist picture called Son of A Gun that centers on the complex relationship between McGregor’s public enemy number one character and his young protégé. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Steam Up New Gangster Squad Trailer

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

Question: Any The Vampire Diaries scoop you can share? – David

Team Watch with Kristin: While Caroline will be there for Elena, expect to see a major change in their friendship when the blond vamp doesn’t like the way the new bloodsucker is acting. Hint: It may or may not have to do with a steamy moment Elena shares with the older Salvatore brother in episode four.

Question: When will we see Grace again on Revolution? Or is she dead? I need answers! – Gregory

Team Watch with Kristin: And you will get them…in episode seven. “We see who Randall is, this person who kidnapped her in episode two, and we get to learn more about him,” creator Eric Kripke tells us. “We start to expand it because she is under duress with this character. She’s in a dangerous position right now. In the second of the half the season, Grace and Randall and what’s happening with their storyline begins to play a huge, huge part in the main storyline of the show.”

Question: After hearing about Colton Haynes’ exit, I need some good Teen Wolf news. – Melissa

Team Watch with Kristin: Fans will be happy to hear that Daniel Sharman, who plays new wolf Isaac on the MTV hit, will be in at least eight episodes in the first half of season three. We’re hearing there’s a good chance Sharman could eventually be bumped up to series regular.

Question: Scandal just keeps getting better and better, but I’d love to see Harrison get a love interest! What’s coming up for him? – Meg

Team Watch with Kristin: Why don’t we just let the very attractive and charming Columbus Short field this one himself? “Harrison is a very interesting person. Does he have a love life in a romantic sense? No. But he has a very distinct love life with Olivia, with Abby, with Quinn,” he says. “Abby and Harrison have this relationship that has grown into something truly special and it grows into something tremendously special and complicated. Abby always questions Olivia and Harrison has this loyalty to Olivia that is unbreakable—that becomes a really big element.” Take from that what you will!

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Neve Campbell (Party of Five and Scream franchise) will guest star in at least two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, appearing as yet another sister of Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Ian McShane (Deadwood and Kings) will guest star in two episodes of American Horror Story Asylum. The character he will play is being kept under wraps, though. (Dark Horizons)

Mockingbird Lane, the NBC reboot of the classic sitcom The Munsters will not air as a series after all, but rather a Halloween special on October 26 at 8 PM; however, if (and that’s a big if) the special airing does well enough in the ratings, the network could possibly green light it to a series. (Sadie Genis at TV Guide)

Actress Keegan Connor Tracy (Once Upon A Time) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming A&E drama called Bates Motel, the prequel (of sorts) to the classic film Psycho that will examine the twisted relationship between serial-killer-to-be Norman (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Varmiga). Tracey will play Miss Watson, Norman’s teacher and adviser. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actresses Kim Raver (Grey’s Anatomy) and Valerie Cruz (Off the Map and True Blood) as well as actors Callum Blue (Dead Like Me) and newcomer Derek Smith have all been cast in the Lifetime hour-long pilot called The Secret Lives of Wives, which is based on the book by Iris Krasnow. The project explores the unvarnished truth behind the marriages of four different women – Michelle (Raver), Reed (Salli Richardson), Keaton (Amber Clayton) and Jessie (Lauren Bittner). Raver’s character Michelle is being described as a naturally elegant, generous and grounded woman who is the rock of her small circle of best friends. Meanwhile, Cruz will play Alyse, a pretty yet frail girl, a cancer survivor, who claims to have had an affair with Michelle’s husband, Wil. Blue will play Dan, Jessie’s husband, a Lutheran Minister who looks more like a sexy rock star than a pastor while Smith will Keaton’s husband, an accountant. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline and Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer) has landed the male lead in the TNT pilot called King And Maxwell, which is being adapted from characters created by best-selling author David Baldacci. The project follows Sean King (Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell, who aren’t the typical pair of private investigators; both are former secret service agents and their unique skill set (not to mention their razor-sharp chemistry) often gives them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Soap veteran Mary Page Keller (Ryan’s Hope and Another World) has joined the cast of the ABC Family drama pilot Terminales, which is the dramatic adaptation of the Mexican drama that revolves around April (Italia Ricci from Unnatural History), a 23-year-old girl who is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Keller will play Sara, the widowed mother to April and her14-year-old sister, Brenna. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Titus Welliver (Lost and The Good Wife) has been cast in the TNT pilot The Last Ship, which is based on the novel by William Brinkley. The project centers on the crew of a naval destroyer who, after a global catastrophe decimates the Earth’s population, are forced to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. Welliver will play Mike Slattery, second in command to Captain Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) onboard the USS Nathan James, a fair man who cares deeply for his family. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FOX has put into development a contemporary drama project inspired by the story of Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. This drama would focus on two sexy, young lovers from struggling families in East Texas, who use their respective skill sets to pair up and fight back, one crime at a time. As they capture the hearts of a nation facing similar hardships, they become worldwide celebrities, inciting one of the biggest domestic manhunts in U.S. history and inspiring copycats at every turn. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor James Tupper (Revenge) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives of Husband and Wives (not to be confused with the Lifetime pilot mentioned above) that is based on the Josie Brown book of the same name. The project will be a thriller about the lingering aftermath of a murder that will star Martin Henderson (Off the Map) as Kyle Dunn, a former flight surgeon and astronaut who returns from a long absence to find something is different about the life he left behind. Tupper will play Richard Deaver, a likable and fun guy who moves to town with his wife and daughter to open a real estate business, but underneath his nice exterior is a troubled and dangerous personality. Jesse L. Martin will co-star. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic comedy called Are We Officially Dating? that will star Zac Efron. The film follows three male friends in New York City who make a pledge to stay single just as each of them starts to fall in love. Woll will play the ex-wife of one of the trio at the center of the film. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Theatrical Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Declassified

NOTE: It’s a blink and you’ll miss him moment (almost), but Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) is in this film too!

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

Question: Oh my God, (I’m) obsessed with Arrow already!!! The pilot was fantastic. I love Katie Cassidy and want her with him. Will I get my wish? – Brenda H.

Team Watch with Kristin: Not for a while! Katie herself tells us that the past (of Oliver/Arrow cheating on her with her sister) is not something her character will easily get over. “I have two sisters and if that happened to me I would be like, ‘No, no. I don’t want to see you ever because I might kill you!!’ Yeah, but I do think they will play around with that. I think…You can’t help who you love and I think he is the love of her life. I think she tries to forgive and she tries to see the best in everyone, even him. I do feel like there will be this sort of Dawson-Joey kind of aspect to it.” PS. Katie also admits she was a big Dawson’s fan and loves the fact that (former Dawson’s boss) Greg Berlanti is heading up her new show.

Question: Homeland question! Jessica surprisingly isn’t bothering me this season. Glad she is finally calling Brody out! Will this continue? – Cynthia:

Team Watch with Kristin: Awww, cut the woman some slack! But definitely agree that this is Jessica’s season to shine and Morena Baccarin is fantastic in this Sunday’s episode. Jessica delivers such a powerful speech at the charity event she throws, which Brody misses (he has his hands full with that Gettysburg bombmaker), it gave us chills. And Jess doesn’t let Brody off the hook for being an absentee husband, either. You will be thoroughly impressed with Mrs. Nicholas Brody, trust. Anyone else ready for Uncle Mike to swoop in?

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The new CBS legal drama Made in Jersey is the first casualty of the fall season, getting pulled off the schedule after only two episodes airing. (Michael O’Connell and Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Gaumont International Television has signed a deal with ABC for a potential straight-to-series project based on the character Michael Bennett from best-selling author James Patterson. The project has received a script-to-13 episode commitment, which means ABC has ordered a script and if the network bigwigs like it, that should get a 13-episode order. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy) has landed a role in the post-apocalyptic TNT drama pilot Last Ship. The project is based on a 1989 novel by William Brinkley and follows the crew of a naval destroyer who might be the only survivors left on the planet after a nuclear war. Dane will star as Captain Tom Chandler, a career Navy man and a loving father and husband who is never home as much as he’d like to be. Chandler is authoritative, decisive, fair, courageous and a born leader, respected and loved by men and women in his command. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, which focuses on three suburban couples affected by a murder. The cast includes Martin Henderson (Off the Map), Perrey Reeves (Entourage) and Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Ralph Fiennes will star in the upcoming box office film called Grand Budapest Hotel from director Wes Anderson; but details on the film or Fiennes’ role have not be released yet. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actors Hayden Christensen and Nicolas Cage will star in the film called Outcast, which will be set in 10th Century China, following a warrior who attempts to redeem himself by saving a princess. (The Wrap and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER
First “Hitchcock” Trailer Online

Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams from TV Guide and Michael Ausiello from TV Line)

Question: I’m worried that Castle has nowhere to take Beckett now that her mom’s murder has been solved. Make me feel better? — Valerie

ADAM: Stana Katic doesn’t think you should be worried. “There’s a certain amount of closure, but it doesn’t mean that the tale is done,” she says. In fact, Katic is finding it much more fun to play the “new” Beckett. “She’s more lethal because she’s thinking more clearly. She’s not running on emotion anymore,” she says. “She’s become more dangerous to the bad guys.” Sounds like Castle better stay in line!

Question: Will Emily get Revenge on Ashley for dating Daniel? — Mary

NATALIE: She certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve. “You’re going to find that Ashley is not a random friend for Emily,” creator Mike Kelley tells us. “There’s a reason that Emily chose her to be her entrée into the Hamptons world, so she’s got a few cards to play against Ashley should she choose to use them. I also think that there were true feelings involved between Emily and Daniel that she has to resolve in her head. She still has affection for him. Love on Daniel’s side for Emily is going to cause a problem between Daniel and Ashley.”

Question: Totally loving Revolution! How will Maggie’s death impact the show? —Wes

ADAM: As we have already seen, Maggie’s death hit pretty close to home for Charlie. However, look for that sadness and pain to ultimately harden her. “You’re going to see Charlie try to lose hope, try to be more like Miles,” executive producer David Rambo tells us. “If she thinks that this is what you have to do to survive, she’s going to try to do it.”

Question: When will Regina learn about her true origin on Once Upon a Time? — Sam

NATALIE: Oh, that Regina is the child promised to Rumplestiltskin? They haven’t filmed it yet, says Lana Parrilla. “At this point, Regina doesn’t have the knowledge that she is the child. There is a hint that he has held her as a baby and she’s kind of freaked-out.” Still, Regina has other things to worry about considering she needs to turn her attention to rescuing Emma and Snow. “There’s conflicting feelings around Emma and Mary Margaret being gone,” Parrilla says. “There’s celebratory moments typically, and then, ‘OMG, without them, I still don’t have Henry. I need them in order to have a relationship with Henry.'” So look for that to heat up now that Henry’s been left to live with Grandpa Charming.

Question: I am a huge fan of Downton Abbey and was wondering if you could give any scoop on Sybil/Branson or Mary/Matthew? — Caitlin

Ausiello: Them specifically, no. However, I do have some tantalizing teases about Season’s 3’s Christmas episode (known here in the States as the season finale). For one thing, “It’s not set at Christmas,” Hugh Bonneville tells us. “It goes out to Christmas, but it’s not set at Christmas. It has a very different flavor [and] lots of thrills and spills along the way.” Adds Brendan Coyle: “It’s very, very romantic and deeply heartbreaking. It’s very Downton.” If it’s so very Downton, it must end with a cliffhanger, yes? “I can’t give that away,” Bonneville insists. “[But] the end is phenomenal.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Two more United Kingdom programs will be coming to PBS. The first is The Paradise, which is a rags-to-riches Victorian Era drama set in Britain’s first department store. The second is The Lady Vanishes, which is a 90-minute adaptation of the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a woman who gets caught up in a mysterious and menacing case of a missing person. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Veteran actress Adrienne Barbeau (Maude and Carnivale) will appear as the mother of Victoria Grayson (Madeline Stowe) in ABC’s soap opera Revenge. (Kimberly Roots and Meg Masters at TV Line)

Actor Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town) will guest star in an upcoming episode of CSI, playing the ex-husband of Finlay (Elizabeth Shue). (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor Currie Graham (NYPD Blue) and actor Kyle Schmid (Copper) will both appear in upcoming episodes of the new CW series Arrow. Graham will appear as King, the leader of the Royal Flush Gang while Schmid will appear as Kyle Reston. Arrow debuts tomorrow night (October 10) on The CW. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Sanctuary – the Syfy series that starred Stargate alum Amanda Tapping – is still alive. The series will be back in syndication next year on a weekly basis courtesy of Tricon Films and Television and PPI Releasing. The series follows Dr. Helen Magnus (Tapping), the daring leader of a team of investigators who track down, study and protect strange creatures that secretly populate our world. The series began in early 2007 as an online series that drew nearly 4 million viewers and then it scored one of the highest-rated series launches in Syfy network history when it premiered in October 2008. (Kimberly Nordyke at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor-turned-director Eric Stoltz will guest star on the new legal drama Made in Jersey on CBS, playing Marcus Wheaton, the mysterious and controlling leader of Wheaton Farms in upstate New York. Martina (series star Janet Montgomery) represents the wealthy parents of a teen girl who ran away to live within this farm aka cult. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

The upcoming fifth season of the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager will be the show’s last. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Michaela McManus (Awake and The Vampire Diaries) and actors Charles Parnell (Crash, the TV series), Travis Van Winkle (Dating Rules from My Future Self) and Sam Spruell (Snow White and the Huntsman) will star in the action drama pilot from TNT called The Last Ship that will be executive produced by Michael Bay. The pilot is based on the popular novel by William Brinkley, centering on the crew of a naval destroyer who, after a global catastrophe decimates the earth’s population, are forced to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. McManus will play Lt. Jackie Makena, a crew member who runs the Combat Information Center and is in charge of missile deployment. Parnell will play Hugh Jeter, Command Master Chief aboard the USS Nathan James. Van Winkle will play Danny Green, the leader of a small crew of SEALS aboard the Nathan James and Spruell will play Quincy, a paleomicrobiologist. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actresses Madchen Amick (Twin Peaks and Damages) and Glenne Headly (Mr. Holland’s Opus) have joined the cast of the Lifetime drama pilot Witches of East End, which is based on the best-selling novel by Melissa de la Cruz. The drama pilot revolves around Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond) and her two adult daughters Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) and Ingrid (Rachel Boston), both of whom have no idea that they’re the family’s next generation of witches. They lead uneventful lives in a quiet secluded Long Island town of North Hampton but when Freya becomes engaged to a newcomer Dash Gardner (Patrick Heusinger) a series of events prompt Joanna to admit that her daughters are both powerful and immortal witches. Amick will guest star as Wendy, Joanna’s sister. Headly will play Dash and Killian Gardiner’s (Daniel Ditomasso) mother, Penelope. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Italia Ricci (Unnatural History) has landed the lead role in the ABC Family drama pilot Terminales, which is based on the successful Mexican series of the same name. The pilot centers on April (Ricci), an aspiring young journalist who is trying to impress her unimpressable editor. She’s resourceful, devoted to her family and begins to fall in love when she gets devastating news: she has a terminal illness. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: ‘Skyfall’ With Adele Theme Song

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

Question: Any Nikita, Once Upon a Time or Boardwalk Empire news, please. – Lisa

Team Watch with Kristin: Three great shows, and we pick…Nikita! For all you Michael and Nikita fans out there, a moment you’ve probably been dreaming about since day one will finally arrive in the season premiere. That’s all we can say, so move along!

Question: Got any Revenge scoop of the non-Emily variety? – Daisy

Team Watch with Kristin: The addictive hit will soon be flashing back to pivotal moments in the lives of both Victoria and Declan. ABC is currently casting a 12-year-old version of Jack’s little bro for an episode entitled “Lineage.” That will also be the same episode where we meet Victoria’s mother. Did it just get colder in here at the mere mention of the evil queen?

Question: It seems like Abby is starting to turn on Olivia on Scandal? Will the whole team begin to question her? – Daphne

Team Watch with Kristin: While Abby may be going off her leash (which will continue in Thursday night’s episode, big-time!), one associate will always stick with Olivia. “I don’t think you’ll ever see Huck question Olivia, he’s just too loyal to her,” Giullermo Diaz tells us. “He’s like a stray dog that you bring in and you give them a better life and they never leave your side no matter what. He’ll do things that Olivia will take note of, like when I think automatically Olivia wants me to cut the pastor’s body. Things like that, when a dog chews your shoe. I don’t think Huck will ever question her.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Morris Chestnut (V) will have a season-long arc on the Showtime comedy Nurse Jackie, playing Ike Prentiss, a new trauma doctor, who is a former Army medic who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is very good at his job but can learn a lot from Jackie (Edie Falco) about bedside care. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Judith Light (Who’s the Boss) is joining the cast of the TNT drama Dallas in a recurring capacity. There are very little details on who she will play at this point in time. Dallas will be back for a new season starting January 28. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Richard Burgi (Desperate Housewives) will have a recurring role in the ABC drama Body of Proof, playing Dan Russell, a politically motivated public servant who is interested in Kate (Jeri Ryan). (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actress Ivana Milicevic (Casino Royale) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the new CBS drama Vegas, playing Diane, a new, sexy nightclub singer at the Savoy. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

NBC has given a pilot order for a medical drama from Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah (Executive Producers/Writers for 90210). The untitled project is an ensemble series about a group of Army doctors who return to work the night shift together at a hospital in San Antonio. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

NBC has made script commitments for two different dramas from Ken Sanzel (Numb3rs and NYC 22). The first is Gen Mishima, based on a Chilean series, which centers on a journalist and an FBI agent who investigate an underground culture of brilliant kids who were part of an experimental school training the next generation of leaders which burned down years ago. The second is called Hood, a modern-day Robin Hood that in this case is an Iraq War veteran-turned-outlaw in an Upstate N.Y. county besieged by rapacious bankers and a corrupt, privatized police department. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)

ABC is looking for another Revenge – this time from Mexico – with an adaptation of their telenovela Teresa. Nancy Miller (Executive Producer/Writer for Saving Grace) will oversee the drama, which will revolve around an ambitious law student who is living a double life — one as an ambitious and smart law student who pretends to be like all the other wealthy kids at UCLA and another as an illegal immigrant living on the wrong side of the tracks. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Demian Bichir (A Better Life) will join actress Diane Kruger in the FX drama pilot The Bridge, which is an adaptation of the Scandinavian series Bron/Broen. The drama 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. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The CW has given a script order to Expectations, a modern-day reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic “Great Expectations”, which will revolve around a small-town girl with big dreams of making it in the city, who is quickly disillusioned by the harsh reality of living in San Francisco — that is until her fortunes unexpectedly turn thanks to an anonymous benefactor. Reese Witherspoon will be an executive producer. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office films from this past weekend courtesy of Deadline:

1. Taken 2 – 50 million
2. Hotel Transylvania – 27.1 million
3. Pitch Perfect – 14.6 million
4. Looper – 12 million
5. Frankenweenie – 11.1 million
6. End of Watch – 3.8 million
6. Trouble with the Curve – 3.8 million
8. House at the End of Street – 3.7 million
9. The Master – 1.8 million
10. Finding Nemo 3D – 1.5 million

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

Question: What’s next for Snow and Charming on OUAT? Please tell me they won’t be getting new love interests! – Alexa

Team Watch with Kristin: It seems like the show’s creators are more interested in exploring the relationship between the couple and their daughter than any prospective love interests. “There’s a lot of challenges, in terms of this new relationship with their daughter. Rather than focusing on last season, where it was they didn’t know who each other were and whether they’ll get together and will we overcome the Kathryn of it all, this year it’s a whole different set of challenges that this new familial relationship presents,” Adam Horowitz explains.

Question: Any Revenge scoop? – Meg

Team Watch with Kristin: In episode eight, we’ll get to see a very different Victoria: a flashback to when she was 16 years old! In the same episode, we’ll meet Sheila, a working class mother who wants to join the upper ranks of society and uses her relationships with wealthy men to do it, even if it means neglecting her children. Hmmm…could they be related?

Question: Any scoop on Haleb in PLL’s Halloween episode? – Maddie

Team Watch with Kristin: Despite his bullet wound (Ouch!), Ashley Benson tells us Hanna and Caleb are “pretty swell. There’s always trouble, but right now they’re in a good spot.” The same can’t be said for Spencer and Toby, especially after it was revealed he’s a member of the “A” Team. Benson says the girls will “definitely” start to get suspicious of Spencer’s BF. “I mean, we don’t really know what’s going on, it’s more Spencer,” she clarifies. “But I think they’ll start to figure things out.”

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Ivan Sergei will guest star in an episode of Body of Proof, which returns to the ABC line-up during mid-season. He will play a mysterious Ukrainian who catches the eye of Kate (Ryan) at a political event. Unfortunately, they quickly get drawn into the murder of a young Russian girl. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Martin Henderson (Off the Map) has landed the lead role in the NBC pilot The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives. He will play Kyle Dunn, a former flight surgeon and astronaut who returns from a long absence to finds something is different about the life he left behind. (Lesley Goldberg and Michael O’Connell at The Hollywood Reporter)

The CW has picked up a sci-fi pitch from Alloy Entertainment (the folks behind The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars) called The Hundred, which is set a hundred years after mankind destroyed itself; space-bound survivors take the first step to re-colonize Earth as 100 juvenile delinquents are released to the surface of a wildly changed planet, with the survival of the human race entirely in their hands. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Director-Executive Producer Michael Cuesta (Homeland) has teamed with Carol Mendelsohn (Executive Producer for CSI) for a new drama project at CBS called Second Sight. The potential series centers on a homicide detective going blind who turns his affliction into an advantage – using his heightened senses and intuition to solve crimes. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The 2011 Australian short-run series The Slap is being made into an NBC programming event. The story examines what happens when a man slaps a child (unrelated to him) at a suburban barbecue. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Chris Fedak, co-creator of Chuck will adapt the Midnighters book series by Scott Westerfield for FOX with fellow co-creator Josh Schwartz. The book series consists of The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness and Blue Noon; all of which revolve around a 15-year-old girl named Jessica Day who learns that she’s a “Midnighter” and able to access “Blue Time,” the 25th hour of the day. The FOX adaptation will revolve around a small group of people who are all born at the stroke of midnight who have access to the 25th hour of the day. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Legendary actor Martin Landau and actress Virginia Madsen will star opposite actress Agnes Bruckner (Private Practice) in the Lifetime original movie The Anna Nicole Story, which is a biopic based on the true life story of Vickie Lynn Hogan, a pretty but plain girl growing up in a small Texas town who transforms herself into Anna Nicole Smith – a voluptuous, Marilyn Monroe-esque Playboy pin-up and model. Madsen will play Vickie’s mom Virgie who raised her while Landau will play oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall who married then-stripper Smith when he was 89 and she was 26. He died a year later, and Smith spent the following decade in a legal battle with Marshall’s sons over his estate. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Christian Bale as well as actress Amy Adams have been cast in an as-yet titled David O. Russell feature film that is based on the true story of a financial con artist (Bale) and his mistress/partner in crime (Adams), who were forced to work with an out of control federal agent (Cooper) to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters, and politicians. At the epicenter of the entire tale, is the passionate and volatile leader of the New Jersey state assembly (Renner) who is also the local hero and mayor of impoverished Camden. (Liza Foreman at The Wrap)

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Ally Sheedy will back as Shawn’s nemesis on Psych, supposedly appearing in the musical episode that is being planned for the new season. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Alex Kingston (Doctor Who) will guest star in an upcoming episode of NCIS, as Miranda Pennebaker, a shady business woman who gets tangled up with Gibbs and the team. (TV Line and TV Guide)

Actress Ellen Greene (Pushing Daisies) will have a recurring role on the mid-season NBC drama Hannibal. She will play Mrs. Komeda, a novelist and member of Boston’s cultural elite, who is a pal of Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actress-singer Jill Scott (the upcoming Lifetime movie Steel Magnolias) will appear in an upcoming episode of Fringe, playing Simone, an incredibly intuitive woman, an oracle-like person. (Jeff Jensen at Entertainment Weekly)

ABC Family has renewed Pretty Little Liars for a fourth season. (Seat42F)

Fox has made the first lineup change since the start of the season, delaying the return of the Kiefer Sutherland-led drama Touch until January. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Acting veteran Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) will be joining the cast of True Blood as a series regular. He will play Macklyn, a mysterious and sinister figure with deep ties to Sookie and Jason (Anna Paquin and Ryan Kwanten). True Blood is slated to return in June. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Vanessa Marcil (Las Vegas) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, appearing as a therapist McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) suspects is involved in a murder case and might be messing with his mind. The episode is slated for November. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, has a new drama project in the works called The After, which is a thriller that revolves around a mysterious, unexplained event. The project has yet to be picked up by any network yet. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Feature film director/writer M. Night Shyamalan has had his first foray into television – called Lost Horizon – picked up by NBC; however the premise of said project is being kept under wraps with the only details being that the potential series revolves around a small fishing village on the East Coast and that it is being described as a modern-day Moby Dick, dealing with obsession and the unknown. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the executive producers of Smash are developing another hour-long series for NBC with writer Krista Vernoff and legendary songwriter Diane Warren along for the ride. The potential series has yet to be titled, but music will be a feature part of the project. The dramedy will center on a 30-something songwriter who has written the most epic love songs of our time, despite, or perhaps due to the fact that she is painfully unlucky in love. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Prison Break) will join Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) in the Lifetime made-for-TV movie/backdoor pilot called Stalkers that is based on the book “Whisper of Fear: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Stalks the Stalkers by Rhonda Saunders. O’Keefe will play Julia Whitman, the ambitious assistant district attorney who teams with Diane Harper (de Matteo), a hot-headed cop with a troubled past as the duo look to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Agnes Bruckner (Private Practice) has been cast to play Anna Nicole Smith in the Lifetime original movie The Anna Nicole Story that will be based on the true life story of Vicky Lynn Hogan, a pretty but plain girl growing up in a small Texas town who transforms herself into Anna Nicole Smith – a voluptuous, Marilyn Monroe-esque Playboy pin-up and model. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Demian Bichir (A Better Life) will play a crime boss in the upcoming black comedy called Dom Hemingway that is already set to star Jude Law, Richard E. Grant and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones). Law plays the eponymous larger-than-life safecracker who is back on the streets of London after twelve years in prison and eager to collect for keeping his mouth shut. Things take a turn when he sets off to visit Bichir’s capo in the south of France. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Actress Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) has joined the cast of the upcoming film called August: Osage County. She will play Ivy Weston, one of the sisters to Barbara (Julia Roberts) in the adaptation of the Tracy Letts Oklahoma family clan play. Ivy is the middle daughter to Violet (Meryl Streep), who stayed in Oklahoma, teaching at a local college but is having a secret affair with a man for who she plans to move to New York with. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

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

Question: What’s with Aidan? Everyone is teasing Emily’s new love interest, but who is he? – Evelyn

Team Watch with Kristin: We talked with Emily VanCamp to get more background on Aidan. “He has betrayed Emily at a certain point in her past, which you see, and then he comes back,” Emily told us. “She’s very resistant to have him back, but there’s still so much love there, and such a depth to their relationship and such an understanding that it’s really cool.”

Question: Dying for more Revenge scoop! – Rebecca

Team Watch with Kristin: It’s time to meet Nolan’s ex-boyfriend! We already told you that the fan favorite will be entangled in a bisexual love triangle of his own later this season, and now we’ve got details on the guy coming into to stir up some drama in Nolan’s new relationship with Padma. Smart, attractive and vulnerable, Lucas is a high-level exec at a tech start-up. While he’s super savvy when it comes to his business, the same can’t be said when it comes to love.

Question: Give a Vampire Diaries fan something to get me through one more week. Any scoop on Bonnie this season? – Sarah

Team Watch with Kristin: We just chatted with Kat Graham who said she’s taking Elena’s transformation “hard, like everyone.” Kat added: “It’s a transition time for everyone in the beginning of the season. Bonnie is going to have to be put under a lot of pressure to make something happen, and she’s going to have to rely on someone new to help her through that.”

Question: I’ve watched the Once Upon a Time premiere three times. Can you give me anything about season two? – Caroline in Dallas

Team Watch with Kristin: We talked to Raphael Sbarge recently who teased there are “big plans ahead” in Storybrook. “There’s a lot of confusion and sorting out the new order. As a therapist, I would say there is still going to be a lot of, ‘Oh I didn’t see that coming’ this season,” said Sbarge. “There is work I have to do to help some people, and I also have to sort some things out about how to deal with this new world order.”

Question: Please tell me we’ll get some good Fitz and Olivia action in tonight’s episode of Scandal?! – Gretchen

Team Watch with Kristin: That phone call in the premiere episode? Not a one-time thing. Turns out, Fitz and Olivia have been having nightly phone calls, and we’ll see three of them in tonight’s episode. They’re intense, to say the very least. “She’s trying to stop him! My goodness!” Kerry Washington says of Olivia. “She’s shoving him away. She’s trying.” Need more? The two will be in the same room at one point in the episode.

Question: Pretty Little Liars scoop, maybe about the epic Halloween episode? – Miles

Team Watch with Kristin: Ashley Benson warns us to fear “the box” in the Halloween episode, calling it “very terrifying.” We’re not sure what that means, but damn, are we curious! And yes, “A” will be making a visit. That, plus the idea of a terrifying box, makes our anticipation for the PLL Halloween episode shoot through the roof.

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Cinemax has renewed Strike Back for a third season that will debut sometime in 2013; but there are no details on who exactly will be in the cast this time around. In other words, the network likes to keep the viewers guessing. (TV Equals)

Syfy has acquired the Canadian series/UK spin-off Primeval: New World, which will star Niall Matter (Eureka), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Danny Rahim (Young James Herriot) as a team of animal experts and scientists investigating paranormal events, while battling both prehistoric and futuristic creatures. In addition, Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG1 and Sanctuary) is on board to direct several episodes. (TV By The Numbers)

Actors Patrick Fischler (Mad Men) and Tony Denison (The Closer and Major Crimes) will guest star in an upcoming mafia-themed episode of Castle. Fischler will play Leo Conrad, a mild mannered witness to a murder who Castle and Beckett take on the run to protect him from a team of ruthless gangsters who want him silenced. Denison will play Mickey Dolan, an enforcer with the McElroy crime family who was friends with the victim until recently when they had a falling out. The episode is slated to air in November. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Colin O’Donoghue (The Rite) was cast not that long ago as Captain Hook on Once Upon a Time and now news has broken that he has been promoted to series regular. He will make his first appearance in the show on October 21. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

ABC has picked up another drama project – this one from screenwriter/playwright Jonathan Mark Feldman, Patrick Massett and John Zinman. The project is called Birthright, centering on Hal Chester, former dashing prince of the tabloids and heir apparent to the true royal family of New York, who returns home a war hero, only to shock the nation, publicly renouncing his family and their ilk, and vowing to now fight against them for the common good and repair the damage that their centuries of insular wealth and power have wreaked upon America. But before he can begin, he is arrested for murdering his younger brother over the woman they both love. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will join Hugh Jackman in the upcoming kidnapping thriller flick Prisoners. He will play a hot shot cop named Detective Loki. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

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

Question: What’s coming up for Daniel on Revenge? – Shannon

Team Watch with Kristin: Hell hath no fury like a not-so-dead mother scorned. “It’s going to really twist up Victoria’s relationship with Daniel,” Mike Kelley teases of Victoria’s re-entry into the world of the living. “When she got on that plane, part of it was because she knew Daniel had double-crossed her with his father and chosen sides. You don’t cross Victoria without some sort of payback.” Yikes!

Question: I need NCIS spoilers. – Ronnie

Team Watch with Kristin: Pauley Perrette tells us all about the guest stars coming to NCIS, and the plotlines that come with them. “Right after the explosion we have our psychiatrist come in who is played by the incredible Steve Valentine, who we all adore,” she says. “And then we also have Billy Dee Williams joining us. We’re bringing back Ralph Waite, who plays Gibb’s father, who is so beloved to us. Abby’s brother, that she didn’t know she had, who we met last year, we’ll get to revisit that storyline.” And get a load of this factoid about the guy playing her brother: “He’s played by Daniel Louis Rivas, which is so fun. We actually look like twins, and he’s my ex-boyfriend in real life.”

Question: Got any Revolution scoop for us? – Ali

Team Watch with Kristin: You mean besides the fact that NBC already gave it a full-season order? Fans should prepare to meet Neville’s wife Julia in an upcoming episode. She’s beautiful, strong and dangerous.

Question: Do you know who’s on the boat on Revenge? — Ashian

NATALIE: Mike Kelley unequivocally confirms that the arm on the boat belongs to a male, not a female. “It’s a man and it’s someone you know,” he says with an evil laugh — seriously — before noting that we’ll learn whose arm it is in Episode 14. Kelley also addressed his statements from February that the Season 2 flash-forward would involve a wedding: “No one’s saying there’s not a wedding that night. I just didn’t show that part. There is at least one wedding and probably two by the time we get to the boat wreck.” So who do you think is on the boat?

Question: You promised Once Upon a Time scoop on the fate of Pinocchio and how Prince Charming and Snow White would take back their kingdom! — Joseph

NATALIE: And I will keep my word! This season’s third episode will feature a fairy-tale land flashback to Snow and Charming’s post-reunion plan — and there will be familiar faces helping them along the way. “We’ve seen their war council,” executive producer Adam Horowitz says. “Snow’s got a really great relationship with Red, and I think that is a story we want to tell.” Horowitz also promises that August’s fate — whether he’s dead now because he went all wooden — will be explained in this Sunday’s episode, but fear not because Eion Bailey has already returned to filming this season!

Question: I could not have guessed who Quinn Perkins was if I tried! What’s coming up on Scandal now? — Mel

NATALIE: Sure, Quinn is a free woman, but not everyone is happy with that. Namely, David, who will not let his failure go. “He came off the case looking like such an imbecile because he absolutely should’ve won it and he didn’t,” Katie Lowes tells us. “Now he [spends] all these [next] episodes going absolutely insane and he is going to get to the bottom of this.”

Question: I really enjoyed Last Resort. Any hints about what’s to come? — Wesley

ADAM: Look for a major bomb (heh) about Chaplin’s family to be dropped in Thursday’s episode. It will provide context for (and raise questions about) Chaplin’s motivations to take on his own country. Speaking of family bombshells, the father of a character we’ve already met seems to be in on the conspiracy to sink to the USS Colorado.

Question: Loved the Revenge premiere! Do you have any more scoop to share about the season? Maybe something about Emily and Aiden? –Jessica

Ausiello: Takeda’s other student might not have figured prominently in last week’s episode, but that will soon change. According to executive producer Mike Kelley, an origins episode of the addictive primetime soap will fill in a lot of the new guy’s back story – including how he and Em met and what bonds them. And later, when Daniel and Emily are “on the outs” and Jack’s unavailable, “There’s an opening there” for Aiden, Kelley previews. “But she’s not the most receptive. He has a lot of ground to make up with her, because he did something to her that’s very hard for her to forgive.” He adds that Em’s rich sidekick may not be Aiden’s biggest fan. “This character has come in and stolen his girl, so [Nolan] doesn’t love him.”

Question: Can I have some Hart of Dixie scoop? —Alicia

Ausiello: Next week’s episode will introduce viewers to Bluebell’s answer to Lollapalooza, Bluebell-palooza. “It’s a music festival,” explains show runner Leila Gerstein. “Claudia Lee, who plays Magnolia, is performing and Wade and George are performing.” Also on the theme-episode docket this season is an election episode that actually airs on Election Day (aka Tuesday, Nov. 6). “It is Bluebell,” notes Gerstein, “so a chicken — the Pickin’ Chicken — may decide who wins.”

Question: I’m glad to see Revolution doing well, but where did Elizabeth Mitchell vanish to so soon? She’s one of the main reasons I’m watching. –Jerry

Ausiello: Rachel is seen again in Episode 5 (airing Oct. 15), in which Mitchell says “we learn quite a bit” about “the ins and outs of her leaving” her family. But it’s in Episode 7, she says, that “we find out 100 percent for sure” how it is that she wound up in Monroe’s possession.

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