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Put High School Musical and Glee in the same sentence and you just might see Jane Lynch's claws come out.

"I don't know that it is anti-High School Musical," she tells E! News. "But it's much harsher. It's snarkier. It's not as sappy, if you will."

Jane's got more to say on that and on what's in store this season...

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Can you believe it?

Dollhouse and star Eliza Dushku are returning to TV next year in one of the miracle rescues of this TV season! Speaking of miracles, can someone please figure out a way to keep Miracle Laurie in the mix? It's not really going to be the same show without Mellie/November. (And yeah, that's a spoiler alert if you haven't seen Dollhouse yet. Catch up, willya?)

Press play see Eliza's thank-you to the fans, and learn why and how she'll be getting even closer to Tahmoh Penikett's Paul Ballard next season.

Last but not least, please post your thank-yous to Fox in the comments for making this bet on Joss Whedon!

News flash: The Gossip Girl cast is awesome.

E! News caught up with Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Jessica Szohr, Taylor Momsen, Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley at the CW upfronts, and they were all talky and gorgeous and funny and sweet and answered many of our burning questions about themselves and their show.

Press play above to see the scoop for yourself, or just read the CliffsNotes below:

Are Blake and Leighton awesome besties? Yes.

Is something delicious going to happen between Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Blair at NYU in season three? Only totally.

Can you go scuba diving in the Hudson River? Sure, if you aren't squeamish.

Plus, oh yeah, are Blake and Penn Badgley getting married? Penn tells us the truth!

On a scale of one to infinity, exactly how delightful is this cast? The comments await your verdict...

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Before you give in to the heartbreaking news that the 2009 TV Upfronts have come to an end, the party is just getting started for you with shots of your favorite TV folks and all of the other beautiful people who came out to celebrate television.

We've got your behind the scenes look at what went down in New York after the pilot pickup's were read, like the rarely seen and always adorable coupling of 90210's Jessica Lowndes and Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul out with TV newbie, Melrose Place's Ashlee Simpson-Wentz—seriously, 7th Heaven just doesn't count!—and her rockstar hubby, Pete Wentz.

So until next year, get your fix of all the afterparty goodness here by clicking in on the thumbnails below...

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FOX - MONDAY

Fox made the world safer for good TV with a surprise Dollhouse renewal as well as an order for Glee and So You Think You Can Dance for the fall. Then we liveblogged the Sarah Connor postmortem.

• Notable quote: "Terminator has completed its run." —Fox president Kevin Reilly
• Best talent stunt: The Glee cast performed a new arrangement of "Somebody to Love" live on stage at New York City Center.
• Most intriguing new-show trailer: Not including Glee? Then Sons of Tucson, starring Tyler Labine.

ABC - TUESDAY

ABC canceled Samantha Who? and ordered up like a billion new series and then we liveblogged the presentation peeks of Flash Forward and Modern Family.

• Notable quote: "They've both signed on. I can't say whether or not they'll both be there." —ABC president Steve McPherson addressing the future of Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight on Grey's Anatomy
• Best talent stunt: Jimmy Kimmel doing a live bit about the upfronts where he stated, "These new fall shows we're so excited about? We're gonna cancel 90 percent of them." So true...
• Most intriguing new-show trailer: V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk and a bunch of flesh-eating alien reptiles

NBC - TUESDAY

A few weeks back, NBC ordered up the easy picks (P-Rex, Heroes) and then this week we learned it canceled Medium but saved Chuck.

• Notable quote: "Joel McHale is a star in the way that Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Alec Baldwin and Amy Poehler are stars." —NBC president Ben Silverman
• Best talent stunt: None
• Most intriguing new-show trailer: Community, starring Joel McHale

CBS - WEDNESDAY

After CBS saved Medium we liveblogged Neil Patrick Harris' awesomeness at the Carnegie Hall presentation.

• Notable quote: "There's a difference between the model being broken and not being able to find any hit shows for years." —CBS boss Les Moonves, slamming another network
• Best talent stunt: LL Cool J rapping and/or Barney Stinson humping Nina Tassler
• Most intriguing new-show trailer: Accidentally On Purpose, starring Jenna Elfman

CW - THURSDAY

We got you an early look at the CW's new schedule and then hit the network's event where it was confirmed that Lily lives.

• Notable quote: "I want us to see them together, but at the same time, the reason why they're so good is why they can't be together." –Leighton Meester, dishing the future of Chuck and Blair on Gossip Girl
• Best talent stunt: Bass Industries CEO Chuck Bass, teenage billionaire, pitching the ad buyers on the CW's merits
• Most intriguing new-show trailer: Vampire Diaries, starring Edward and Bella

If you haven't seen it yet, we have video of all the new series (by network: CW, CBS, ABC, Fox, NBC), and be sure to browse our new-shows photo gallery...

Whether it's bloodthirsty vampires or a remake of one of your favorite '90s shows that tickles your fancy, the CW has you covered. And we've got the video to prove it. Check out these sneak peeks from The Vampire Diaries, Melrose Place and The Beautiful Life from the network's fall lineup.

When you're done watching, hit the comments and let us know which fall CW show you're most looking forward to.

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We'll have to wait until September for the next Gossip Girl blast, but lucky for us, we won't have to wait for teasers about season three.

On the fitting green carpet at the CW upfront this morning, Leighton Meester couldn't wait to share her thoughts on the future of Chuck and Blair, and Blake Lively weighed in on Georgina's return.

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CW NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Here's what you need to know from this morning's CW upfront:

• The Gossip Girl spinoff remains marginally alive despite not getting a series pickup for fall. CW president Dawn Ostroff says, "It was the toughest year we've ever had, figuring out what to pick up, because [our pilots] were all really, really good. We do have room for another midseason show. We have some reality, and we'll probably have another scripted drama. We're just going to take a beat and see where we are. In all honesty, I think the Gossip Girl spinoff is the show that we would love to be able to find a place for as the season goes on." (There were no similarly encouraging words about Body Politic with Jason Dohring, Brian Austin Green, Minka Kelly and Gabrielle Union.)
• Reaper, Privileged, The Game and Everybody Hates Chris are confirmed dead.
• Like we told you yesterday, the CW schedule will be: Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill on Mondays, 90210 and new show Melrose Place on Tuesdays, Top Model and new show The Beautiful Life on Wednesdays, new show Vampire Diaries (can.not.wait.) and Supernatural on Thursdays and Smallville and a Top Model repeat on Fridays.

Read on for our liveblog of the presentation and press conference, including scoop on a 90210-Melrose Place crossover event...

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• Melrose Place: Why so sad, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz? Rumor has it that her character, Violet, is looking at a dead body floating in the Place's pool in this still from the Melrose Place pilot. Click on the thumbnails below to get our gallery of new stills from Melrose and the CW's other new series, The Beautiful Life and Vampire Diaries. There's also a bonus photo of Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro) available on the See-Dub's stealth Twitter.

• Gossip Girl: Jessica Szohr is smokin' in the first poster from the CW's new "TV to Talk About" image campaign.

• Lost: Check out Damon Lindelof discussing Lost during his recent visit to Comics on Comics at Meltdown on Sunset. (We recapped Damon's comments about the numbers and the Libby situation at this Comics event in our second-to-last Lost Redux of the season.) Also, you can now view those wacky multiseries promos from ABC's upfront presentation where Lost actors Matthew Fox and Jorge Garcia share scenes with the likes of Teri Hatcher.

• Fringe: Warner Bros. and Fox have both declined to comment on the Kirk Acevedo Facebook posting where he wrote, "They fired me off Fringe, and I've never been fired in my life!"

• Terminator: In a thank-you note to Sarah Connor fans, Summer Glau reveals that she's a Jameron fan. Ah, fuel for the fanfic...

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What happens when LL Cool J delivers a volume-to-11 performance of "Mama Said Knock You Out" to a room full of Mad Men advertising executives at the CBS upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall?

Read on to find out. Plus, get the latest news on Medium and the comedy stylings of Neil Patrick Harris:

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Alex O'Loughlin is officially back on television. It's time to rejoice!

Check out his new pilot Three Rivers, the organ-donor medical drama, in the preview above. Also in the clip above are sneak peeks of The Good Wife (starring Julianna Margulies), NCIS: Los Angeles (the NCIS spinoff with LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell) and the comedy Accidentally on Purpose, which marks Jenna Elfman's reemergence on television.

Enjoy the peeks above and below and then hit the comments with which fall CBS show you're most looking forward to.

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Along with the confirmation that the CW has picked up The Beautiful Life, Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place, sources now confirm to us that Smallville is indeed moving to Friday nights, with Ian Somerhalder's new vampire show replacing it in the 8 p.m. slot on Thursday. We've also confirmed the CW's new fall schedule, which is listed below.

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