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This Just In: Lost and Chuck Get Premiere Dates
• Lost: According to ABC, Lost season six will premiere Feb. 2 at 9 p.m., which means Tuesday is now Lost day. ABC also confirms that Nestor Carbonell's Richard Alpert, Ken Leung's Miles, Jeff Fahey's Frank Lapidus and Zuleikha Robinson's Ilana have all been upped to series regular status (we hear that Ilana has close personal ties to the Island); Emilie de Ravin is back full-time as Claire; and that Henry Ian Cusick's Desmond is not a season-six regular, although he'll no doubt appear as a heavily featured recurring character. In other Lost news, a little birdie tells us exclusively that the Lost season five DVD/Blu-ray packaging has hieroglyphics hidden within the cover art that offer additional clues to the nature of season six. (The hieroglyphics are not included in the promo artwork released so far.) The DVDs are due out Dec. 8, so make sure your local Egyptologist is on call that day!
Want to know about more good TV airing this winter? Read on for info on Chuck's return date and a surprise NBC pickup:
Late News: Jen Morrison Confirms Her House Exit
• House: Poor Jennifer Morrison has publicly confirmed that her time as Dr. Allison Cameron on House is done. Jen's admission came in an interview on The Bonnie Hunt Show that's scheduled to air Wednesday. Bonnie asked, "You're done with House?" and Jen replied: "I am, as far as I know, yes." (Press play on the video above to see for yourself, and/or use this thingamabobber to find out when The Bonnie Hunt Show is on in your area if you want to watch the interview in its entirety.) But riddle us this, TV fans, if Jen thinks she's done, why do the show's producers keeping talking about bringing her back for guest spots? Are they just leading us on?
• Gossip Girl: We dare you to not tap your feet to the CW's new Gaga-on-Gossip-Girl promo.
• My Life on the D-List: Bravo has picked up season six of Kathy Griffin's brilliant, multi-Emmy-winning reality series, My Life on the D-List. The divine Ms. Griffin is also slated to appear on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit later this season.
• Chuck: Terminator 2 star Robert Patrick (renowned badass of screens large and small) will guest on Chuck later this season as a mysterious figure from John Casey's (Adam Baldwin) past. (Mmm...any chance he's going to play Casey's dad?)
Have you come to terms with Jennifer Morrison's exit from House, or are you still mourning the loss of an original castmember?
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Spoiler Chat: Lady Gaga Gets in on Gossip Girl Threesome!
By now, most of you have seen it: Tonight's ménage à truhhhbuuuhhhl.
It was pretty lame tame, right? But fear you not, next week things will get much saucier via flashbacks of the ménage-à-shocker as the three little birds piece together what happened.
So what happens next on Gossip Girl? Are D and O over? What about V? And what's this about a certain Miss Lady Gaga getting in on the threeway action?
We have the scoop in our latest roundup of exclusive TV dish, along with the latest on Grey's hot couplings (will it be Cristina and Owen or Cristina and Jackson?), Chuck's sad news for fans of Sarah and Chuck, and a breakup on Friday Night Lights...
Lucas in Evanston, Ill.: Forget Owen and Cristina on Grey's Anatomy! Give us some scoop on Cristina and Jackson! Please?
This Just In: Desperate Housewives May Never Die
Desperate Housewives: Marc Cherry has extended his contract with ABC Studios for another two years, which could keep Desperate Housewives on the air through at least 2013. Of course the big question is whether the cast's main players—Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria Parker, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross—will want to go that long. They're currently only committed through the 2010-2013 season. And let's face it, with all the natural disasters on Wisteria Lane (tornadoes, planes falling out of the sky), it'd be a bloody miracle if anyone survived that long.
D'oh! Simpsons actor Dan Castellaneta will play the pilot of the small plane that will crash on Desperate Housewives, mowing over a few people along the way. We suppose Greg Grunberg wasn't available?
Long Live Chuck! No official word yet from NBC, but sources confirm that Trauma will not go past its current 13-episode order, making room for Chuck to return on Monday nights early next year. Somewhere, Zachary Levi and Josh Gomez are doing a bromantic tango to celebrate.
Glee: As proof that not all E! Online writers agree on the music of Glee, this die-hard Gleek will point out that the cast's rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" has just been certified Gold for digital sales in excess of 500,000 downloads. Boo-ya! So far, more than 2 million Glee songs have been bought online.
This Just In: TNT May Save Southland
• Southland: According to the Hollywood Reporter, TNT is considering picking up the John Wells drama Southland. Do it! Southland would go brilliantly with the network's existing slate of grown-up crime dramas like The Closer. The deal's not done yet though. A TNT rep tells us, "We continually look at all programming opportunities that fit our portfolio of brands." Keep your fingers and toes crossed!
• Dollhouse: Despite Dollhouse's seemingly shaky future, Fox has revealed that it will produce and air all 13 ordered episodes of season two. Good network manners such as these must be rewarded and encouraged. Someone send these people cookies!
• Chuck: The latest rumors about an early return for Chuck say that it all depends on the demise of Trauma. And now we're torn: Chuck is awesome, but Trauma is ER with exteriors, and it's not half bad. What say you?
Spoiler Chat: House Star Jesse Spencer Spills About His Character's "Dodgy Doctoring"
Welcome to premiere week, TV fans! We've got a veritable banquet of TV scoop for you, including dish on your precious Chase on House, Pam and Jim's baby on The Office, and Jack Donaghy's marital prospects on 30 Rock...so without further ado, let's get started!
Amy in Chicago: Any gossip on Addie's character on Private Practice? We are dying for any spoilers or news about her character.
Spoiler Chat: What Does Chuck's Gay Kiss Mean for Chuck and Blair on Gossip Girl?
Ruh-roh! Gossip Girl's Chuck is kissing a boy, which is well and good, except for...what about Blair? We've suffered through two years of will-they-or-won't-they turmoil, and now that they are, could Blair be losing Chuck to the other team? We've got the exclusive scoop on what Chuck's dalliance with another man means for your favorite Upper East Siders.
Plus, want scoop on Naley's future on One Tree Hill? Want to know what happens in the Private Practice season premiere? Curious to know who's preggo on Scrubs and who's getting faux married on True Blood? Read on...
Raylene in Silver Spring, Md.: I can't seem to find when my favorite shows are coming back this fall. Do you have this posted somewhere? Thanks!
This Just In: Summer Glau Joins Dollhouse
• Dollhouse: For those Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fans who are still hurt by its cancellation, you're about to jump for joy. Summer Glau is heading to Dollhouse this season, playing Bennett, a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with Echo (Eliza Dushku). Glau is recurring and joining the likes of Alexis Denisof, Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan and Keith Carradine, who all guest star this season. Check out what former Battlestar Galactica star Tahmoh Penikett has to say about the reunion below.
• Chuck: Superman is mentoring Chuck this season! Not literally, but Brandon Routh joins the cast in a multiepisode arc as Shaw, the new leader of the Intersect project. Look for the man of steel starting in the fourth episode. Could Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) be his Lois Lane?
• 90210: Meet Gia (Rumer Willis), the young, hot lesbian who joins the Blaze Newscast team, working with Silver, Navid and Adrianna. There are also some hot pics of the boys on the beach, but like Gia, we're not that interested.
• Southland: NBC is pushing the sophomore drama back a month, now premiering Oct. 23 instead of its original date of Sept. 25. The network's excuse response is that it enables more marketing, but with Dollhouse growing into an unstoppable stunt-casting show, who'd want to go up against that premiere?
• Leverage: TNT has renewed the Robin Hood-esque show for a third season of 15 episodes, which is slated to premiere next summer. While this summer's finale airs Sept. 9, the gang returns in the winter for the second half of the season.
What does the sexy Tahmoh have to say about the BSG cast reuniting? Click on to find out...
Spoiler Chat: What Creature Is Coming to Grey's Anatomy?
Grey's Anatomy is getting two new guest stars, and they're a little...different. We've got the scoop on these new characters in the spoiler section below.
Plus, we spill on Sam Merlotte's attempts to escape Maryann on True Blood, the dish on how Hilary Duff's past catches up to her on Gossip Girl, what brings Jayma Mays back to Heroes and the truth about Laura Leighton on Melrose Place. Read on for the dish!
buffy_131: Do you guys have some kind of fall premiere list? I might just have missed if it's already been posted. Thanks!
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Spoiler Chat: Are Dan and Georgina Really Hooking Up on Gossip Girl?
Hold the phone! Is Gossip Girl's newest twosome really Dan Humphrey and Georgina Sparks? We've got the inside scoop on that hot pairing in today's Spoiler Chat, along with dish on Chuck's Awesome future, Dexter's Trinity Killer and major marriage trouble for a favorite couple on Brothers & Sisters...
Mike in Indianapolis: Fringe scoop, please.
Spoiler Chat: What Brings Boone Back to Lost?
Is it true that Ian Somerhalder will join the rest of the Lost gang on the beach this season? And if so, what's driving the actor to return?
Jump to the spoiler section for the exclusive scoop on Boone's return. Plus, get dish on Desperate Housewives' newest resident, scoop on what the suicide bomber does to Godric's nest on True Blood, a surprising character turn on Grey's Anatomy and news about which character didn't survive the Chuck finale.
Marie in Boston: Mad Men is almost here! What's the skinny on the new season?
Yvonne Strahovski on Chuck: Both Romance and Heartbreak This Season
While Chuck fans may have to wait until March to see the third season, Yvonne Strahovski is not keeping mum until then.
Last night at the NBC Universal All Star Party at the Television Critics Association, Yvonne spilled what's in store for the Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah romance and what we can look forward to in the new season.
Let's let her do the talking...