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Clear eyes, shirtless Riggins, can't lose!

(Wait, is that not how the mantra goes?)

The brilliant Friday Night Lights returns to TV tonight at 9 p.m. on DirecTV's channel 101, and even though Dillon football is in a state of upheaval, a few things remain the same: the heart, the humor, and yes, Taylor Kitsch will still "forget" to button those tricky buttons from time to time.

But the big question is this: What happens to the series now that beloved characters like Riggins and Zach Gilford's Matt Saracen have graduated? Are we losing them forever? And what happens with their lovely ladies, Minka Kelly's Lyla Garrity and Aimee Teegarden's Julie Taylor?

We caught up with FNL show runner Jason Katims for an exclusive interview about season four, and here's what we can tell you about the fates of your fan favorites...

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Man, life is rough.

One day you're happy as a clam, working as a castmember on a prime-time network drama, and the next day someone's feeding you a line about changes in your show's "tone" and shuffling you off to Buffalo.

That's what just happened to departing Melrose Place star Colin Egglesfield, who sums up his roller-coaster Thursday this way: "I've had better days, to be quite honest."

We just spoke to Colin exclusively to find out why he's being pushed out of the show, not to mention where Auggie fits into the show's big murder mystery, and despite what you may have theorized, Auggie's not getting killed off, and despite what you may have been told, this exit was not planned from the beginning: "[They said it] was a network decision and obviously the ratings aren't what they need or want them to be, so they're going to try things to shake things up."

So what really happened today, and what's going to happen next on Melrose Place? Here's what we learned from Colin:

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According to our favorite frenemy, Jennifer Morrison's run as Dr. Allison Cameron on House will end midseason, and her exit was a creative decision on the part of the producers. (Meaning Morrison didn't quit; she was written out.)

OK, so that's the alleged behind-the-scenes situation—according to a rep, "The show does not have any comment" on reports of Morrison's exit—but forget the Hollywood drama. What drives Cameron to ditch her job at Princeton-Plainsboro after more than five years in House's orbit?

Read on for the exclusive scoop we got from insiders on why Cameron leaves her husband and the hospital...

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Thank you very much, Warner Bros. and the CW! You did excellent, excellent work in casting Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in The Vampire Diaries and then filming them getting busy this early in the season. Yep, the vampire boy and the human girl are getting veerry close in tonight's all-new episode of The Vampire Diaries, and if the rest of the ep is anything like the exclusive sneak peek above, we are hereby devout slaves of the show. Well-played, vampire people!

Are you loving The Vampire Diaries?

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Don't miss our gallery of Vampire Diaries spoiler stills!

Yes, we said Boyz II Men.

The multimillion-selling group recorded a new version of the Psych theme song in honor of this Friday's episode, "Hip Hop Fade Out," which costars Jaleel White and Kenan Thompson. Press play above to get an exclusive first look at the new tune.

The official description of the ep is this: "Gus' (Dulé Hill) reunion with two members of his college a cappella quartet, with whom he's estranged, at the funeral of the fourth leads to a case for Shawn (James Roday) when they ask him to prove that 'Diddle' was murdered."

Psych just can't stop being awesome. It's what they do.

Visit the Psych site at USANetwork.com for more video goodies.

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We've read your emails and know you guys love Warehouse 13, so in honor of tonight's second-to-last ep, we're bringing you an exclusive sneak peek!

Secret Service Agent Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) is going Hogan home in this week's episode of Warehouse 13, because her parents (Michael Hogan—Battlestar Galactica's Colonel Tigh—and his real-life wife, Susan) are in trouble. Warehouse-type trouble: Dad is being tormented by the ink leaping from the pages of a mysterious manuscript delivered to his bookstore.

Yay for family reunions? Maybe not, when you watch the clip above. Also, Myka's an only child, so her pop's choosing to name his business Bering & Sons is pretty telling. That, and the revealing exchange between Myka and her partner, Pete, a while back:

Myka: You ever see that movie The Great Santini, with the tough dad and the scared kids?
Pete: It's like that, huh?
Myka: Yeah, except it wasn't over in two hours.

Fortunately, sometimes the artifacts do more good than harm.

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Whoo-hoo!

ABC Family confirms to us exclusively that the network has picked up the back 10 episodes of 10 Things I Hate About You's first season! According to show runner Carter Covington, those episodes are likely to premiere beginning in January 2010.

10 Things, based on the 1999 movie of the same name and on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, follows the Stratford sisters (Lindsey Shaw and Meaghan Martin) as they navigate high school and young romance. Gregory Peck's grandson Ethan Peck plays Kat's love interest, sexy motorcycle-riding loner Patrick Verona.

But what's to come in those 10 eps? Here's what we're hearing...

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Oh Psych, you are so fabulous!

In honor of the upcoming Sept. 18 "Bollywood Homicide" episode, costarring Sendhil Ramamurthy, the creative types at Psych wrote a brand-new, Bollywood-themed version of the Psych theme song. The names of the actors have even been accurately translated into Hindi to give the credits that extra authenticity, and we have your exclusive first look at the whole shebang!

Psych has creatively reworked their credits twice before: one for Christmas and once for the telenovela episode. This update was cowritten by Psych creator Steve Franks and Anupam Nigam. Regular Psych director Jay Chandrasekhar helmed "Bollywood Homicide" and also guest stars in the episode, in which "A man seeks Shawn (James Roday) and Gus' (Dulé Hill) help to lift a curse on him that seems to put all of his girlfriends in mortal danger."

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Here she is! Hilary Duff joins the cast of Gossip Girl as movie star Olivia Burke for the Oct. 5 episode titled "Dan de Fleurette," and we have the exclusive first look at Duff in character on the set!

Duff's character is assigned to be Vanessa's (Jessica Szohr) roommate at NYU—their dorm room is the setting of the still above—and through Vanessa, Olivia gets to know Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley). Olivia becomes attracted to Dan, and vica versa. Of course, there's a twist: Dan is so tuned out to pop culture that he doesn't realize the girl he's falling for is a huge movie star famous for her role in a Twilight-esque series of vampire movies.

Still, the two college kids manage to make their odd-couple pairing work, and cuteness ensues. Yay!

What do you think? Does Duff look like a good addition to the Gossip Girl cast? Do you think she'll be a good match for Dan?

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See Duff and other famous folk in our TV stunt casting gallery!

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The wait for Smallville is just too long! It's still a whole month until season nine premieres on Sept. 25 on the CW. So instead of sitting around and sulking, we went straight to the source to get the scoop on Clark (Tom Welling) and the gang.

Executive producer Kelly Souders was more than happy to tease all the Smallville happenings, including the sensual sex scene between Clark and Lois (Erica Durance), who's getting a sidekick this season and how Clark can defeat Zod (Callum Blue) before a new mystery person tries to kill him. Oh just another day in the life of Clark Kent.

We've also got details on the new casting of Roulette and who she'll be messing with this season...

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When USA announced that In Plain Sight was picked up for a third-season run of 16 episodes, many people glossed over the fact that the show's executive producer and creator, David Maples, would no longer be running the show. And as it turns out, creative differences between the creator and the network are not just changing the writers' room, but two stars are leaving the show as well.

How and why did this all happen? For the first time, exclusively on E! Online, both Maples and USA's president of original programming, Jeff Wachtel, talk about why they are parting ways and what USA has in store for In Plain Sight.

Read on for the debate, find out which series regulars are being demoted, and then decide for yourself who's right or wrong...

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Yay, overeducated hookers!

The sexiest, most depraved storyline on the new Melrose Place is the one where Stephanie Jacobsen's Lauren decides to pay her med-school bills by becoming a high-class call girl.

It's hard out there for a ho, especially one as fundamentally ladylike and good-hearted as Lauren, so the Melrose Place bosses kindly just cast someone to show her the prostitution ropes...

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