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Spoiler Chat: House and Office Romance Scoop!
Adam Taylor/FOX
OK, OK, we hear you!
Apparently all you TV fans want to know about is:
- House and Cuddy and the possibility of hanky-panky
- The Office's new Jim and Pam (is it blasphemy to call them that?)
We've done some digging with inside sources (and a couple of castmembers themselves) to come up with inside info for you.
Read on for our latest roundup of exclusive TV scoop...
Sherrie in Louisiana: Forget Jam. I'm digging this Erin and Andy flirtation on The Office! Will they actually hook up?
Should Fox Have Messed with Fringe?
Barbara Nitke/FOX
Should NBC have opted for Lipstick Jungle over Jay Leno? Should the CW have uprooted steady Smallville for The Vampire Diaries? And should Fox have fiddled with Fringe's time slot?
With the first month of the 2009-10 TV season in the books, it's time to look at how the new shows—and the old shows in new time slots—are faring compared to last fall's lineup.
Beware of some surprising answers in the latest ratings quiz.
1. And the winner is…Lipstick Jungle or Jay Leno? Leno. At this point, the comic's averaging about 2 million more people on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. than the late Brooke Shields series was. And, yes, while Leno's ahead because of his big premiere week, big premiere weeks count.
Spoiler Chat: Can the New Gossip Girl Be Trusted?
Giovanni Rufino / The CW
We've got the dish on Bree Buckley's bad intentions on Gossip Girl. (Did you really think she was as good as she seemed?) Plus, read on to find out which couple is due for some devastating news on One Tree Hill, Lisa Edelstein talking Jen Morrison's House exit, Lo Bosworth spilling on the future of The Hills, and Lance Reddick on an Observer-centric ep of Fringe...
Kelly in Ft. Myers, Fla.: I've heard that our favorite Dollhouse may be in danger. Does it help the rating if people watch on iTunes or Hulu? I always try to do my best.
Exclusive
Spoiler Chat: Are Dan and Georgina Really Hooking Up on Gossip Girl?
Patrick Harbron/The CW
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: Will Brooke and Julian Make It on One Tree Hill?
Fred Norris/The CW
When One Tree Hill returns in the fall, what's in store for Sophia Bush's Brooke and Austin Nichols' Julian? Will they hook up or break down? Plus, how far forward is this season's time jump?
We've got the scoop on the future of OTH and much more dish in this week's Spoiler Chat. Read on to find out:
• How does the "kung fu" download change Chuck?
• How does Kristen Bell return to Party Down?
• What does Juliet's death mean for Ben on Lost?
• What happened to the Fringe writing staff over the summer?
• Who's getting wasted on Smallville?
Breaking News
Fox Gives Fringe an Early Season Two Pickup
Craig Blankenhorn/FOX
Fox has announced that hit sci-fi series Fringe will definitely be coming back for a second season of approximately 22 episodes.
The pickup was widely expected, seeing as how (a) Fringe is running more or less even with The Mentalist for top-rated new series of the year, (b) Fringe is freaky-deaky fun and (c) Fringe comes from the generally acclaimed wunderkinds at Bad Robot—you know, the ones who make Lost and the upcoming Star Trek movie.
Secrets Revealed About Fringe's Final Three Eps
Barbara Nitke/FOX
One of the nicest TV gangs in town—the cast and producers of Fox's Fringe—gathered at Paley Fest last week to discuss season one, including what we can expect from the three remaining episodes (the first of which airs tonight).
Read on to find out what they revealed to us exclusively about who got the coveted scene with Leonard Nimoy's William Bell, about which villains return for an encore and which shocking secret about Peter is revealed way ahead of schedule...
Fringe More Mainstream Than the Osbournes
Craig Blankenhron/FOX
Fringe, back with its first new episode last night in about two months, proved a better, bigger companion for American Idol than the Osbournes' much-maligned variety special.
From 9-10 p.m., which saw the final nine minutes of Idol bleed into Fringe, Fox scored 11.9 million viewers, per preliminary Nielsen estimates, and bested Dancing With the Stars and The Mentalist among adults 18-49.
Osbournes: Reloaded, which aired after last week's Idol performance show, averaged about as many viewers (8.4 million) as opt-outs from local Fox affiliates.
Elsewhere Tuesday:
• From 8-9 p.m., Idol's Top 8 show averaged 22 million viewers, down from the 24 million Idol's Top 9 entertained in the same hour last week. The show's final number may go up once its last nine minutes are averaged in.
• NCIS (17.6 million) was the top scripted series. The Mentalist (16.8 million) wasn't too shabby, either.
• Try not to take it personally, David Alan Grier, but your dismissal from Dancing With the Stars goosed the show by about 1 million viewers: last night's 14.3 million versus last week's 13.5 million.
• In the jam-packed 9 p.m. hour, The Biggest Loser (8 million) ran second only to Idol/Fringe among adults 18-49.
• Law & Order: SVU (9.1 million), Reaper (2.3 million) and 90210 (2.1 million) were about even with last week.
• Cupid (6.2 million) lost about 2 million viewers from its DWTS-boosted first half-hour to its last.
Star Trek Sequel Now a Lost Cause
EW.com/ Paramount Pictures
Losties, Trekkies and Fringe dwellers, unite!
Paramount is keeping it all in the sci-fi family when it comes to its burgeoning new Star Trek franchise. Per Variety, J.J. Abrams, director of the upcoming revamp of the cult-classic story, is onboard to produce the sequel, which will be copenned by Lost cocreator Damon Lindelof and Abrams' fellow Fringe masterminds Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
Fringe: Josh Jackson Spills Pseudoscience Psecrets
Attention Fringe fans: We're off to see the Wizard!
As Joshua Jackson explains in the exclusive interview above, Walter Bishop "is the Wizard of Oz." (Seriously...would you be shocked to see flying monkeys on Fringe?)
In the remaining episodes of season one (which start airing on Fox this Tuesday), we'll learn more about the nature of Peter's mysterious "medical condition," what William Bell knows about Olivia and the gang, and a few childhood secrets that will affect the Fringe family for a long time to come. Yep, Fringe is fully over the rainbow, so brace yourself for more talking tin men, sedative poppy fields and the aforementioned flying monkeys. (Come on, like it's such a leap from that giant airplane hedgehog to chimps with wings?)
Want to see more of the wonderful, wonderful things he does? Click in for a sexy new Fringe promo...
Fringe Couldn't Wait for Hollywood Week, Either
Eric Leibowitz/FOX
Tuesday TV's Winners, Besides American Idol: Fringe (13 million viewers, Nielsen estimates showed, up about 1.5 million from last week) did well by, or because of, its Idol lead-in. The Biggest Loser (10.5 million) hung in against Idol, then outdrew Fringe in each show's last half-hour.
American Idol Watch: Up from last week—26.3 million Hollywood-week viewers versus 25.5 million bad-audition connoisseurs.
Etc.: 90210 (2.4 million) scored its biggest night yet opposite Idol, the CW said. Scrubs (4.8 million for back-to-back episodes) fell out of favor with young women. Privileged (1.7 million) did better with senior citizens than teenage boys.
Brooke Burke Big Enough in Tuesday Win
ABC/KELSEY McNEAL
Historic it wasn't. Effective it was.
ABC won Tuesday with the Brooke Burke-crowning Dancing With the Stars finale (20.6 million viewers, per Nielsen estimates) and the popcorn-popping A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (11.1 million).
Overall, Dancing's audience was down about 4 million viewers from last fall's finale when Hélio Castroneves claimed the glitter ball
CBS' NCIS (18.2 million) was the most watched show located outside of a ballroom. Fox's House (12.5 million) scored the most adults 18-49 of any non-jitterbugging entertainment.
The 9 p.m. hour marked another tug-of-war between Fox's Fringe and CBS' The Mentalist.
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