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Question: It’s great to see Jesse Spencer getting a powerful storyline on House. Any news on how he’ll cope without Cameron? —Angela
Ausiello: Not well. In the Nov. 23 episode — the first sans Jennifer Morrison as Cameron — he loses it and punches House in the face! “Chase is very clearly off his game,” says a House insider, “and struggling with the loss of Cameron.” What prompts the fisticuffs? Apparently, Doc Crankypants unfavorably compares him to his far prettier, smarter wife, and Chase blows his top and decks him!
Question: Jesse Spencer has been amazing in the current arc on House, but I’m worried this storyline is setting up his eventual exit from the show a la Jennifer Morrison. Any word from your mole? —Carol
Ausiello: My mole assures me that you’re just being paranoid. Jesse’s staying put. (For now at least.)
Question: There’s a Diet Raspberry Snapple at stake for this one: Is Jane Lynch ever slated to sing on Glee? —Andi
Ausiello: The only thing Sue will be singing in the near future is the blues. According to a Glee insider, she’s finally going to see some real repercussions for all her plotting to take down the New Directions. THIS JUST IN: Lynch wants Sue to sing, too!
Question: I’m having intense Peter MacNicol withdrawal. Will he be back on Numb3rs soon? —Brigi
Ausiello: Yes, but there’s a catch: You won’t actually see him. MacNicol is heading back to the Numb3rs set in a few weeks to direct an episode. His on-screen return, meanwhile, won’t take place until the end of the show’s now-shortened season
Question: Please give us some scoop on Alex and Izzie on Grey’s Anatomy. Is there any good news for them coming up? I’m dying here! —Rachel
Ausiello: My new BFF Shonda Rhimes says there are “some shocking things” in store for the newlyweds during the second half of the season. “The next part of [their] journey,” she teases, “is going to be pretty interesting.” I don’t know about you, but I get a little scared when Shonda throws words around like “pretty” and “interesting.”
Question: Is it true that the first season 2 episode of Southland features a convict (apologies in advance) defecating on someone? If so, I can maybe understand why NBC took a pass. —Adam
Ausiello: According to Southland costar Michael Cudlitz, the poop rumor is a load of crap. “When I heard that I was trying to think of what that was or what it could have been,” he says. “I’m not really sure what they’re talking about.” There was something about that story that didn’t smell right.
Question: Please, please, please let me, let me get what I want. Perhaps a Big Love scoop? Or just anything fantastic that you’d like to say about anything? —Ava
Ausiello: My 2009 custom-made holiday card has just been shipped off to the printer and it’s genius! I’ll have more details on that soon. In the meantime, here’s some Big scoop: You already know that closet case Alby is getting a boyfriend this season named Dale (played by Ben Koldyke). But what you may not know is that the show won’t shy away from depicting their steamy love affair. Short story shorter: Alby’s going to get laid. A lot.
Question: Any scoop on Sons of Anarchy now that Jax is “going nomad”? I don’t even know what that means! —Chris
Ausiello: That makes two of us! I’m equally as lost about this next scoop (as you probably heard, I’m a lot behind on the show): My S.O.A. mole assures me that after Gemma makes her reveal, it’ll seem pretty obvious that Jax is back in the gang and not going anywhere. Sounds juicy! (Is it?)
Question: You’re not allowed to say someone is dying in the Nov. 19 episode of The Mentalist and then leave it at that. It’s unethical! Just a little hint? Pretty please with a Smurf on top? —Ally
Ausiello: Did I say someone dies? My bad. Several people die.
Question: Do you not like FlashForward or something? There has yet to be one single iota of a scoop about the show. Could you please give me something to chomp on? —Stephanie
Ausiello: I like FlashForward just fine. The problem is I don’t love it. And if last week’s living room showdown between Joseph Fiennes and Sonya Walger’s future lover is a preview of the kind of painfully heavy-handed schlock to come, I may have to bail soon. The good news? This week’s episode is supposed to be a vast improvement. I hear we may even find out the significance of the Blue Hand.
Question: Any chance that Smallville will segue into a new series called Metropolis? —WAM
Ausiello: If there was, executive producer Kelly Souders would know about it. And it sounds like she doesn’t. “There’s nothing official that I know of, but who knows? It’s hard to say goodbye to this franchise. It’s the show that keeps on going.” Hmm… I think the key word there is “official.”
Question: Any chance we will see Michael Rosenbaum return as Lex on Smallville? —Stacie
Ausiello: Rosenbaum recently met with the Smallville writers, but, sadly, it was just to shoot the breeze. “He came by the writers’ office a couple weeks ago,” says Souders. “We all love him. The crew and the cast love him. We would love to have him back. We’re constantly talking to him trying to figure out if there’s a way. And believe me, we will keep fighting that fight until the final episode. And I know he’d love to come back, too.” Wait, if he wants to come back, and the show wants him back, what’s the holdup? “He’s doing other projects, so the timing of things is always a little tricky,” says Souders. “Things have to get planned way in advance. And if he’s locked into something, even if at the end of the day the schedule works out, you often don’t know until you’re already shooting. But I’m believing that the Smallville stars will align at some point. Whether it’s this season or [a possible 10th season], my gut wants him back so desperately that I’m going to believe it’s going to happen. I can’t think of a better way to [end the series] than by bringing him back.”
Question: When can we expect to see the return of Perry White on Smallville? —Dee
Ausiello: “We have a story that we would love to tell with Perry,” says Souders. “But [Michael McKean] is in a Broadway show right now. So he’s not exactly available at the moment.”
Question: In regards to your Supernatural spoiler last week, do Sam and Dean switch bodies with each other or with different characters on the show? There’s a debate going on right now about it. Can you clear it up? — Barb
Ausiello: You Supernatural fans certainly love to mass debate, don’t you? Well, allow me to set the record straight before you all go blind: Sam and Dean switch bodies with each other and a couple other characters.
Question: Any scoop about this week’s Fringe? If the previews are any indication, it looks like a keeper. —Al
Ausiello: Even gravel-voiced, stone-faced FBI agents have a softer side. And we get to see it when the usually serious-as-a-heart-attack Broyles gets embroiled in a case from the past that has a special personal meaning for him, so much so that he even steps on a few interagency toes to solve it. Contaminated cosmonauts and conspiratorial cover-ups abound. Plus, who knew the “Intelligence” in “Central Intelligence Agency” was extraterrestrial? (Okay, I kinda did.)
Question: There’s a rumor going around that Melina Kanakaredes is getting killed off CSI: NY in the very near future. True? —Jess
Ausiello: False. My NY mole tells me that Melina will be around all season.
Question: Got any Dexter scoop? P.S. Rita seemed to be back to her normal self at the end of the last episode. So could you maybe spare the “annoying Rita” talk? —Maddie
Ausiello: I can’t and here’s why: Rita the big fat nag returns this Sunday when she guilt-trips Dexter into escorting the kids on a camping trip. Girlfriend needs to either accept the fact that her husband has a higher calling that involves killing bad people or simmah down now.
Question: Do you have any Dexter news? —Christina
Ausiello: In this Sunday’s eppy, the Showtime smash will boldly go where it has never gone before. I’d go so far as to call it a game-changing event.
Question: Any word on how Navid reacts to Adrianna’s bisexuality on 90210? —David
Ausiello: He reacts like you’d expect an ex-boyfriend to react: like a big ol’ ass. “Navid is a little freaked out about it,” says exec producer Rebecca Sinclair. “He’s like, ‘Whoa, what did I do? I just turned my girlfriend gay! What does this say about me!’”
Question: Hey! Got any scoop about my favorite sophomore drama, 90210? —Sarah
Ausiello: Hey! I do. There’s a catfight coming up between Naomi and another female character that will put Alexis and Krystle’s legendary lily pond brawl to… okay, it’s not as good as that one, but it’s still pretty damn memorable.
Question: The season premiere of Friday Night Lights almost had me in tears. Are things going to get better for the East Dillon Lions? —Nena
Ausiello: I’ll say this: The game they were shooting last month when I visited the set was not nearly as lopsided as the massacre you witnessed in the premiere. And it definitely didn’t end in forfeit. You may want to keep a hanky handy, though. There’s an episode coming up that will have you crying like a teething baby without a piece of plastic to bite down on. (Hint: Said episode features a funeral.)
Question: Any news about Lie to Me? —Nicole
Ausiello: There’s a big episode coming up on Monday for Mekhi Phifer’s Agent Reynolds where we learn that he’s been hiding something in his past from the rest of the group. And as we all know, nobody hides stuff from Tim Roth, so expect some sparks to fly.
Question: Please tell me you have some new info on Scrubs. I am dying to know what is going on — especially with the season premiere now only a month away! —Matthew
Ausiello: John C. McGinley says the new grad school setting has “reenergized” the show. “We could go on for three or four more years,” he told us at last night’s 2012 premiere. “Dr. Cox has become an instructor at a medical school and he has a whole new set of people to torture. Per usual, he adds just enough sugar — a teaspoon — so you don’t hate him entirely. We tend to stick to the school for most of the episodes and see way less of our personal lives. My [TV] wife, Christa Miller, is now shooting Cougar Town, although she graces us with her presence in episode 4. Jordan makes an appearance and it is quite funny.”
Question: As of today, I’m addicted to Chuck. Got anything good to hold me ’til March? —Susan
Ausiello: As of today? What the hell took so long? Also, get with the program: Chuck will probably most likely maybe possibly be back in January. I usually don’t reward procrastination and ignorance with red-hot scoop, but I’ll make an exception just this once. Zach Levi will make his Chuck directorial debut with episode 9, titled “Chuck vs. The Beard” and guest-starring Drew Carey Show grad Diedrich Bader.
That’s a wrap! Please submit questions/comments/anonymous tips to ausielloscoop@ew.com. Thanks for playing! (Additional reporting by Keith Staskiewicz and Carrie Bell)
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Dude..Where are the Lost spoilers? Work harder to get them Ausiello.
Don’t get your hopes up. It seems Lost producers don’t want to leak very much info at all about the final season.
well darkufo has a whole ton of lost info and spoilers
That’s it?
Ungrateful much?
DJ, does your mommy still bring you breakfast in bed, and still wash your laundry?
YES, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. LOTS OF JESSE SPENCER LOVE TODAY AS HE DESERVES. And wow, that punch will be a nice payback for Finding Judas.
Several people dying on The Mentalist doesn’t mean anything if they aren’t main characters.
I’d say Bosco is about to be offed – ‘he’s’ main enough.
I think it just means they’ll probably investigate a mulitple homicide of sorts.
Could be a cult/mass suicide thing, bomb, serial killer (Red John?)… Waiting eagerly!
Glad to see you got some House scoop! Know that I appreciate it, but could we get something a bit meatier next week? We House fans are greedy like that.
agreed! more House scoop is always better!!
agreed! house fans are really greedy.
agreed! house fans are really greedy.
oops, don’t know why that posted twice.
expecting greater Grey’s scoop. Like Bailey’s dad
Or Mark and Lexie’s problem – the holiday episode? Hello?generating lots of buzz.
Mark finds out he’s got a daughter who migh be around Lexie’s age
Where did you hear that? He’s not THAT old to have a 22-25 year old. What age is his character supposed to be? I was thinking late thirties, maybe 40. Was this a teenage pregnancy he wasn’t aware of?
SoA is the best show on TV right now and those spoilers are relevant and amazing…i suggest you catch up, show is WILD
SOA is by far the best show on TV. Every episode this season just keeps getting better and better.
I second that. Catch up Ausiello. You’ll be glad you did. I am loving this season!!
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by SoA this year. I wasn’t a big fan last year, since the vast majority of the protagonists are such douchebags — many of them are proud murderers, misogynists and racists, and one of them is even a necrophiliac — that it’s hard to root for them or become invested in their story. It was a very smart move for them to bring in powerful, even bigger douchebags (the gang raping Aryan guys) and to create internal conflict in the club between the biggest douchebags of the club and the more minor ones. Now we have people we can actually root for. And, the politics of the two wars they’ve set up this season is some really great stuff, on par with some of the Shield and Sopranos story arcs.
i third that.. or fifth.
SOA was decent last year, better than most of the drek on tv, but with season 2, it was jumped right to the top of the pack with me and Dexter + Its Always Sunny + 24 as the only shows i will watch the night of, or as soon as i am physically able.
SoA is the best series on TV right now, and Sagal should be a shoo-in for an Emmy nom this year.
that chuck and fringe scoop made my night! thanks mike!
Repeat after me… HOUSE IS NOT HOUSE ANYMORE AND THEY’RE RECYCLING STORYLINES… WOW A PUNCH???? ¬_¬ GIVE ME A BREAK!
Repeat after me…. TYPING IN ALL CAPS DOES NOT MAKE A STATEMENT TRUE!
Actually, Matt, that statement is contradictory within itself.
Although I have to disagree with Caroline about the House-recycling. House is still an amazing show; I love the way they’re going this season!
Did you not watch?! Of course it’s true, House has punched Chase already, not new.
Sally, you’ve got it reversed, Chase is going to punch House this time. So it’s not a repeat, rather, poetic justice
I agree with you … TOTALLY.
Don’t kill me people just my point of vieuw and don’t change my mind * lol *
Can’t stand the ’soap opera’ storylines and all the ships … so boring now :-//
if smallville becomes metropolis after s10, i will be one happy boy
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and if there is a justice league spin-off to add on to that after s9, i might possibly blow up from my excitement.
Now if only Dawn Ostroff would see the writing on the wall and get to work on it…
Dawn Ostroff could never admit that something from The WB that doesn’t target teenage girls is doing better than the rest of the stuff on her network. I have absolutely no idea how she is still running that network.
Yeah, what it really needs is Jimmy Olsen actually.
I love you and all, but did you have to go so hard against Sons of Anarchy? Its really pretty great and we usually agree, or you take the slightly higher road and don’t comment. But it was kind of offensive to vaguely copy other people’s spoilers while obviously not giving a sh*t about a show with a pretty big following right now. Even Kristin does better.
He simply said he is way behind on his episodes. That’s going hard?
I sure hope they don’t kill off Matt’s grandma on FNL. I love that lady. And, poor Matt has been handed such a raw deal in the parent/caretaker department.
that was the first thing i thought of. it would definitely explain his leaving the show seeing as he stayed home because of her.
Either Matt’s Grandma or Matt’s Dad.
doubtful its Matt’s dad. killing Matt’s dad would open his character up for too big of a story arc. killing Matt’s G’ma would provide the same emotional material for Zack Gilford while closing his storyline and providing an opportunity to send his character off. Gotta be the Grandma (who is one of fav characters!)
That was my immediate thought as well. In an interview with Taylor Kitsch, he said he was most excited for Saracen’s storyline this season. I thought that meant that Matt would finally have some good things come his way, or it could also be in terms of Zach Gilford – if his grandma dies, that would be some heavy material for Zach which I’m sure he would pull of brilliantly. However, the mere thought of them killing her off makes me want to cry already!
I can’t deal with the death of Grandma Saracen. It will be like losing my own grandma. But it seems like the writing is on the wall due to Matt’s impending exit.
Um, going nomad was covered in season one. Riding without a club? Anyway, why aren’t you up to date? SOA is so well written and acted and truly great drama. I feel bad for anyone who isn’t watching.
I think what they meant is what does it mean for the club that Jax is going nomad. I wish I knew! SOA is seriously the best show on television right now (Glee comes in a very close second for me) and everyone should be watching. Kurt Sutter is kind of a genius.
Had to add more! Does this mean that Jax is giving up his vice presidency? Cutting ties with the Redwood Original for good? So much is happening!! Also, I can’t figure out Zobelle’s endgame – he is selling guns to the people that he told the Sons NOT TO. I’m so glad this next episode is 90 minutes. Hopefully some questions will get answered.
Half an hour more of Charlie Hunnam? That’s great news
SOA is one of my favorite shows. This season really stepped it up.
LOL! Mass debate.
Well done.
Greg Yaitanes gives better House spoilers via twitter–keep up Mike!!
Yaitanes just panders to the Huddys. No one else gives a frak.
And he still hasn’t managed to catch Ausiello’s mole LOL.
Amen…all I see from Yatiaines is “Huddy’Yo!” bleck….
I’m fine with Huddy, but I agree that Yaitanes’s tweets are too focused on it. A director/producer interacting with fans like that is great in principle but it’s very underwhelming and it’s annoying to read him give answers like “yes” or “you’re right” and then have to work out what tweet he’s responding to when the person had sent about 20 different questions.
I much prefer Ausiello and his mole as my spoiler source.
LOL – and David Shore claims the show doesn’t pander to ships. Right.
Ausiello’s the man with the goods. Yeh, for more Chase.
Never but NEVER seen a ‘productor’ spnding all this time on TWITTER.
I’m rude but it’s totally RIDICULOUS (and I’m kind).
BTW no spoilers (no Huddy one too) just ‘yes’ ‘no’ ‘right’ “bye’
Waouuuuh i’ll be able to do the same *lol*
Shore and Yaitanes even K Jacobs aren’t on the same way … wake up they’re mocking of fans that’s all !!!
Yaitanes plays to the Huddies because they loooooove him so much He’ll say anything to get people to follow him with (fake) twitter accounts.
Between KJ and DS lying to fans for two years that Cameron was going to be back and Yaitanes neediness, it’s pathetic in the producers room.
It IS annoying having to click between twitter accounts to understand a conversation. I wish twitter would just linearly display all posts in response to each other. But I love GY’s hints!
To be fair, GY isn’t an official spokesman. He volunteered to become the House-contact because everyone was whining after freelancer got shut down, and as such he’s not really obliged to completely impartial. I mean, I don’t ship Huddy but I’m not too bothered by the overall huddy-ness of his tweets, because it’s not like he’s getting paid for this or anything. He’s a producer, not a publicist. He can have his own opinions about what ships he likes. If you don’t like, don’t follow.
If you find it all confusing, though, the house_tweets community on livejournal assembles all the conversations together so you can follow them easily.
Thanks for the house_tweets tip.
What happened with freelancer?
Keir: From what I heard, Hamerons told GY, who shut her down. THIS IS WHAT I HEARD. I have no idea whether or not it’s true or whether it’s some maniacal Huddy/Hilson/whatever shipper spreading lies. At any rate, freelancer is down and has been for quite a while.
FREELANCER WAS OUTED BY A HUDDY, GO FIGURE
Greg Yaitanes is an arrogant ass that is rude and whiney when you don’t stroke his ego. Ask a question that isn’t Huddy related or – god forbid! – express an anti-Huddy opinion and he gets nasty and says “don’t like, don’t follow”. Nice attitude from a DIRECTOR of the show.
There is going to be a huge implosion because of him. You can’t side with one ship and expect to not have any repercussions from it. No one from the show should be so obviously biased and so rude to people that don’t share their POV.
He doesn’t even realize (or is in denial) that probably 25,000 of his followers are sockpuppets that were created by Huddies so that GY would post the unaired footage of Cuddy’s strip scene.
His spoilers suck, too. For the first time ever, I’m rooting for Ausiello.
I agree one more time with all of us.
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I’m happy to see some people think the same way
And all the followers aren’t really interesting … it’s babyish of his part to believe that.
That’s the same people with multiple accounts and nothing else.
My words on TWITTER:
‘It is funny to shake the carrot in front of donkeys ?! Who follow as nice sheeps *lol* Hugh ~ Lisa you deserve well better
’
Not sure all the crew agree with the way he acts.
I’m honest I’m a huge Hugh and Lisa fan but tired by the ‘Huddy’ (hard to me to write the word lol).
The Huddies are always blaming Cameron’s fans and they’re acting the same way and not better.
And i disagree with Jen’ departure but i don’t believe a word about her departure.
It’s not clear … I listen a Jen’ ITW she told that (about hte show):
‘I’m happy … I don’t want to parcicipate in such a disaster’ (don’t remember the exact words.
It’s the same for Jen she must shut her mouth :-//
I know some stuff and trust me I like Hugh & Lisa but Yaitanes BLOCKED me too because I’m not buying anything and kissing his ass surely.
I was very polite with him however.
As you said Kate:
‘it’s pathetic in the producers room’
So TRUE !!!
(No sure ALL the team agree with that :s)
Sorry for thee long post I feel better now
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If Ausiello’s and Kristin spoilers are so ‘vague’ they know why … and they know how acting right now.
To Jen: the Huddies/Hamerons who post here are really, really rabid. It’s kind of creepy, actually, to follow the arguments with various shippers flinging epithets at each other. o_O Elsewhere, they’re actually quite nice and polite, but Ausiello brings out the venom somehow. Gosh.
@ Al
You know I useD to be a Housse/Cuddy (now I can’t pronounce the ‘Huddy’ word lol) but too much is too much.
Hugh Laurie HIMSELF was laughing so much in ITW about the ‘Huddy’ word OMG ! Such a stupid word to quote him :s
With all the ships, with G Yaitanes (and other producers) and other reasons (all the musteries in actors’s ITWs for example); now I can’t stand the show.
It turns to soap opera for me (sorry I’m just honest with myself) so I step back
)
@ Emily
I don’t follow but i’ve the RIGHT to give an opinion …
G Yaitanes isn’t Huddy, not Hameron anything that’s all.
And sharing his opinion OK to be arrogant and rude with ‘polite’ people (Huddy, Hameron, and so on) it’s another thing :-//
If you disagree don’t read (as you said so well).
Better spoilers ?! It’s a joke lol
Just moves the carrot in front of the donkeys which follow as nice sheeps OMG !!!
Hamerons are bitter because huddys have Yaitanes and Hilsons Egan. What do they have? Nobody who matters support the hameron ship so they need to keep insulting everybody. And Yaitanes can ship whoever he wants. It´s his personal twitter account so he can share his opinion. Don´t follow if you don´t like.