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'Teen Wolf': Did Derek die in 'Frayed'?
39 minutes ago
"I can't believe Derek's dead."
When an episode of "Teen Wolf" began with a line from Scott that Derek Hale was dead, viewers had to know that bad things were coming. But could those bad things be as awful as Derek's death? Say it ain't so!
Alas, Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) may indeed be done for.
Here are a few reasons why Derek might be dead and why Derek could still be alive:
Dead
Scott said he was dead. And Scott doesn't lie very often.The whole falling-off-the-roof-while-in-a-deadly-fight thing looked awfully deadly.When even Scott has non-healing wounds, death is a small step.It looks like Scott might be a full-on Alpha at this point. That does not bode well for Derek's health.
Alive
In the final scene of "Frayed," a very damaged but still alive Derek appeared at his would-be girlfriend's car window. So he's not quite dead yet.The »
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'Under the Dome': 'The Fire' lets Big Jim Rennie play the hero
57 minutes ago
"Under the Dome" is only two episodes in, but so far, there are some big changes from the book that have interesting implications for where the series is going.
Big Jim Rennie
The biggest change from the book so far, in our minds, is the character of Big Jim. Obviously, Big Jim is up to no good, with the meth and the propane and telling Rev. Coggins to clean up their mess after Duke dies.
But revealing Big Jim's true nature (true-true nature) is seemingly on a much slow burn for the series. In the book, Big Jim goes from wannabe Bmoc to psychopath in fairly short order. The series seems to be making the character more multi-faceted and certainly not as scarily evil as the Rennie of the book.
It makes sense -- the show wants to be on for more than one summer (and it will be, if »
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'The Bachelorette': James Case makes his case to Desiree
2 hours ago
"Barcelona, here I am!" proclaims "Bachelorette" Desiree, as she wanders around the churches and talks about how fully invested she is in her (eight) men.
The guys are still stewing about James already having his eye on the "Bachelor" prize, which infuriates Mikey and Drew and whoever else. Mostly those two. Also, Chris Harrison informs them there is no cocktail party this week before the Rose Ceremony, so they gotta get their time in beforehand.
Drew's Date
They're building a foundation for love -- hopefully that means some actual masonry, that'd be funny. But to kick things off, Drew just wants to get with the smooching, which Dez likes. We've all seen how impatient she gets with those slow-moving fellas.
The serious story of the week is about Drew and his father, who is a recovering alcoholic. They have a good relationship now that he's gotten clean and whatnot, so that's cool. »
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Gabrielle Union will star in Bet's 'Being Mary Jane'
4 hours ago
Gabrielle Union will star in the pilot for Bet's new series, "Being Mary Jane," and will return in the role for a full run in January. The show focuses on a woman with a successful career and an ongoing desire for more in her life. With this show, Bet enters into the world of cable drama.
"This woman is a person we can all relate to," show creator Mara Brock Akil told USA Today in a recent interview. The character of Mary Jane is described as smart and beautiful at 38, the host of a cable news show. Still, she wants more -- family, love and further success are all goals. "She's flawed," Gabrielle Union said of her character. "She's chasing perfection, and she's falling dramatically short and dealing with the consequences of not having it all in every aspect of her life."
Outside of her professional life and personal struggles, »
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'Siberia' review: NBC's new show questions reality
4 hours ago
"Siberia" may not be real, but it does make you question the entire concept of "reality" on television. In this age of scripted looks into stylized life, is the new NBC show any less real than the reality shows it seems to mimic?
At its most basic, "Siberia" is a direct heir to the found-footage genre so popular in horror films. The show takes 16 strangers out into the Russian wilderness -- not coincidentally in the general area of the Tunguska event of 1908 -- and leaves them there. Those who survive a Siberian winter at a primitive camp will share in a monetary prize.
It's unfortunate for the contestants that someone or something wants to make sure that no one makes it to spring. Deaths begin in the premiere episode, and horror promises to follow close behind.
None of this is real, of course. Liability laws and general human decency prohibit »
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'Mistresses' Yunjin Kim's first film beat 'Titanic'
6 hours ago
Yunjin Kim became known for her role on ABC's "Lost," but she was already a major star in her native South Korea.
"In 1999, when 'Titanic' was No. 1 in every single country, we beat 'Titanic,' " she tells Zap2it of "Swiri." "And that was my first film, and 'Lost' was my first American TV show. I kind of go downhill from there on."
Perhaps not, considering she's starring in another ABC series, "Mistresses."
A classically trained dancer and master of combat skills, Kim says, "I became action girl in Korea, a wonder woman, and I had to do it in four roles."
Kim became hooked on theater in her first junior high production of "West Side Story."
"The whole idea of a group of people getting together and creating something else" captivated her, she says.
Kim pursued her passion to Boston University.
"B.U. was a great training ground, »
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'Extreme Weight Loss' Season 4: ABC renews summer reality show
6 hours ago
A new season of "Extreme Weight Loss" is already in production, ABC announced on Monday (July 1).
Currently airing Season 3, the show follows "super obese" people for a full year as they make major lifestyle changes in an effort to lose weight. Because of the lengthy production schedule, ABC has been forced to make renewal decisions earlier than it would for other shows.
Season 4 of "Extreme Weight Loss" will include 13 two-hour episodes and will see the return of host and trainer Chris Powell. In a format adjustment, the first 90 days of treatment will take place at University of Colorado's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, where facility medical director Dr. Holly Wyatt will work alongside Powell in helping the participants shed the pounds.
"Extreme Weight Loss" currently airs Tuesdays nights at 8 p.m. Et on ABC. »
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'Breaking Bad' finale: Jonathan Banks thinks Walter White has to die
6 hours ago
Mike Ehrmantraut won't be returning to "Breaking Bad" in its final eight episodes, but actor Jonathan Banks at least got to represent his deceased character one more time at the 2013 Saturn Awards. There he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series (coincidentally facing off against former "Breaking Bad" ally Giancarlo Esposito, who was nominated for his work in "Revolution"), and ended up taking the award home.
Zap2it caught up with Banks prior to his win on the Saturn Award carpet, and asked what the experience of working on "Breaking Bad" was like for him. "I just came by. I dropped in. I had no idea Mike would become 'Mike,'" he says. "[The experience was] one of the best of my life. I loved going to work. I really did."
Since Mike met an untimely end, Banks doesn't know what's going to happen in the final half of Season »
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'Under the Dome's' Mike Vogel: The Peter Shumway mystery has an awesome payoff at the end
7 hours ago
"Under the Dome" is off to a hot start on CBS, earning over 16 million viewers in live + 3-day ratings. Star Mike Vogel tells Zap2it that the excitement of the premiere doesn't let up in episode 2, titled "The Fire" -- including more of the Barbie-Junior Rennie clash.
"Barbie and Junior, it's safe to say that we are not going to be bosom buddies. What we'll see is the catalyst, Angie, is all misconstrued. Junior sees one thing and acts on that, Barbie is kind of left going, 'What the hell are you talking about, buddy?' They both have different reasons for being suspect of the other, which play out throughout the season," says Vogel.
Another season-long mystery is, of course, why was Barbie burying Peter Shumway's body in the opening scene of "Dome," and how will that affect his relationship with Julia Shumway, who has just suddenly become Barbie's »
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'Under the Dome' ensnares Mare Winningham; Jenna Elfman signs for NBC's 'Growing Up Fisher'
7 hours ago
Two-time Emmy winner Mare Winningham will spend some time "Under the Dome" later this summer.
Winningham ("Hatfields & McCoys," "Mildred Pierce") will play a character named Agatha in the CBS series, which launched to strong ratings last week. The character, who is not in Stephen King's source novel, is the caretaker for a house in Chester's Mill who invites Big Jim (Dean Norris) over for a visit. Her intentions, however, are not exactly neighborly.
"Under the Dome" executive producer Neal Baer calls Winningham his "good-luck charm," having worked with her previously on "ER" and "Law & Order: Svu." She earned an Emmy nomination for her guest role on "Svu" in the 2003-04 season.
More TV news and notes:
- Jenna Elfman has officially joined the cast of NBC's midseason comedy "Growing Up Fisher." The "1600 Penn" star had been in talks to take over the role Parker Posey played in the show's pilot, »
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'American Ninja Warrior': Host Matt Iseman promises it's 'bigger and badder'
7 hours ago
He might be flat on his back on his couch with a fever, but host Matt Iseman is pushing through to talk about the new season of the obstacle-course competition show "American Ninja Warrior."
"It's just bigger and badder," he tells Zap2it. "It's crazy what they've been coming up with."
Once again, G4 (soon to rebrand as Esquire Network) and its corporate sibling NBC are sharing the run of the show, with "American Ninja Warrior" launching Sunday, June 30, on Esquire and Monday, July 1, on NBC. Original episodes air on each network.
Iseman returns for his fifth season as host of the show. Joining him for color commentary is a new face, former NFL player and NFL Network sports analyst Akbar Gbaja Biamila, replacing former co-host and Olympic freestyle skier Jonny Moseley.
"Believe me," says Iseman, "I had to practice for about a week and a half just to pronounce his name. »
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'Saturday Night Live': Fred Armisen confirms exit after 11 years
7 hours ago
If you thought Fred Armisen left "Saturday Night Live" during May's Ben Affleck-hosted season finale, you weren't alone.
But unlike fellow departing cast member Bill Hader, no one from NBC or "SNL" officially confirmed Armisen's exit. At least until Armisen commented on the departure in an interview that ran Friday on the comedy website Splitsider.
"I think it's clear," Armisen says about his farewell sketch on the show in character as British rocker Ian Rubbish [video below]. "I didn't do any kind of official announcement, but I really felt like it was obvious. An ending that was a love letter to all the music I grew up with, and also to my friends and to 'SNL' and to Lorne and to the cast. There was a lot of emotion attached to it, but it was a very positive emotion."
Armisen reveals he felt it was a "very healthy good »
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'Below Deck': Bravo takes to the sea to hang with 'yachties'
8 hours ago
It takes a different kind of person to live on a boat. Space is tight, accommodations tend to be spartan, and if you don't get along with someone, it's hard to avoid him. Sea legs, an ability to pack light and a sense of humor are all standard equipment for anyone who wants to live at sea.
You also need a healthy sense of adventure, a trait certainly in evidence in the disparate crew of eight aboard the Honor, a luxury charter yacht that plies the waters of the Caribbean and is the setting of the new Bravo unscripted series "Below Deck," premiering Monday, July 1.
The conditions aboard this 164-foot megayacht are far from spartan - at least for its well-heeled clientele. They get to stay in opulent staterooms with state-of-the-art facilities and have their every need met by an attentive crew. That, after all, is what you get for »
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Cable ratings: 'Ray Donovan,' 'Dexter' set Showtime records; 'Anna Nicole' hits for Lifetime
8 hours ago
Showtime's summer premieres of the final season of "Dexter" and debut season of "Ray Donovan" got off to a record start, while Lifetime's "Anna Nicole" delivered the highest demo ratings of an original cable movie so far this year.
Season 8 of "Dexter" kicked off Sunday (June 30) with 2.5 million viewers, a bump from the 2.4 million viewers for the Season 7 premiere. That means every single season of "Dexter" officially bowed to bigger numbers than the previous season, and the series looks certain to finish out as one of Showtime's all-time biggest success stories.
Related: "Dexter" Season 8 premiere recap
The big "Dexter" return surely helped lead-out "Ray Donovan," which premiered to 1.35 million -- the biggest series premiere audience in Showtime history. "Donovan" easily topped previous champ "Homeland," which drew 1.08 million back in 2011.
However, the Emmy winning "Homeland" continued to grow with time and word of mouth, and drew 1.73 million for its Season 2 premiere. »
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Comic-Con: FX bringing 'Sons of Anarchy,' 'Archer,' 'It's Always Sunny,' 'Wilfred'
8 hours ago
FX is bringing its usual suspects to San Diego Comic-Con this year. Returning fan-favorites "Wilfred," "Archer," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Sons of Anarchy" will be having panels and booth signings throughout the four-day event.
Unlike most networks that only show teases and sizzle reels from their series' upcoming seasons, FX is going to be rolling out even bigger reveals. Both "Wilfred" and "It's Always Sunny" will premiere new episodes, while "Archer" and "Sons of Anarchy" are showing first-look clips and footage.
Here's the full information released by FX about the network's Comic-Con presence:
Thursday, July 18
"Wilfred"
Fox Booth Signing - 1:00-2:00pm
Panel - 4:00-5:00pm: Screening and Q&A: Elijah Wood stars as "Ryan," a young man struggling unsuccessfully to make his way in the world until he forms a unique friendship with "Wilfred," his neighbor's canine pet, played by Jason Gann, who »
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Did Mariah Carey lip-sync during her Bet Awards performance?
9 hours ago
Mariah Carey sure looked fabulous during her performance at the 2013 Bet Awards, but was that because she wasn't actually singing? That's what many people on Twitter were claiming after she performed her song "Beautiful" with Miguel and Young Jeezy, and thus far no clear answer has been revealed.
Of course, Carey's hubby Nick Cannon is standing behind his wife and saying that she what she delivered on stage is real. " Everything you see is all her, whether it's a collaboration when the lights hit, how she enters, she's doing all of that," he tells E! News.
It's not unheard of for performers to lip-sync at live events (just look at Beyonce), but the assumption is typically that artists sing live. Watch the video above, and vote below on what you think happened in this latest instance.
<a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/7219744/">Do you think Mariah Carey was lip-syncing?</a> »
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'Biggest Loser' Season 15: 'American Idol's' Ruben Studdard to compete
9 hours ago
Jillian Michaels will soon be cracking down on Ruben Studdard in the gym, as the "American Idol" Season 2 winner joins "The Biggest Loser." A rep for the show confirms to Zap2it the "Velvet Teddybear" will compete on Season 15 of the reality weight loss competition.
Studdard once told People he was physically unable to keep up with a celebrity trainer's fitness program that required regular workouts while restricting him to 1,200 calories per day. "I'm a big man. There was no way to do those workouts on that amount of food, so everything was contradicting itself." Instead, he turned to vegetarianism, and saw his weight drop from 455 lbs. to somewhere in the range of 380 lbs.
Now 34-years-old, Studdard has said he wants to address his weight issue before it becomes a medical problem. He is quoted as saying, "I don't want to be worried at 40, and if I don't fix things now, »
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'Gideon's Army' features unsung heroes of the justice system
9 hours ago
"Gideon's Army" sounds like a religious group distributing Bibles. But the HBO documentary premiering Monday, July 1, is a fascinating study of another group of true believers -- lawyers committed to representing those who can't afford attorneys.
Filmmaker Dawn Porter uses her experience as a lawyer and as a TV executive to tell a story that resonates. The title is based on the 1963 Supreme Court decision granting suspects legal representation.
Porter chronicles the sort of lawyers most people don't know about: public defenders in the Deep South.
"The most frequent question they get is, 'How can you represent those people?'" Porter tells Zap2it. "If you think about our popular culture, what you see are prosecutors as crusaders of justice. As a result, when you see defense lawyers, they are crooked; they are tricky."
Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick buck all odds to do their jobs. They have »
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Charlie Wilson performs during his own Bet Awards lifetime achievement honor
10 hours ago
Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell were among the many singers who performed a musical tribute to Charlie Wilson during the 2013 Bet Awards. As can be seen above, this was their way of honoring the year's Cadillac Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
"Charlie Wilson is soul music. His impact colors the work of many artists, which is basically my nice way of saying I and a lot of other artists have stolen from him," Justin Timberlake says during the soul singer's introduction.
Of course, the best part of the tribute came when Wilson hopped up on stage to honor himself. Watch him prove just why he deserves that lifetime achievement award below:
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Happy Canada Day! How to identify Canadians in the wilds of television
10 hours ago
July 1 is Canada Day, the official celebration of Canada's existence as an independent country. In honor of this day, here are some tips to spot the wily Canadian actor in the anarchic world of television.
The accent
Don't let the jokes on "How I Met Your Mother" fool you: It's hard to pick out a Canadian based on accent alone. For one thing, the standard accent sported by those from Canada sounds an awful lot like an American accent. You know those Midwestern accents so exaggerated in "Fargo"? It's like that, crossed with the precision of New England.
It's often hard to catch.
There's also the fact that most Canadian actors are awfully good at disguising those accents.
Spot the Canadian!
Find the answer at the end of this article.
The shows
While Canadians appear in literally dozens of programs on today's television, there are a few places that those actors tend to congregate. »
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