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What to Watch Sunday: Dexter's Final Premiere, Your First Ray Donovan Fix, Bet Awards & More
30 June 2013 4:00 AM, PDT
On TV this Sunday: Dexter’s final season is to die for, Ray Donovan keeps a few secrets, Chris Tucker is Bet’s award show Mc and Nik Wallenda talks the walk. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
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8 pm Skywire: Nik Talks The Walk (Discovery) | After crossing the Grand Canyon at 1,500 feet, aerialist Nik Wallenda watches and provides commentary on his own tether-less tightrope walk.
8 pm Bet Awards 2013 (Bet) | Actor/comedian Chris Tucker hosts the 3-1/2 hour live show. Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, »
- Rebecca Iannucci
The Beginning of the End: Dexter's Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter Preview Season 8
29 June 2013 12:06 PM, PDT
Way back in Dexter‘s second season, our anti-hero noted with surprise that his mask of normality was slipping. “People who never mattered before are suddenly starting to matter,” he said, uncharacteristically rattled. “It scares the hell out of me.”
You think you were spooked, Dex? That’s nothing compared to what fans of the murderous Showtime saga likely face as its final season bows this Sunday (9/8c). Given the series’ lethal nature, those who have grown to love and champion the Dark Passenger over the past seven seasons know that a tragic ending is a real possibility.
Related | Dexter Series Finale Spoilers, »
- Megan Masters
Performer of the Week: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
29 June 2013 11:59 AM, PDT
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The Show | Veep
The Episode | “D.C.”
The Airdate | June 23, 2013
The Washington, D.C. of Veep‘s fictitious Vice President Selina Meyer is a toxic place of paranoia, buck-passing and political gamesmanship. But in the HBO comedy’s Season 2 finale, that mood was amped up to insanely comic heights, with series star Julia Louis-Dreyfus deftly taking her titular character from the depths of career despair to the heights of political triumph (and then back, and then back again).
Indeed, as buzz over the current Potus’ various scandals became deafening, »
- Team TVLine
Scoop: Glee's Jayma Mays Joins CBS' New Sitcom The Millers as Will Arnett's Sister
29 June 2013 9:00 AM, PDT
For Jayma Mays, where there’s a Will there’s a way.
The actress, who spent the last four years romancing Matthew Morrison’s Will Schuester on Glee, has joined CBS’ new fall comedy The Millers as Will Arnett’s sister, TVLine has learned.
Related | Exclusive: 4 Glee Series Regulars Not Returning as Regulars
Mays replaces Mary Elizabeth Ellis, who played the Debbie character in the pilot. (Producers are also recasting Deb’s hubby, originally portrayed by Michael Rappaport.)
It’s not clear what Mays’ new series regular gig means for her Glee alter ego Emma, who married Will in last month’s finale. »
- Michael Ausiello
Falling Skies: Noah Wyle Previews a Face-Off Between Frenemies, Promises Fulfilling Finale
29 June 2013 7:00 AM, PDT
This Sunday on Falling Skies (TNT, 10/9c), Tom and Pope will realize that although they survived their Espheni-evading plane crash, they now must endure their trek through a forest teeming with Skitters — all while trying not to kill each other.
Related | Leverage Alum Beth Riesgraf Steals Role on TNT’s Perception
Previewing the intense times ahead for the frenemies, Noah Wyle tells TVLine, “This is the culmination of a long-burning feud between these two guys who really don’t like each other yet have always gotten along because they’ve respected each other’s skill sets and the necessity of them to survive. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Strike Back Season 3 Trailer: Stonebridge and Scott's Sexy, Bloody, Explosive New Mission
28 June 2013 6:42 PM, PDT
Strike Back‘s just-released Season 3 trailer is full of loud guns, the bloody aftermath of those loud guns and sexy, scantily clad ladies.
Y’know, just another day in Stonebridge and Scott’s action-packed life.
Related | Cinemax Sights Hunted Spin-Off Starring Melissa George
The Cinemax drama’s coming season – which debuts Friday, Aug. 9 at 10/9c — finds counterterrorism unit Section 20 pursuing a deadly terrorist network from Colombia to Beirut to Europe. This cycle’s cast includes Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives) as a rogue operative and Robson Green (ITV’s Wire in the Blood) as a Section 20 newbie.
Press Play on the »
- Kimberly Roots
Under the Dome's Mike Vogel Discusses Barbie's Unlikely Hero Status: 'He Is a Good Guy'
28 June 2013 5:00 PM, PDT
After watching the debut installment of CBS’ new summer smash Under the Dome, one thing was abundantly clear: Maybe-murderer or not, Mike Vogel‘s Barbie is the man you want on your side should your city find itself trapped beneath an enormous invisible barrier.
But what’s the real deal with the mystery man? Will he be able to embrace Chester’s Mill as his own? Is Julia safe under the same roof as the man who probably killed her hubby? Can Barbie hold his own against young (psychotic?) Junior? And what’s with that nickname?!
Here, Vogel answers TVLine »
- Megan Masters
It's Official: No Season 4 For Happy Endings
28 June 2013 4:00 PM, PDT
Happy Endings won’t get one: The cancelled ABC comedy is officially done and will not continue on another network, TVLine has confirmed.
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Sony Pictures TV, which produces the series, has ended its search for a new home for the ensemble sitcom.
As we told you earlier this week, the cast’s contract options expire this weekend, and no network has stepped up to continue the quirky comedy.
A possible move to USA Network — widely believed to be Endings‘ most likely savior — was nixed earlier this month. »
- Kimberly Roots
Revolution Season 2: Rubicon Star Jessica Collins to Play a Love Interest – But For Whom?
28 June 2013 2:41 PM, PDT
The coming season is going to be a romantic one for one lucky Revolution-ary.
Jessica Collins (Rubicon, The Nine) has booked a recurring role on Season 2 of the NBC drama as a love interest for… Well, that part is a bit of a mystery.
Related | Revolution Season 2 Spoilers — Scoop on New Characters
Per our sister site Deadline, Collins — who appears in at least the first four episodes — will play Cynthia, a beautiful young woman of deep faith. Her winning humor and blazing intelligence capture the heart of one of the show’s leading characters.
Will Cynthia replace Nora as the »
- Vlada Gelman
The Good Wife Exclusive: Meet Kalinda's 'Whip-Smart' New Season 5 Love Interest
28 June 2013 1:46 PM, PDT
The Good Wife is adding another (very pretty) notch to Kalinda’s bedpost boots.
The CBS drama has tapped English actress Juliet Rylance to join the Season 5 cast as a new love interest for Archie Panjabi’s sexually open sleuth Kalinda, TVLine has learned exclusively.
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Rylance — who co-starred as Ethan Hawke’s wife in the 2012 spooker Sinister — will play the recurring role of Holly, a whip-smart Assistant State’s Attorney who shares a past with Kalinda.
This is The Good Wife‘s second big Season 5 hire. As TVLine just reported, »
- Michael Ausiello
Exclusive: The Good Wife Targets Hunted's Melissa George for Major Season 5 Role
28 June 2013 1:09 PM, PDT
In what could be viewed as promising news for fans of Alicia and Will, The Good Wife is throwing some hard-to-resist temptation Peter’s way.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Hunted heroine Melissa George is joining the CBS drama’s Season 5 cast in the recurring role of Marilyn, newly-elected Governor Florrick’s in-house ethics counsel.
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The character is described as smart, sexy, savvy and, by her very job description, a stickler for honesty and observing the rules. (Side note: Wait until Ms. M finds out about that whole vote-rigging thingy. »
- Michael Ausiello
Game of Thrones Wrangles Graceland Actor as Season 4′s Cunning Red Viper
28 June 2013 12:51 PM, PDT
A ticked-off Dornish prince is on his way to King’s Landing.
Game of Thrones has cast Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell — aka The Red Viper — who’ll make his first appearance in the HBO fantasy drama’s upcoming fourth season.
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The character is brother to the late Elia Martell, who was murdered by Ser Gregor Clegane during Mad King Aerys’ overthrow. Because Clegane was doing the Lannisters’ bidding at the time, Jaime, Cersei, Tyrion and the rest of the lions should probably start watching their backs. »
- Kimberly Roots
Glee Exclusive: 4 Original Cast Members Not Returning as Series Regulars for Season 5
28 June 2013 12:02 PM, PDT
Glee is thinning its ranks as it heads into Season 5.
Original castmembers Heather Morris (who plays Brittany), Mark Salling (Puck), Amber Riley (Mercedes) and Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) will not be returning to the Fox musical dramedy as series regulars, TVLine has learned exclusively.
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Additionally, Dianna Agron (Quinn) — who was only seen in a handful of episodes last season — is not slated to be back, save for a possible guest appearance here and there.
Morris, Salling, Riley and Shum may also return as occasional guest stars.
Related | Glee: 25 Best Musical Performances »
- Michael Ausiello
Exclusive Rizzoli & Isles Sneak Peek: Jane Grills Paddy About a Big Maura Mystery
28 June 2013 11:39 AM, PDT
A big new mystery is brewing on Rizzoli & Isles next Tuesday (TNT, 9/8c), and Jane’s first stop in cracking it is an unexpected one.
Related | Ratings: Rizzoli Returns Up, Stands as Basic Cable’s No. 1 Telecast of the Summer
In this exclusive sneak peek at the episode, titled “In Over Your Head,” Rizzoli (played by Angie Harmon) swings by the pen to visit Isles’ father Paddy (John Doman), whom she suspects has been having his goons follow her partner in crimesolving.
Oh, were it only that simple.
Also souring Jane’s mood in the episode is an unanticipated reunion »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
TVLine Items: Hannibal Hungry for David Bowie, Scandal Vet Heads to Lifetime and More!
28 June 2013 11:18 AM, PDT
Hannibal has an insatiable appetite for David Bowie.
The delectable NBC drama’s helmer Bryan Fuller tells E! Online that they’ve offered a juicy Season 2 role to the famed rocker.
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“We have reached out to David Bowie to see if he’s interested and available,” Fuller shares. “We would love for him to play Hannibal’s uncle, who is a character from the literature and in the books.”
The Ep notes that while the titular character’s uncle was killed in the literature, “There’s a little bit of J.J. Abrams-style »
- Megan Masters
Why Did Dome Halve a Cow, Man? Defiance Too Dressy? Ot for Goodwin Games? And More Qs!
28 June 2013 11:05 AM, PDT
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Under the Dome, Defiance, Graceland and Rookie Blue!
1 | On 666 Park Avenue, did the 117-year-old man really need to peel the flesh off his face to transform back to his younger self? (Ok, it was cool, but we’re still having nightmares a week later!)
2 | Did Degrassi‘s “Time of Your Life” graduation flashmob put a cheesy grin on your face, too?
Related | Mad Men Finale Post Mortem: Creator Matthew Weiner Talks Don »
- Team TVLine
ABC's Once Upon a Time Spin-Off Grows in Size
28 June 2013 10:08 AM, PDT
It looks like someone has had a bite of the “Eat Me” cake.
ABC’s Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, originally conceived as a limited-run standalone series to bridge Once Upon a Time‘s winter hiatus, is now poised to run longer than 13 episodes — and could even get a Season 2 order, if successful.
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Once cocreator Eddy Kitsis tells EW.com that while Wonderland‘s exact episode count is currently Tbd, it will land somewhere between 13 and 22 — and that the final tally “will be it for the season. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Emmy Awards 2013: 16 Actors and Writers Reveal Their Dream Nominees!
28 June 2013 10:01 AM, PDT
Nomination ballots for the 2013 Emmy Awards are due today at 5pm. And while most of us don’t have power beyond sending positive energy into the universe (“En-light-ened! En-light-ened!”), it’s a different story for Hollywood insiders.
To get a sense of which way the Emmy winds are blowing this year, TVLine grilled 16 prominent actors and writers — everyone from Parks and Recreation‘s Adam Scott to American Horror Story‘s Lily Rabe to Parenthood‘s Monica Potter — about who’d make their list of dream nominees.
Related | View all of TVLine’s Emmy Interviews, Commentary, Predictions and More!
And while, »
- Team TVLine
Ratings: Rookie Blue, Motive Return Down
28 June 2013 9:42 AM, PDT
ABC’s Thursday drama line-up got fouled by that NBA finals-induced hiatus, as both Motive and Rookie Blue returned to smaller numbers.
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Leading out of Wipeout — which opened ABC’s night with 3.7 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating — Motive drew 5 mil and a 0.9, down 12 and 25 percent from its May 27 outing.
Rookie Blue followed with 5.1 mil/1.1, down 14 percent and a tenth from its last fresh episode.
Over on Fox, Hell’s Kitchen (5.4 mil/2.0) tied for the Thursday demo win, holding steady week-to-week. The Does Someone Have to Go? finale (2.27 mil/0.9) was also flat. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Lost's Rebecca Mader Stirs Warehouse Mystery
28 June 2013 8:42 AM, PDT
Lost alum Rebecca Mader‘s sci-fi cred groweth further, with a guest-starring role on Warehouse 13.
TVLine has confirmed that the actress – who in addition to her run as nosebleed-prone Charlotte Lewis has appeared on Fringe, Alphas, No Ordinary Family and even popped up in Iron Man 3 — will appear in the Syfy series’ fifth and final, six-episode season.
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Syfy however is not divulging any details on Mader’s one-episode role, while other sources confirm that the nature of it is being closely guarded. Series lead Eddie McClintock shared a (haunting, Fringe memory-evoking) picture of Mader via Twitter. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
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