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TVLine's Performer of the Week: Nikita's Maggie Q
2 hours ago
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Maggie Q
The Show | Nikita
The Episode | “Til Death Do Us Part”
The Airdate | May 17, 2013
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The Performance | Maggie Q was tasked with a difficult job in Nikita‘s season ender: to portray her typically tough-as-nails heroine as she fluctuated from hopeless to hopefulness then back again a few dozen times — and did she ever deliver. From forcing down heartache after bidding a subtle so long to her Division family to accepting Michael and Alex’s assistance against Amanda to being »
- Team TVLine
Exclusive First Look: AMC's New Showville Puts Spotlight on Townie Talent
3 hours ago
Remember your middle school talent show? Imagine it taking place in your town — with a little professional polish — and you’ve got a good idea of what AMC’s Showville is all about.
The new, unscripted competition series visits a different community each week and stages a showcase of local acts — all of which takes place under the tutelage of professional coaches over just four days.
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Press Play on the video below to get a taste of the series’ small town showbiz, then hit the comments: If Showville came to your town, »
- Kimberly Roots
Mike & Molly Creator Steps Down as Showrunner
13 hours ago
Whenever it may be that Mike & Molly returns for Season 4, the CBS comedy will have a new man at the helm.
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Series creator Mark Roberts (inset) is stepping down as showrunner after three seasons, producer Warner Bros. TV confirms for our sister site Deadline.
Replacing Roberts as an exec producer (alongside Chuck Lorre) and as showrunner will be Alan J. Higgins, who most recently served as a co-executive producer on Mike & Molly and whose previous TV credits include ‘Til Death and Malcolm in the Middle.
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- Matt Webb Mitovich
Nikita Boss Weighs In on [Spoiler's] Shocking Sacrifice, Reveals Exciting Final Season Scoop
15 hours ago
Warning: If you’ve yet to watch Nikita‘s Season 3 finale, avert your eyes now. Everyone else, read on…
Nikita is a wanted woman.
The CW’s Nikita on Friday wrapped its third season with a twist no one saw coming: In order to save her loved ones — Michael included — from Amanda, The Shop and now even the U.S. government, our leading lady went on the run. Without warning (and without her engagement ring), Nikita high-tailed it out of town after being publicly framed by Amanda for assassinating the “President.” (The real one, unbeknownst to the titular character, is still alive, »
- Megan Masters
Exclusive Grimm Video: Relive This Season's Weird, Wild and Wacky Wesen
17 hours ago
Is the poison-spitting Baron Samedi the scariest Wesen we’ve seen all season on Grimm?
Before you answer — and in advance of the NBC drama’s Season 2 finale Tuesday (10/9c) — allow us to jog your nightmares memory with this rundown of the show’s recent beasties.
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They’re all here: the shy Seelengut, the toothy Mauvais Dentes, the fiery Volcanalis… and don’t forget the eye-sucking, tear-drinking Jinnamuru Xunte (which gets our grossed-out vote).
Press Play on the video below, then hit the comments: Which Wesen stuck with you this season? »
- Kimberly Roots
Post Mortem: Vampire Diaries Boss on Silas' Agenda, Tyler's Future and 'Delena' Challenges
18 hours ago
Warning: The following article contains major spoilers from Thursday’s season finale of The Vampire Diaries. Proceed at your own risk!
Thursday’s season finale of Vampire Diaries delivered several juicy twists — Stefan is Silas’ doppelganger! Katherine’s human! Jer’s alive, but Bonnie’s still a ghost! — and left us with even more burning questions. Is the newly mortal Kat about to get killed? Will no one notice something’s off with Stefan? And is Tyler finally going to come home?
TVLine went to executive producer Julie Plec to get answers on that and so much more.
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- Vlada Gelman
It's Official: The Voice's Original Coaching Lineup Will Return for Season 5 This Fall
19 hours ago
The old gang is officially getting back together!
NBC announced this afternoon that Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green have all signed on to return as coaches for Season 5 of The Voice, which is set to kick off this fall.
The quartet held court in the show’s trademark swivel chairs when NBC premiered the smash singing competition in April 2011, and remained a package set through the end of Season 3, when Aguilera and Green announced they’d be taking leaves of absence to work on outside projects.
NBC added that Shakira and Usher, who stepped in »
- Michael Slezak
Dexter Final Season First Look: Watch the Official, Super-Spoilery, Deb-Centric Trailer!
20 hours ago
After teasing us for months with frustratingly short sneak peeks at Dexter‘s upcoming eighth and final season, Showtime is finally giving us what we’ve been waiting for: the first full-length trailer!
The following three-minute promo sheds disturbing new light on the mental and emotional breakdown Deb will suffer in the wake of Laguerta’s murder.
Cocaine binges? Check. Anonymous sex? Check. Prescription drug dependency? Check. DUI bust? Check. Full-on confession? Maybe check.
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Press Play below to glimpse Deb’s downward spiral, then hit the comments with your thoughts/predictions on Dexter‘s last hurrah, »
- Michael Ausiello
Exclusive: How I Met Your Mother Makes Cristin 'Mom' Milioti a Full-Fledged Series Regular
20 hours ago
How I Met Your Mother‘s signature quintet is swelling into a sextet.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Cristin Milioti, who was unmasked as the titular mom in this week’s season finale, will take the title of series regular during the comedy’s upcoming ninth and final season.
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This marks the first time Himym will have expanded its core group of regulars beyond stars Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders and Jason Segel.
Series cocreator Carter Bays previously revealed that as Himym »
- Michael Ausiello
Was Arrow Death a Misfire? Um, Can't Castle Just Move? Obvious Grey's 'Shocker'? And More Qs!
22 hours ago
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 Revenge, How I Met Your Mother, Castle and Arrow!
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2 | Wouldn’t Revenge‘s big Patrick cliffhanger have packed a bigger punch had they actually cast an actor in time for the »
- Team TVLine
Ratings: The Office Surges With Swan Song, Idol Down Sharply Vs. 2012 Finale, Scandal Hits High
17 May 2013 8:44 AM, PDT
Fox’s crowning of a new American Idol on Thursday drew 14.3 million total viewers while scoring a 3.6 demo rating. While that of course marks week-to-week gains, it represents sharp declines of 33 and 44 percent from Season 11′s coronation night and the first time an Idol finale failed to deliver 20 million viewers.
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In fact, The Big Bang Theory‘s season finale (14.8 mil/4.4) scored Thursday’s biggest audience and demo number, while dipping 10 percent week-to-week. (The hitcom’s previous finale did 13.7 mil/4.4.)
Leading out of that, Elementary‘s two-hour freshman finale (9 mil/2.0) ticked up a tenth. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
What to Watch Friday: Nikita's Season-Ending Choice, Shark Tank and Boss Finales and More
17 May 2013 6:51 AM, PDT
On TV this final Friday of May Sweeps: Nikita can’t catch a break – even in her final Season 3 mission, Maron‘s pop is a piece of work, Jessie bears a huge responsibility and an evil scientist braves the Shark Tank. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm Shark Tank (ABC) | Back-to-back episodes: In the first hour (postponed from an earlier date), a New York man peddles his door-to-door, luggage-pick-up service. Then, in the season finale, two Wharton grads gauge interest in their translation app for international travelers, and Phineas and Ferb‘s Dr. Doofenshmirtz pitches his latest »
- Kimberly Roots
Syfy Renews (and Cancels) Warehouse 13
17 May 2013 5:16 AM, PDT
Syfy has renewed Warehouse 13 for an abbreviated fifth and final season, TVLine has confirmed.
According to our sister site Deadline, which first broke the news, production on the six-episode goodbye will begin this summer in Toronto.
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“Warehouse 13 has been an incredible signature series for us,” Syfy President of Original Content Mark Stern said in a statement. “We are grateful to the loyal and passionate fan base and know that Jack Kenny, his gifted creative team, and outstanding ensemble cast will give them an amazing finale season.”
The »
- Michael Ausiello
Elementary Finale Recaplet: Love Hurts
16 May 2013 8:36 PM, PDT
The “M” mystery is solved!
Thursday’s Elementary finally unmasked Sherlock’s biggest foe, Moriarty, and, turns out, it’s his one and only love Irene Adler (guest star Natalie Dormer)!
How’s that for a twist?
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Sherlock first catches on to her when he notices that one of her birthmarks is missing, but he suspects that she’s working for Moriarty, not that she is the Big Bad.
So why did she come after the consulting detective back in London? Because he interrupted several of her meticulously planned assassination plans. Her first »
- Vlada Gelman
Scandal Finale Recap: The Truths Are Out There
16 May 2013 8:04 PM, PDT
Warning: The following recap, by the very definition of the word “recap,” contains spoilers from Scandal‘s Season 2 finale.
ABC’s Scandal wrapped up its sophomore run with a flurry of frantic action, wheeling, dealing and lotsa revealing, snooping, drilling (!), near-deaths and tons of fast talking. But the very final scene, perhaps no one predicted.
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Card Game | For starters, we flash back to how Billy “met” Charlie and eluded his own murder with the promise of sharing Sally’s valuable secrets. In the here and now, we learn »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
The Office Series Finale Recap: 'Best. Prank. Ever.' – Do You Agree? [Updated]
16 May 2013 7:14 PM, PDT
Warning: This recap contains major spoilers from Thursday’s series finale of The Office. Read on at your own risk!
Though it was long in coming, The Office‘s emotional final episode went by too quickly and was, at times, hard to handle (that’s what she said).
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The 75-minute episode capped nine seasons with laugh-out-loud moments and tender tributes — a job almost as tough as medalling in Flonkerton or fulfilling the duties of Assistant (to the) Regional Manager.
The episode contained too many great jokes, throwaway »
- Kimberly Roots
American Idol Season 12 Finale Recap: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Finalists [Updated]
16 May 2013 7:10 PM, PDT
“Either way, we’re gonna celebrate tonight.”
With six simple words, Kree Harrison summed up what most American Idol fans have been feeling for the last fortnight. I mean, seriously, once we got down to what Loleatta Holloway once referred to as “the reeeeeallll nitty gritty” of the competition — by which I mean a righteous Top 3 of Candice Glover, Kree and third-place finisher Angie Miller — how could you really be too upset about where the chips ended up falling?
Oh sure, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe stacked the Top 20 deck with powerhouse ladies and guys with questionable voter appeal in his »
- Michael Slezak
Grey's Anatomy Finale Recap: I'll Be C'ing You
16 May 2013 7:01 PM, PDT
It says a lot about Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy finale that the C-section Meredith has during the big storm (!) in the dark (!) is arguably its least dramatic incident. But it’s true! In fact, no sooner has her and Derek’s McBaby been delivered than panic sets in. Why? Read on and find out!
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The Closer | First, Mer understandably freaks when her newborn doesn’t immediately cry. Then, after Derek takes away their perfectly healthy (and incredibly clean) tot to the nursery, Shane is left to close. »
- Andy Patrick
Beauty and the Beast Finale Recap: Up, Up and Away — Plus: One Star's Take on What's Next
16 May 2013 7:00 PM, PDT
Warning: The following contains monstrous spoilers from the Season 1 finale of The CW’s Beauty and the Beast.
How does the saying go? “‘This better to have loved and lost…”?
As Beauty and the Beast‘s freshman run drew to a close, Vincent – despite having his beastly tendencies tempered by Gabe’s pills — attempted to infiltrate the duplicitous Ada’s home and rescue Catherine, who was being held captive, as bait.
And indeed, Vincent was able to help pluck Cat from her confines just as Gabe went full-on beast, but there was no avoiding the ferocious face-off between the two men. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Vampire Diaries Finale Recap: A Stefan Twist, a Cure for One Vamp and [Spoiler]'s End
16 May 2013 5:59 PM, PDT
Warning: The following recap contains major spoilers from Thursday’s season finale of The Vampire Diaries. Proceed at your own risk!
If there’s one thing you can count on from a Vampire Diaries season finale, it’s a crazy-unexpected cliffhanger. And this year’s conclusion — featuring a humdinger of a twist that might even eclipse Elena becoming a vampire — did not disappoint.
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Let’s review the major bombshells:
Double Take | After appearing as many different incarnations, the gang’s immortal foe Silas finally reveals his true self, »
- Vlada Gelman
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