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Another installment of Fringe, another dose of lethal what-have-you for Team Olivia.
During the February 10th episode “Ability,” the deadly threat happens to be an orifice-closing (!) toxin that makes its dead victims appear to have no face. Just when you thought the people behind this show couldn’t get any more bizarre with the plots…
Anyhoo — the Germans are back, too, and they not only confront Olivia about her alleged relationship with escaped weirdo prisoner David Robert Jones, now residing stateside, but they also request her team’s help getting to the bottom of the previously mentioned orifice-closing deaths. Sounds …read more

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The second episode of Fox’s new Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku series Dollhouse is called “The Target,” and it will air on Friday, February 20, at 9:01pm EST.
During her latest adventures as an undercover mind-wiped operative, Echo (Dushku) assumes the identity of something called an “ultimate outdoorswoman” for a mission that requires her to head out into the great, wide wilderness and be the dream date for a man who loves the outdoors. There, she ends up getting a memorable lesson in hunting from both perspectives: the hunter and the hunted. I’m gonna venture a guess that the …read more

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The February 20th episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles is getting kind of morbid, even for Team Sarah.
As the preview photos after the jump show, during “Desert Cantos,” the Connors et al work a funeral for clues to the latest catastrophe they must combat, a destroyed factory in a town. While they’re busy with that, Catherine Weaver also tries to get in on the action by sending her own investigator to find a survivor.
It’s just like a Gilmore Girls reunion on this one since the episode features Max Perlich (Charmed), Adam Wylie (Picket Fences), and Jim Jansen (Boston Legal), …read more

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Earlier this month, NBC Universal production studio president Angela Bromstad made some uplifting comments about the possible fate of NBC’s endangered dramedy Lipstick Jungle.
First and foremost, she confirmed that the series has not been officially canceled. In addition, she indicated that network executives will likely investigate alternatives to allow the show to stick around longer and return next fall for a third season.
Following on the heels of that nice development is more good news this week. Recently, while chatting with Ben Grossman, Editor-in-Chief of the industry news outlet Broadcasting & Cable, NBC Entertainment executive Ben Silverman stated:

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Next up on Fringe is the February 3rd episode “The Transformation.”
This time around, two members of Team Olivia go undercover to combat a mysterious virus after something goes down that’s eerily reminiscent of what started “it” all back on the series premiere.
Yet another international jet provides the setting for yet another spooky occurrence that results in yet more weird remains found at the site of a plane crash. After several leads get the investigators nowhere, Peter and Olivia assume new identities to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Better still, terrific Mark Valley returns again as Olivia’s former lover …read more

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There’s no new Ugly Betty or Grey’s Anatomy tonight (the repeats “Betty Suarez Land” and “Rise Up,” respectively, are scheduled instead), but fans will get a fresh episode of Private Practice at 10:01pm EST called “Second Chances.”
It’s all about sibling rivalry, literally, during this installment when Addison’s brother Archer arrives in Los Angeles to start working at Oceanside Wellness’ rival clinic Pacific Wellcare. This creates a whole bunch of problems, of course, while pregnant Violet deals with the discovery that neither Pete nor Sheldon wants kids.
Follow the jump for a “Second Chances” promo and sneak peek, the last featuring …read more

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Joss Whedon’s latest television project, Dollhouse, premieres on Friday, February 13, at 9:01pm EST, right after Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in its new time slot.
First up is the revamped pilot “Ghost,” during which we’ll meet and learn all about undercover operative Echo (Eliza Dushku), one of a group of so-called Actives who live in the secret facility referred to as the Dollhouse.
Actives are “a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, …read more

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Finally we get to spend a little quality time with the mysterious Kyle Reese when Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns to Fox on Friday, February 13, a new day for the series.
The first episode of 2009 is called “The Good Wound,” and this is the one where John Connor’s father Kyle Reese gets some substantial screen time at last … although he might just be one of Sarah’s hallucinations.
The main plot of the episode concerns Sarah, who is shot in the leg and then forces a doctor named Felicia Burnett (Laura Regan, Mad Men) to treat her injury. …read more

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Sally! Tina! Laura!
No surprises here, folks. It was a case of the usual — or should I say “predictable” — suspects during Sunday night’s 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
If you haven’t already heard who the winners were and can’t guess, read on to find out their names, as well as those of the competition.
The victorious actresses who took the shiny, not-so-little statues home are at the top of each category in bold.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Holly Hunter, Saving …read more

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NBC has something nice up its sleeve tonight for TV viewers seeking a little medieval entertainment mixed with familiar faces. Who wouldn’t want some of that?
Mira Sorvino, a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winner for Mighty Aphrodite, will headline the network’s four-hour, two-part miniseries The Last Templar when it takes off tonight, January 25, at 9pm EST.
Sorvino plays lead character Tess Chaykin in the drama, which is based on the best-selling debut novel of the same name by author Raymond Khoury. Equal parts mystery, history, and action-adventure, the plot revolves around Tess, a Manhattan-based archaeologist, and her reluctant …read more

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