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• TV Squad looks at THE FIRM: The Creepiest TV Cast of All Time.
• The Telefile collects the Nine Best Lines from the BAD GIRLS CLUB Season Seven Premiere.
• TV Squad says Happy 100th Birthday, Lucille Ball! 15 Things You Never Knew About TV's Funniest Lady.
• The Telefile takes pity on the Top 10 TV Babies We Most Feel Sorry For.
• TV Squad imagines 5 Slightly Fictional Reality Shows That Could Save Charlie Sheen's TV Career.
• Here are the best news tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed:
  • EP Charles Pratt #TheLyingGame says there will be many cliffhangers. Series will stay close to the books. Emma and Sutton will be fully developed. #tcas11
    
  • #CharliesAngels Producers say would like the original cast members to guest star on show. #tcas11 #JaclynSmith, #KateJackson, #CherylLadd
    
  • #CharliesAngels Ramon Rodriguez- 'A lot of backstory will be revealed about who Bosley is during season. He has secrets on Charlie. #tcas11
    
  • ABC #CharliesAngels Producer says no replacement for Robert Wagner as voice of Charlie has been set- but will announce soon. #tcas11
    
  • #ABC #PanAm will deal with the hiring of the first African-American stewardess in upcoming episodes later this season. #tcas11
    
  • #PanAm producers say some of the episode will take place up in the air other will be on the ground. Flashbacks will also be used. #tcas11
    
  • #PanAm Prod. Jack Orman on ease of 1960's air travel 'It almost seems like science fiction now.' Christina Ricci- 'It was glamorous' #tacs11
    
  • Marc Cherry' loves Eva Longoria more that life itself.' Told her 'I'm just going to put you in a van and have you solve mysteries. #tcas11
    
  • Marc Cherry on #DesperateHousewives finale: 'The only thing harder than creating a hit show is knowing when to end it.' #tcas11
    
  • ABC Pres. Paul Lee on #RookieBlue: 'It's a really good series and I'd be happy to see it in-season ( not summer)' #tcas11
    
  • #ABC Pres. Paul Lee says they are still in development on #TheHulk and Jessica Jones. #Marvel #tcas11
    
  • #ABC Pres. Paul Lee giving away a secret about #Castle- there will be a character from the Marvel comics in one episode this year. #tcas11
    
  • #ABC pres. Paul Lee confirms that this will be the last season of Desperate Housewives. Calls the final seas a victory lap. #tca11
    
  • Congratulations to CBS #AmazingRace for winning TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming.
    
  • Congratulations to @NatGeoChannel documentary #RESTREPO“ for winning TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News & Information.
    
  • Congratulations to #PBS Masterpiece #Sherlock for winning TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials.
    
  • TCA award Individual Achievement in Drama went to Jon Hamm and Comedy Award shared by Ron Swanson #ParksAndRec and Ty Burrell #ModernFamily
    
  • Congratulations to #MadMen for winning TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Drama and #ModernFamily Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.
    
  • Congratulations #FridayNightLights for winning TCA award Program Of The Year. And to #GameOfThrones for winning New Program Of The Year.
    
  • #TheLeague Katie Aselton - Jenny's more competitive this season.Kevin really wants her to have a baby but she's more into her job. #tcas11
    
  • #The League will have Seth Rogen playing Dirty Randy in season premiere. #tcas11 #FX
    
  • #AlwaysSunny Kaitlin Olson says that DeVito's trailer is bigger than the rest of the cast and they all hang out in it. #tcas13
    
  • #AlwaysSunny Charlie Day says that The British version of 'The Office' inspired them.
    
  • Denis Leary says that they get a lot of story ideas for #RescueMe from real firefighters including penis measurement episode. #FX #tcas11
    
  • John Noble #Fringe says when reporters badger him for spoilers he sometimes makes stuff up - but then tells them he's fooling. #tcas11
    
  • Connie Britton said she's totally on board for the #FridayNightLights movie. but it's still baby stages, no idea when it will start. #tcas11
    
  • Executive Producer Ryan Murphy on #AmericanHorrorStory says is really about marriage and infidelity, not horror. #tcas11 #FX
    
  • Connie Brittion says she's afraid of horror movies- 'I should not be here.' - #AmericanHorrorStory #tcas11
    
  • EP Ryan Murphy on #AmericanHorrorStory: 'We do know where it's going. We do know where that great last episode is.' #tcas11
    
  • #SOA this season the external pressures of the Russians, Mexicans and new Sheriff will ramp up internal club relationships/tensions. #tcas11
    
  • #SOA Katey Sagal says she thought last season was a bold move to take club to Ireland. This season more about club relationships. #tcas11
    
  • #SOA Ron Perlman: It been 14 months in we've been in prison and Charming has changed - there is a new mayor and sheriff. #tcas11
    
  • #FX #SonsOfAnarchy returns for season 4 on September. 6 at 10pm and Charlie Hunnam (Jax) has short hair! About series:bit.ly/aCyjcm
    
  • #FX Pres. on #SOA: he didn't give Kurt Sutter any notes about bringing series back to focus on club. Says Sutter intended to do it. #tcas11
    
  • FX Pres. Langraff on #AlwaysSunny: 'It's still up in the air if the 9th season will be its last, option to pick up a 10th season.' #tcas11
    
  • #FX President announced that #Wilfred, #Louie and have been renewed for next season and. #AlwaysSunny renewed for 2 more seasons #tcas11
    
  • Jane Lynch says she'll host the #EMMYS as herself and not Sue Sylvester. 'I'll be leaving the track suit on the Paramount lot' #tcas11
    
  • #TerraNova Producer Jon Cassar says they're shooting eps 8 and 9 and prepping 10 and 11 of 13.- 'we're well underway' #TerraNova #tcas11
    
  • #TerraNova Producer Brannon Baga says Stephen Spielberg has been creatively involved w/ everybody-- from casting to special effects. #tcas11
    
  • Producer of #TerraNova says 5 years ago this show would not have been possible. They have created new technology to do this series. #tcas11
    
  • TNT has renewed #RizzoliandIsles for a 15-episode third season to premiere in summer 2012. About series: bit.ly/jksynk
    
  • #Fox Pres. Kevin Reilly won't confirm if this will be last season #HOUSE says creative team wants it to go out strong if an when it ends.
    
  • #Fox Kevin Reilly we want to keep #BONES going, so do producers. No discussion yet, but having nothing in pipeline to replace it, @tcas11
    
  • #Fox Pres. Kevin Reilly #FRINGE is a creative show that deserves to be on the air. Audience is so loyal. We'll see where its at in spring.
    
  • #Fox Pres. Kevin Reilly -We really liked #BreakingIn. We're still looking at it, maybe for our spring four-hour comedy block. #tcas11
    
  • #Fox Pres. Kevin Reilly on #Glee -we'll visit the possibility of a #Glee spin-off in the back half of this coming season. #tcas11
    
  • #Fox Pres. Kevin Reilly on #Glee you're going to see the series going back to basics- no big guest stars, focus on core characters #tcas11
    
  • On working together again: Paula Abdul says 'it's like a demented world' Simon Cowell says "it's like the Exorcist 2." #FoxXFactor #TCAs11
    
  • Simon Cowell on Fox #XFactor beating #AmericanIdol in ratings: 'You don't enter something for the silver medal.' #tcas11
    
  • Just posted! Pics of the adorable #NewGirl Zooey Deschanel (@therealzooeyd) from #FOX Summer Press Tour. #tcas11 bit.ly/rugQAU
    
  • #NewGirl Zooey Deschanel on comparisons of character on #500DaysOfSummer and this series...'very different but they look alike!' #tcas11
    
  • #NewGirl Zooey Deschanel 'I'd like to think this show was written for me, but I don't think it actually was'. #tcas11
    
  • #XFactor #FOX sked: Oct 5 - boot camp begins; Oct 12 - judges homes start; Oct 12 - finalists reveal; Nov 2 - 1st live perf; Dec 22: finale.
    
  • Winner(s) of #TheXFactorUS will be featured in a Pepsi commercial scheduled to air on NBC during Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012.
    
  • Trace Adkins & Kristin Chenoweth will host 2nd annual AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS, airing live from Las Vegas on Mon Dec 5 8-10pm ET on FOX.
    
  • COSMOS: A SPACE-TIME ODYSSEY - FOX's 2013 followup to Sagan's COSMOS w host @neiltyson, original COSMOS collaborators & Seth MacFarlane.
    
  • AMERICAN DAD guest voices: #BONES David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel; #BUFFY Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan; Patrick Stewart.
    
  • FAMILY GUY guest voices: Ryan Reynolds, Ricky Gervais, Cate Blanchett, Anna Kendrick, and Ellen Page.
    
  • CLEVELAND SHOW guest voices: Fergie & will.i.am return; TV moms Phylicia Rashad & Florence Henderson; GLEE's Darren Criss; Nicki Minaj.
    
  • SIMPSONS guest voices: Bourdain & Ramsay in "The Food Wife"; Kiefer as former CIA agent; and Michael Cera as Lisa's crush on Valentine’s Day
    
  • #SecretCircle Exec. Prod. Kevin Williamson - Not just about teens, it's multigenerational- 'it's going to get very adult, very fast' #tcas11
    
  • Kevin Williamson on season 3 of the #VampireDiaries: Bonnie will pivotal right from the start. 'Bonnie is front and center. #tcas11
    
  • #TheSecretCircle Thomas Dekker on Adam/Cassie relationship: They are finding out about witch history- not just teen lust stuff. #CW #tcas11
    
  • Lily Tomlin on working with Meryl Streep (who guests on #WebTherapy) jokes 'She wasn't my first choice.' #oneringydingy #tcas11
    
  • Paul McCartney says he's doing more Beatles songs at concerts.'I try to give audiences what they want' Jokes- 'It's not bad music.' #tcas11
    
  • Showtime premieres the 9/11 documentary THE LOVE WE MAKE: PAUL MCCARTNEY AND THE CONCERT FOR NYC on Sept. 10
    
  • #HartOfDixie Scott Porter says he got a master class in acting watching Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton on #FridayNightLights
    
  • Although the #HartOfDixie takes place in the Alabama (pilot shot in the South) the series is shooting on the WB lot in Los Angeles. #tcas11
    
  • #CW #Ringer Produces say they know where story is going, have 3 seasons mapped out- 'we'll be 'playing with time and perspective' #tcas11
    
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar just confirmed that she will return to for one day guest role on #AllMyChildren before final episode. #tcas11
    
  • #Ringer SMG says there will be 2-3 flashbacks per episode. Not a ton of stunts like #Buffy 'but I do get to hold a gun, that fun.' #tcas11
    
  • #CW Pres. Mark Pedowitz says that Tom Welling has not approached them for another series but #CW is totally open to working w/ him. #tcas11
    
  • #CW Pedowitz re synergy w WB's DC comics: "We are looking next year at doing a superhero [show], if the right superhero comes to be" #TCAS11
    
  • #CW Pres. Mark Pedowitz says that 13 episodes is the right amount for finale season #OneTreeHill but series could go further. #tcas11
    
  • #CW Pres. Mark Pedowitz say they are open to developing half-hour comedies - like #2BrokeGrils that would work on CW #tcas11
    
  • #CW pres. Mark Pedowitz says he's looking for great closed-ended shows/procedurals to add to the CW's serialized slate. #tcas11
    
  • #CW Prez Pedowitz says would do more episode of #VampireDiaries but can only do 22 due to production reasons. #tcas11
    
  • #CW Pres. Mark Pedowtiz on the #Supernatural season 7: "it's not intended to be the last season, we'll see how the ratings go." #tcas11
    
  • #Showtime's Nevins says more historical figures like Machiavelli and daVinci show up in #Borgias season 2. #TCAS11
    
  • Fore! Golf fans, you can win a VIP trip for two to Honolulu to attend The Sony Open in Hawaii. Enter here: http://bit.ly/nHuANV
    
  • Versus premieres docu OUT: THE GLENN BURKE STORY on Aug 9 at 10p. Follows career/challenges of MLB's 1st openly gay player Glenn Burke.
    
  • At CBS party Lily Tomlin said she had just come from the #NCIS set- she's guest starring as McGee’s grandmother and loving it. #tcas11
    
  • Mary Lyn Rajskub jokes on question if Chloe will be part of 24 movie: 'Sorry, never heard that question before. Can you repeat it? #tcas11
    
  • David Hornsby says that he'll still be on #AlwaySunny - 'Cricket will be back, always. ... We're going to keep devolving him' #tcas11
    
  • #CBS #POI EP Jonathan Nolan says the series will have a mythology w/ a procedural/crime-of the-week structure with a kick ass cast. #tcas11
    
  • #AGiftedMan EP Neal Baer -'We will have big name guest stars - and they will be every week. A lot of great NY like Raul Esparza' #tcas11
    
  • #CBS #AGiftedMan EP Neal Baer 'It's a different kind of medical series. Having a ghost takes him back to the person he used to be.' #tcas11
    
  • #2BrokeGirls EP King wanted series to as 'contemporary and edgy' as two broke girls would be living in Willimsburg, Brooklyn today. #tcas11
    
  • TLC's CRAZY ABOUT PIPPA special airs Aug 9 @ 9p. See why Pippa has replaced JLo & Dash as most-asked-for ass in offices of plastic surgeons.
    
  • @KimKardashian & @KrisHumphries wedding extravaganza. 2-part TV special on E!: Sun Oct 9 @ 8pm & Mon Oct 10 @ 9pm.
    
  • #CBS #Unforgettable Producer says Marilu Henner (consultant on show) has not asked to be on show but working on guest role for her. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS #Unforgettable EP Ed Redlich: 'People r fascinated by how memory works. We want to make a show about that and catch bad guys'. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS #CSI Ted Danson has real-life CSI experience from his childhood -seems he grew up around skulls -his dad was an archeologist. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS #CSI Carol Mendelsohn-Danson's character will have balance family/work which is new for series. We didn't want a science nerd.' #tca
    
  • TLC picks up NY INK for a second season which is slated to premiere in Dec. 2011 with 10 episodes. About series: http://bit.ly/ijx0oN
    
  • #CBS Pres. Tassler confirms that Tony Bennett to perform on #BlueBloods this season as will Carrie Underwood. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS pres Tassler says they're developing a new pilot for Rob Schneider sitcom for midseason. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS Pres.Tassler says CBS may have another Tom Selleck JESSE STONE movie but beyond that no plans for any more TV movies. #tcas11
    
  • #CBS Pres. Tassler- On 2.5 MEN -Ashton Kutcher's character named Wadlen Schmidt, internet billionaire with a broken heart. #tcas11
    
  • #HOUSE cast actress-comedian Charlyne Yi as a series regular. She'll play a young doctor. About series: http://bitly.com/bOagTN
    
  • ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, a @Syfy Original Movie in Oct 2011, stars Ving Rhames. Survivors fight cross-country to find refuge on Catalina Island.
    
  • @Syfy announces NEVERLAND, a 4-hour original prequel to Peter Pan featuring Keira Knightley as voice of Tinker Bell. To air December 2011.
    
  • Journalist Cristina Saralegui returns to television with PA'LANTE CON CRISTINA a 2hr weekly talk/variety show on @Telemundo this October.
    
  • Bravo and #TheMillionairMatchmaker Patti Stranger commit to a 2-year development deal. She'll find new talent and create/produce new series.
    
  • #msnb press tour Rachel @Maddow says: 'I'm not trying to change the world, I'm trying to explain it.' #tcas11
    
  • @Bravotv picks up new series, NEWLYWEDS: THE FIRST YEAR, following six young couples from wedding day to 1-yr anniversary.
    
  • @Bravotv picks up new series, PAINT THE TOWN, which follows six young women who move to NYC to work in trendy art galleries and hang out.
    
  • @Bravotv picks up new series, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLATES, from producers of TOP CHEF. Contestants travel world, cooking local food.
    
  • Lucy Lu joins cast of TNT's #Southland for the 4th season as member of LAPD. Series returns Jan. 2012. About series: http://bit.ly/gTwyTu
    
  • Hey @MichaelBuble fans... NBC airs his 1st network variety special in December. Will feature him singing hits from his latest holiday CD.
    
  • Producer Peter Berg says a #FridayNightLights movie is being written and would star Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton. via @NikkiFinke
    
  • #NBC #PrimeSuspect will have a balance procedural/cases and the personal lives/relationships. More humor than British version. #tcas11
    
  • #Grimm EP David Greenwait says 'you'll get the storybook feeling if not the specific fairytale' #tcas13 #NBC
    
  • Exec. Producer David Greenwalt #Grimm says there are over 200 Grimm fairy tales to choose from, enough for plenty of episodes. #tcas11
    
  • #NBC #UpAllNight star Maya Rudolph: 'Oprah loved my #SNL parody of her- she said to me- 'You're the first woman to play me.' #tcas11
    
  • #Whitney co-star Maulik Pancholy say he'll still be on #30Rock. 'I don't think I could give up on Jack Donaghy that easily.' #NBC #tcas11
    
  • Whitney Cummings on #Whitney co-star Chris D'Ella: 'He's the most talented comedian out there besides me. #NBC #tcas11
    
  • #NBC #FreeAgents star Hank Azaria says the series is the 'anti-romantic comedy.' #tcas11
    
  • #NBCPlayboyClub actress Amber Heard says she talked to former Bunnies and none of them have ever regretted their experience. #tcas11
    
  • #NBC Chief Robert Greenblatt about the #TheOffice: There will be some new actors coming on besides James Spader.. #tcas11
    
  • #NBC pres. Robert Greenblatt makes it clear that Mariska Hargitay will be in 'EVERY SINGLE EPISODE' of the upcoming season of SVU #tcas11
    
  • NBC announces next season of #TheVoice will premiere after the Super Bowl February 5 with 1 hour episode. #SMASH premieres Feb. 6 #tcas11
    
  • ABC Family has renewed #SwitchedAtBirth with an order of 22 episode. Scheduled to return in early 2012.
    

   

   

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  Abe Fried-Tanzer is a recent graduate from New York University, where he majored in cinema studies and journalism. He makes it his priority each year to see every Oscar-nominated film and watch every new television pilot, and writes reviews and awards predictions at Movies with Abe and TV with Abe.