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Terriers Canceled: Was Its Excellence Too Subtle For Today’s TV Viewer?

FX will not be renewing the critically acclaimed (yet woefully undersampled) Terriers for a second season, which means we may never find out which way private-eye pals Hank and Britt turned as the season finale cut to black.

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Terriers Canceled: Was Its Excellence Too Subtle For Today’s TV Viewer?

Walking Dead Vs. Lost: Others, Doomsday Clocks and More Shared Blood

Leading up to The Walking Dead ‘s season finale, the thematic and story point similarities between AMC’ s freshman series and ABC’ s dearly departed Lost had been amassing not much unlike bludgeoned “geeks.” Movieline even noted a few of them earlier during this short first cycle. But it was the Walking Dead season-ender that pushed us to detail just how much “blood” the two series share. Warning — finale spoilers ahead!

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Walking Dead Vs. Lost: Others, Doomsday Clocks and More Shared Blood

New American Idol Promos: Steven and J-Lo Give Caring a Shot

I’ve been dreading (and sort of anticipating) this moment for fortnights, but here we are: The first promos for American Idol ‘s 10th season with Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are out. How sincere is Steven’s glance? How earnest are Jennifer’s head nods? How frightening is Randy’s new facial hair? Join us for the scares.

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New American Idol Promos: Steven and J-Lo Give Caring a Shot

The Top 3 Stereotypes of the Week: Dear Landlord

Movieline’s intrepid Stereotypes Dept. has returned after an extended Thanksgiving vacation to pinpoint some of the more clichéd character generalizations made on television this week to both great and grisly effect. One was a penny-pinching landlord, one a high school delinquent and the third, a melodramatic soap star. Can you guess to which shows they belonged?

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Help Movieline Slap Every 30 Rock Character on the Wrist for the Latest Episode

30 Rock : What happened, girl? I was happy to dispense with my usual pre-programmed bits of Peter Travers-ian praise (“Just plain funny!”, “Wickedly touching!”, “Jane Krakowski is the billowing smokestack atop this factory for chortles!”), but that’s all over. For some reason, half of the characters in last night’s episode reverted to storylines we’d forgotten, one-joke bits that expired last season, or plot devices that we already saw this season. Very strange. Let’s treat each of 30 Rock ‘s five lead characters like kindergarteners and teach them lessons about quality that will render them bedwetters for decades.

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4 New Disney Releases to Consider for the Ultimate Fan this Holiday Season

Disney has gotten very savvy about its ferociously devoted audience: Hard-core Mouseketeers can join D23 — an official, corporation-sponsored fan organization that puts together conventions and allows the faithful early peeks at upcoming movies and park attractions — and the company offers any number of ways for devotee to spend their money, from sportswear to worldwide vacations. Home video definitely plays a part in stoking the base — buy those DVD s now, before they go out of print! — and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has four new releases that will no doubt thrill their target demographic…and the people who drew them in the Secret Santa raffle.

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4 New Disney Releases to Consider for the Ultimate Fan this Holiday Season

Keith Powell on the 30 Rock Writers Room, Tina Fey’s Rise to Fame and the Science of Cheers

Keith Powell may play the stuffy, Harvard-educated writer James “Toofer” Spurlock on 30 Rock , but he’s (wait for it!) downright approachable in real life. The Tisch graduate grew up a theater/film/TV nerd in Philadelphia and hasn’t lost his ebullience for the hard work of doing funny right. We caught up with Powell to discuss Tina Fey, long shoots on 30 Rock , and what we can expect from the TGS with Tracy Jordan writers room in the weeks to come.

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Keith Powell on the 30 Rock Writers Room, Tina Fey’s Rise to Fame and the Science of Cheers

Exclusive: Red-Hot Rap Star Nelly To Visit 90210

Grammy-winning recording artist Nelly – whose “Just A Dream” recently topped Billboard ‘s Pop Songs chart – will hang with members of the West Bev crowd when he guest-stars on The CW’ s 90210 , Movieline has learned.

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Exclusive: Lost Reunion on Hawaii Five-0!

Hawaii Five-0 is staging its first Lost reunion. The CBS procedural has tapped Reiko Aylesworth (f.k.a. Dharma member Amy) to play the potentially recurring role of Malia, the ex-fiancé of Daniel Dae Kim’s Chin Ho.

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The Walking Dead: Will Writing Staffs Become Extinct if The Walking Dead Works?

That’s one way to produce a television series. On Tuesday night , it was reported by Deadline that Walking Dead executive producer Frank Darabont had fired his writing staff ahead of the already-ordered season two, and was considering replacing them with freelancers. Well, and his own blood, sweat and zombie-tears. After all, based on the show credits, Darabont has already written or co-written every one of The Walking Dead episodes this fall. Which makes you wonder: Will his decision lead other showrunners to take such action?

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The Walking Dead: Will Writing Staffs Become Extinct if The Walking Dead Works?