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TV INFO


Look Away, Olitz Fans! Fitz Has a New Love on Scandal and Abby Is Very Concerned. Fitz and Lillian, sitting in a tree -- well, actually, they're sitting in a limo -- in this exclusive sneak peek at Thursday's Scandal. Things are heating up between the President (Tony Goldwyn) and his new love interest, a.k.a. Lillian (Annabeth Gish), the reporter who decided not to profile the most powerful man in the free world so she could date him instead. You can see their mutual attraction in E! News' clip from the episode, which sees Fitz and his new lady making out in a limo like a couplea teenagers when Abby (Darby Stanchfield) comes in and totally interrupts their makeout sesh. Naturally, Fitz is not very pleased about the whole situation. "Are we at war? Did California go into the ocean," he asks his right-hand woman, who is then left to explain that they need to have a talk. A serious one. About the antics occurring in the limo. Fitz is "wild carding," and Abby needs to talk about it with him so they can formulate a plan. The episode, appropriately titled "Wild Card," will see Fitz -- ahem -- preoccupied with his own interests as the people around him, including master manipulators Cyrus (Jeff Perry) and Elizabeth North (Portia De Rossi), are scheming and planning things of their own. Elsewhere, Olivia (Kerry Washington) will try to figure out what Jake (Scott Foley) is trying to achieve in his new role as head of the NSA. Scandal airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC. (Eonline)

Milo Ventimiglia Teases Gilmore Girls Return and It Doesn't Seem Like Good News for Jess and Rory. Gilmore Girls fans on Team Jess, you may need to take a seat. In an interview at a Wizard World comic book convention, Milo Ventimiglia dropped some new details about his return to Stars Hollow. "Jess is just up to Jess s--t. He's Jess. He's a little salty and ornery and kind of doing his own thing and has zero tolerance for anything -- or anyone," Ventimiglia said. Typical Jess, right? Right. But here's the little nugget that may worry you: "He's also there to kind of push the ball forward for some folks of Stars Hollow, which is something that Jess has always done, whether intentionally, maliciously, or positively. He's always sent people in a direction." Is he there to push Rory (Alexis Bledel) into the arms of somebody else once again? We know he's not the only ex-boyfriend of Rory returning for the four-part miniseries on Netflix: Logan (Matt Czuchry) and Dean (Jared Padalecki) are also along for the ride. Other returning cast members include Lauren Graham, Kelly Bishop, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Liza Weil, Danny Strong, Sally Struthers and many more. Even Vanessa Marano is returning as April, Luke's daughter. So far it seems the only resident not returning to Stars Hollow is Melissa McCarthy as Sookie. No premiere date has been announced for the four 90-minute installments of Netflix's Gilmore Girls. (Eonline)

Game of Thrones Season 6 Posters Fuel More Undead Speculation. Does dying matter anymore? In real life, yes, but maybe not on Game of Thrones. HBO released new posters for the anticipated sixth season of the fantasy drama featuring a mix of dead characters (like Pedro Pascal's Oberyn Martell), maybe dead characters (like Kit Harington's Jon Snow) and definitely alive characters (Like Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen) across their international Twitter platforms. The posters came with famous quotes, aside from Jon Snow's. That one just came with these tags: "#GoTSeason6 #GameofThrones." So... what can we take away from these posters, which are very similar to the teaser trailer HBO released? Um, well, how about everybody dies in the end? No? Maybe? Anyway, Game of Thrones returns April 24, and viewers will finally get to know whether or not Jon Snow is dead. People associated with the show, including Harington himself, have insisted the character is dead. But that's probably just semantics. It's a fantasy TV show with dragons. Dead doesn't mean dead. "I think anyone who wants to know what happens in season six has to wait until it comes out," Harington said during a recent interview. "All I can tell you is Jon Snow is dead. He died at the end of last season." And so we wait. (Eonline)

The premiere episode of Fuller House features the entire cast from the original series-minus two. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who portrayed Michelle Tanner on Full House from 1987–95 beginning when they were 9 months old, are not returning to the spin-off series for a couple of reasons. "Ashley said, 'I have not been in front of a camera since I was 17, and I don't feel comfortable acting,' " executive producer Bob Boyett tells PEOPLE. "Mary-Kate said, It would have to be me because Ash doesn't want to do it. But the timing is so bad for us." Production conflicted with the 29-year-old twins' schedule as designers of The Row and Elizabeth and James, Boyett adds. The show does play upon their real-life career, explaining that Michelle is absent from the first episode's family reunion because she's busy running her fashion empire in New York. Despite some initial disappointment, the cast tells PEOPLE they understand the twins' reluctance to join the show. (PEOPLE's requests for comment from the Olsens were not returned.) "Lori [Loughlin] was talking to me about the twins and said, 'They just won a CFDA award.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, that's like winning an Oscar.' It was them and Tom Ford. I get where they're at," John Stamos tells PEOPLE. There's also geography (the Los Angeles-based cast has stayed very close over the years; the Olsens are in New York City much more often) and the age difference. "They're family members," Dave Coulier tells PEOPLE. "But I think they have a different perspective. When we get together and we reminisce, they were babies [at the time]. So they don't share those same memories. I can't really speak for them but I would understand why they don't have the same sentiments that we all do." Fuller House premieres Friday on Netflix. (People)

Teen Wolf Just Revealed the Identity of the Beast (And Brought Back Crystal Reed!) What a night! First, we learned the identity of Zoom on The Flash, and now we know who the Beast is on Teen Wolf! (Spoiler alert!) The Beast is...Mason (Khylin Rhambo)! Scott and Liam finally tracked down those bloody sneakers in Mason's car and realized that Mason was the secret teenager trapped inside the Beast, just before Corey appeared to whisk a confused Mason away. So...that's not good! That's especially bad news given what we learned about the Beast: once the Beast remembers his original identity, the teenager inside is forgotten. The history of the Beast came courtesy of Crystal Reed, who played Allison's Argent ancestor Marie, who was shooting arrows into terrible beasts back in the 1700s. The first Beast turned out to be her brother, whose life she had to erase after it was revealed who he was. Speaking of Allison, she's being replaced. Sort of. Papa and Grandpa Argent are attempting to turn Lydia into the badass hunter we've all known she could always be, and all we have to say is that it's about time that queen got the recognition she deserves. The Teen Wolf season finale airs next Tuesday at 9 p.m. on MTV. (Eonline)

It's impossible to pick a side this season! Yolanda Hadid has been the center of drama on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this year, but she really proved her reality TV worth on Tuesday night's all-new episode. After getting into a heated argument with Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump over her family's Lyme disease at a casual luncheon, she got more manipulative than ever before! After threatening Kim Richards' little sis with her "vault" of knowledge, YoYo traveled back to the stone age to send an email to Kyle calling her out for her attitude -- while CCing the entire cast, saying: "I'm coming out of a three year ordeal of living in a mentally-paralyzed cocoon due to an infection in my brain called neuroborreliosis. I arrived with a great attitude yesterday and proud of myself for making it out of bed and joining you girls. For you to come down on me so hard is beyond my understanding and it left me quite confused. I'm just trying to catch up and participate. I don't need your pity, but I do ask you kindly to respect my situation. Your lack of compassion is not a pretty look." Damn, Yolanda! While that level of drama is the reason we watch Bravo, we can't help but feel conflicted about the feud... Lisa and Kyle were talking about Gigi, Bella, and Anwar Hadid, but it's not like Yolanda has missed every single event this season and needed to attack them for everything at once. Although, good on Vanderpump for once again avoiding most of the heat even though she was just as guilty. (Perez Hilton)

The Flash Finally Revealed the True Identity Of Zoom. Zoom has a face! And that face is very familiar to every viewer of The Flash, because, as expected, the unmasking of the uber-villain (at last!) revealed someone we've known for a while. Are you ready? Because we're about to drop the name of the person (or people) revealed as Barry Allen's supervillain nemesis at the very end of the "King Shark" episode. Seriously, spoilers. Like, soooooo many spoilers. Are you suuuuuure you're ready? Alright, can't say we didn't warn you. The S.T.A.R. Labs gang spent much of the episode angstily mourning the loss of Jay Garrick, who was snatched back through the breach at the end of last week's Earth-2 escape. But in the final moments of this week's episode, we finally caught a glimpse of the bad guy's face as he pulled off his mask. And Zoom is... none other than Jay Garrick! Or Hunter Zolomon. Or whichever one was not the Jay Garrick who just got pulled through the breach at the end of last week's episode. Either way, he has the face of Teddy Sears and we have SO many questions. Flash showrunner Andrew Kreisberg had approximately zero spare minutes to talk to us about the big reveal, since he's busy, you know, making the show, but he was able to answer two of our million questions over email. His answers are short and sweet, and will absolutely not make the month-long wait for new episodes any easier, but hopefully they'll help ease the pain a little! First things first, the answers about Zoom's identity won't be coming immediately -- there will still be pieces of information parceled out from episode to episode. "We'll be learning the truth about Jay Garrick as the season progresses," he tells us. "Some of what he told Barry and the team was true and some of it was misleading." And second, yes, they did toy with making Zoom someone else. "At the earliest stages of planning the season there was some discussion that Zoom was Barry's Earth-2 doppelganger but we very quickly moved away and fell in love with the idea that it was Jay," he confesses. While we'll have to wait FOREVER (okay, several weeks) to find out more, it is interesting to note that Zoom's identity does appear to be pulled from the comics (at least to a certain extent). In the comics, Hunter Zolomon (a.k.a. who Jay pointed out as his Earth-1 doppelgagner) is Zoom. His transformation into the evil masked speedster is quite a complicated one. After Wally West had become the new Flash, Zolomon was injured in an accident thanks to Gorilla Grodd and lost the use of his legs. He tried to get Wally's help in turning back time to prevent the accident, but Wally refused, leaving Zolomon to try it on his own. Hunter tried to turn back time himself, and it worked, but he also got himself all tangled up in the timeline and gained some insane speed force abilities. He decided to become Zoom to torment Wally as revenge for refusing to help him. So in the comics, Zoom's beef is with Wally West, and not with Barry, meaning we've got a lot to learn about what has happened between our Flash and this version of Zoom. (Eonline)

Good news, the lead in the Cruel Intention's upcoming TV Series has been confirmed. Yep, Taylor John Smith will play Bash Casey, Sebastian's (Ryan Phillippe) and Annette Hargrove's (Reese Witherspoon) son. Set 15 years later, the plot follows Casey realizing his late father's legacy and being introduced to a world of debauchery. We can only imagine the sex and corruption that'll unfold...It's rumored Sarah Michelle Gellar may reprise her vixen role (fingers crossed!) but sadly Witherspoon will not be returning to the cast. She is set to make her TV debut opposite opposite Nicole Kidman on HBO's Big Little Lies. (British Glamour)

The casting brings the 'Happy Endings' alum back into the Sony Pictures Television family. Hulu's Future Man has cast its leading lady. Happy Endings alum Eliza Coupe has been tapped to star in the comedy pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Future Man chronicles Josh Futturman, a janitor by day, world-ranked gamer by night (Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson) who is tasked with preventing the extinction of humans after mysterious visitors from the future declare him to be the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion. Coupe will star as the female lead, Tiger, a futuristic solder who is a character in the Cybergeddon video game. Tiger and her cohort, Wolf, recruit Josh to travel back in time to save the world from the hellish landscape she left behind. This mission means everything to her, and she's prone to flying off the handle, every time Josh proves himself to be inept. She has the difficult task of controlling an idiot (Josh) and a maniac (Wolf) while keeping everyone focused on the mission. On top of all of this, she's hiding a secret that could unravel everything. The comedy hails from Sony Pictures Television, Rogen's Point Grey Pictures and Matt Tolmach Productions. Kyle Hunter and Ariel Schaffir (Rogen's Sausage Party) will pen the script and exec produce with Rogen, Goldberg, James Weaver and Matt Tolmach. Rogen and Goldberg will also direct the pilot. The casting brings Coupe back into the SPT fold after the studio produced her ABC cult favorite Happy Endings. Future Man also expands Coupe's relationship with Hulu, where she recurred on comedy series Casual. The actress next has a recurring role on ABC's Quantico and previously starred in USA Network's short-lived comedy series Benched. She's repped by UTA, Kirsten Ames Management and Jackoway Tyerman. Three years after Happy Endings was canceled, the cast continues to be in high demand with many of the stars receiving multiple pilot offers this season. (Hollywood Reporter)

People v. O.J. Simpson: Could Connie Britton Have Been Any More Incredible As RHOBH's Faye Resnick? Is there anything Connie Britton can't do? We'd were already happy to have her as our mother, our principal, our guidance counselor, and our life coach, and now we're thrilled to call her one of our Real Housewives. Tuesday night's episode of The People V. O.J. Simpson covered a whole lot of ground, from preliminary hearings to jury selection to grieving with the families of the victims, but it also brought us one beautiful but contentious piece of the Simpson saga: Faye Resnick's insane tell-all, Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted. First, Faye pitched her story to a book agent and described the drug trips and other shenanigans she got up to with her friend, Nicole Brown Simpson. Just watch the online clip to hear her describe a "Brentwood Hello" and have your idea of Connie Britton changed forever.* (Just kidding. Your idea of Connie Britton was changed when you first saw her have sex with what turned out to be a ghost in a BDSM fetish suit on American Horror Story but you get the idea.) Britton-as-Resnick also made a little visit to Larry King Live to promote her book, which Judge Ito was encouraging everyone not to read. Of course, no one followed those instructions, and Faye's juicy tale of drugs, partying, and her and Nicole's shared one night stand became an mostly-hated phenomenon. In real life, Resnick is more known for her famous appearance on Larry King Live in 1996, nearly a year after the verdict was read. Lately, Resnick and her book have been causing a stir on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills again, and she's been referred to by Camille as, "the morally corrupt Faye Resnick." Apparently, she made some accusations about some husbands that were less than appreciated by her fellow Housewives stars. While the real Resnick is ruffling feathers and causing problems, this the fake one might be our new favorite thing. The People V. O.J. Simpson airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. (Eonline)

This would mark Moore's first TV role since she guest-starred on 'Will & Grace' in 2003. Demi Moore is returning to TV for her first major role in 20 years. The actress has signed on to star in the drama 10 Days in the Valley from Rookie Blue co-creator Tassie Cameron, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Moore will play Jane Sadler, an overworked writer and single mother in the middle of a tumultuous separation. When her 5-year-old daughter is taken from her bed in the middle of the night, Jane must put everything on the line -- including her TV show, her loyalties and her deepest and darkest secrets -- to get her child back. Cameron wrote the project and will serve as executive producer and showrunner on the series, which is being produced by Skydance Television. The drama is currently being shopped to networks. This marks the first series-regular role for Moore since she got her break on the soap General Hospital, on which she appeared from 1981-84. The actress then transitioned to big-screen roles in such pics as St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night ... . Her recent film credits include Very Good Girls and Forsaken. Moore is not the first film actress to be lured to TV by Skydance, which also produces Netflix's Grace and Frankie, starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Skydance also recently signed award-winning writer Marti Noxon (UnREAL, Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, Mad Men) to a big overall deal. (Hollywood Reporter)

The procedural propels CBS to an easy victory for the night. A 13-year-old procedural so handily bested the rest of broadcast on Tuesday, it's kind of remarkable. NCIS bested everything else on the Big Four Tuesday night with its slightly-improved 2.4 rating among adults 18-49. Its closest competitor was spinoff NCIS: New Orleans, which was off two-tenths of a point from the prior week with a 1.8 rating in the key demo before a steady Limitless (a season low 1.1 adults). On the heels of its season-lifting Super Bowl telecast, CBS has also been enjoying a rather unique streak. The last two weeks have seen the network boast all 10 of the top 10 network broadcasts among live-plus-same day viewers. It's not a feat any other Big Four network has boasted in the era of delayed viewing. NBC pulled No. 2 status for the night with an improved Hollywood Game Night (1.1 adults) and steady episodes of Chicago Med (1.5 adults) and Chicago Fire (1.6 adults). The Flash pulled a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 on the CW, helping the network best both Fox and ABC for the night -- despite it being paired with the much softer iZombie (0.6 adults). The entire Fox block -- New Girl (1.2 adults), Grandfathered (0.8 adults), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (0.9 adults), The Grinder (0.6 adults) -- was dead even with last Tuesday. Also steady were ABC's Fresh Off the Boat (1.2 adults), The Muppets (0.8 adults) and Agent Carter (0.7 adults). (Hollywood Reporter)

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