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Six things we learned today | Tuesday 6 December

 3D Chuck with Charlie from Lost

1. The next episode of Chuck (coinciding with the Super Bowl) will be a 3D spectacular guest starring Charlie off Lost.

2. This is how the plot of Battlestar Galactica would look if it was told through Facebook

3. An American version of Shameless is in the works, courtesy of HBO.

4. The script for the pilot episode of Caprica has leaked online.

5. And some lucky folk have already seen the season return of Battlestar.

6. NBC are looking for Heroes fans who can explain the plot of the third season for them.

It’s (almost) all 10 webisodes of Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy

Here are all 10 episodes of the Battlestar Galactica webisode series The Face of the Enemy. There’s no need to scour YouTube for them, we’ve done all the legwork – only pesky episode nine has so far failed to emerge. Perhaps it contains something we’re not ready to see? And don’t forget to keep checking the You Will Know the Truth site for clues on the identity of the final Cylon skinjob.

Here’s webisode one

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Five things we learned today | Monday 5 January

Lost season five spoilers

1. A few lucky people have seen the season five premiere of Lost.

2. Heather Locklear is being courted to star in the all-new Melrose Place.

3. Desperate HousewivesNicollette Sheridan may or may not be dating 8 Simple Rules’ David Spade.

4. Michelle Trachtenburg is returning to Gossip Girl towards the end of the season.

5. Damages (returning to BBC1 in February) has a rather intriguing poster campaign.

Can’t wait a whole month for Fringe to continue? Here are a couple of sneak previews…

It took a little while for it to really heat up, but Fringe certainly went out with a bang before it’s mid-season break. Suddenly lurching into a Lost-style time-and-space-travel mystery, the series transported an enigmatic bad guy from a German prison to an American forest and revealed that FBI agent Olivia may be more central to the Pattern than previous thought. And why was cyber-armed possible villainess Nina Sharp hanging out in London? Here are a couple of trailers for the next episode, which isn’t due until the end of January…

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Can’t wait until “spring” for Prison Break to return? Here’s a sneaky preview…

Here’s a sneak peek of the episode 17 of Prison Break, worryingly entitled R.I.P., seeing as how we have to wait to an undisclosed time in “spring” for the series to return. And with Gretchen now out of the way, Michael has a new nemesis to face - Linc! And what is the brothers’ supposedly dead mom up to? Roll on “spring”.

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Eleven bumper things we learned over Christmas

Lost spoilers

1. The new season of Flight of the Conchords has premiered online - but not for us non-Americans. For shame.

2. Ugly Betty’s Betty is set to get a mysterious new love interest.

3. Lauren Velez (Dexter’s Lt Laguerta) is also set for a run on Ugly Betty.

4. Alex ‘Dr Corday’ Kingston is to return for a guest stint in the final season of ER.

5. I09 has some pretty in-depth spoilers for the next few episodes of Heroes.

6. Some super-wicked Lost postcards are doing the rounds.

7. New 24 geek Janis (Janine Garafalo) is set to come to blows with Chloe in season seven.

8. Titanic baddie Billy Zane is coming to Samantha Who.

9. Balthazar Getty may be getting the axe from Brothers and Sisters.

10. Pushing Daisies‘ Kristen Chenoweth (Olive) has got a new gig in David E Kelley’s new series Legally Mad (which sounds curiously like Ally McBeal/Boston Legal)…

11. It’s official - Michael ‘George Michael’ Cera is what’s holding up the Arrested Development movie.

How far would you go? Another new trailer for Lost season five…

Another day, another new trailer for Lost series five - and more pertinent questions to ask. Why is Desmond fleeing from Penny and what appears to be their newborn baby? Is Charlotte dead? Why is Sun pulling a gun on Kate? Who is Sayid going to murder? And does Locke think he’s appearing in The 39 Steps? Here we go again…

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Happy Fringemas – Here’s the Fringe story so far

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Here’s an excellent recap of the first series of Fringe so far, narrated by John Noble (mad scientist Walter Bishop, himself). Thanks for FringeBloggers for pointing us in the direction of this festive treat.

Five things we learned today | Thursday 18 December

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1. First things first, above is part three of the Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy webisode series.

2. These pictures appear to show what happened to Sawyer, Juliet and co after the island moved in Lost.

3. Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth are going to have a big old cat fight on 90210.

4. JD’s brother’s will revisit Scrubs before Zach Braff bows out.

5. Gale Howard (Susan’s curiously absent boyfriend Jackson) will soon be fit enough to return to Desperate Housewives.

Six things we learned today | Wednesday 17 December

 Peter Falk has Alzheimer’s?

1. Columbo star Peter Falk apparently has Alzheimer’s disease

2. Jessica Alba is the latest ’sleb to be offered a guest slot in The Office.

3. The season three finale of Dexter hasn’t pleased all of the show’s fans.

4. More video clues have been released as to the identity of the final Cylon in Battlestar Galactica.

5. Chuck is finally winning the ratings it deserves in the States.

6. A mass of new Lost character promo photos have been released.

Six things we learned today | Tuesday 16 December

 Robert Carlyle to star in Stargate Universe

1. Robert Carlyle is set to star in the latest Stargate series - Stargate Universe.

2. The return of Melrose Place could mean the end of One Tree Hill.

3. Rumours of a Gossip Girl spin-off series have been denied.

4. Jack Black is set to guest star in The Office.

5. The fifth season of Lost will run without interruption.

6. How to play the Fringe theme tune on the piano!

It’s the first two parts of Battlestar Galactica webisode series – The Face of the Enemy

Here are the first two of this year’s Battlestar Galactica webisodes. Focusing on Felix Gaeta and a couple of Number Eights stranded in space, it promises to be a claustrophobic 10-part thriller…

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Breaking Flight of the Conchords news - Season two to premiere online next week

 Flight of the Conchords season two premiere to air on line

That’s right - not only will you be able to see the first episode of the Flight of the Conchords‘ second season on the Funny or Die website, it’ll be airing one full month before the series returns to HBO. So get yourself here on 17th December - that’s next Wednesday - and enjoy your first new slice of Conchord comedy for quite some time. Unexpected region-specific restrictions permitting…

Six things we learned today | Thursday 11 December

 Lionel Luthor is Sylar’s dad!

1. John Glover – aka Smallville’s Lionel Luthor – and his brilliant head of hair are heading to Heroes as a major character’s long-lost relative.

2. Tori Spelling may pop up in the all-new 90210 after all.

3. The next Battlestar Galactica TV movie, The Plan, sounds pretty exciting

4. Desperate Housewives is set to run for a mind-boggling nine seasons.

5. Penny Widmore off Lost – actress Sonya Walger – has a new sci-fi series on the cards.

6. Here are some nice new snaps of the Dollhouse cast.

Seven things we learned today | Wednesday 9th December

New Dharma logo

1. One thing we didn’t learn - in Lost’s fifth season, what does this new Dharma station logo mean?

2. The site for the Battlestar Galactica webisodes has gone live - expect the first on Friday 12th December.

3. TR Knight - aka Dr George - may-or-may-not be quitting Grey’s Anatomy.

4. Boston Legal creator David E Kelley isn’t too pleased with how his show’s been treated

5. There’s set to be a rare outbreak of romance in the next season of CSI:  Miami.

6. Michael ‘George Michael Bluth’ Cera has chosen not to appear in the Arrested Development movie.

7. Lost’s Josh Holloway has a rather perplexing new tattoo.

First look at the latest Heroes webisode series - The Recruit

The latest series of Heroes webisodes kicks off on 15th December. Called The Recruit, the online episodes tell the story of how a number of marines were recruited by The Pinehearst Company and injected with a mysterious serum. Here’s a sneak peek at the first one, starring the ever-delightful Angela Petrelli.

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And here’s a glimpse behind the scenes…

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We’ll keep you updated on the web series, and hopefully post the latest episodes when/if they’re Youtubed…

Six things we learned today | Tuesday 8th December

The Observer in Fringe

1. Those lovely Fringe Bloggers have collated all of The Observer’s appearances so far in Fringe.

2. Catch up with the first three-and-a-half seasons of Battlestar Galactica in just 13 minutes right here.

3. Jon Hamm - Mad Men’s Don Draper - might become a fairly regular fixture on 30 Rock.

4. The OC’s Mischa Barton may be lined up for a guest stint in Ugly Betty.

5. A mighty-fine new snap of Eliza Dushku in Dollhouse has been released.

6. Lost’s Josh Holloway is set to become a dad.

Having trouble understanding Fringe? Don’t worry - The Pattern is explained here…

…in less than a minute. Who’d have thought JJ Abrams mind-bending drama series Fringe would be so easy to sum up? The secrets of The Pattern are revealed here, and all of sudden everything makes sense.

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Thanks to Fringe Bloggers for unearthing this gem.

Six things we learned today | Monday 7th December

Gossip Girl Spin-off in the Works!

1. OMG! Our Ellie’s fave show Gossip Girl might be getting its own spin-off series!

2. Samantha Who is to get a visit from her nan - who just happens to be part of the Brady Bunch.

3. Those pesky Losties get to have all sorts of fun larking around on their Hawaii set.

4. And Lost has been confirmed to be returning to UK screens on Sunday, 25th January. Get the bunting out.

5. A TV critic who’s seen the Dollhouse pilot claims its ‘both better and worse than expected‘. Eek.

6. At last, a couple of Office lovebirds have tied the know, but - spoiler warning! -  not the ones we were expecting!

Cylon-tastic! Two exclusive snippets from Battlestar Galactica’s final season

Thanks to the ever-excellent Galactica Siterep for pointing us in the direction of these two teasers from season 4.5 of Battlestar Galactica. We’re rather worried by the fact that Tom Zarek claims to leading the fleet now…

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