Quickest Turnaround: Lifetime will air “Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret” — a movie covering the titular character’s murder of Travis Alexander — on June 22, just a month after her conviction.   Biggest Surprise: ELEMENTARY opted not to end their first season on a cliffhanger.   Unhappiest Fans: Despite early buzz that HAPPY ENDINGS would
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Saddest News: After a weeks-long illness, Jeanne Cooper — one of the most beloved soap stars of all time — passed away. Soon after, CBS announced that on Tuesday, May 28, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS will air a special episode honoring the legend and her alter ego, Katherine Chancellor. Least Accurate Title: GO ON
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Most Telegraphed Ending: The minute SURVIVOR’s Andrea started talking about how sorry she felt for about-to-be-blindsided Brenda, we knew exactly which of them would be having their torch snuffed by episode’s end. Best Returns: ABC-axed sudsers ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE returned — via Hulu and iTunes — courtesy of production company Prospect
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  Least Newsy News: MTV has slated the series SCREAM — based on the hit movie franchise — for a summer 2014 debut… despite having no writer or concept in place.   Second Least Newsy News: Hot on the heels of DUCK DYNASTY’s season finale bringing in nearly 10 million viewers, A&E announced production of
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Oddest Ad Campaign: Promos for THE MENTALIST tout that by season’s end, “only seven suspects will remain” in their on-going mystery. Only? That may not mean what you think it means! Sudsiest Lawsuit: Production company Prospect Park filed a lawsuit alleging that ABC, in essence, set out to prevent returning soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and
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Nastiest Dust-Up: Three REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY cast members are facing charges following a melee that took place during the opening of a shop owned by a fourth. Proving sometimes, everybody’s in the wrong, the fight allegedly began after a party guest mocked the autism-afflicted son of housewife Jacqueline Laurita and her spouse, Christopher.
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Lamest “Cliffhanger”: When HELL’S KITCHEN flashed “To Be Continued” at the end of this week’s episode just as foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay was set to announce who’d been eliminated, we were the ones cursing up a blue streak.   Most Disappointing Finale: After an entire season of build-up, the “showdown” between THE WALKING DEAD’s Woodbury
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Biggest Question: “He’s the worst federal agent I’ve ever met!” declared SURVIVOR’s Corinne of Phillip. “What cases did he crack? Like, what cases was he working on? And is that why our country is in such a mess?”   Most Intriguing New Character: Why REVENGE saddled Emily’s stepbrother with the name Eli we’re not sure,
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Best Meltdown: Watching SURVIVOR’s Brandon lose his marbles was the very definition of train-wreck TV. We wanted to look away but… oh, who are we kidding?   Coolest Casting, Daytime Division: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL alum Corbin Bleu signed on to Hulu.com’s reboot of ONE LIFE TO LIVE, which is slated to return in late April.
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Coolest Casting: Ryan Murphy revealed that Kathy Bates has been cast in season three of AMERICAN HORROR STORY as a character “five times meaner than her Misery character! Worst Trend: DOWNTON ABBEY’s duplicitous Ms. O’Brien (Siobhan Finneran) is following in Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) and Lady Sybil’s (Jessica Brown Findlay) footsteps by announcing her exit
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