‘The Glades’ scoop: More ‘immediate’ danger in second season!

Image Credit: Gene Page/A&E NetworkThe Glades star Matt Passmore promises the second season “might get a little darker” and “the danger might become a little more immediate” when the Floridian crime drama returns for a second season as early as the spring of 2011. The Australian actor plays Jim Longworth, a former Chicago cop who moves to a south Florida town and joins the state police.

Production on year two of the series, which first bowed on A&E in July, is expected to begin in March. “I think it’ll still keep the same voice. They found a really great voice for the show,” Passmore told EW while attending an TV Academy event in North Hollywood, CA this week. “I think there might be a couple of villains who can really fence with Jim one on one, so I think we might see some of that. And I think we’ll see some of the other characters on the show get really fleshed out like Colleen Manus (Michelle Hurd) and young Daniel (Jordan Wall).”

And what about the new romance between Jim and Callie (played by Kiele Sanchez)? “There will definitely be a rocky and bumpy road along the road of love,” the actor admits, in reference to the fact that Callie’s husband is behind bars. “We’re definitely going to deal with that whole situation of the husband in jail. Yeah, it’s going to get messy.”

The drama, which wrapped its first season on Sept. 26, broke records for the cable net by averaging 3.88 million. “I think word of mouth got the show even more popular. We always improved our audience,” says Glades co-star Carlos Gomez (Carlos Sanchez), who also attended the TV Academy event. “I think for the second season, A&E’s going to do a really great push on it. We’re going to elevate to a whole different level.”

Passmore says the Florida locale makes the cops-and-bad-guys stuff all the more fascinating. “I think it’s the only place in America where you can tackle a guy and cuff someone in a blazer and a T-shirt and still look good doing it with a bit of a blow wave. That’s what I’m going to try out for series two – the blow wave hair and a blazer,” he says. “Florida is just an open book for state on a story. It’s so eclectic. It’s so weird and beautiful and crazy. There’s so much money, and there’s so much not money. There’s so many different elements down there, it makes almost a cesspool for stories.” – With reporting from Vlada Gelman

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November Sweeps calendar: ‘Glee,’ ‘House,’ ‘Big Bang Theory’ and more welcome big-name guests

Image Credit: Harper Smith/NBC; Adam Rose/Fox; Bob D'Amico/ABC; David M. Russell/CBS; Virginia Sherwood/NBC; United Feature Syndicate IncNovember is here, and you probably know what that means for television: Sweeps! It’s that bountiful time of the TV season when the networks try to ramp up viewership as much as possible so they can set their advertising prices for the year. All of which means means we’ll see crazy guest stars! Specials! Awards shows! Big interviews! For example, Cher is going on 20/20 to talk Burlesque Nov. 19; ABC is airing the Country Music Awards on Nov. 10; Oprah will sit down with the Jackson clan on Nov. 8; and Gwyneth Paltrow, well, she’s appearing on both the CMAs on Nov. 10 and Glee Nov. 16. How does one make sense of the November Sweeps madness? Duh, it’s easy, silly: Just use our handy, complete-yet-only-the-stuff-you-care-about guide below:

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): More of Oprah and Gayle’s camping trip at Yosemite National Park
Survivor: Nicaragua (CBS, 8 p.m.): Only 12 castaways remain as the tribes merge
In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: All Access Nashville (ABC, 10 p.m.): This hour-long special features Roberts interviewing country music stars Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, and Kellie Pickler
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 10 p.m.): A History of Violence‘s Maria Bello and ER‘s Alex Kingston guest star

THURSDAY, NOV. 4
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Dollhouse‘s Eliza Dushku guest stars
Bones (Fox, 8 p.m.): So You Think You Can Dance‘s Stephen “tWitch” Boss guest stars
Community (NBC, 8 p.m.): Hilary Duff and Andy Dick guest star
30 Rock (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Elizabeth Banks returns

FRIDAY, NOV. 5
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): First of two-part event featuring Madea‘s Tyler Perry and 200 men who are stepping up to speak out about the trauma of their childhood sexual abuse (the second part airs Friday, Nov. 12)
Medium (CBS, 8 p.m.): Scrubs‘ Judy Reyes and NCIS‘ Rena Sofer guest star
Supernanny (ABC, 8 p.m.): Season premiere!
CSI: NY (CBS, 9 p.m.): Night Court‘s John Larroquette guest stars as Deputy Chief of Manhattan Borough Detectives Ted Carver

SUNDAY, NOV. 7
The Simpsons (Fox, 7 p.m.): Glee‘s Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley lend their voices to this musical-laced episode; and at 8 p.m., “Treehouse of Horror XXI”: The 21st annual installment of the animated series’ much-anticipated Halloween special, which features guest voicing from Harry Potter‘s Daniel Radcliffe and House‘s Hugh Laurie
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 8 p.m.): Australian pop star Kylie Minogue shows up
Undercover Boss (CBS, 9 p.m.): Undercover with Tom Ricketts, the owner of the Chicago Cubs
Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 10 p.m.): Full Metal Jacket‘s John Terry first appears as Dr. Karl, a fellow radio host and love interest for Nora

MONDAY, NOV. 8
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Interview with Michael Jackson’s mother and father, Katherine and Joe, as well as the late superstar’s three children, Prince, Paris, and  “Blanket” at Hayvenhurst, the family’s home in Encino, Calif.
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Joan of Arcadia and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn joins for the first of her multi-episode arc playing Martha Masters, a brilliant but inexperienced third-year medical student
Matt Lauer Reports (NBC, 8 p.m.): The Today show anchor sits down for an hour-long news special with President George W. Bush concerning his memoir, Decision Points
No Ordinary Family (ABC, 8 p.m.): Cybill Shepherd appears as Stephanie’s hard-to-please mother, while Twilight‘s Jackson Rathbone guest stars as Trent, whose parents are the victims of a home invasion
Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): As a member of Jeff’s softball team, Less Than Perfect‘s Sara Rue guest stars alongside Joan Collins, who plays Russell’s mother, Bunny Dunbar
90210 (The CW, 9 p.m.): Pop star Joe Jonas plays himself and helps Adrianna boost her image by going as her date to a party

TUESDAY, NOV. 9
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): President George W. Bush discusses his memoir Decision Points; President H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush also appear from the Bush family summer estate in Kennebunkport, Maine
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Coach Beiste (guest star Dot-Marie Jones) returns! Chord Overstreet (Sam) also returns as a guest stars
One Tree Hill (The CW, 8 p.m.): Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons appears in a cameo role; Desperate Housewives‘ Sharon Lawrence guest stars
Running Wilde (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): David Cross guest stars
The Good Wife (CBS, 10 p.m.): Michael J. Fox guest stars as attorney Louis Canning, a brilliant but disabled lawyer who uses his condition to sway a jury; High Fidelity‘s Lili Taylor appears as Donna Seabrook, a former friend of Kalinda’s who is now sharing secrets with Blake
Parenthood (NBC, 10 p.m.): William Baldwin returns

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10
Country Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.): Another night of country stars from ABC! Hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood and featuring the first-ever performance from Gwyneth Paltrow and Vince Gill together; Miranda Lambert, Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, and many more also perform
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8 p.m.): Battle of the sexes returns as the chefs serve two special guests: restaurateur Josiah Citrin and NFL quarterback Matt Cassel
Criminal Minds (CBS, 9 p.m.): Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland guest stars as 1950s film actress, Kay, while Heroes‘ Robert Knepper appears as her devoted son, Rhett
Hellcats (The CW, 9 p.m.): Musical guest FeFe Dobson performs
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 10 p.m.): Major Dad‘s Gerald McRaney guest stars

THURSDAY, NOV. 11
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Marie Osmond talks about the loss of her son, Michael, for the first time
The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Wil Wheaton guest stars
$#*! My Dad Says (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): Two and a Half Men‘s Missi Pyle guest stars as Vince and Bonnie’s boss, Katie
30 Rock (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Mad Men‘s John Slattery guest stars
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9 p.m.): 24 alum Peter MacNicol guest stars as the new pediatrics attending, Dr. Phil Stark
The Apprentice (NBC, 10 p.m.): Kim Kardashian appears

FRIDAY, NOV. 12
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Second of two-part event featuring Tyler Perry and 200 men who are stepping up to speak out about the trauma of their childhood sexual abuse (the first part aired Friday, Nov. 5)
Smallville (The CW, 8 p.m.): Desperate Housewives‘ Teri Hatcher guest stars as Ella Lane, Lois’ mother

SUNDAY, NOV. 14
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 8 p.m.): Country music stars Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and LeAnn Rimes pitch in
The Cleveland Show (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): David Lynch shows up as a guest voice
Desperate Housewives (ABC, 9 p.m.): John Schneider and Nancy Travis appear as Keith’s parents, who are invited to Thanksgiving at Bree’s house
American Dad (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere guest voices a role as Ashley, the new girl in school who invites Steve over while her parents are out of town

MONDAY, NOV. 15
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Whoopi Goldberg appears to discuss the Oscar-winning film, The Color Purple, that she stared in with Oprah on its 25th anniversary
Chuck (NBC, 8 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Rob Riggle, Dr. Kildare‘s Richard Chamberlain, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Summer Glau guest star
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Amber Tamblyn (see House entry for Monday, Nov. 8), Dylan Baker, Cynthia Watros, and Devon Woods all guest star
How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8 p.m.): Robin’s alter-ego Robin Sparkles returns! Pussycat Dolls leader Nicole Scherzinger appears as Robin’s old pal Jessica Glitter; and Alan Thicke returns as himself
The Event (NBC, 9 p.m.): Into the Wild‘s Hal Holbrook guest stars
Castle (ABC, 10 p.m.): Lyle Lovett guest stars as a mysterious government agent intent on shutting down an investigation

TUESDAY, NOV. 16
Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Barbra Streisand will appear to perform and discuss her passion for design
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Gwyneth Paltrow guest stars as a substitute teacher for Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and takes over both the glee club and his Spanish classes
Life Unexpected (The CW, 9 p.m.): Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Emma Caulfield and Parenthood‘s Krista Allen guest star
The Good Wife (Fox, 10 p.m.): iCarly‘s Miranda Cosgrove appears as a teen star who is accused of attempted murder after a night of underage drinking
Parenthood (NBC, 10 p.m.): William Baldwin guest stars

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17
America’s Next Top Model (The CW, 8 p.m.): Down to the final four girls!
Human Target (Fox, 8 p.m.): Season premiere!
Hellcats (The CW, 9 p.m.): Dance legend Debbie Allen directs!
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 9 p.m.): The amuse-bouche challenge!
The Defenders (CBS, 10 p.m.): Rapper Lil’ Romeo and Soul Food‘s Rockmond Dunbar guest star as rappers “Killa Diz” and “Bounce”

THURSDAY, NOV. 18
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC, 8 p.m.): An hour of magic from Charlie Brown, featuring the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, followed by bonus cartoon from Charles M. Schulz, This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers, at 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 19
20/20 (ABC, 10 p.m.): Cynthia McFadden interviews superstar Cher in anticipation of her latest movie, Burlesque

SUNDAY, NOV. 21
2010 American Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.): Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, Pink, and Usher are all set to perform
The Cleveland Show (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): Niecy Nash guest voices
Family Guy (Fox, 9 p.m.): Bill Maher guest voices as himself
American Dad (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Jason Alexander guest voices as a counselor Stan and Francine go to see

MONDAY, NOV. 22
Chuck (NBC, 8 p.m.): Dr. Kildare‘s Richard Chamberlain guest stars
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8 p.m.): Season finale, part one! The final three couples perform
House (Fox, 8 p.m.): Cynthia Watros returns as a guest star
Skating with the Stars (ABC, 9 p.m.): Season premiere, starring a cast that includes All My Children‘s Rebecca Budig, Bethenny Getting Married? star Bethenny Frankel, skier Jonny Moseley, rocker Vince Neil, Sonny With a Chance‘s Brandon Mychal Smith, and Blade Runner‘s Sean Young

TUESDAY, NOV. 23
Glee (Fox, 8 p.m.): Carol Burnett guest stars as Sue’s “Nazi-hunting mother”
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 9 p.m.): Season finale, part two! One couple will be crowned the Mirror Ball Champions
Raising Hope (Fox, 9 p.m.): Greg Germann and Valerie Mahaffey guest star as Hope’s other grandparents, Dale and Margine
Running Wilde (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer guest stars as a powerful magazine editor

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24
The Middle (ABC, 8 p.m.): Saturday Night Live alum Norm MacDonald shows up for Thanksgiving as Mike’s brother Rusty
The Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): New holiday special from DreamWorks Animation featuring the Kung Fu Panda
The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now? (NBC, 9 p.m.): Catch up with your favorite past contestants in this special
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 9 p.m.): Contestants must serve their signature dish to the downtown L.A. lunch crowd from the city’s infamous food trucks

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CBS still controls Thursday; ‘Big Bang Theory’ posts record ratings

Image Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBSThe balance of power has definitely shifted on Thursdays: For the first five weeks of the TV season, CBS has come out on top for the night in viewers (13.6 million) and adults 18-49 (3.3 rating/9 share). That’s a first since 2005 that the Eye has won five weeks in a row. The Big Bang Theory was Thursday’s No. 1 show in the key demographic (4.0/13) for the first time this year, and was up in viewers versus last week (12.9 million to 12.7 million). CSI (14.7 million) was the most-watched show of the night and actually attracted its largest audience since April 8, while $#*! My Dad Says won its timeslot among viewers (10.9 million) and adults 18-49 (3.1/9). At 10, The Mentalist was first in viewers (14.2 million) and second in adults (2.9/8).

Each 18-49 ratings point represents 1.3 million viewers.

Game 5 between the Phillies and the Giants helped Fox to rank No. 2 for the night among adults 18-49 (2.9/8) and viewers (9.3 million). Over on ABC, Grey’s Anatomy continued to rule the 9 p.m. timeslot in 18-49 (3.9/10) even though it represented its lowest-rated telecast so far this season. The drama averaged 10.7 million. Private Practice earned a 2.8/8 and averaged 7.8 million. The network finished the night in third place among adults 18-49 (2.6/7) and viewers (7.6 million).

Gee, its been tough for those (mostly) swell comedies on NBC (I still don’t get Outsourced). Community earned a 1.9/6 and 4.5 million, followed by 30 Rock (2.2/7, 5.2 million), The Office (3.4/9, 6.8 million), and that aforementioned head-scratcher of a new comedy (1.3/4, 4.9 million). The Apprentice earned a trifle 1.3/4 and averaged 3.8 million. NBC, as expected, finished the night in fourth place among 18-49 (2.1/6) and viewers (4.7 million).

On the CW, The Vampire Diaries ranked No. 1 at 8 with females 12-34; the drama averaged 3.6 million.

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Charlie Sheen Loses Wife, Gains Sober Coach - TMZ.com

11/3/2010 1:00 AM PDT by TMZ Staff   Charlie Sheen is acknowledging he has a substance abuse problem, and he's hired a sober coach to hang with him ... TMZ has learned.

Well-placed sources connected with "Two and a Half Men" tell us ... the sober coach is living at Charlie's house and accompanying him to work. 

Charlie has spent time with sober coaches in the past, with mixed success. 

Tags: Charlie Sheen, Celebrity Justice

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Have you ever DVR’ed something based purely on the episode description?

Normally I do not DVR Criminal Minds, but this week, I must! Look at that episode description! It’s beckoning me with the force of a thousand Bristol Palin cross-armed smirks. Not to mention… with their sparkly businesswear, the motley crew of Dancing With the Stars contestants pictured in the corner could potentially be either “the team” who “must catch a pack of serial killers targeting exotic dancers” or the exotic dancers themselves! OR THE SERIAL KILLERS! (OMG! This item just got a million times better while I was writing it! Also: worse.)

Anyway, reminder, everyone: Criminal Minds is about strippers tonight. (As you’ll remember from Mandi Bierly’s Trend Watch, it’s a bad/good week to play strippers on TV.)

Have you ever DVR’ed something based purely on the episode description? And why do I assume I can get away with using DVR as a verb?

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Trend Watch: It’s a bad/good week to play a stripper on TV

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People: Cirque du Soleil mounting Michael Jackson tour - San Jose Mercury News

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Is Tom Hardy the next Christian Bale?

Image Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage.comRumors circulated today that Inception‘s Tom Hardy is in talks to take a pivotal role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. According to Moviefone, Hardy would play Sturges, a vampire mentor to young Abraham Lincoln. (Fox is producing AL: VH and would not comment on Hardy’s involvement in the film.) Combined with his mysterious lead role in Batman 3, Hardy is just a couple of years away from pop culture ubiquity. In fact, if you look at his career track closely, you find a striking array of similarities to his Dark Knight Rises co-star, Christian Bale.

Both Bale and Hardy were talented young actors who had an embarrassing (and potentially career-killing) role in a box office bomb in their younger days. Hardy played Captain Picard’s Romulan clone in Star Trek: Nemesis (which is actually better than its reputation), and Christian Bale played a singin’, dancin’, unionizin’ newsboy in Newsies (which is actually worse than its reputation). Both of them came back into prominence after playing jacked-up psychopaths (Bale in American Psycho, Hardy in Bronson.) They’re both totally Frolan (Friends of Chris Nolan). If you count Hardy stepping in for Mel Gibson in Mad Max 4, which is still set to film someday, then both actors have lead roles in post-apocalyptic reboot-fourquels. (Bale’s post-apocalyptic project being 2009's Terminator Salvation.) Ow, my brain!

PopWatchers, do you think Tom Hardy’s 2012 will look like Christian Bale’s 2005? Would you like to see him in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, or should he be looking for artier fare to offset his expanding Nolanography?

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EW review: Bronson
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'Hobbit' Money Sought As MGM Files For Bankruptcy - NPR

LOS ANGELES November 3, 2010, 07:55 pm ET

Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the home of James Bond, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a plan that had the backing of its lenders and put funding of its half of "The Hobbit" back on track.

The "prepackaged" bankruptcy plan, more than a year in the making, should go quickly. MGM is to restructure and be managed by the co-CEOS of Spyglass Entertainment.

MGM lenders will trade about $4 billion in debt for stock in the new company, valued at around $2 billion.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn was involved in the run-up to the filing, first backing a rival takeover attempt by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., then throwing his weight behind Spyglass last week.

The company said in a statement that "certain immaterial modifications" convinced Icahn, a holder of a significant amount of MGM debt, to back the plan. Debt holders such as Icahn, Anchorage Advisors and Highland Capital Management are now set to take over the studio and equity owners such as Sony Corp. and Comcast Corp. will have their stakes wiped out.

The changes included allowing Icahn to appoint one member of the nine-member board, on which Spyglass' co-CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum would also get one seat each.

The modified deal excludes 15 films from the Spyglass movie library such as "Seabiscuit." As a result, the stake of Spyglass's co-CEOs in MGM will fall from the originally proposed 4.7 percent to significantly less, said a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. Instead, future projects that Spyglass is developing will be included in the merger, the person said.

"I am pleased that we were able to obtain an agreement to make changes to the MGM prepackaged plan that allows me to support it and enables the company to avoid a potentially costly and disruptive bankruptcy process," Icahn said in a statement.

In the bankruptcy court filings, MGM sought approval to spend up to $125 million from its accounts on operations over the next 15 weeks.

MGM plans to retain its $40 million investment in "The Hobbit," the two-part prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and have a lender cover the remainder of its half of the project in exchange for fees, the filing said.

"The Hobbit" is being directed by Peter Jackson and is half-owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. The two movies, being shot back-to-back, have a budget between $530 million and $550 million, and MGM is responsible for half that, the filing said.

MGM said in its statement that the company expects to raise $500 million after emerging from bankruptcy to fund new films and TV shows.

"MGM is emerging from one of the most challenging periods of its storied history," Birnbaum and Barber said in a statement. "We are honored and inspired at the prospect of leading one of Hollywood's most iconic studios into its next generation."

MGM, founded in 1924, is known for such classics as "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind." It has been bought and sold countless times.

The latest ownership change took place in 2005, when a consortium of private equity groups plus Sony and Comcast bought MGM for $5 billion from a group including billionaire Kirk Kerkorian — his third sale of the studio.

But the debt load was too heavy, DVD sales declined and it only had a handful of hits including "Valkyrie," the World War II action movie starring Tom Cruise that was made by MGM subsidiary United Artists.

Last year, MGM cut a deal to stop making interest payments as its financial troubles loomed.

Time Warner offered $1.5 billion in cash to take over the studio. Lions Gate's merger plan valued the studio at about $1.8 billion.

Last week, Lions Gate sued Icahn, its biggest shareholder, for opposing its merger bid then backing it after he had bought a large amount of MGM debt, alleging he deceived other shareholders to maximize his gains.

After exiting bankruptcy, MGM will entertain offers that could contribute to its long-term success, the person said.

Third-quarter earnings bolster company's contention that it is more profitable since restructuring.

GM, which is preparing for an initial stock offering later this month, saw sales rise 3.5 percent.

Almost 48 percent voted to join the union, but that was short of the needed majority.

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TV recaps: 'DWTS' and more

It's getting difficult to keep coming up with superlatives for this sophomore-season drama.

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