Coming off his big win at the Emmys, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston got some more good news.

Cranston is scheduled to host an episode of Saturday Night Live next season. His hosting duties will take place on October 2nd.

The 3 time Emmy Winner is known right now for his dramatic role on Breaking Bad, however we also know his comedy past. Cranston was the star of Malcolm in the Middle for years. He also had recurring roles on Seinfeld, King of Queens, and How I Met your Mother.

What do you all think?

Here’s what’s on TV tonight on this Thursday night.

• Big Brother 12
• CSI (Repeat)
• The Mentalist (Repeat)
• Wipeout (Repeat)
• Rookie Blue
• NightlinePrime: Secrets of Your Mind
• Bones (Repeat)
• Fringe (Repeat)
• Community (Repeat)
• 30 Rock (Repeat)
• The Office (Repeat)
• Law & Order: SVU (Repeat)
• Vampire Diaries (Repeat)
• 90210 (Repeat)
• The Squad: Prison Police
• Futurama – 100^th Episode
• Project Runaway
• Jersey Shore
• American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior
• BBQ Pitmasters
• TNA Impact

The much-talked about zombie-themed show just got a boost of confidence from their network.

According to reports, AMC has officially renewed The Walking Dead for a second season, before even debuting.

The first season of The Walking Dead is scheduled to premiere on October 31st on AMC. They will be airing six episodes.

The second season, which will begin production in February of 2011, will have a full season order of 13 episodes.

If you haven’t seen the trailer for The Walking Dead, check it out.

It’s the show that instantly became one of the most talked about on TV.

Now entering its second season, Glee will make its return and try to continue its success.

Here’s your first look at the newest Glee season two promo, set to Jaz-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind”.

Via: Vulture Blog

After a shocking defeat at the Emmys, The Amazing Race is geared now more than ever to put on a show.

Today, The Amazing Race revealed the contestants who will be racing around the world for the seventeenth season of the reality-show.

Here are the contestants:

• – Miss Kentucky 2009 Mallory Ervin, competing with her father Gary
• Jewelry Television host and Miss Oregon 2004 Brook Roberts, teamed with fellow TV host Claire Champlin
• Internet comedian Kevin Wu (aka, KevJumba on YouTube) and his father Michael
• Princeton a cappella singers Connor Diemand-Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz
• Birth mother and daughter Andie DeKroon and Katie Seamon, who were recently reunited after the mother gave her newborn daughter up for adoption over 20 years ago
• Bartender Nick DeCarlo and and his girlfriend, hairstylist Vicki Casciola
• Director/choreographer Ron Kellum and best friend, Tony Stovall, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona
• New couple Chad Waltrip, an operations manager, and Stephanie Smith, a hairstylist.
• Drs. Nat Strand and Kat Chang
• Hairstylist Jill Haney and her boyfriend Thomas Wolfard, an ad sales director
• Beach volleyball partners Katie Seamon and Rachel Johnston

The Amazing Race premieres its 17th Season on September 26th on CBS and CTV.

We know Conan O’Brien is back. We know he’ll be on TBS (and CTV in Canada). We know the time. We know everything for his big return.

Except one thing….what will he call his show?

Well folks, Conan O’Brien made the announcement himself. The name of his new TBS show will be……..

Conan debuts on TBS on November 8th, 2010.

Last season of Grey’s Anatomy ended with a bloody shooting at Seattle Grace.

So how will the season seven start? I can tell you that the story will skip to months after the shooting. But people are still copping with the traumatic event.

How are some people coping? Well… stop reading if you don’t want to be spoiled.

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During the seventh season premiere, a couple will not only get engaged, but they’ll be getting married. And not just the stupid “post-it” wedding.

The (happy?) couple will be Cristina and Owen.

Will the walk down the aisle go more smoothly than the last for Cristina? Are they rushing it? Weigh in in the comment section.

The Emmys awarded TV’s best last Sunday during its live-broadcast on NBC and CTV.

But today, The Gemini Awards has released their nominations, to award the best in Canadian television.

Leading the way this year is Flashpoint, who earned an impressive 15 nominations. The police-drama is one of several series airing in both Canada and the U.S.

Other nominees include the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Bloodletting And Miraculous Cures, Guns, Stargate Universe,  The Summit, Less Than Kind and Love, Hate and Propaganda.

You can watch The Gemini Awards on Global TV and Showcase on November 13th. This will be the 25th edition of The Gemini Awards.

For the complete list of nominations, please visit www.geminiawards.ca.

Names have been rumored for weeks now, but tonight the rumors end

Dancing with the Stars has officially announced the cast for Season 11. Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke made the official announcement during an episode of Bachelor Pad.

Here are the stars dancing this season:

• Bristol Palin – daughter of Sarah Palin
• Audrina Patridge – reality star, “The Hills”
• Florence Henderson – actress, “The Brady Bunch”
• Brandy – actress, R&B singer
• Jennifer Grey – actress, “Dirty Dancing”
• Margaret Cho – comedian, actress “Drop Dead Diva”
• Michael Bolton – singer
• Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino – reality star, “Jersey Shore”
• David Hasselhoff – actor, “Knight Rider”
• Kurt Warner – former NFL player
• Kyle Massey, actor “That’s So Raven”
• Rick Fox – actor, former NBA player

What do you all think? Weigh in in the comment section.

By: Adam Wright

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Criminal Minds will be entering its sixth season on CBS this fall. However over the summer, the crime-drama has made headlines with the departure of A.J. Cook and demotion of Paget Brewster.

I had the opportunity to talk to Criminal Minds Executive Producer Ed Bernero about the new season. What’s in store for season six? Here’s what he had to say.

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Note: Any questions asked specifically about A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster were passed, as they’ve already been addressed.

Adam: Criminal Minds is returning for its sixth season on September 22nd. That’s pretty impressive for a crime-drama, especially with ratings still going strong. How do guys you keep things fresh after this long?

Ed: Our main subject matter is serial crime and there is (unfortunately) a fairly bottomless pit of source material.  That said, all of us on the show, both in front of and behind the camera, continually challenge each other to be fresh and a little different with every story.  To stretch ourselves creatively and not just rely on the scary bad guys/girls. We really believe every episode should be a mini-movie experience for the audience.

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Adam: The great thing about Criminal Minds is that it has bounced-back from a cast-member departing. Mandy Patinkin left the series, and later was replaced by Joe Mantegna. Thankfully the audience welcomed Joe to the series to great response. What do you credit this to, the show bouncing back after a major departure? Not any show can do that.

Ed: Well, first of all, if it’s going to happen to a show, they couldn’t do any better than Joe stepping in.  He’s been amazing addition for the audience as well us everyone at the show.  Secondly, it all goes back to stories.  If the rest of the cast is talented (as ours definitely is), and the stories are compelling, I think cast changes, as disruptive as they are, can eventually be absorbed by the audience.

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Adam: Can we expect a new cast-member to be added sometime this season?

Ed: Yes.  In the 6th season of any show, but especially a police show, the 6th season poses challenges in staying fresh.  One of the reasons is you’ve basically explored a lot of interaction between the members of the team and you really need a fresh face to bounce everyone off of.  Sort of like a new hub for all the characters to react to.  We’re in the process now of trying to conceive a new fit for the team.  They’ll have to be a character that strikes different chords than the team we have, so working on it has been fun (and challenging).

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Adam: During season five, there was two major storylines. The first was Aaron Hotchner?s downward spiral after the death of a loved-one. I have to say Thomas Gibson really raised his game last season. Can we expect more of that in season six?

Ed: We are theming this season “Secrets”.  We’ve devised a secret that each of our characters has that no one knows about.  Some of them are kind of fun, some of them pretty serious.  The sharing (or not) of those secrets will affect the team in some surprising ways.

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Adam: Last season we also saw Derek Morgan step-in as the leader of the team while Hotcher was out. But when he returned, Morgan stepped back down.  Do you think Morgan will have another shot as the boss in the future? He seemed a natural for it.

Ed: Morgan is a tremendously important character for the show.  I agree that he was great in that role (as team leader) but we also really missed him kicking in doors and whipping butt on the bad guys.  I think, for now, he’s going to stay that guy for us.

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Adam: Penelope Garcia (played by Kirsten Vangsness) is an audience favorite, so it was so good to hear that she will be appearing on both Criminal Minds and the new spinoff Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (premiering in midseason). First off, how did that decision come about? And with Vangsness pulling double-duty, that doesn’t mean be seeing less of her on the original, does it?

Ed: The notion of ‘Garcia’ doing both shows was thought of pretty early in the process.  She’s such a fun character and a breath of air when you see her amidst all the grim facts of our stories.  And, no, you won’t see less of her on CM, which is also one of the reasons she was able to do both.

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Adam: Criminal Minds has welcomed some great guest-stars. Can you tell us about the line-up planned for Season Six?

Ed: Well, we’ve only shot three episodes so far but we’ve already had Tim Curry, Gil Bellows and Daniel J. Travanti join our family.  We’re also looking at potentially bringing an American Idol on (in a surprisingly naughty role) as well as a HUGE country singer.

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Adam: From the previous five seasons, what have been your favorite guest-stars / serial killers?

Ed: Favorite?  We’ve loved working with everyone we’ve worked with.  That’s like asking me to choose between my kids!  Seriously, we’ve been very fortunate that there are a lot of exceptionally talented people who want to come and be real bad guys/girls for us.

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Adam: What else can you tell me about season six? Is there one character especially highlighted this season?

Ed: No.  I don’t think so.  As I said, the secrets will have varying degrees of impact but we aren’t going into the season planning on focussing on anyone more than the others.

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Adam: Finally, I ask this to all my interviewees. What have you been watching on TV lately?

Ed: Hmmm… I actually try to watch a little bit of everything.  There is some exceptional work being done on television and I’m proud of everyone working in it today.

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I want to thank Ed for taking time from production to talk with me. You can watch the sixth season premiere of Criminal Minds on CBS and CTV on September 22^nd.