Scoop on Brothers & Sisters, The Closer, House, Bones and More

Question: You can tell me your hush-hush Brothers & Sisters news. I can keep a secret.— Lindsay
Ausiello: OK, but I have to be a little cryptic about it, so dust off your thinking cap. (Spoiler alert) According to extremely reliable sources, there is a huge story coming up this season involving half siblings Rebecca and Justin. Coincidentally, I hear producers are well aware that there is palpable chemistry between Emily VanCamp and David Annable. Them's the dots. Get busy connecting 'em.
Question: Please tell me Dave Annable is not leaving Brothers & Sisters!— Sandra Oku
Ausiello: Dave Annable is not leaving Brothers & Sisters. But someone else is. And he's a series regular. Well, he was a series regular.
Question: So, where did you land on this year's Sexiest Vegetarians competition? I voted for you many times.— Joann
Ausiello: Yeah, well, all your hard work was for naught. The results were released yesterday and I finished fourth behind Kevin Eubanks, Milo Ventimiglia and Joaquin Phoenix. At the risk of sounding like a sore loser, Eubanks only won because of Jay Leno's endless Tonight Show plugs. I could've easily gone that route with my vast media empire, but, honestly, that kind of shameless shilling is beneath my dignity.
Question: Give me some Closer scoop!— Melissa
Ausiello: The July 9 episode not only runs 10 minutes long, but it features a mini Bones reunion. Jonathan Adams, who played Dr. Goodman back in Season 1 of Bones, appears as the father of a missing girl. Meanwhile, Heath Freeman (aka Booth and Bones' nemesis Howard Epps) guests as the prime suspect.
Question: There's been a lack of House spoilers lately. Think you can give me a tiny glimpse into Season 4?— Sara
Ausiello: New details are emerging about the four new underlings joining House's crew who I first told you about last week. Of the two women, one is described as being in her thirties and "mysterious," while the other is in her twenties and a "real go-getter." The dudes, meanwhile, consist of a plastic surgeon in his thirties and a possibly single dad in his early forties. Also, two of the characters will be on for multi-episode arcs, and the other two will stick around as series regulars.
Question: I am counting down the days till I get My Boys back. Got any scoopage to get me through the next few weeks?— Diane
Ausiello: The first three episodes are chock-full of fun cameos. In the July 30 season premiere, Kenneth the Page (aka 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer) stops by. The following week, Felicity's Ian Gomez guests. And on Aug. 6, Scrubs' Travis Schuldt plays a new Cubs pitcher with eyes for P.J. And remember that girlfriend of Kenny's I mentioned a few weeks back? Well, she's played by the fraktabulous Nicole Sullivan.
Question: I'm going to steal my husband's glory. He claims to have figured out your Dexter asterisk quiz from last week. Is Dexter's new nickname the "Bay Harbor Butcher"? He thinks he's so smart, but I'm pretty sure he's wrong.— Karen
Ausiello: That noise you hear is Karen's husband doing the "Told Ya So" dance.
Question: Any idea when Dexter will be available on DVD?— Claire
Ausiello: Aug. 21.
Question: Got any juicy Law & Order: SVU scoop yet, my good-natured soy-burger friend?— Katie RH
Ausiello: I hear this coming season is going to be, um, explosive.
Question: Do you have any scoop at all about SVU?— Me
Ausiello: Actually, I've got two scoops, both of the casting variety. Onetime WB witch Melissa Joan Hart has booked a November-sweeps guest spot as a teacher accused of raping one of her students. Who's the lucky pupil, you ask? None other than Beaver Casablancas himself, Kyle Gallner.
Question: Have you tried Snapple's Diet Plum-A-Granate? You will never drink Diet Raspberry again. Trust me, that tip is worth scoop on Men in Trees.— Martin
Ausiello: Sorry, DRS and I have a good thing going. I'm not about to screw it up. But your heart's in the right place, so here's some MIT scoop: They're adding a new thirty-something female for an extended arc. Little is known about the character except that she's a scientist.
Question: I've been thinking, and I know who should be the next cohost on The View: you! You're witty, seem to be smart, and aren't too bad on the eyes!— Michelle
Ausiello: I certainly couldn't be any worse than that cuckoo-for-Cocoa-Puffs Ann Coulter-wannabe Star Parker they had on last week.
Question: What did you think of Evan Almighty?— Amber
Ausiello: Haven't seen it, and I have no plans to. Despite what you may've heard, my devotion to Lauren Graham does have its limits.
Question: When is the Gilmore Girls contest you've been promising gonna be here? I am dying for anything Gilmore!— Joey
Ausiello: We're looking at launching it sometime the week of July 9, but you won’t have to wait until then to find out what you'll be playing for. In what can only be described as a major coup for my fledgling little show, the mysterious Gilmore prop(s) will be unveiled exclusively on next week's Ausiello Report vodcast. In the meantime, keep those guesses coming!
Question: My guess on the Gilmore Girls prop: The front-desk bell at the Dragonfly Inn?— Missy Jr.
Ausiello: Anyone got a sweater I can borrow? I feel a draft.
Question: Is it the fireplace from the Dragonfly?— Rachael F.
Ausiello: Make that a parka — it's friggin' freezing in here!
Question: I bet it's the golf cart.— Angela
Ausiello: Can't. Feel. My. Fingers. Please. Help.
Question: An official Dragonfly pen!— Cathie Flynn
Ausiello: Aaaah… warmth.
Question: I'm going to guess a Dragonfly Inn job application.— Valerie
Ausiello: I'm feelin' hot, hot, hot!
Question: Dragonfly Inn towels? Memo pad? Telephone? How many guesses do we get?— Kevin Schultz
Ausiello: I'm melting! I'm melting!
Question: Isaiah is leveling some serious accusations against T.R. Knight. — Hanna
Ausiello: He sure is. You know, say what you want about Mr. Washington, but the man is a highly entertaining interview. I, for one, can't wait for Monday's Larry King Live.
Question: Do you have any scoop on the upcoming season of Big Brother 8 you'd like to share?— Josh
Ausiello: Nah.
Question: How much longer are you going to keep the poll going before you declare Bones or Supernatural the winner? All this cheating is exhausting!— Susanne
Ausiello: The poll closed a few hours ago and TVGuide.com is projecting Bones the victor by a razor-thin three-percent margin. Factoring in the three-percent margin of error for low-down dirty cheaters, and we essentially have ourselves a tie. Bottom line: There's more Bones and Supernatural coverage coming your way! (In related news, I'm currently taking applications for Bones and Supernatural moles. Interested parties should contact me at ask_ausiello@tvguide.com)
Question: I read Ask Ausiello every Wednesday hoping that there will be a slight mention of Bones. And every week nothing! Disappointment? I think yes!— Jennifer Lynn
Ausiello: We're going to meet Zack's potential replacement in the season premiere. His name is Clark Edison and he gets mixed reviews from the team. Angela refuses to acknowledge his existence, Booth digs him, and Brennan, well, she's too busy fretting about the potential impact his hiring could have on her relationship with Booth to judge him fairly. Meanwhile, Angela hires a private detective to track down her Fijian husband.
Question: Any news on Criminal Minds' new season?— Diane
Ausiello: The season premiere will be icky even by this show's standards. It revolves around a serial killer who uses his innocent 7-year-old son as bait to trap his female prey.
Question: Please give me some scoop on Numbers.— Heather
Ausiello: All I got is what I reported in my blog last week: Peter MacNicol's returning full-time next season.
Question: Got any CSI: Miami scoop?— Jackie
Ausiello: Yes, and I'm prefacing it with a big ol' spoiler alert: My Miami mole reports that early in the season Horatio will discover a branch of his family tree that he never knew existed.
Question: Did Jill share any of her Veronica Mars antidepressants with you? Can you pass some on to me as well? If not, any word on whether Rob Thomas will continue the story in another form, like a graphic novel or a movie or anything?— Famin
Ausiello: She did share some of her special pills with me, and my friends say they already see an improvement. Thanks for asking. Regarding VM, Rob Thomas is knee-deep in his new role as show-runner of ABC's Miss/Guided, so plans to continue VM via DC Comics are a ways off. "Running a new show is more than a full-time job," Rob tells me. "I only want to do the DC thing if I'm writing it, so it may take a while."
Question: How could I audition for the role of Supergirl on Smallville?— Layne Bedenbaugh
Ausiello: For the love of god, people, this is Ask Ausiello not Central frakkin' Casting! That said, we currently have an offer out to a B-list actress. Feel free to check back later this week.
Question: I know you hate this show, but I was wondering if you had any scoop, any scoop at all, on John from Cincinnati.— MelanieJo
Ausiello: More quirky stuff will happen that makes no sense to anyone but David Milch.
Question: So who was missing from last week's Heroes press conference?— Adam
Ausiello: Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah) was absent, but producers had already denied that he was leaving the show. James Kyson Lee wasn't there either, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything since he technically isn't a series regular. That leads me to believe that the exiting Hero actually attended the powwow just to throw us off the scent. And in my book, that's called playing dirty. THIS JUST IN: AA reader Brian Lewis informs me that Noah was at the press conference. It was Leonard Roberts (DL) who was MIA. In my defense, I was going off the call sheet.
Question: Is your blind item about the whacked-out Sopranos fan Chris Carter, by any chance?— Dan
Ausiello: Nope, guess again.
Question: Judging by last week's AA, it's quite clear you and Sukanya do not have a good eye on creativity, originality and blatantly good TV when you bash John from Cincinnati. Get over your Deadwood cancellation woes and come to the realization that it's never coming back.— Chris
Ausiello: You can't make me.
Question: Kevin Eubanks won? What? I think you should demand a recount.— Garrett
Ausiello: My legal team is en route to PETA's Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters armed with a subpoena. My advice to Eubanks: Hold off on that victory celebration. This thing ain't over, not by a long shot.