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When last we left our favorite “skitches,” Jenna finally chose (Team Matty vs. Team Jake) and she decided to stay in town for the summer with her beau of choice (Matty), and give her space on the Europe trip to Tamara. We pick up with everyone returning to school. Side note for a moment: Awkward is one of the few shows with high school age students actually GOING to school. I’m kind of amazed by this. But I digress. We learn that Jenna and Matty have basically spent the summer doing a whole lot of making out. Tamara and Jake also seem to have done a whole lot of making out over the summer in Europe, but are still working on the whole DTR situation. But Jenna has been in her own world this summer with Matty, and she has to work to get her friendship back up to speed with Tamara and Ming. And our favorite bitch Sadie is going through a crisis of her own at the beginning of the season. There’s lots of speculation as to what the crisis could be, but I’ll let you watch and find out.

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On March 19, 2013 several members of the cast and creative team behind Game of Thrones gathered in Hollywood for the TV Academy’s Evening with Game of Thrones celebrating the upcoming premiere of Season 3. I had the opportunity to chat with a few of the Starks (and one wonderful Lannister who shared some wise words about Joffrey). Check out below for scoop on Season 3!

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Noah Werner has been through the ringer on this season of Suburgatory. He realized that he is not compatible with his wife, falls in love with his housekeeper Carmen (and is then rejected by her in an amazing, hilarious, heartbreaking way), and tonight, he is moving out of the house with baby Opus into a fancy hotel. But like so many things in Chatswin, things aren’t going to go as planned. I recently had the chance to chat with Alan Tudyk, who has played such a fascinating, wide variety of characters, about what he loves about Noah, moving in with George, and some friendly on and off set dieting competition with his co-star Jeremy Sisto. Don’t worry, it’s just because they are both stripping down to their speedos to compete for the coveted December spot in the Men of Chatswin calendar in next week’s episode.

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If you haven’t watched Dance Academy, I truly question your taste in television. My Senior Writer, Sarah and I wrote a love letter to Dance Academy last year (check it out here) and we are legitimately waiting with baited breath for season three. Dance Academy is an Australian show that centers around the students attending the fictional National Academy of Dance. But the show is about so much more than that. It is heartwarming, heartbreaking and full of all the teen drama your heart desires. I had the chance to chat with my favorite Dance Academy cast member, Dena Kaplan, who plays Abigail. Abigail is the resident perfectionist, troublemaker, and thorn in everyone’s side. At the end of last season (and don’t keep reading if you have not watched season two, seriously stop right now), it looked like Abigail and Sammy were going to reconcile. And then we all tragically lost Sammy (moment of silence, DA fans), and everyone’s life was turned around. Dena talked about this incredible loss, playing the bitch while keeping her grounded, growing up in the real life version of Dance Academy and lots more. I have a lot of great scoop about season three, but that will be published closer to the premiere.

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Suburgatory is a comedy tour de force. While I feel it can sometimes get overshadowed by its Wednesday night neighbor Modern Family, Suburgatory is hilarious, quirky and truly unique. Tessa has finally started to feel at home in Chatswin this season (a NYC suburb), with her solid group of friends and new (unexpected) boyfriend. Meanwhile, her dad, George has finally gotten serious with Dallas, despite their very different backgrounds. I recently had the chance to talk to Jeremy Sisto (who won our hearts over in “Clueless” and now plays George) who teased a big hip hop performance, a shift in the Tessa and George relationship and George’s new parental role with Dalia.

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I am a big Hitchock fan. “The Man Who Knew Too Much” is one of my favorite movies, and I am a fan of how cleverly creepy Hitchock always manages to be. So I was obviously intrigued by A&E’s new show “Bates Motel,” which is a modern day story of Norman Bates in his teenage years. Freddy Highmore plays a appropriately disturbed Norman Bates, who is starting to show signs of major psychological problems. Vera Farmiga plays a rather put together on the outside, but completely insane on the inside, Norma Bates. Add to the equation a half brother, Dylan Massett, played by Max Theiriot (who was not in the movie). Dylan despises his mother, but ends up back home because he has nowhere else to go.

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On Thursday, March 7, 2013, a few hundred TV fans joined together at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills to cry over how amazing Parenthood is. No seriously, NBC passed out Kleenex packs as we entered the building that read “We need never be ashamed of our tears”; it’s a Charles Dickens quote, but it’s also the most apt description of the Parenthood viewing experience I’ve ever read. Check out the list below for 10 things we learned from the panel!

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If you choose to watch one new network drama this season, let it be The Following. I know, I know, you have piles of shows building up on your DVR that you haven’t gotten around to, but trust me on this one. The Following is clever, intelligent, twisted, creepy and quite brilliant. Kevin Bacon stars as Ryan Hardy, a former FBI agent with a pretty crazy history. He caught Joe Carroll, a professor/serial killer/Edgar Allan Poe worshipper and put him behind bars. But years later, Carroll is thrust back into the picture because he has created a cult (or a following) based on his vendetta/beliefs/you name it. I recently had the chance to talk to Kevin Bacon at Comic Con in San Diego, where I proudly achieved 0 degrees of Kevin Bacon. He talked about what attracted him to television, playing a flawed hero and much more.

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In honor of the winter premiere of season two, the cast and creator of Suits gathered for a screening and Q&A on January 14th at the Paley Center in LA. I had the opportunity to chat with Meghan Markle about Rachel’s dad, her heartbreaking moment with Mike at the end of last season, and if she’s rooting for Rachel to go to Harvard Law. Check it out below.

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The Carrie Diaries premieres tonight on the CW and I think you should check it out. Drop your preconceptions, forget about where Carrie ends up on Sex and the City (and seriously try and forget the second movie debacle) and tune in. The Carrie Diaries, based on the prequel book by Candace Bushnell, covers Carrie’s life as a high school student. In the pilot, she takes an internship at the city, which propels her into a brand new life. We also meet her friends (before Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte). There’s Mouse: the shy, loyal and super sweet one, Walt, who is going through some sexuality questions and Maggie, who is dating Walt but maybe not just Walt. And then like any good drama, Carrie has her frenemies, mainly Donna LaDonna. There’s also her love interest who happens to be the new guy in school, Sebastian Kydd. We also meet her sister, Dorrit, who is a little rebellious and taking the loss of her mom pretty hard. I recently had the chance to catch up with some of the cast on the red carpet for their big premiere. They had a lot to say about why you should tune into the show, their characters’ journeys and filming in New York City.

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