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"I can't stand Gossip Girl this season! The storylines are boring, the chemistry is gone and even Chuck and Blair have lost their edge. Help! Is there any hope or should I stop watching?"

This email just in from Natalie in Portland, Ore., and Natalie, we have a sweet little Thanksgiving gift for you: It is getting good again. Hands off the delete button on your DVR!

It seems many of you fans aren't feeling the same love for the Upper East Siders this year, and sources close to the series tell me the creative powers behind it are well aware.

"The producers had sort of a come-to-Jesus meeting where they realized the show was off track and decided to set it right," one insider who works on GG tells me. "They're bringing back the OMG."

So how will they do it? And what major storyline was I—confession time!—dead wrong about?

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Attention astronauts: If you see a huge beam of light coming from somewhere near Donny Osmond's house in Utah, be not afraid.

"I'm probably putting it on top of my house with a spotlight on it for all the world to see," Donny told us tonight of his shiny new disco ball trophy.

We hung out backstage after tonight's live season finale of Dancing with the Stars, where Donny was crowned the winner and was downright giddy.

"I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy right now!" he sang out. "I'm on cloud nine!"

And he wasn't the only one beaming...

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Glee: Jenna Ushkowitz can sing! In tomorrow night's episode of Glee, the stutterer fibber you fans know as Tina will finally get her first solo, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors," which is already making its way around the Internets, and we can't stop listening to it this morning. (Hear it above, and don't tell our bosses.) The episode also will feature Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious," John Lennon's "Imagine" and a cast mashup of Broadway's "Hair" with Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love." Anyone else hoping the last one is sung by Artie and Tina? In a hot tub?

Fringe: Our inside sources confirm that Fringe will be put on a temporary hiatus for seven weeks beginning Feb. 11. In its place, Fox will air the midseason drama Past Life.

The Good Wife: And you'll never guess which awesome E! comedian extraordinaire is stopping by CBS' The Good Wife to rattle Juliana Margulies' children!

OK, you can probably guess from that headline up there, but click in for a sneak peek of Chelsea's episode; plus, Aimee Teegarden on Legend of the Seeker and Mr. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Freddie Prinze Jr.) on 24...

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Question: If nearly every fan out there thinks you're going to be killed off of a hit television show, what do you do?

You talk to E! about it, naturally!

At least, that's what Kyle MacLachlan chose to do after rumors started swirling that he will be the "fan favorite" who will die in a fiery plane crash on Desperate Housewives.

So is his character Orson (Mr. Marcia Cross) going six feet under? We already reported that—Spoiler Alert!—he and Bree (Marcia) will be trapped inside their house. Hmmm...

Oh, and what's the latest on Glee and Gossip Girl?

Could Betty (America Ferrera) be pregnant?

And seriously, what the bejeezus is up with Lost?

We have it all in the latest roundup of exclusive TV scoop...

Frankie in Atlanta: I've figured it out. It's Orson who is going to die on Desperate Housewives, right?

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Looks like the Cox-Arquette family is moving past the "family matter" that temporarily halted production on Courteney's new ABC comedy, Cougar Town.

A source close to the series just told us:

"We were down last Friday and are on a scheduled hiatus this week. We'll resume production on Monday."

Another source reveals that Courteney's husband, David Arquette, is still working...

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Chuck: The new Chuck promos (one above; three below) have us so amped about the new season, starting Jan. 10, we have to share some exclusive scoop: Spoiler alert! Smallville's Kristin Kreuk will be smooching the Chuckster, Brandon Routh will be smooching Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Morgan (Josh Gomez) and Anna (Julia Ling) will be no more. But despite all that, there still will be plenty to make you fans happy, including evil Angie Harmon and general asskickery (see promos below)...

Vampire Diaries: James Remar sure knows how to spawn hot sociopaths! Dexter's daddy (who recently spilled some scandalous Trinity scoop) is coming to Vampire Diaries to play Stefan and Damon's father. Remar reveals his character is an aristocrat from the Civil War era, and he'll be on for more than one episode.

So You Think You Can Dance With the Stars: SYTYCD judge Mary Murphy and DWTS' Edyta Sliwinska and Alec Mazo will join the cast of Broadway's Burn the Floor on Jan. 12.

Margo in Vail, Colo.: I read that something happened with Courteney Cox that shut down the set of Cougar Town. What's the latest?

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Jenna Fischer is hot. We know it. Jim knows it. Roy knew it. And now, apparently Us Weekly knows it cause the mag honored her last night in Hollywood as one of the chosen few for their Hot List. And even better for you Office fans, she gave us some juicy little insight on when Pam's gonna pop and what's up with the "new Jim and Pam."

Also there? Joel McHale and the Glee star who may or may not be his distant cousin.

[Not there? The lovely Eliza Dushku, who left the scene after security wouldn't let her inside the party without the appropriate wristband. Way to kick her when she's down from Dollhouse's cancellation, Us Weekly!]

So what did we learn from Jenna, Joel and Joel's cousin? For starters, that "Jam" baby is going to be here soon?

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Ladies and gentlemen (and gentlemen who sleep with two ladies), Hilary Duff has left the building!

That's what I'm hearing from Gossip Girl sources, that the Duffster (Olivia) is no longer a part of the CW series and there are no plans for her to return this season.

Will she be missed? The jury's still out.

So now that things have gotten all messy on Gossip Girl thanks to that two-week-long threesome (talk about a workout!), what will happen next?

Are Nate and Serena really on?

Who's gonna be smooching Dan?

And what does Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) have to dish about filming the threesome with Hilary and Penn Badgley?

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Ain't no party like a Melrose party!

And according to my sources, that is precisely what we'll get a little later this season on the CW's Melrose Place, as not one, not two, not three but four alums from the original series will convene on the famous complex to party down.

Clearly, Heather Locklear is one of them, as she made her triumphant and bitchtastic return tonight. (Can that girl still rock a miniskirt or what?) And according to sources, Locklear will appear in all but one of the remaining episodes of Melrose's first season (there are 18 total).

I'm told Heather will be joined by three other Melrose Place alums in the 16th episode...

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Chris Gorham just twittered an hour ago that he's back on the set of Ugly Betty and that "Ana Ortiz's baby is beautiful."

This makes us worry.

Not because of the baby comment (we've seen Ana's Paloma; she's a living angel!), but because of what sources have been spilling about Betty's fate: That the end may be near and Betty's ghosts of suitors past are circling.

Although Gorham himself has clarified via Twitter, "I'm not back on Ugly Betty. Just dropped by to visit my friends," according to sources, he may be very soon...

Inside sources tell me that ABC has been working on ways to try to save Ugly Betty (including the possibility of moving it to Wednesdays, as previously reported); however, if ratings don't improve by mid spring, it's likely that Betty will be canceled in May.

To that end, one well-placed Betty mole tells me: "The writers have accepted that this season may be the last and are brainstorming endings now, just in case. The big question is: Who will Betty end up with? The writers room is deeply divided."

I'm told it's down to three contenders, and they are...

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Kate Gosselin wishes she could have put a doggy shock collar on Jon to keep him at home.

OK, she's half-kidding (we think), but this is just one of the things we'll learn tonight, as TLC brings back Jon & Kate Plus 8 with two back-to-back episodes.

In the first, life seems sorta kinda normal as Kate takes the kids to gymnastics class and Jon takes them to a baseball game. In the second, Kate shows us never-before-seen footage from the previous season, including the aforementioned dog-collar jab, Kate accusing Jon of some bad parenting (see clip above) and the celebration of the Gosselin's 10th wedding anniversary.

According to TLC: "Viewers get the chance to see what wound up on the cutting room floor." [Editor's note: That is, their marriage.]

Sorry, but we're just starting to find this show (which we loved before all the real-life drama) too sad to stomach.

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Paging Taylor Swift: Mystic Falls is calling you!

Or more precisely, Kevin Williamson. The man behind the CW's addictive new series Vampire Diaries reveals that he has approached Taylor to guest star on the series as a...wait for it...vampire. What would her vampalicious secret boyfriend say?

Though no deal has been struck, and Kevin fears she's "too big for Vampire Diaries now," the writer-producer is still hoping something will work out.

"I'm desperate to have [Swift] come play a vampire," Williamson says. "Wouldn't she make an amazing Kirsten Dunst circa Interview With the Vampire type? Oh my god, I cannot tell you how hard I'm trying to get her—I would kill to have her on the show!"

Turns out it would take a lot less than murder to get another certain pretty face who's dying to get back on the show...

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