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Mariah has left the building.
What was speculated heavily over the last few days finally turned official: Mariah Carey is vacating her judge seat on “American Idol” to get ready to go on another world tour.

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Mariah has left the building.
What was speculated heavily over the last few days finally turned official: Mariah Carey is vacating her judge seat on “American Idol” to get ready to go on another world tour.

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Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports today that Oscar winner Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”) has been cast opposite Matt Dillon on FOX’ upcoming event series “Wayward Pines” from M. Night Shyamalan.

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At the FOX upfront presentation. the network showed the official trailers for its upcoming fall lineup of new dramas and comedies.
Here they are, after the jump!

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It’s official now, dammit!
FOX has signed Kiefer Sutherland on to return to “24″, which is now officially a go for a limited run in May 2014.
The network will make the formal announcement at its upfront presentation later today, Deadline reports. “24: Live Another Day”, as it is called, will consist of 12 episodes.

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In addition to announcing its fall schedule a few minutes ago, FOX has buried something else in that press release that should not be overlooked.
The network has picked up “Wayward Pines” to series, from M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) and starring Matt Dillon.
Formerly known as “Blake Crouch Pines”, the show sounds a bit like a mix between “Twin Peaks” and short-lived ABC series “Happy Town”, thematically.
But read for yourself.

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Next in line to unveil its fall schedule for the 2013-2014 season is FOX.
And here is the list.
FOX 2013-2014 SCHEDULE
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (fall) / ALMOST HUMAN (new; late fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (new; fall) / THE FOLLOWING (midseason)
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM DADS (new)
8:30-9:00 PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (new)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT
WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM THE X FACTOR (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL (midseason)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE X FACTOR Results (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (fall) / RAKE (new; midseason)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JUNIOR MASTERCHEF (wt) (new; fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW encores (fall)
Late Fall:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (late fall)
9:00-9:30 PM RAISING HOPE (late fall)
9:30-10:00 PM ENLISTED (new; late fall)
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall)
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT (fall)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD

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If the transition from TV to the Big Screen gets into a road block, just turn back.
This is apparently what FOX is currently thinking.
Barely an hour after the network has canceled its struggling drama “Touch”, we might have just found another reason why – aside from the abysmal ratings it got.
FOX is currently in talks with lead actor Kiefer Sutherland to return to his signature role of Jack Bauer for a limited series approach to “24”, according to Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva.
FOX has made its pickups for next season.
The network has ordered drama projects “Sleepy Hollow”, starring British actor Tom Mison, as well as “Almost Human” from “Fringe” creators J.H Wyman and J.J. Abrams and starring Karl Urban, Michael Ealy and Lilly Taylor. Then there’s “Gang Related”, starring Ramon Rodriguez and Terry O’Quinn, and “Rake”, starring Greg Kinnear, which is eyed for midseason.
Additionally, four comedies got their pickups, them being “Surviving Jack”, starring Chris Meloni, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, toplined by Andy Samberg, “Enlisted” with “The Finder”’s Geoff Stults, and “Us & Them”, starring Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel. The fifth new comedy for fall is previously ordered “Dads”.
The other drama pilots, including “Delirium”, starring Emma Roberts, “Boomerang”, starring Felicity Huffman and Anthony LaPaglia, as well as “The List” with Michael Pena are officially dead, as well as comedies “Assistant”, “Two Wrongs” and “The Gabriels”.
FOX has announced in a press release that it has given early renewals to “The Following” and “New Girl”, as well as “Raising Hope” and “The Mindy Project”.

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And we’re back with more from the renewal front.
In lieu of its TCA presentation today, FOX has announced today that it has ordered a ninth season of its long-running crime drama “Bones”.

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It all comes down to two last hours.
FOX has announced today that the series finale for its sci-fi drama “Fringe” will be airing on Friday, January 18, at 8 PM ET/PT.
The finale will be two hours, and it will contain the show’s 100th episode.
Winter is coming, and once it’s here, it won’t be long until various new and returning shows grace our TV screens again.
FOX has announced its winter premiere dates for three of its series. They are as follows:
Here’s proof that this Arrow has just hit bullseye.
The CW has, not very surprisingly after the ratings it got, picked up its freshman drama “Arrow” for a full season of 22 episodes, per TVLine’s Michael Ausiello.

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FOX has just announced that it has ordered a third season of its singing competition show “X Factor”.
Here are some statements:

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Several new and returning shows have just seen their respective seasons getting an expansion.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that ABC has picked up two additional episodes of medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, as well as comedies “Modern Family” and “The Middle”. Additionally, the Alphabet has extended the current fifth season of “Castle” by one episode.

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Several series have had are having a pretty good Monday.
FOX has announced that it has officially ordered a full season for its freshman comedy “The Mindy Project” and almost a full season, at least so far, for “Ben and Kate”.

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FOX’ fall schedule is now officially out of “Touch”.
The network has announced in a press release that it has shifted its scheduled premiere of the second season of the Kiefer Sutherland drama “Touch” from October to midseason – January, to be as exact as possible, because the specific time slot remains TBD.

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Revenge is a dish best served… by Michael Trucco.
The former “Battlestar Galactica” alum has been added to the cast of ABC’s “Revenge” for a recurring role, according to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello.

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Time for another big casting update.
- Per EW’s Tim Stack, veteran actor F. Murray Abraham (“Amadeus”, “The Name of the Rose”) has been added to the cast of Showtime’s upcoming second season of “Homeland”, where he’ll play the heavily recurring role of Dar Adul, “a brilliant intelligence operative in his 60-70’s. He has worked all over the world for the Special Activities Division of the CIA.”