This week on TVHackr, we talked about a Castle casting, more chances to watch Sleepy Hollow, and a return of sorts for Dexter, while the internet touched on Netflix, reboots, and accents.

FOX Picks Dads Up for a Full Season
FOX has ordered a back nine for Dads, meaning that its entire Tuesday comedy lineup (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, The Mindy Project) will have full seasons.

Witches of East End 1.04 “A Few Good Talismen” Recap
While Wendy beds a handsome entomologist in order to procure spell ingredients, Joanna has another encounter with the shifter and Freya gets closer to Dash’s mother Penelope.

Lifetime Renews Drop Dead Diva
Lifetime has renewed Drop Dead Diva for a sixth season after bringing it back from cancellation before the start of season five.

Ellen DeGeneres Developing Comedy for NBC
Daytime Emmy winner Ellen DeGeneres has a comedy in development at NBC which will focus on a lesbian who becomes pregnant with her straight male friend’s baby.

FOX Makes Every Episode of Sleepy Hollow Available Online and On Demand
In anticipation for the November 4th return of Sleepy Hollow, FOX has made every episode available to watch online and on demand.

The Full Series of Dexter Coming to Netflix
Years after taking the serial killer drama off the streaming service, CBS has made a deal with Netflix for the entire series of Dexter to stream, with the first four seasons appearing on Halloween.

True Detective Trailer and Key Art: Life Slips Through Your Fingers
HBO has released new key art for upcoming crime anthology True Detective, as well as a second trailer.

Castle Review: “Get a Clue”
When a murder occurs where the body of the victim is kept in a crucifixion position, Castle and Beckett disagree on what the medieval symbols on the victim’s hand could mean.

Almost Human: Watch the First 8 Minutes of the Series Premiere
FOX has made the first eight minutes of the series premiere of sci-fi cop drama Almost Human available in advance of its November 17th premiere.

The Walking Dead Renewed for Season 5 by AMC
AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for a fifth season after the show began its fourth season with record-breaking ratings for its season premiere.

Ravenswood Review: “Death and the Maiden”
On the second episode of Ravenswood, Miranda’s fate is revealed, Luke suspects his mother is cheating on his father, and Olivia is crowned homecoming queen.

Legit: FXX Comedy Casts Carrie Fisher
FXX comedy Legit, which stars Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, has cast Star Wars alum Carrie Fisher in an upcoming episode.

How I Met Your Mother 9.07 Review – No Questions Asked
While Daphne sends a troubling text message to Lily, Marshall enforces the No Questions Asked rule with the group.

Amazon Green-Lights Two New Drama Pilots
After going through the comedy development process earlier this year, Amazon has picked its first two drama pilots.

Scandal 3.05 Sneak Peek: Mellie and Cyrus Go on the Hunt for a Campaign Manager
On this week’s episode of Scandal, Mellie and Cyrus start their search for a manager for Fitz’s reelection campaign.

Betrayal 1.06 Preview: Drew’s Obsession Grows
Next time on Betrayal, Drew’s obsession with figuring out what his wife is up to grows and Jack makes a decision that will reverberate throughout all corners of his life.

Witches of East End 1.05 Preview: Maura Has a Poor Reaction to Wendy’s Spell
Next time on Witches of East End, Wendy’s spell goes awry, while Ingrid mourns Adam and Freya deals with the arrival of Elyse.

Castle Scoop: Alexandra Chando To Make Miley Cyrus-like Appearance
The Lying Game star Alexandra Chando is set to appear on an upcoming episode of Castle as a Miley Cyrus-like character.

Witches of East End Spoilers: The Shifter Targets Freya
Coming up on Witches of East End, the shifter stalks Freya, Ingrid has a flashback to a past life, and a suspicious novelist moves to town.

The Client List Cancelled by Lifetime
Lifetime has cancelled The Client List following nearly six months of creative standoff with star Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Ravenswood Winter Premiere Set for January 7th; Twisted Pushed Back to February 11th
ABC Family has tweaked their schedule for the beginning of next year, with Ravenswood getting a shot behind Pretty Little Liars.

The Worst American Accents on TV (Yahoo)
Yahoo looks at several actors whose American accents leave much to be desired.

Six Television Series/Seasons Recently Released To Netflix Worth Watching (Uproxx)
Do you need something else to watch? Tired of the new fall offerings? Uproxx has six television shows that you might want to take a look at.

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“We’re thrilled to have Dexter, one of Showtime’s highest-rated shows on Netflix, and so quickly after it completed its record-breaking run,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer for Netflix.  “This is one of the great serialized dramas of the past decade and we know our members will enjoy discovering or reliving the twisted world of Dexter Morgan anywhere and anytime they want.”

In its eight season run on the premium cable network, Dexter grew in the ratings every season and spent multiple seasons as Showtime’s top-rated drama. The series, which stars Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a Miami forensics expert and serial killer, also earned several awards during its run, including four Emmys, two Golden Globes, seven Satellite Awards, six Saturn Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a TCA Award, and two AFI Awards, putting it in the top ten programs of its respective year.

Aside from Hall, Dexter starred the likes of Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, and Lauren Velez. Its series finale, which aired last month, was one of the more controversial drama endings in recent years, both in terms of what actually happened and what Showtime executives dictated the show could do for its final episode.

Will you be checking out Dexter when it hits Netflix? What other Showtime shows would you like to see released on the streaming service? Do you think that other premium cable networks like HBO and Starz will ever release their programming on Netflix?

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-Like to talk about television? Bravo has announced a new half-hour unscripted series titled The People’s Couch, which features real people watching and commenting on popular shows and news from the past week. The three-episode limited series will premiere Sunday, October 6th at 11:30.

–Community will begin its syndicated run on Comedy Central Sunday, September 15th with a 10-episode fan favorite marathon beginning at 11:30 a.m. The series, which is set to premiere its fifth season sometime midseason, will then move to its regular slot of Fridays at 9:00 beginning September 20th.

-Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, Jimmy Kimmel, Andre Braugher, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, and Sofia Vergara have been named presenters at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS announced. They join Diahann Carroll, Matt Damon, Emily Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Douglas, Anna Faris, Tina Fey, Allison Janney, Amy Poehler, and Kerry Washington.

-National Geographic telefilm Killing Kennedy, starring Rob Lowe as President John F. Kennedy and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jackie Kennedy, will premiere Sunday, November 10th to mark the 60th anniversary of John and Jackie’s wedding. The film will then be released in 171 countries and 48 languages, timed to the 50th anniversary of the assassination.

-GSN has greenlit eight episodes of Skin Wars, a reality-competition series focused on finding the best body painter. The series will air sometime in 2014 and should be the second body painting-focused series on television, following the fall premiere of Syfy’s Naked Vegas.

-For its upcoming 13th season, American Idol has brought back Nominate an Idol, where friends and family members can submit videos of their loved one singing for a chance of a surprise audition. From now through September 20th, videos are being accepted on americanidol.com.

-MTV has greenlit two new drama pilots: Finding Carter, about a girl who finds out that the woman she thought was her mother abducted her as a toddler and must now return to her biological family, and Eye Candy, centering on a tech genius who uncovers a potential serial killer in Manhattan through online dating. Finding Carter is from Emily Silver (Bones) and Terri Minsky (Sex and the City), while Eye Candy comes from Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) and Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight).

-Renewals/cancellations: We TV’s LA Hair has made it to a third season after becoming fourth most popular reality cable show in primetime and increasing its total viewers by nearly 60%; TLC has ordered another 10 episodes of Who Do You Think You Are?, executive produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky; TruTV reality series Container Wars will have a second season; BET has canceled Reed Between the Lines and given the second season go-ahead to Being Mary Jane, whose first season doesn’t premiere until January.

-The CW has acquired Canadian comedy Seed from leading independent studio Entertainment One. The series, which debuted this past February and follows a single bartender who becomes a sperm donor, will premiere sometime this season.

-Mekhi Phifer and Eliza Coupe have joined the cast of Showtime comedy House of Lies in recurring roles. Phifer is set to play a successful entrepreneur who calls on Marty to help with his business, while Couple will portray a wild-child heiress to an internet fortune.

-Lifetime has picked up a personal shopping-themed reality series called Million Dollar Shoppers, where three personal shoppers try to meet the fashion needs of their clients. The series premieres October 10th at 10:30 before moving to 10:00 on October 24th, where it will follow the season premiere of Project Runway All Stars.

-Nickelodeon animated series Sanjay & Craig has been renewed for a second season, the network announced Thursday. The tale of an excitable 12-year-old boy (voiced by Maulik Pancholy) and his snake best friend (voiced by Chris Hardwick), the series will have 20 episodes in its second season. Additional voices in the cast include Linda Cardenelli, Matt Jones, and Tony Hale.

-EPIX will air Schooled: The Price of College Sports on October 16th at 8:00. The documentary, narrated by Sam Rockwell, takes a look at issues surrounding the business of college sports and the NCAA’s treatment of its athletes.

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You can check out NBC’s recently announced fall premiere dates here, as well as its fall schedule here and trailers for new fall programming here.

Will you be going to Comic-Con this year? Which NBC panel are you most interested in hearing scoop from? Are there any other shows that should be heading to Comic-Con but haven’t been announced as attending yet?

Thursday, July 18th
6:30 p.m. – Dexter
Who’ll be there: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, Yvonne Strahovski, as well as executive producers John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, and Manny Coto

The Blacklist
Who’ll be there: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff and executive producers Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, and John Fox

Saturday, July 20th
Grimm
Who’ll be there: David Giuntoli, Silas Weir Mitchell, Russell Hornsby, Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz, Bitsie Tulloch, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee, and executive producers Todd Milliner, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf, and Norberto Barba

Sunday, July 21st
Community
Who’ll be there: Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong and executive producers Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna

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This season of Dexter will be the first time the show has aired outside of the fall, as each of its first seven seasons premiered in either September or October. The move was made to take advantage of Homeland‘s surging ratings and allow the network’s two highest rated dramas to launch two new series in 2013. Dexter‘s absence will be majorly felt by Showtime, seeing as how it managed to climb to series high numbers for its seventh season finale, but if either of the two new shows pop, its ending won’t do as much damage, so the strategy to move it to summer is a solid one. Dexter has always felt like a summer show, thanks to its sunny Miami setting, and the lack of heavy fall competition might cause it to shoot up even more, providing soaring Showtime with another ratings win and Ray Donovan with enough cushion to establish itself.

Dexter airs Sundays at 9:00 on Showtime. You can check out the series premiere of Dexter’s new lead-out, fixer drama Ray Donovan, here.

Will you be watching Dexter this season? How do you think the show should conclude later this summer? Is there a chance that Dexter makes it out of the series alive?

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Show highlights include:

-“The Leak…” – It’s crunch time and James goes into serious training to be in top form for Dancing with the Stars. Luther is tasked with keeping James on a strict regimen, but leave it to a jealous Chloe to try and sabotage it. Still, that’s the least of their worries when embarrassing photos of James leak all over the internet.

-“Monday June…” – June has been so stressed and consumed with work that she has no time for anything else, including Chloe. Chloe’s remedy for this is to slip June an herbal relaxant, but the next thing June knows, it’s Tuesday, and Monday is a complete blackout. As she tries to piece together what happened, June discovers some surprising things about herself. Meanwhile, James grapples with the idea that he may have impregnated June’s friend, Crissy, on her wedding day.

-“Teddy Trouble…” – With the help of Teddy, her childhood friend from psychopath camp, Chloe prepares for the imminent battle-royale at an annual department store warehouse sale. However, she is uncharacteristically distracted by the return of Benjamin who, June insists, is Chloe’s true love. Meanwhile, James is disappointed to learn his Beek-brand jeans are not selling as well as expected.

-“The D…” – When Chloe gives June a ‘D’ on her yearly roommate evaluation, June correctly assumes the poor mark is due to her anemic social life. In order to up her grade, she agrees to go on a blind date with James’ agent’s assistant, Will. The pair hits it off, that is until June realizes they know a person in common. Meanwhile, Luther helps James prepare for an audition with Woody Allen.

-“The Seven Year Bitch…” – When Chloe uses her time-honored veto power to try to force James to break up with his new girlfriend, James decides to buck tradition and continue seeing the girl. Needless to say, Chloe doesn’t take the rebuff well, and so she and James decide to take some time off from their seven-year friendship. A devastated June does her best not to choose sides, but she and Luther soon discover how Chloe and James’ lives are drastically affected by their time apart.

-“Using People…” – June is shocked to discover that Chloe has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings solely to have a captive audience for her stories… and to score free liquor. As June gives Chloe an earful for using people for her own ends, Chloe points out that hypocrite June has been taking advantage of Mark and his unrequited feelings for her, leading June to the realization that maybe she has stronger feelings for Mark than she’s been willing to admit. Meanwhile, worried he’s too “light weight” to be cast by Martin Scorsese, James tries to add some depth to his character by co-opting others’ tales of woe.

-“Ocupado…” – As Chloe and Benjamin’s sex-fueled relationship amps up, each admits to currently having additional sex partners in their “rotations.” While this revelation comes as no surprise – or deterrent — to either, Chloe is uncharacteristically jealous when she learns that she is number two on his roster, while Ben is her number one. Meanwhile, while working on a commercial, James competes with director Ben for the crew’s affections.

-“Original Bitch…” – Ten years before June moved to New York, Chloe moved into Apartment 23 and met her new roommate, Trish… the original “bitch.” After taking Chloe under her wing and teaching her everything she knew about bitch-itude, Trish betrayed Chloe and disappeared. Now, thanks to the services of a private investigator, Chloe’s got a lead on Trish and, with June in tow, sets off to exact her long-awaited revenge. Meanwhile, James learns his father isn’t his real father. Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver) and famed Latin singer and actress Charo appear as themselves.

–The Voice will continue to alter its judging panel, as Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green are set to return for the show’s fifth season in the fall. For the sixth season, to debut after the Winter Olympics, current judges Shakira and Usher will return. Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will be present through both cycles of the hit singing competition. The current cycle of The Voice is averaging a 5.2 rating, 14 share in adults 18-49 and 14.5 million viewers overall on Monday nights, making it the season’s #3 primetime series on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, as well as the #2 entertainment series and the #1 reality series, according to “most current” results from Nielsen Media Research.

-Syfy has announced that Warehouse 13 has been renewed for a fifth and final season. The six-episode installment is set to air in 2014, while the show is currently finishing out its fourth season. Warehouse 13 airs Mondays at 10:00 following Defiance, which has already been renewed for a second season.

-SOAPnet has announced a One Tree Hill Father’s Day marathon for June 16th. Here are the episodes included:

10AM –  “To Wish Impossible Things” – Jake, Nathan and Lucas are sold to the highest bidder for charity in the annual Tree Hill “Boy Toy” Auction. Jake’s mysterious winning bid turns out to be Nicki, his former flame who abandoned both him and Jenny, their nine-month-old daughter. Nicki mistakenly thinks the two can reconnect, but Jake takes the opportunity to school her on the repercussions of her abandonment.

11AM –  “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone” – Nathan and Haley leave their high school graduation ceremony when Haley goes into labor with their son Jamie. Karen’s delivery does not go well, and a momentary loss of life lets her, Keith and their daughter share a moment in heaven. Two weeks later, Haley and Nathan are nervous to attend a party and be away from the baby for the first time. Dan turns himself in to the police for Keith’s murder and is tormented by his sins in prison.

12PM –  “Things a Mama Don’t Know” – Peyton, spilling tears of joy, tells her fiancé Lucas that he’s going to be her “baby daddy”. Jamie is proud to hear that his father, Nathan, has been picked up as a point guard by the Charleston Chiefs basketball team. Lucas finds himself in the middle of a father-son feud in Hollywood, which gives him the opportunity to reflect on the type of father he wants to be. Brooke’s motherly instinct helps her track down her runaway foster daughter, and brings an end to two violent crimes that have haunted Tree Hill.

1PM – “A Hand To Take Hold of The Scene” – Lucas and Peyton have an exhausting trial run as parents when they babysit for the night.

-TNT has unveiled its scheduling for the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, which pits the Miami Heat against the Indiana Pacers.

Wed., May 22 8 p.m. ET NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Ernie Johnson (host), Charles Barkley (analyst), Shaquille O’Neal (analyst) and Kenny Smith (analyst) 8:30 p.m. Indiana Pacers @ Miami Heat, Game 1 Marv Albert (play-by-play), Steve Kerr and Reggie Miller (analysts) and Craig Sager (reporter) Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Fri., May 24 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Indiana Pacers @ Miami Heat, Game 2 Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Sun., May 26 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Miami Heat @ Indiana Pacers, Game 3 Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Tues., May 28 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Miami Heat @ Indiana Pacers, Game 4 Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Thu., May 30 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Indiana Pacers @ Miami Heat, Game 5 (if nec.) Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Sat., June 1 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Miami Heat @ Indiana Pacers, Game 6 (if nec.) Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

Mon., June 3 8 p.m. NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith 8:30 p.m. Indiana Pacers @ Miami Heat, Game 7 (if nec.) Albert, Kerr, Miller and Sager Post-game Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai Johnson, Barkley, O’Neal and Smith

-USA has greenlit two comedies, both of which will debut in the first quarter of 2014. Sirens, from Denis Leary and Bob Fisher, follows three of Chicago’s best EMTs whose sometimes silly, self-righteous and even self-destructive personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships and most occupations. Meanwhile, Playing House, which stars Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham, is a single-camera buddy comedy about what happens when two best friends come back together, just when they need each other most.

-Trailers:

Dexter – Season 8

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Hit the Floor – Season 1

Under the Dome – Season 1

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The Killing – Season 3

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-John Oliver is set to assume his guest hosting duties on The Daily Show Monday June 10th, as Jon Stewart takes time off to direct his first feature film. Stewart is set to return on Tuesday, September 3rd.

-Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the first openly gay active NBA player, Jason Collins, will air Sunday, May 5th at 8:00 on OWN. The interview will also feature Collins’ parents and twin brother Jarron.

-KSL, NBC”s Salt Lake City affiliate, has decided it will no longer air Hannibal, citing viewer complaints about the serial killer drama. The affiliate, owned by the Church of Latter-Day Saints, has already pulled The New Normal this season, long been opposed to Saturday Night Live, and yanked The Playboy Club in the fall of 2011. Hannibal will now air on Salt Lake City’s CW station, KUCW.

–Pretty Little Liars star Tyler Blackburn has agreed to star in Ravenswood, the Pretty Little Liars spin-off debuting this October. Blackburn’s character, Caleb Rivers, will travel to Ravenswood during the annual Pretty Little Liars special Halloween episode; he’s still set to appear in the summer run of Pretty Little Liars episodes, though, which begin Tuesday, June 11th.

-ABC Family has released descriptions for the season premieres of Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy.

Melissa & Joey – “Works for Me” (May 29th – 8:00)
Joe pursues a new job opportunity, sending Mel into a panic when she realizes he may actually leave. But the job isn’t quite what Joe expected, causing him to reevaluate his place in the house and Mel’s scheming to prove how much everyone needs him. Meanwhile Lennox thinks her artist boyfriend, Zander, may have found another muse, and Ryder’s class trip has an unexpected outcome.

Baby Daddy – “I’m Not That Guy” (Wednesday, May 29th – 8:30)
Ben thinks he might like Riley and tries to convince her he’s changed his playboy ways. Riley invites Ben to be her date at a work party, but Ben’s efforts to prove he’s dependable fall short. Danny hopes to come to Riley’s rescue, but arrives only to find Riley getting friendly with another man (guest star Matt Dallas). Meanwhile, Tucker schemes to go out with a model, and Bonnie attempts to get to know a handsome stranger…with a little help from Emma.

–Dallas has officially been renewed for a third season by TNT. Season three is set to have 15 episodes and launch in early 2014, though there’s no word on if they’ll run consecutively or if some will be held for a summer run.

-Months before their debuts, Showtime’s summer and fall scripted programming have new teasers.
Dexter (June 30th – 9:00)
DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall in his Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning role as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department. Season eight begins six months after LaGuerta’s murder – and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. As Deb (series star Jennifer Carpenter) struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past. The series also stars Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Aimee Garcia, David Zayas, Geoff Pierson and James Remar.

Ray Donovan (June 30th – 10:00)
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, RAY DONOVAN stars Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) Award nominee Liev Schreiber in his first lead television role as LA’s best professional fixer. Ray is the man called in to make the city’s celebrities,’ superstar athletes,’ and business moguls’ most complicated and combustible situations go away. This powerful drama unfolds when his father, Mickey Donovan, played by Oscar(R) winner Jon Voight, is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Web Therapy (July 22nd – 11:00)
Season three finds Fiona (Lisa Kudrow) coming to terms with the new landscape of her life – her politically disgraced husband, Kip (Victor Garber), has run off with his male campaign manager; Fiona’s mother (Lily Tomlin) has started up a rival business called “Net Therapy” and has poached Fiona’s assistant Jerome (Dan Bucatinsky) to run it; her romantic friendship with media-mogul Austen (Alan Cumming) is on the rocks, now that he has fathered a child with hyper-sexualized Gina (Jennifer Elise Cox); she’s being investigated for campaign finance improprieties; and her unpublished manuscript is being adapted into a Broadway musical without her consent! All this, while she continues to offer “therapy” to the hapless clients who have wandered into her web…

Homeland (September 29th – 9:00)
HOMELAND Season 3 opens during the aftermath of the horrific terror attack that decimated the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and prompted a global manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist – Nick Brody (Damian Lewis). As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody’s whereabouts. The series also stars Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, Jackson Pace and Morgan Saylor.

Masters of Sex (September 29th – 10:00)
MASTERS OF SEX stars Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, who will portray the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory of Masters and Johnson. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine. The series is an adaptation of Thomas Maier’s book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love.

-HBO has announced their documentary schedule for the summer. Included are Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (June 10th), about the arrests of feminist art collective Pussy Riot; Love, Marilyn (June 17th), coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death; Miss You Can Do It (June 24th), spotlighting the first woman with a disability who competed in the Miss USA pageant; Gideon’s Army (July 1st), following public defenders from the south and the challenges they face; Gasland Part II (July 8th), the follow-up to the Oscar nominated original film; The Crash Reel (July 15th), a look at the life of Kevin Pearce, the American snowboarding champion who suffered a traumatic brain injury while preparing for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics; The Cheshire Murders (July 22nd), exploring the triple rape-arson-homicide that rocked the quiet town of Cheshire, Ct. in July 2007; First Comes Love (July 29th), following director Nina Davenport’s quest to have a baby on her own; Casting By (August 5th), spotlighting Hollywood casting directors; and Americans in Bed (August 12th), features candid interviews with ten American couples – captured in the comfort of their own beds – as they openly discuss sex, infidelity and love.

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“When it debuted in 2006, Dexter redefined the genre, by taking the anti-hero to new heights and pushing the boundaries of the television landscape,” said Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. “Dexterpaved the way for the next generation of award-winning hit Showtime series, and its cultural impact will be felt for years to come.”

“Dexter is a landmark franchise for our network, and we cannot wait to unveil the conclusion of this series, as we know it, to the millions of passionate fans who have supported the show season after season,” said David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. “We’d like to thank Michael, Jennifer, and Dexter‘s indomitable cast, executive producers, writers and crew for eight incredible seasons.”

The eighth and final season of Dexter premieres June 30th at 9:00, where it will lead into the series premiere of Liev Schreiber-starring Hollywood fixer drama Ray Donovan.

Do you think that season eight should be the end of Dexter or does it have more life left in it? How do you think the show should end? Can Dexter continue the creative momentum from season seven?

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