Oddest Endorsement: Stephen King told Parade magazine that he doesn’t watch MAD MEN because it’s too soapy. “If I want a soap opera,” he added, “I watch REVENGE. That show is crazy, but they have great clothes.

Most Optimistic: Asked how many seasons AMC imagines THE WALKING DEAD will run, exec Josh Sapan said he hoped “zombies live forever.”

Topic That We Just Don’t Care About Anymore: Yet again, there’s endless discussion about who the new judges on sinking ship AMERICAN IDOL will be. Unless they’re bringing back Paula Abdul, we have two words on the subject: bored now.

Least Self-Aware: In making a ridiculous plea for people to take him seriously as an artist at the Billboard Music Awards, Justin Bieber assured we’d do exactly the opposite.

Worst Export: HONEY BOO BOO debuted in England this week, assuring once and for all that they will never, ever regret no longer being our parent country.

Most Self-Actualized Series: Between THE BACHELOR’S FUNNIEST MOMENTS and an ad for THE BACHELORETTE touting the upcoming season’s “man-tears”, the reality franchise clearly realizes many of us watch not for the supposed romance but to mock it mercilessly.

The “What’s Your Hurry?” Award Goes To…: BATES MOTEL, which burned through about three years worth of story in its just-concluded freshman season.

Oddest Pairing: The folks at CMT proudly announced they’d be showing reruns of HELL’S KITCHEN, declaring the program to be a perfect fit. Apparently, like the cheftestants, country music singers also scream obscenities in funny accents when people can’t cook scallops.

Worst Title: Although GIRLS star Lena Dunham isn’t thrilled with the porn parody of her series, she shouldn’t fret. Thanks to the title “This Ain’t Girls XXX”, it’s unlikely most people will even make the connection.

Horn Least Likely To Be Tooted: While professional braggart Donald Trump loves nothing more than to tout his various achievements, we suspect he won’t be tweeting about the record-low ratings the CELEBRITY APPRENTICE finale received.

Most In Need Of A Match.com Account: THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL’s Brooke — needing a faux babydaddy for the child she conceived with her brother-in-law — turned to ex-hubby Eric. Turns out, there aren’t as many available men in L.A. as we’ve all been led to believe. 

Best Stunt: Fictional White House speechwriter Sam Seaborn — aka THE WEST WING alum Rob Lowe — addressed the real-life White House press corp. 

Proof The Television Ratings System Is Broken: Despite being among the most-watched shows on any network, both CSI: NY and VEGAS were axed by CBS because they failed to deliver in the demo. In other words,they’d rather have fewer happy viewers as long as said viewers are between 18 and 49. 

Most Likely To Shoot Themselves In The Foot: If you are aware that Kei$ha’s MTV show features her drinking urine — or aware of her having a show at all — it’s likely because the Parent’s Television Council protesting said show got it a ton of publicity.

Coolest Marathon: IFC will air 53 episodes of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT starting Saturday morning at 6 a.m. EST, perfectly timed for a catch-up session before new episodes debut on Netflix.

In last week’s episode “Entangled Bank” we saw Sarah, Cosima and Allison (all played by Tatiana Maslany) spiraling out in their lives.  Cosima took a giant leap and seduced her monitor Delphine (Evelyne Brouchu), which only gave Delphine the perfect opportunity to snoop around and get a good look at Cosima’s notes on all the clones.  Then Allison revealed that her and her husband Donnie (Kristian Bruun) were getting a divorce, which led to drunken binging and sleeping with her suspected monitor’s husband.  And Sarah, trying to hold the clone club together, decided to enlist Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy) into the club and see what information she could provide.  Unfortunately, little Kira (Skyler Wexler) bore the brunt of all the clones’ secrets when she happily took Helena’s hand for a walk, which ended tragically.
 
With the noose tightening around them, Sarah, Allison and Cosima were not exactly playing it safe.  They seem to have decided it was every clone for themself and devil be damned with the consequences.  While Sarah has always been a bit reckless with her welfare and in her decisions, it was startling to see how easily Allison and Cosima embraced walking on the wild-side and put themselves and everyone else at risk in order to appease their own carnal appetites.  So as the rest of the world began chipping away at the clone club secret, the clones themselves were allowing their own worlds to implode.

After Art (Kevin Hanchard) and Angela (Inga Cadranel) paid Mrs. S a visit inquiring about Sarah, it made sense to enlist Mrs. S’s aid and let her in on the big secret.  But Paul (Dylan Bruce) returning to try to fool Olivier (David Richmond-Peck) and Dr. Leekie (Matt Frewer) into thinking that he was still playing the part of Sarah/Beth’s monitor did not make much sense.  It only put him right smack in the thick of it again.  Even Felix (Jordan Gavaris) seemed caught up in the imploding mess as Art was able to figure out that it was Felix who called about Beth from the night club.
 
Needless to say, with the Neolutionists being perhaps the source of the cloning experiment and pulling the strings, a religious order circling around to exterminate each of them as abominations against nature, and now the police starting to figure out that there’s a link between a string of deaths involving women who all look alike, clone club seems to have been blown wide open.  Dr. Leekie and Delphine have figured out that the clones are in communication with each other and, if not already, will soon figure out that the clones have identified their monitors.  But what if Dr. Leekie is not the one behind the clones and is merely an opportunist who stumbled across them and assigned monitors to track their lives?  Adopting that theory, that leaves us to wonder then who originally created the clones and placed them in their lives?  Is that how Helena then came to be living amongst a religious organization and why Dr. Leekie and his group seems wholly unaware of Helena?  It would also explain the mystery of Sarah.  She was another one that got away – that is until she happened across Beth on that fateful train station platform and assumed Beth’s life.
 
But for now the bigger mystery is Kira.  How is it possible for the little girl to have been born at all?  Particularly as all the other clones are infertile and unable to conceive children.  Does that make Kira a miracle child, or does it perhaps mean that Sarah was the original and not just a clone?  If Sarah were the original and not just a clone, that would certainly explain why she was secretly placed and hidden away for years under the protective care of Mrs. S. 
 
With this week’s episode called “Unconscious Selection,” we can speculate that perhaps modifications were made to each of the clones.  Some were deemed superior and some inferior and granted different attributes and environments accordingly.  Was Sarah a reject that should have been destroyed years ago when she was a child?  Was her deficiency the fact that she was too close to being human and not advanced enough genetically?  Or does she fall on the superior side of the spectrum?  After all, her blood did not match the rest of the clones’ blood. 

Regardless of all the esoteric questions awaiting answers, at this point, we just want to see if Kira will be okay.  For Kira is more than a miracle; she is an angel.  Even the mentally unhinged Helena could see that.   Kira’s implicit trust in Helena and unreserved affection for her showed that Kira could see what no one else sees:  Helena craves to be loved.  Whereas when Kira first met Allison, she knew Allison was not her mother because Allison did not desperately desire to be loved by Kira.  Only her mother Sarah would feel that way – and now Helena.  Kira reads emotions quicker than most people.  She is the perfect empath that way.
 
On the precipice of this penultimate episode, we are all hoping and praying that Kira survives.  She may be the one link that keeps clone club together.  She is the promise that they are all more human than they had been led to believe.  But even if they are human, that does not make them safe.  With Dr. Leekie and Brother Tomas (Daniel Kash) at odds about how the fate of the clones, none of them are safe.
 
To see how this collision course with destiny plays out, be sure to tune for an all new episode of ORPHAN BLACK on Saturday, May 25th at 9PM on BBC America and Space in Canada.  (Then first season finale will air the following Saturday, June 1st.)
 

Fun Fact: Free health care, liberal views on marriage and a better appreciation of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’s Canadian-skewed humor aside, there is one other advantage to living north of the 49th parallel. Which is to say, occasionally one stumbles across a location shoot for one of the many Toronto-based productions lensing on any given day. And while we’re not at liberty to reveal which television show was busy blocking traffic while former Podcast partner Ariel was attempting to enjoy a lovely afternoon playing hooky from work with her family, we will alert you to the fact that sources have confirmed that COVERT AFFAIRS, DEGRASSI, LOST GIRL, SAVING HOPE and SUITS are all shooting today! Cue somewhat evil Michael Ausiello-esque laugh in 3… 2… 1…

Hot on the heels of last week’s Upfront previews, CBS has just released proper full length trailers for their new slate of shows including HOSTAGES, THE CRAZY ONES, MOM, THE MILLERS and WE ARE MEN. See for yourself, after the jump.

Perfectly timed to coincide with tonights fourth season return of ROOKIE BLUE, theTVaddict.com recently was afforded the opportunity to spend a little one-on-one time with series star Missy Peregrym. So just what did the talented Canadian actress have to say about her character Andy’s increasingly complicated professional and personal life? See for yourself, after the jump.

Tonight marks ROOKIE BLUE’s fourth season premiere. Thinking back to when you signed onto the show did you ever imagine it would become the success it has?
Missy Peregrym: No way! I don’t think you can ever plan for that because we all know how difficult it is even to get a show on the air let alone stay on the air. So to be heading into our fourth season, it’s really incredible. I’ve never experience anything like this before.

Aside from yourself of course, what about the show in particular do you think has resonated with the fans so much?
That’s what I was going to say, me, of course! [Laughs] You know, I just don’t know what it is. I suppose if there was a formula that you could actually put down on paper everyone would be doing it. But I think it is very cool that we’re a summer show and people had the opportunity to see it. And, as a cast, we have very good chemistry, we get a long extremely well. And when you have an environment where you can be collaborative and creative everybody gets to grow together, learn, and I think it shines through in the performances.

In tonight’s episode, we join Andy working with Nick to infiltrate a meth pipeline. How long have they been working undercover together?
6 months!

That’s quite a long time for two really good looking police officers to be working in such close quarters! Any chance their relationship becomes more than a professional one?
Well, they already started with a good base for a friendship last season and it’s only gotten stronger. It’s no different then when Andy and Sam are working together. When you go through really crazy times together you naturally have a bond. That said, Andy and Nick’s situation is a little bit different because we’re playing a boyfriend and girlfriend undercover, but I think it brings the character’s closer in a friendship kind of way.

Is it safe to assume though that Andy and Nick’s time spent undercover will make things messy for her when she returns to the precinct?
Yes, I definitely think it bleeds back into the Division. To be honest, even though she kind of convinced herself that she’s over Sam, she sees him again and realized it’s [her attraction] something that can’t be shut off. There is just this chemistry there that complicates things and is never going to go away.

Fans really seem to have become invested in Andy and and Sam’s relationship. Did you know when you first had scenes together with actor Sam Swarek that the relationship would become such a central part of the show?
No, no, no, I couldn’t believe that fans have become so invested in Andy and Sam because when you’re working together on the show it’s so different then when you’re watching it. There are things that Ben does that I never caught when we were filming because I’m kind of doing my own thing, so when I would watch the episode I would think that was really amazing, the look he gave, or something that he did that really kind of connects the characters. So i give him a lot of credit he’s a great actor and very present.

Assuming she eventually makes her way back to the Precinct, how much of a challenge will it be for Andy to readjust to life back on the beat?
I don’t think Andy really thought it would be that hard of a transition. I think she thought everything would be back to normal. I mean we ended last season with her deciding to forget it, to not be that girl that makes all her decisions around a man. So she does that, but when she gets back to the Precinct, people have moved on. It’s not the same place she left. The dynamics have changed and she basically has to adapt or she’s not going to be able to do her job. It’s definitely a tough transition back.

Can you talk a little bit about what’s in store for Andy’s co-workers this season?
Tracy is still dealing with her grief over losing Jerry and has her own conflicts when it comes to moving forward. Chris Diaz is sill trying to figure out things with his son, how to make it work being a father unexpectedly what that means for him in this job. Oliver Shaw is working through his own family things and fans will get to see a bit more about his personal life. While Dov will take a vow of celibacy, deciding after last season’s drama to focus on his job. Of course, a girl comes into his life in a very unexpected way and it’s very funny. There’s a lot of comedy this year. The stakes are still dangerous, but there are a lot of new characters who add a lot of humor to the show this year.

And finally, putting on your writer’s cap is there anything you’d like to see for your character in the future?
I don’t know how to answer that because I grow with Andy. Every time I come back to the show I’ve either experienced things and I can bring to the character or, more often than not, something happens in my real life where I think, “Oh, I’ve been here before.” The writer’s are just so good, and I enjoy the process so much I really don’t have any idea of where I’d like the character to go because it all seems so organic. From growth as a woman to balancing personal and professional, I’m just enjoying the ride!

ROOKIE BLUE airs Thursdays at 10PM on ABC (Global in Canada)