Alex Moaba
News & Video Editor, HuffPost TV
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It's A 'Boy Meets World' Reunion
"Good Morning America" and Entertainment Weekly's TV reunion extravaganza continued on Tuesday, and it was the?"Boy Meets World" cast's turn?to get in on the reminiscing. With the spinoff series "Girl Meets World" scheduled to premiere on the Disney Channel in 2014, the characters remain just as popular as ever. William Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny, said he was recently chased by a pack of children getting off a school bus, yelling his character’s name.
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Kelsey Grammer Wanted Frasier To Die With 'Cheers'
Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin and Jane Leeves were all on hand to reminisce about the classic sitcom, which ended in 2004 after 11 years on NBC. Surprisingly, Kelsey Grammer, who played psychiatrist and radio host Dr. Frasier Crane, revealed that at first he wasn’t completely on-board with the “Cheers” spinoff.
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It's A 'Waltons' Reunion!
The cast of "The Waltons" reunited and reminisced about the classic show with “Good Morning America” on Friday, more than three decades after the series ended in 1981. The cast discussed some of the show's memorable and controversial episodes, including episodes that dealt with segregation and book burning. Ralph Waite, who played John, Sr. on the show, said the show reminded him what it meant to be a father and a husband.
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Idris Elba Didn't Watch 'The Wire'
Idris Elba got his big break playing the cerebral drug dealer Stringer Bell on "The Wire," but apparently he didn't watch the show. Elba made the surprising revelation in an interview with Playboy. Elba's not the only actor from the HBO's Golden Age that didn't watch their work on the small screen.
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Showtime Wouldn't Let Dexter Die
The?series finale of "Dexter" has been widely mocked?since it aired two weeks ago. Called "the lamest series finale since 'Seinfeld,'" the "Lumberjack Dexter" ending seemed like a weird copout that didn't give fans the closure they were looking for after nine seasons. Well, now we know why it happened:?Showtime wouldn't let the "Dexter" writers kill off Dexter.
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Ellen Pompeo Opens Up About 'Grey's Anatomy' Drama
"Grey's Anatomy" has been on the air for ten seasons, and in that time the show has been through more than its fair share of off-screen drama. Ellen Pompeo has seen it all, and in a revealing interview with The New York Post,?Ellen Pompeo looks back at the "Grey's Anatomy" drama?surrounding Isaiah Washington's firing and Katherine Heigl's departure.
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Could The 'Breaking Bad' Finale Have Been Walter White's Fantasy?
Could the "Breaking Bad" finale have all been a fantasy? A new theory has emerged in the wake of the AMC meth drama's series finale that suggests that everything that happened after Walter White got into that snowed-in car in New Hampshire may have been a revenge fantasy playing out in a dying man's twisted mind. The theory seems to have grown out of the void left by?the critique that the finale let Walter White?accomplish every item on his revenge and closure checklist too easily.
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Vince Gilligan Reveals 'Breaking Bad' Alternate Endings
In an interview on the "Breaking Bad Insider Podcast," Gilligan provided a fascinating glimpse at the different ways Walter White's story almost ended. Gilligan stressed that part of the "Breaking Bad" team's creative process was to kick around every possible good, bad and mediocre idea, meaning that these are the half-fleshed out scenarios and story ideas that ended up on the cutting room floor. Gilligan repeatedly admitted that some of these ideas are pretty out there, but they're still really interesting to consider.
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The 'Dexter' Ending Could Have Been So Much Better
Reaction is flooding in about?Sunday night's "Dexter" series finale, and it's not very positive. Fans of Showtime's serial killer thriller are scratching their heads about the show's final scene, which flashed-forward to show a bearded Dexter working as a lumberjack somewhere in the wilderness. Clyde Phillips, who served as executive producer and showrunner of "Dexter" for its first four seasons,?revealed the ending that he would have pitched?for the series in an interview with E! Online, and it sounds infinitely better than what we ended up seeing.
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Queen Latifah Promises No Paternity Tests On New Talk Show
Queen Latifah dropped by the “Late Show” to promote her new talk show, but David Letterman brought up the fact that this won’t be her first attempt at daytime. Queen Latifah previously hosted?a daytime talker in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, but she told Dave it was everything she didn’t want her show to be. Now, Queen Latifah gets to cover what she wants to cover.
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Kevin Spacey Gives Stirring Speech On Future Of TV
Kevin Spacey?took the stage at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival to give the keynote address, called the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, and delivered a stirring?speech about the future of TV. Spacey, who stars in the Netflix original series "House of Cards" -- which was nominated for nine Emmys, including Best Drama -- extolled the advantages of the Internet streaming service's viewer-empowering model, and urged the traditional broadcast networks to give audiences more control over how they consume programming. "We went to all the major networks with 'House of Cards,' and every single one was interested in the idea, but every single one wanted us to do a pilot first ... It wasn't out of arrogance that David Fincher and Beau Willimon and I were not interested in having to audition the idea, it was that we wanted to start to tell a story that would take a long time to tell.
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So, Will Kyra Sedgwick Guest On 'Major Crimes'?
When a caller asked if she had any TV projects in the works, Sedgwick dropped some exciting news for Brenda Leigh Johnson fans. Sedgwick left “The Closer”?last year, saying she was just ready to try something new as an actor.
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Aaron Paul Thinks We'll All Be Happy With The 'Breaking Bad' Finale
"Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul?conducted a?Reddit AMA?(Ask Me Anything) on Tuesday, two days after the premiere of the AMC meth drama's final batch of episodes. Paul regaled the Reddit crowd with stories from the "Breaking Bad" set, called dozens of Reddit users "bitches" and basked in the adulation from the assembled "Breaking Bad" fans. Like his "Breaking Bad" co-star?Bryan Cranston's Reddit session, Paul's AMA had a charitable goal.
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Time Warner Cable Blacks Out CBS & Showtime
The fee dispute between?CBS and Time Warner Cable?reached a boiling point Friday afternoon when an already-extended deadline for negotiations passed and the cable provider blacked out CBS and Showtime in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and other markets. A similar pattern played out earlier in the week, when?Time Warner blacked out CBS?in three cities before quickly reversing its decision. "We deeply regret this ill-advised action, which is injurious not only to our many affected viewers, but also to Time Warner Cable itself.
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'Sons Of Anarchy' Creator Addresses 'Controversial' Premiere
"Sons Of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter?addressed a shocking, violent scene in the show's upcoming?Season 6 premiere?Friday at the Television Critics Association 2013 Summer press tour. Note: Do not read on if you do not want be spoiled for the "Sons of Anarchy" Season 6 premiere, airing Tuesday, September 10 at 10 p.m. ET on FX. "Sons of Anarchy" has never shied away from depicting grisly acts of violence, but critics who have already seen the scene -- which depicts a school shooting perpetrated by a young boy -- described it as particularly disturbing.
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Bryan Cranston Breaks Down His Favorite 'Breaking Bad' Episodes
Thursday night, "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston selected two of his favorite episodes for a screening, which was followed by a discussion moderated by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for NYMag.com. "First looking for it, I had the hardest time finding where Walter lived. Or you implode, and that’s what happened to Walter White.
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Should Walter White Die?
"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan and stars Bryan Cranston (Walter White), Anna Gunn (Skyler White), Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), Dean Norris (Hank Schrader), Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader), R.J. Mitte (Walter White, Jr.) and Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman) were on hand to talk about their characters' evolutions, their favorite scenes, when they thought they were going to die and to share plenty of funny anecdotes. Vince Gilligan is somewhat baffled that viewers are still rooting for Walter White after?all the terrible things he's done.
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Michael C. Hall Talks Latest Crazy 'Dexter' Twist
Michael C. Hall?is nearing the end of a more-than-a-decade-long journey through quality premium cable dramas. With "Dexter" a third of the way through its final season, Hall talked to HuffPost TV about the serial killer thriller's?latest shocking twist, what it's like to play such a dark character for so long and ending a TV series in a satisfying way. Just as Dexter has, on a few occasions, chosen her, just as she in that shipping container with LaGuerta, in spite of whatever’s going on with her in the moment, she chooses him.
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Walter White Looks Scared In New 'Breaking Bad' Teaser
In a new, tantalizing, 10-second?"Breaking Bad" teaser, Walter White looks downright scared. Bryan Cranston's chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin stands (Tony Soprano-style) at the edge of his driveway, wearing his robe and slippers, with a look of horror and panic. Another option is that Walter is holding the Gale-signed copy of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" that his brother-in-law, DEA Agent Hank Shrader, discovered while on the toilet.
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WATCH: The Most Ridiculous Moments From 'Sharknado'
The awesomely ridiculous Syfy TV movie?"Sharknado" took over Twitter?last night, and today everyone is just trying to pick up the pieces. For the many people who missed the schlocky, shark-filled hilarity and are?wondering what all the fuss is about, HuffPost TV has compiled a two-minute?"Sharknado" highlight reel?of the movie's best moments. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.