As we mentioned, though any plans to get the original Scooby Gang back on the big screen have yet to come through, creator Joss Whedon still plans to keep the series alive through an animated series.

Now, we have some more details, including the casting notice for some brand new characters. Since his new series, Dollhouse, has officially been cancelled, Joss is turning his attention to a series of motion-comic webisodes based on the popular Buffy Season Eight comic books.

So far, we gather the series won't exactly center around the famed blonde vampire slayer herself, but rather the new characters developed within the comic books, including the big bad villain called Twilight (not be confused with the rival vampire franchise) and the evil Slayer Lady Genevieve Savidge, who wants to take Buffy down.

There are some more familiar characters being brought into the mix as well, including Robin Wood, Kennedy, and Faith. Hey, we bet Eliza Dushku wouldn't mind some work!

Sounds like it might be a fun pet project for Joss, but it certainly doesn't live up to the thrill of Sarah Michelle Gellar stepping back into the role.

What do U think?

CLICK HERE to see the casting notice to check out some of the other characters.

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We were surprised too!

Fox's The Wendy Williams Show has been renewed through the 2011-12 season.

Not too shabby!

Ratings have improved drastically for the show recently! Wendy's viewership has increased by 23% in households, 43% among women 18-34 and 37% in women 25-54.

Damn girl!

"There was no question that we wanted to renew The Wendy Williams Show given what we've seen thus far in both content and ratings," said Frank Cicha, Fox's senior VP of programming. "We anticipate even further growth as the show continues to emerge as a key building block, and Wendy as a key personality, of our daytime landscape."

Congrats!

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Thanks to the execs at A&E, you will travel to the depths of America to discover the most off-beat, interesting characters this country has to offer - with tour guide Bob Saget!

The network has greenlit seven episodes of Bob Saget's Strange Days, an hourlong non-scripted show that serves as an offshoot of his standup in which he riffs on the unusual and obscene.

And you'll have to wait till late 2010 to watch this shiz!

"Bob Saget has been a part of the television landscape for years, but now we'll be seeing him in a completely different light as he travels the country to explore ways of living that most of us know nothing about," said A&E senior VP of nonfiction and alternative programming, Robert Sharenow.

The travel show will take Bob into groups of biker gangs, Amish teenagers, mail-order brides and survivalist cults.

Yikes!

We think it might be more suited for HBO! At least his mouth is!

Will U watch Bob Saget for an hour straight?!

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Loves it!

According to a spokesperson for NBC, Will Arnett will guest star alongside his real-life wifey, Amy Poehler, on Parks and Recreation next year!

He will play a possible love interest for Amy's character, Leslie! If only they could bring lil' Archie, too!

We wanna see the whole HIGHlarious family!

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It's time to mend the fences with humor.

Watch as Michael Richards mocks his infamous racial rant on Curb Your Enthusiasm (above).

Thoughts?

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We can't look!

One of the scariest movies of all-time, The Exorcist, will become a mini-series!!

The director for the 1973 film William Friedkin will reprise his role, but we can't imagine more than two hours of that shiz!

And considering the advances in special effects since the film's release, we're in for some mayjah demonizing, vomiting and inappropriate use of the crucifix!

Could U watch countless hours of the scorpion walk?!

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Yummy!

It seems hottie interior designer Nate Berkus is about to join the likes of Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil as he is catapulted into the Oprah-run daytime stratesphere!

Oprah's favorite design bitch is finalizing plans for his own daytime talk show!

Sony Pictures Television and Oprah’s Harpo Productions are behind Nate's syndicated show which will be ready to air fall of 2010!

And we are SO excited! Not only is he pretty, but he makes things pretty!

Will U be watching?!

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It has been reported that CNN gave Lou Dobbs $8 million in severance pay for leaving CNN.

Wow! Is Lou actually worth that much?

Why would CNN do that?!

According to inside sources, Lou was actually asked to bow out of the rest of his year and half contract because CNN couldn't stand him! They wanted him OUT! Obviously, badly enough to dig really dig to pay for him to go!

It's no secret that CNN boss Jonathan Klein and Lou were never on the best of terms, but to put out that kind of money to make Lou leave, well, that sounds like the hate runs deep.

No word yet what Lou plans to do next. Although, with that kind of money, he could spend a while trying to figure it out.

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Perhaps, but not right now

If you are a fan of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and have been sulking the last two years without them, chin up! There is a glimmer of hope that you'll get to see them again.

The series creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino is now working on a new show for HBO, so she was recently cornered interviewed about it. During the interview, the questioning began to waver into Gilmore Girls territory, but Amy talked very little about the series and where she would have taken it had it stayed on the air.

The reason being she wants to save the juicy stuff in case a movie gets made!

She says:

“I don’t want to totally say [what my ideas were], because if there is a movie in the making, I’m going to be basically delving back into where I left off, and then I’m kind of [screwed]…Anything can happen. I’m in touch with [Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel]. If there’s a story to tell, then absolutely I think we’re all going to want to tell it. That’s the bottom line."

Sounds like there might be hope for you yet!

Would U want to see a Gilmore Girls movie?

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