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Kate Plus 8 Plus ... Emmy?

Kate Gosselin isn't nominated for any awards, but E! Online reports she'll be appearing at the Emmy ceremony on Aug. 29.

There isn't an exact word on what the mother of eight will be doing, but one thing is for sure, she won't be presenting on stage

However, she's rumored to be a part of Jimmy Fallon's opening act and will be hobnobbing with some of television's biggest celebrities.

Currently, Gosselin stars on the TLC special 'Kate Plus 8,' and will soon have her own series, 'Twist of Kate.'

'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' creator Anthony Zuiker has returned to the writers' room for the CBS show's 11th season.

Zuiker has not had a direct presence in day-to-day operations on 'CSI' for about five years, instead working on other projects and spin-off shows. According to Vulture, CBS executives and 'CSI' showrunner Carol Mendelsohn wanted to bring Zuiker back to the mothership show for an injection of bizarre stories that made the show watercooler material in its earlier seasons.

An upcoming episode of the show will feature a werewolf/vampire convention.

• Weezer's new album 'Hurley' will feature a photo of 'Lost' star Jorge Garcia on the cover. Garcia played the lovable Hurley on the hit ABC show. Check out the full cover and the story behind it on Spinner.

• Wayne Brady is heading back to 'How I Met Your Mother.' The host of 'Let's Make a Deal' is reprising his role of James, Barney's brother. Look for Ben Vereen to play Brady's father. According to TV Guide Magazine, the duo will appear in the second episode of this upcoming season.

• Megan Boone has joined the cast of 'Law and Order: Los Angeles.' Boone, who had a part in 'Sex and the City 2,' will play an ADA. According to Deadline Hollywood, Boone's character will be the ADA under Terrence Howard's DDA.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar's fictitious high school days are far behind him -- very far. This year alone he'll play a suspected killer, a rebellious lawyer with a sense of humor and a bartender lusting after a drug-dealing mother of three.

Gosselaar finds himself returning to TNT (home of his former show 'Raising the Bar,' and newest project, 'Franklin & Bash,') to guest star as a wealthy murder suspect on Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander's sultry crime drama, 'Rizzoli & Isles' (Mon., Aug. 9, 10PM ET).

'Whether they've done the most horrible things, there's always good behind a character," Gosselaar told Popeater.com about his wide range of characters.

Over the weekend, the 12-minute 'New Man In Charge' epilogue of 'Lost' leaked on the Internet. You probably watched it. We refrained from posting it because as we predicted, it's been pulled from the Web.

I'm sure if you search hard enough you can find it, but we've got all the details you'll need AND a clip. What more can do you want?

The epilogue will be featured on the season 6 DVD set of 'Lost' and the complete series collection due out Aug. 24.

Needless to say, SPOILER ALERT.

According to teenage America, being dead is so in right now. Vampires took a big bite out of the 11th Annual Teen Choice Awards, which airs tonight on Fox at 8PM ET.

The CW's newest supernatural show, 'The Vampire Diaries' swept the television categories. 'Diaries' scored a whopping seven surfboards, including Breakout Show, and Fantasy/Sci-Fi, while stars Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley snagged two awards each for Breakout Star (Male and Female) and Fantasy/Sci-Fi Actor and Actress.

ABC Family's latest show, 'Pretty Little Liars' did pretty well for itself too, receiving the Choice Summer TV Show. Stars Ian Harding and Lucy Hale also won the Summer TV Star Male and Female surfboards.

Read the full list of winners below.

Marc Anthony is known for his singing career and his high-profile marriage to Jennifer Lopez, but the man can act too.

He shows up on TNT's 'HawthoRNe' this week (Tues., Aug. 10, 9PM ET) and again next week as a possible love interest for Jada Pinkett Smith's Christina Hawthorne. As we reported back in April, Anthony will play Nick Renata, a straight-laced cop who meets Christina while investigating a child abduction.

We caught up with Anthony to hear all about working with Jada, being the set's errand boy and whether or not we'll see him on TV again soon.

On 'The Early Show' (weekdays, 7AM ET on CBS), 'Survivor: Nicaragua' host Jeff Probst introduced several cast members from the upcoming 21st season and explained this season's twist.

There was some exciting casting news involving the soap world's fan favorites late last week: a two-time Emmy winner is going west to join 'The Young and the Restless,' and as part of the Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo comeback lollapalooza on General Hospital,' a singer/actress who's been off the soaps for a few decades is wading back into the daytime waves.

For more on those stories and more, read what's been happening around the dial in our weekly Soap casting wrap-up.

Maura Chooses to Go West to Y&R
Two-time Emmy winner Maura West has decided what she's going to do now that 'As the World Turns' is going off the air. Tierney has agreed to join 'The Young and the Restless,' taking over the role of Diane Jenkins.

Last summer, 'Dating in the Dark' presented an interesting twist on the classic dating reality show, and now it's back for more night vision scenes of sexy singles fumbling around in the dark to try to get to know one another.

Host Rossi Moreale explained to us why the show works, and why it doesn't matter if you've graced the cover of Maxim or not -- he says contestants are finding a deeper connection because "they're actually having a conversation and not just staring at each other's butts."

With season 2 premiering (Mon., Aug. 9, 10PM ET on ABC), will you watch? Or are you over dating on reality TV?

When the Cooking Channel launched a couple of months ago, we were rather critical of lineup, but since then, a handful of shows have not only proven to be the best on the network, but might be our favorite new food programs, period.

Here's three Cooking Channel shows that you should take the time to check out:

1. 'Unique Eats.'
Kind of like 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate,' 'Unique Eats' is a terrific show about food from a foodie's point of view. In this case, specific places in a particular area are chosen for the unique fare they serve, and then the experts tell viewers why it's so special. The focus on interesting shops, bakeries, restaurants and eateries is excellent, but what makes the show so compelling is that the people going on and on about these locales are recognizable foodies from other networks and channels.

A&E's upcoming new drama 'Breakout Kings' has added a killer to the cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Serinda Swan has been brought aboard to play a regular role -- Erica Reed, an expert in finding people, then hiding and killing them.

Swan's star is on the rise. She played Aphrodite in this year's 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief,' and has played Zatanna in 'Smallville.' She'll get another boost with the release of 'Tron: Legacy,' in which she plays a Siren.

Melissa Rycroft continues to turn a bad breakup into a great career opportunity.

After successful stints on 'Good Morning America' and 'Dancing With the Stars,' the adorable mom-to-be, who was unceremoniously dumped by 'Bachelor' star Jason Mesnick on live television last year, is now the co-host of ABC's new reality series 'Bachelor Pad,' premiering tonight at 8PM ET/PT.

The show will put 19 former 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' contestants into a house (the same house from the 'Bachelor' franchise, Rycroft told me), whether they will compete in various challenges for a hefty sum of $250,000; and since this is the 'Bachelor' we're talking about, they may even find love, as well.

Last week, Rycroft, who announced last month that she is expecting her first child with husband Tye Strickland, chatted with TV Squad about 'The Bachelor Pad,' her whirlwind year and the advice she has for 'Bachelorette' Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez.

I'm back from California, and while I try to shake jet lag, I wanted to pass along some other items from Saturday's HBO press tour executive session, besides the news I mentioned in yesterday's report:

-- Even though the impending end of 'Entourage' was expected, HBO programming co-presidents Richard Plepler and Michael Lombardo mentioned that the final season will likely consist of six episodes, and there may be a feature film in the works. "We're in a long-term relationship with ('Entourage' executive producer) Doug Ellin. I would expect that within the next couple of years you'll see him up here with another show. I think next time will definitely be the final season of 'Entourage,'" said Lombardo.

-- Lombardo at first announced that the premiere date of the highly-anticipated 'Game of Thrones' would be March 3, but then changed it to "Spring" after checking with an off-stage executive.

-- The executives confirmed that they're working with The Weinstein Company to develop two movie scripts to continue the story of the now-defunct series 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.' "As a series, I think this felt like a more comfortable and organic way for the storytelling to continue," said Lombardo.

Here's tonight's lineup of new shows and events (all times Eastern). Check your local TV listings for additional information.

* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale

Now that 'The Bachelorette' is over, ABC is premiering something new and fresh titled...'Bachelor Pad?' Sigh!

8:00 to 9:00
ABC: 'Bachelor Pad'* -- 19 former Bachelors and Bachelorettes compete for something; two hours
FOX: 'Teen Choice 2010' -- Two hours
ABC Family: 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager'
Cartoon Network: 'Adventure Time With Finn & Jake' and 'The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'
Discovery: 'Cash Cab' -- Two hours
DisneyXD: 'Next X'* and 'Zeke and Luther'
DIY: 'House Crashers'
Nick: 'SpongeBob SquarePants'
Style: 'Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back'*
Travel: 'Samantha Brown's Asia'

The rest of the schedule and the late night talk shows after the jump.

There are very few people on the planet who know who the real Don Draper is. In fact, there aren't many people on the planet who know that the real Don Draper is actually dead, and the person using his name is actually a guy named Dick Whitman.

Anna Draper is one of those people.

The relationship between Anna and Dick Whitman is one of the most unique ones on television. He took Don's name after coming home from the war; she took him in, and they took care of each other. As a result, he's been able to take care of her as he's continued to carry the Draper name to New York, got married, started a family, and got a painful divorce (which was precipitated by Betty finding out the truth... more on that later). Now the Draper name is proudly on the door of an up-and-coming ad agency. They have a love for each other that's hard to describe, but easy to see.

Which is why Don's trip to Southern California on this week's 'Mad Men' (Sundays at 10PM ET on AMC) was so painful.