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With news of her parent's true cause of death last week, Sookie's in a downward spiral. 

She's just about had it with faeries, werewolves, vampires, and the rest of the supernaturals. Instead of dealing with her problems, she considers ridding of them, permanently.

It may be a good idea because it looks like another man in her life is moving on with another girl.

Meanwhile, we get to see more of Russell Edgington's return to the afterlife. Though things border on the extreme–we witness reincarnations of the dead–actor Denis O'Hare (Edgington) is a pleasure to witness on screen.

Also, Pam rocks an '80s do, Tara's pole dancing, and we begin to witness Hoyt's slow descent into madness.

Sookie learns she has a limited amount of magic.

She learns that while she is half faerie, she can deplete her supply of magic. 

Translation: if she drains all her powers, she'll finally be a "normal" human.

Naturally, she attempts to drain her faerie powers.

Hoyt gets involved with the hate gang dressed in Obama masks.

He tells the group about his hate for vampire Jessica. Bad move.

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Finding ways to pay for college–scholarships, loans, and deciding what route is the right to take can become stressful.

Jane Lynch understands. 

So, the "Glee" actress launched the National College Finance Center (collegefinancecenter.org) to help. The free not-for-profit site, NCFC, gives insight to both students and parents on the smartest ways to finance a college education and repay loans.

Lynch had the following to say from a press event last week: 

"I really jumped at the opportunity to support this initiative because it is something that has affected my family," said Lynch. "I have a ten-year-old daughter who will be going to college in eight years as well as nieces and nephews who are dealing with student loans right now."

The interactive site plans to be the go-to spot to answer financial questions about further education.

One benefit the site offers is a private student loan comparison tool which shows available private loan options with costs, interest rates, monthly costs, projected total costs and more.

Watch a clip of Lynch on CBS This Morning discussing NCFC below:

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Breaking Bad's Walt, played by Bryan Cranston, made millions from making high-quality crystal meth. 

But he's also had quite a few expensive calamities in four seasons of the AMC series. Last week, Walt claimed to be $40,000 in the hole. 

But this infographic by TV.com and posted at visual.ly counts exactly where his money's gone and how much he should have left. 

Check it out: 

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20th Century Fox Television has some "Family" matters to deal with.

The producers of ABC's hit comedy "Modern Family" are in tough contract negotiations with the cast, and now production on season four is being delayed, as cast members skipped the first table read today.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, and Sofia Vergara have filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court to void their contracts. 

Notably absent from is the sixth main adult cast member, Ed O'Neill, who THR says makes more than his co-stars and is negotiating separately, though sources are saying he has joined the lawsuit out of solidarity to his castmates. O'Neill was the biggest name in the cart due to his run on the hit sitcom "Married… With Children."

The news comes less than a week after all six adult cast members received Emmy nominations (bringing the group's total nominations in the show's first three seasons to an incredible 17, with only O'Neill missing out for season 1). Burrell and Bowen took home awards last year, and Stonestreet won for season 1. Vergara was recently named Forbes' best paid actress on television.

Though the cast members all have contracts through the seventh season, it's common to renegotiate between the third and fourth seasons. THR explains the cast members are claiming their current contracts violate California's "Seven Year Rule" which prevents service contracts longer than seven years, a common legal strategy in these situations. 

THR says the five cast members currently filing suit were offered salary increases of "$150,000 per episode plus a $50,000 per episode bonus for season 4; $200,000 per episode for season 5; $225,000 for season 6; and up to $325,000 for an anticipated season 9. The cast is asking for much more, including more than double the offered salary if the show goes 8 or 9 seasons, as expected. 

For the 22-episode season 3, the five adult cast members made roughly $65,000 an episode (O'Neill made closer to $105,000).

The series also begins a lucrative syndication deal with USA in 2013, which paid close to $1.5 million per episode. The show is poised to make even more from foreign revenue and broadcast stations as well.

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Showtime released another little tease of "Dexter" to hold fans over for the next two months. 

The latest trailer shows no new footage, but is a great compilation of past scenes showing just how close Deb has been to discovering her "brother" Dexter's dark passenger throughout the series. 

Now that she knows, how will she react?

The penultimate season begins September 30 on Showtime. Check out the clip below. 

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Comedy Central just re-upped the contracts of its two biggest stars (apologies to Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Daniel Tosh), ensuring Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will remain a late night one-two punch for the network for a few more years. 

The network announced the new deals Wednesday morning. The two hosts also serve as writers and producers of their respective shows.

Stewart's new contract locks him up through mid-2015, what would be his 17th season hosting "The Daily Show."

Colbert's deal keeps him on air through the end of 2014, what would be his ninth season hosting "The Colbert Report."

Each show received four Emmy nominations last week. 

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It hasn't been an easy start for the fifth and final season of "Fringe." 

Production on the Fox sci-fi drama's final season began last Wednesday and continued through Friday, but stopped Monday so the cast could attend the Television Critics Association press tour panel. Showrunner J.H. Wyman said actor John Noble could not attend the event because he was  "under the weather."

On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter said that the production delay would extend due to star Jaskia Nicole's car accident and multiple illnesses in the cast. Blair Brown missed Comic-Con a few weeks ago because of a cold, and now the perennially Emmy-snubbed Noble is being treated for a sleep disorder. 

What was thought to be a three day delay will now extend to about August 7, nine shooting days. During the two week pause, the 63-year-old actor will seek treatment.

The delay should not effect the show's September 28 premiere date.

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Norah O'Donnell will join Charlie Rose and Gayle King as co-anchor of 'CBS This Morning' starting this fall. She is replacing Erica Hill.

“This is a very exciting development for our morning program and for all of CBS News,” said CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager in an announcement Thursday. “Norah is an accomplished reporter with all the skills for the job. She’s a hard worker who knows her story and, as she has shown time after time at the White House, she can think on her feet on live television.”

"This Morning" launched in January to compete with morning powerhouses NBC's "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America." 

O'Donnell was the chief White House correspondent for CBS News. Before that she spent over a decade with NBC and MSNBC, including work as a contributing correspondent on "Today." 

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We stopped in our tracks when coming across these celebrity family portraits done in colored pencil–yes, colored pencils.

From Nic Cage in "Raising Arizona" to Jon Hamm in "Mad Men," we noticed the portraits making the rounds on Reddit and decided to put a name with the many faces drawn.

Now, a professional artist, Kirk Demarais was previously a graphics and greeting card designer before returning to his first love of drawing. You can read more on Demarais' transition to a full-time artist described in his own words, here.

"I started making the colored pencil portraits in 2008 for Gallery 1988's annual Crazy 4 Cult art show in which a group of artists create work inspired by cult films," Demarais told us.

His art has become so well known that he's received commissions from celebrities including Kristen Wiig and executive producer of "Little Miss Sunshine," the Jeb Brody.

Any one portrait can take him anywhere from one and a half to three weeks to complete. 

Demarais believes he's drawn a total of 28 portraits to date, though not all of them contain complete families.

Currently, he's working on a separate piece for this summer's Crazy 4 Cult gallery in New York City.

This Little Miss Sunshine portrait of "The Hoovers" was commissioned by producer Jeb Brody.

No one's ready to drink a milkshake in this portrait of the Plainviews – "There Will Be Blood"

Here are the Griswolds – "National Lampoon's Vacation."

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Zach Galifianakis must really hate traditional interviews. 

First "The Campaign" actor showed up on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," turning the tables on the host two nights ago, and then appeared on "The Daily Show" with co-star Will Ferrell causing more chaos last night.

On "Fallon" the two switched spots … and personalities. Galifianakis sat behind Jimmy Fallon's desk, pretending to be the host, interviewing Galifianakis (played by Fallon). If it sounds confusing, check out the clip: 

Galifianakis' appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" last night with Ferrell was even better.

After a few minutes of what Ferrell sarcastically called "lame questions," and Galifianakis calling out the host's journalistic integrity, Stewart went "H.A.M.," bringing in "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm to even the playing field. 

However, that didn't last long. Hamm quickly switched sides, also noting the host's "terrible" questions, forcing Stewart to "apologize" to his audience. 

"The Campaign" opens August 10. 

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NEW YORK (AP) — CNN chief Jim Walton said Friday he is quitting, saying the company needs new leadership at a time its flagship U.S. network is suffering through some of its poorest ratings ever.

Walton built the company into a profitable international news organization in his 10 years as president of CNNWorldwide, and said it is on track for record profits this year. But the U.S. network is the most visible part of the business and is now entrenched in third place behind rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC in prime time.

He announced the decision in an email to staff members on Friday. He said he'll continue working until the end of the year during the company's search for a successor.

Walton said he's been talking to his boss, Turner Broadcasting Chairman Phil Kent, about leaving since the first few months of the year. CNN is owned by Time Warner.

"There's always pressure," he said. "I've been doing this a long time and CNN has had its ups and downs, like all companies have had ups and downs. I feel really strongly about a number of parts of this company. We're having a really strong year internationally and in mobile. It's clear there's a lot of spotlight on CNN's U.S. performance and it's reasonable that there is that spotlight."

CNN's U.S. network had its worst-ever ratings for a second quarter, down 40 percent for some of its prime-time shows. The decline was particularly notable in May, when CNN faced tough competition from broadcast networks during a slow news period and its ratings were compared to a year earlier, in the aftermath of the Osama bin Laden killing.

It hasn't improved appreciably since then, with veteran newsman Wolf Blitzer often losing in the ratings to broadcast novice Al Sharpton on MSNBC. Piers Morgan's show has been a bright spot this month.

The network was also embarrassed by initially reporting incorrectly the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on President Obama's health care law, then taking longer to correct itself than Fox, which made a similar error.

CNN's ratings traditionally fluctuate based on the intensity of the news. Fox and MSNBC have insulated themselves from that problem somewhat through its partisan prime-time hosts. Walton has resisted this approach, believing CNN's strength lies in being a nonpartisan news source and the company's reputation would be damaged worldwide if the U.S. network changed.

Walton said he doesn't expect that to change after he leaves.

"We kind of know who we are and our corporate colleagues know who we are and there has always been great support internally that we're going to be a news organization," he said.

At CNN, "we want to be accurate above all else, we want to be timely — first if possible — we want to actually go to where the news is, not just subscribe to some agency's news feed and talk about it. We want to report the news from multiple sides, all sides, and without bias."

Walton, 54, began working at CNN in 1981 shortly after it started. His first job involved ripping paper scripts off wire machines and operating the TelePrompter for news anchors.

Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner chairman and CEO, said Walton took over an underperforming company in 2003 and tripled earnings, delivering an annual growth of 15 percent. Roughly half of the company's earnings come through subscription fees from cable and satellite companies, and they have been growing steadily worldwide.

"Jim has been instrumental in growing the business into the financial powerhouse it has become, while establishing the brand as the worldwide leader for television news," Bewkes said. "I respect him personally and professionally and support the decision he and Phil Kent have reached."

Kent said Walton has a track record of great judgment when it matters most. He "challenged the organization to think bigger, reach further, do better," he said.

"I think this company needs some new thinking," Walton said. "I've been doing this job I'm in now for 10 years and I'm ready for a change."

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts is planning to take a medical leave around the end of August for her bone marrow transplant.

But during her absence from the ABC morning show, she'll be getting a little help from her friends, she said Thursday.

Roberts listed Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric among her "wonderful, wonderful friends at ABC News" who will be subbing for her. Others mentioned: talk-show host Kelly Ripa and panelists from the ABC talk show "The View."

Roberts announced last month that she has MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia.

On Thursday, she told reporters gathered for the Television Critics Association conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., that her leave would "most likely" start at the end of August or early September.

"It's fascinating-slash-scary how to prepare yourself for something like this," she said, appearing by satellite from ABC's studios in New York. And when asked how she's feeling, she replied, "I do go through moments of fatigue."

But citing the continuing resurgence of "Good Morning America" against its long-dominant NBC rival "Today," she brightened.

"The run that we've had has truly energized me," she said. "It's pretty good medicine, I gotta say, to be taking!"

In particular, ABC was crowing Thursday that, for the first time in 17 years, "GMA" had seized first place among total viewers (almost 4.6 million vs. 4.25 million for "Today") as well as tying "Today" for first place in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic, each with 1.74 million.

ABC News President Ben Sherwood was inspired to frame the victory in Olympic terms.

"For 852 straight (weekly) races, the 'Today' show won the gold medal, going back to 1995," he said. Then, several weeks ago, "GMA" snapped the "Today" winning streak, "and stood there alone for the first time in 16 years to get its own gold medal."

"And after 879 weeks running behind in younger viewers, 25-to-54," Sherwood went on, "GMA" is "standing there at the gold-medal podium, unbelievably in an actual statistical tie with the previous champs."

Meanwhile, Sherwood acknowledged a mistake ABC News made last week during coverage of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 people and injured dozens more.

ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross speculated on the air about the political ties of the alleged gunman, James Holmes, erroneously identifying him as a member of the tea party.

"It was a mistake," Sherwood said. "We recognized it immediately. We owned it immediately. We corrected it immediately. We apologized for it."

Declaring, "That particular moment didn't live up to the standards and practices of ABC News," he said, "I take responsibility for it. The news division knows how displeased I am about it. And we will do everything we can to prevent it ever happening again."

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After just two seasons, AMC has officially cancelled "The Killing."

The series got off to a promising start when it debuted in April 2011 and had everyone wondering who killed Rosie Larsen, but the show never got past its polarizing first season finale, where it frustrated fans by not resolving the show's central murder mystery.

The ratings suffered for the decision in its second and ultimately final season for the network.

"Killing's" production studio Fox Television says they will "proceed to try to find another home for the show."

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Add former television exec Bruce Seidel to those jumping on board YouTube to showcase new broadcast content. 

In January, Seidel was appointed CEO of Electus' new food-centric YouTube channel Hungry, and just two weeks ago, it finally launched on June 27. 

Headed by Seidel, who formerly worked for both the Cooking Channel and the Food Network overseeing shows including "Iron Chef America" and "The Next Food Network Star," the Hungry Channel currently consists of four weekly shows: the Brothers Green, following recipes of two musician brothers who are underground caterers, Summer Desserts Unplugged, showcasing a different Italian dessert every week, Drink Inc., offering weekly cocktails with two of LA's top mixologists, and Casserole Queens, featuring a plethora of recipes from two best friends in Austin.

More shows will roll out as the summer continues including a summer beer cocktail show along with Duff's Food World featuring Duff Goldman ("Ace of Cakes").

We recently spoke with Seidel to learn why he left television to create online content and what sets "Hungry" apart from the competition.

For Seidel, online content is the one unexplored region he hasn't conquered yet. 

"In this generation, everyone's using it [the Internet]," said Seidel. "I've always worked with it indirectly and find it critical in my career to harness its potential."

Seidel also points out one of the great things about moving online is creating high-level content at a lower price. That, plus, where else do you have 800 million potential eyeballs at your fingertips every month?

As well, the two channels Seidel previously worked for own the foodie demographic. Instead, Seidel says starting a new YouTube channel provides plenty of opportunities unavailable to the food networks on TV. That, plus, 

Here are three ways Hungry is setting itself apart from the competition to expand the food category. Take note:  

1. Including niche shows which are only touched upon on television.

Seidel says Hungry can evolve upon user needs by focusing on demographics otherwise not reached on the tube, including a future vegan show and gluten-free show, "Bites and Blues."

Granted, there are niche channels out there (The Sweetest Vegan, BBQ Pit Boys) with moderate followings in the ten thousands.

2. Doubling as a teaching tool.

Essentially, the channel helps convert the iPad and YouTube into a personal recipe book on the go. 

One of the goals of Hungry is to provide an outlet for people to learn how do prepare different items, according to Seidel. With easily accessible How-to and Thirsty Thursday playlists (the latter is exactly what it sounds like), viewers can access recipes ranging from cupcakes to summer drinks.  

Of course, other food channels have this, too, right? Sure, just not to this extent. 

While Food Network's YouTube channel, FoodNetwork TV provides its own videos on how to make cocktails there's no real "how to" page on its site. Instead, many of the shows available on its YouTube page feature curated content from its television network–a bit stale for an extension of the Food Network brand online. 

The Cooking Channel does a bit of a better job in offering recipes; however, the page isn't intuitive–items aren't directly labeled as recipes versus specials on visiting specific venues making viewers sift through the channel for recipes, something that shall try any web surfer's patience. 

In comparison, to Hungry's more than 11,000 current subscribers, FoodNetwork TV has more than 36,000–but joined YouTube November 2006. Meanwhile, the Cooking Channel has slightly more than 1,800 subscribers. Still Hungry has a way to go to reach the 2.6 million subscribers of popular channel Epic Meal Time which joined YouTube September 2010.

3. Providing a heavy focus on user engagement.

One of the other things the channel will take advantage of is user engagement, something television can't receive immediate feedback on.

Seidel says Hungry was created with the viewers in mind. As the channel grows, the channel will listen to user-generated feedback and if there's a real push for a niche item missing from availability–gluten channels–Hungry will consider adding them to their arsenal.

The talent will engage on the channel as well, directly answering back viewers with food-related questions, comments on recipes, etc. Down the line, Seidel sees Google Hangouts with those on the channel and challenges available to viewers to create their own dishes. 

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Well, it's just a big party in Bon Temps.

The shifter-killing gang is still on the loose getting its kicks, Tara is reacquainting herself with old high school friends–torturing them–, Lafayette throws a shindig for Terry and Patrick, and the werewolves hold a farewell gathering (exit) for Alcide. 

Meanwhile, the Vampire Authority, now headed by Russell Edgington, is still "high as a kite" off their V trip and begins plotting its next move against mankind.

And, it looks like someone new may be coming after Sookie. 

The Lilith cult is still out of control.

Eric is not pleased and has no idea how to escape with Bill and Nora.

... especially since Bill is turning to the dark side.

Eric used to be the bad guy we loved to hate on "True Blood"; however, in spite of all this ridiculous Lilith talk, he's the only one keeping his cool and staying sane.

The original plan to "stay alive" included going along with the Authority's beliefs to escape; however, the longer the two stay, it appears Bill may consider there's more to the afterlife than being the white knight.

Bill appears to be transitioning into a colder, darker version of his former self. We can't say this is surprising since his world turned upside down: everyone's suddenly okay with Edgington's return, Steve Newlin is a vampire, and, to top things off, he sees the love of his life supposedly moving on with a werewolf.

As he tells Eric, he's evolving.

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If you've been going through withdrawals after the end of season one of HBO's hit new show "GIRLS," look no further than this parody video appropriately titles "BOYS."

The YouTube video, written and directed by FunnyorDie familiar faces Peter Moses and Frank Cappello, makes jabs at the "GIRLS" cast being full of hipster Hollywood royalty.

Watch the funny video below.

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Zombies took to the street recently to protest Dish Network's decision to drop AMC from their service. They have also dropped other AMC Networks Inc.—the parent company of AMC—channels, including WE tv and IFC. 

The Vice President of Dish programming, Dave Shull, said in a news release that "AMC Networks requires us to carry low-rated channels like IFC and WE tv to access a few popular AMC shows. The math is simple: it’s not a good value for our customers."

The decision to part ways is the result of an ongoing feud between the two companies. AMC sued Dish Network in 2008 for "breach of contract regarding a distribution agreement."

Dish's decision to drop the network comes as a huge blow as 14 million homes are now cut off from AMC and their highly acclaimed shows, "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead." Just one week before AMC's acclaimed drama "Breaking Bad" returns, AMC has announced that they will show the premiere for free online for all Dish subscribers.  

"Every cable, phone and satellite company other than Dish carries AMC," the company said in response. "AMC wants its loyal Dish viewers to experience the excitement of the Breaking Bad premiere at the same time as their friends and neighbors, and we want to give Dish customers an extra week to switch providers so they can enjoy the rest of the season."

As a little extra retaliation, AMC unleashed terrifying zombies onto the street of New York City. Dressed as mailmen, taxi drivers, food cart vendors, and random passers-by, these Hollywood actors sent New Yorkers screaming. Their message? "Zombies don't belong here. Put them back on T.V."

Watch the chilling video below.

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"You can't be half a gangster."

That's the tagline at the end of the "Boardwalk Empire" season three promo, and a lesson Nucky (Steve Buscemi) will surely learn in the episodes to follow.

After last season ended with [SPOILER] Nucky killing off his associate Jimmy (Michael Pitt), it looks like he's fully embracing his inner gangster, capping another shadowy figure as the rain pours down in slow motion.

It's an artfully shot trailer (expect nothing less from the show with one of television's best title sequences), worth checking out even if you don't watch the show.

"Empire's" third season premieres September 16 on HBO.

Check out the trailer below:

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