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Going from a sweet to a bad girl, Betty gets herself a tattoo, drives fast, drinks a lot and rips a guy's front shirt open. In the next "Ugly Betty", Adam Rodriguez guest stars as the bad boy who makes Betty and Hilda's hearts beat fast. Bobby Talercio was Hilda's high school flame and Betty's schoolgirl crush.

Bobby teaches at Justin's school, causing the sisters to both doubt their feelings for "nice guys" - such as Archie, in Hilda's case. Justin is struggling to fit in at high school, so Marc advises him to befriend the mean girl-type cheerleaders, including Ava. Meanwhile Daniel introduces Amanda to the Community of the Phoenix, as he's lured deeper into its clutches by Bennett and Natalie; and Wilhemina takes a drastic step to find money for Nico's blackmail payment.

Bonnie is in for a Damon wrath after she decided to keep the medallion that initially belonged to him. Two clips are released in front of "The Vampire Diaries" episode where Bonnie must face the consequence of keeping the family heirloom. In one scene, Damon follows her to school and starts making an offer to trade the medallion with a service.

The other clip is still revolving around the medallion and what its history. Elena reveals to Stefan that his brother Damon threatens Bonnie. Stefan in return reveals about what he knows, saying that Bonnie's ancestor named Emily owned the medallion during the civil war. Through the preview that was released at the end of this week's episode, it is known that Emily has haunted Bonnie in her sleep to demand for a help.

One more sneak peek is released before audience can get fully blown by Taylor Swift's performance on "Saturday Night Live". After a clip where she opens the show with Bill Hader was released earlier this week, another one which is concentrating on her skit with Kristen Wiig is given.

In this promo, Wiig gets a little intimidated by all Swift's accomplishments and does a little showing-off of her own. It sees Wiig recurring her Penelope character and Single White Female attitude. After jumping with joy, Wiig said to Swift "Wow, you're really tall."

After a couple of months waiting for the family's consent, A&E is on the track to air the miniseries about the Jacksons. "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty" which follows Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson and Randy Jackson will be premiered back-to-back on the cable on December 13 at 9/8c.

Not including a footage of the late Michael Jackson, the miniseries focuses on his brothers in preparing for a reunion tour. Since Michael's June death came in the middle of the preparation, the six-episode series will also chronicle the way they cope with the tragedy. "This deeply intimate portrait will provide viewers with a raw and honest look inside a musical dynasty," said A&E and Bio Channel vice president Robert Sharenow.

All new in "Smallville", there is an imposter of The Blur trying to handle crimes in a messy way. Superhero twins Zan and Jayna show up in Metropolis to help The Blur fight crime but end up botching several rescues, landing Clark in hot water with the District Attorney's office. Clark decides to come forward as The Blur to clear his name.

The Wonder Twins are the DC Comics superheroes who get their power if they touch hands and say "Wonder Twins Power Activate!". In the comic version, Zan can transform into water while Zayna can shape shift into any kind of animal. The show cast non-sibling actors David Gallagher to play Zan and Allison Scagliotti to play Zayna.

Showtime is ready to uncover its plan for next year, putting "Twilight" as the starter kick of the entire line-up in the first quarter. The cable bought the TV broadcast right to the hit vampire film and will air it for the first time on January 23. The time, however, is not yet determined.

Coming two days after "Twilight" is "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" which would start its third season on January 25. Others populating the date would be "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union" which also debuts its third season, and new series "La La Land" where British comic Marc Wootton plays three different characters in real situations with unsuspecting real Los Angelenos.

One person dared to cross the line and revealed that "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami" is fake. NBA star Rashad McCants who dated the show's star Khloe Kardashian and was often featured on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" came clean with the episode of "Miami" where he was accused of cheating with a female fan.

In some quotes acquired by NY Post, the former Minnesota Timberwolves player said that Khloe and her sister Kourtney Kardashian "made the whole thing up". There was one episode when the sisters were hacking into McCants' voice mail and listened to phone messages left for him by a female fan.

Lady GaGa revealed that she had the liberation to perform they way she wanted on "Gossip Girl". The singer said in an interview with MTV News that the writers let her do "whatever the hell". She called the cameo a "crazy performance-art piece."

Her teen sister was actually the one who encouraged her to play a part on the show. She explained, "First of all, my sister's a huge fan, and she's 17 years old. So when I called her and said 'Gossip Girl' wants to put my whole new album on the show and have me perform, she was like 'Oh my God, you have to do it. It's an amazing show'. And I'd seen it. It's a great show."

"Smallville" version of The Wonder Twins stick to the comic version by presenting them in purple although they don't exactly wear tights. The first photos of the eighth episode this season titled "Idols" where they are slated to make the first appearance have been released.

Superhero twins Zan and Jayna show up in Metropolis to help The Blur fight crime but end up botching several rescues, landing Clark in hot water with the District Attorney's office. In the episode, Clark decides to come forward as the Blur to clear his name.

"The Vampire Diaries" will shift its focus a bit from Stefan's birthday this week to Bonnie's power next week. Bonnie is having terrifying dreams about one of her ancestors. Despite Elena's efforts to smooth things over, Bonnie and Caroline continue to argue over the medallion. When the girls hold a sance to help them decide what to do, the results are stranger than any of them expected.

Meanwhile, Matt comes to Caroline's aid when she needs a friend. Damon finally reveals to Stefan the stunning reason he has returned to Mystic Falls. The episode called "History Repeating" airs on Thursday, November 12.

TLC won't miss one of the shocking news in the criminal world this year by compiling footages for a special called "Kidnapped for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Dugard Story". This Sunday, November 8 at 9 P.M. the cable will air a story about the California woman who was kidnapped when she was 11 years old and held captive for 18 years before being discovered.

From the look of the preview, the special contains some personal footages of the Dugard family including when the parents were on national search following the abduction. "This is a look beyond the headlines, this is their story," the network says on the promo. The one-hour program would be aired again on Monday, November 9 at 12 A.M.

Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are attending a "Supernatural" convention, on their show. Super fan Becky (guest star Emily Perkins) uses Chuck's (guest star Chuck Benedict) phone to trick Sam and Dean into attending a Supernatural fan convention, complete with fans dressed up as Sam and Dean.

One of the activities is a live action role playing game, but things quickly turn sour after a real ghost appears on the scene. Based on the casting call, there would be two young men named Demian and Barnes who are friends and have heroic aspirations despite their exterior appearance.

Former lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown chose the same week to talk about the unfortunate incident that happened in February this year. While Rihanna, as reported earlier this week, decided to go one on one with Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" (GMA) and "20/20", Chris opted to be more honest than his "Larry King Live" interview in MTV special.

Rihanna's interview is divided into two segments, the first one being aired on Thursday, November 5 as part of "GMA". Rihanna admitted that she indeed went back to Chris shortly after the February incident when he hit, choke and bit her. "When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result into some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part," she opened up.

The thought that Oprah Winfrey will move her talk show to her cable channel The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is too preliminary. CBS Corp. which has the distribution right to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for local televisions, said on Thursday, November 5 that talks are still underway to keep her from leaving.

"The decision is Oprah's to make," CBS said. "As we have stated repeatedly, we love Oprah and if she wants to continue her show then we want to continue to be in business with her." On the other side, Oprah's production company Harpo released their own statement, saying nothing has been determined yet but Oprah will make one before the year ends.

The three "Eastwick" witches are going a little wild on the next episode called "Paint and Pleasure". Thrilled when Darryl arranges an art show for her work at his mansion - and invites New York art maven Greta Noa - Roxie forgets that his motives might be less than pure.

Joanna turns to her power to get her life back on track, but swiftly discovers that every action, magical or otherwise, has its consequences. And Kat, still unsure about how to move on from Ray, shies away from a budding romance with Will.