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In anticipation of "Dollhouse" season finale tonight (May 8), FOX has released three clips in advance. Alpha's reign of terror continues as his obsession with Echo endangers Caroline's survival. Ballard must make a life-changing decision and one Doll is permanently deactivated while another's shocking past is revealed.

In the first clip, Topher reports to Adelle and Boyd that Alpha has taken away Echo and snatched the tracking device off her. The second clip sees Adelle telling Ballard the origin of Alpha and informing the detective that he was once an Active created from a man named Stephen Kepler. The last clip shows Alpha's crazy scheme in converting a woman named Wendy and manipulating Echo.

With Celia being the latest kicked-out contestant of "America's Next Top Model", three remain to steal the crown next week. Aminat, Allison and Teyona will face the CoverGirl challenge in the finale and only two will strut their moves in the show's "most provocative" runways.

On the Wednesday, May 6 episode, Celia was in the bottom two along with Aminat. The judges were complaining of Celia's old look which could be a problem when she has to do the cover for Seventeen magazine. So they admitted Aminat in, with the warning that she has got to work it in the photo shoots.

The previews to two remaining episodes of "CSI: NY" season 5 are bound together, revealing a shot that will wound one of the agents. A new episode, written by the star Melina Kanakaredes, is titled "Grounds for Deception" and airs Wednesday, May 13. The season finale "Pay Up" airs the next day on Thursday, May 14.

In "Grounds": When Stella discovers that New Yorkers are being murdered over ancient Greek artifacts, she hands over her badge to follow a clue that leads to Greece and, together with Mac, she uncovers one of the greatest mysteries in history.

The identity of 30 men that will compete for a shot at love in "The Bachelorette" have been revealed and one of them would be the future husband of 29-year-old Jillian Harris. The alpha male ranges from 25-year-old lifeguard to 34-year-old restauranteur.

Instead of the usual 25 men, the bachelorette in this season gets to pick out of 30 people. However, ten of them will leave the competition as early as after the cocktail party to meet Jillian for the first time. During the party also, Jillian will hand out a rose to a guy who leaves her a good first impression.

The story of Lily van der Woodsen and Rufus Humphrey's love child in "Gossip Girl" is not yet ended. An actor has been cast to be the half brother of Dan and Serena, and the character will be debuted for the first time in the season finale, airing May 18.

Chris Riggi, who had cameo roles in "Lipstick Jungle" and "The Guiding Light", has been hired to play Scott, the long-lost secret child of Lily and Rufus. E! Online who had the exclusive story, said that the return of Scott would be "a major grenade" in the Lily-Rufus relationship.

Jack wants to set things right on the island but is met with strong resistance by those close to him. In the two-part season finale of "Lost", Jack's decision to put a plan in action is facing a roadblock and Locke assigns Ben on a difficult task.

The May 13 episode called "The Incident" will be a two-hour event on ABC before the show wraps up. Many hints have been released in the past few months regarding this finale including a death that reportedly is from a major character.

One more contestant in "American Idol" takes the fall. Allison Iraheta, the 16-year-old red hair has been eliminated from the competition after being put on the bottom two with Danny Gokey. Ryan Seacrest said that 64 million votes were cast the night before (May 5).

Choked up in tears when her montage was played, Allison then took the stage for one last time to sing her rendition of Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby". She hugged Paula Abdul during the performance and the others afterward.

ABC has decided to make things a little more complicated in the new edition of "The Bachelorette". Jillian Harris who is the only-female standing has to choose over 30 men instead of the usual 25 when the dating reality show hits the screen on May 18.

When 25 men arrive to meet Jillian for the first time, they will compete for the only 'first-impression rose'. In the press release, ABC notes that a guy attempts to woo her with his Latin charm while two others battle on the dance floor. Then the additional 5 men will crash in the party and get more quality time with the bachelorette.

There is only one episode left for "Fringe" before it opens a new chapter with the second season. Next week on May 12, there will be a sudden and unexpected attack on someone with close ties to Fringe Division as well as the return of bioterrorist David Robert Jones.

Also in "There's More Than One of Everything", Walter disappears inexplicably but questions that have been looming throughout the season will be answered here as observations are made, and loyalties are tested. "Star Trek" actor Leonard Nimoy will make his debut in the series as William Bell.

"90210" has two episodes remaining and on Tuesday, May 12 there will be a performance of The Veronicas during the prom party which preview can be seen on the photo below. Also Adrianna will go into labor.

With sophomore prom night quickly approaching, Annie, Adrianna, Naomi, and Silver get glamored up for the event by a famous stylist. A dateless Annie agrees to attend the event with extremely nerdy classmate Charlie, who has a massive crush on her. However, when he realizes that she is only interested in being friends, Charlie turns his feelings for Annie into anger and takes evil action against her.

Lil' Kim has always been on top of the game but after the Monday, May 4 performance, she was let go from "Dancing with the Stars". Receiving only 52 out of 60 from the judges, Kim and her partner Derek Hough were bound to be in the bottom list along with Ty Murray and Chelsie Hightower. But audience apparently were rooting for the rodeo star.

"She's an amazing person, an amazing soul, an amazing spirit and an amazing dancer," Hough said of Kim. The star herself was high in spirit although eliminated. She said, "This is one of the greatest experiences I've ever experienced in my life. I think I brought different viewers."

"The Biggest Loser" was down to four people after the departure of Filipe last week. The remaining contestants, Ron, Mike, Tara and Helen, were sent home for a 30-day break from the campus. But they will be back for a final weigh in before viewers at home can vote who deserve to be in the final three on the live finale May 12.

There was a short montage of how the four contestants had gone through the regimes and lost a lot of pounds in week 17. Tara started off with 294 pounds, Helen was 257 pounds, Mike was 388 pounds while Ron was at staggering 430 pounds.

It's time to do some rock and roll on "American Idol". Mentored by ex-guitarist of Guns N' Roses, Slash, each of the top 4 will sing a solo and a duet piece. A short recap of what happened on the result show last week where Adam Lambert was put on the bottom three was played before the show began.

And viewers get the first taste of rock through Adam's rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". Slash advised him not to improvise too much and Adam did not. Randy Jackson said he can definitely be a rock star and none will look at him as mere theater performer. Kara DioGuardi called him a "rock God". Simon Cowell said the piece is one of his favorite performances throughout the season and it will be difficult to top that.

The time has come to wrap up the second season of "The Real Housewives of New York City". On Tuesday, May 5, the season of high drama comes to a close with nothing short of an explosive and thoroughly entertaining finale.

When Bethenny gives LuAnn's housekeeper Rosie a cooking lesson. Rosie ends up teaching a love-lorn Bethenny a few tips about dating in return. Jill enlists Kelly to pick out a donation for her charity event at a high-end jewlery store where the eccentric owner gushes over Kelly. And when the charity event finally approaches, Jill and Ramona are livid to see that Bethenny is promoting her own brand at the event behind their backs.

Julian is suddenly 98 Degrees hotter when Brooke brings Nick Lachey as her date to Lucas and Peyton's wedding. In "Forever and Almost Always", Peyton and Lucas' wedding day has finally arrived and surprise guests attend.

Haley plays an unexpected role in the ceremony while Nathan hopes to be called up to the NBA. Skills keeps Jamie on a short leash, and Brooke does the same with Nick Lachey, who plays as himself. Lachey was initially meant to be a guest star in an episode but creator Mark Schwahn had expressed his interest in the character and thus made it a story arc that involves the love triangle of Brooke, Julian and Lachey.