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Disney Channel have come out with the trailer of TV movie "Dadnapped" that puts Emily Osment as the lead character. An original movie by the mouse house, "Dadnapped" will be premiered in February, the same month its based-on-the-movie novel "Dadnapped: The Junior Novel" is released.

"Dadnapped" centers its story around Melissa Hamilton and her famous dad Neil Hamilton who makes a living out of writing best-selling novels about adventurous and clever hero, Tripp Zoome. When her father gets kidnapped by crazed fan and two brothers. Melissa then finds herself in the position of Zoome when she is forced to rescue her missing dad.

A preview to the new episode of "Ghost Whisperer" is available. On Friday, January 9 the show will return with an episode called "Life on the Line" where Melinda thinks that a ghost call 911 for help.

Melinda will assist a family in turmoil after a freak incident involving the death of their 14-year-old. The deceased boy wants his divorced parents and estranged brother reunite so that they can finally discuss the cause of his death. Meanwhile, Jim who assists Melinda in the case, may have his memory back. Also, Delia has her first haunting and discovers why sometimes it's easier to be a skeptic than a believer.

"Scrubs" which moves from NBC to ABC, has released its first webisode on the first day of 2009 with an episode titled "Our Intern Class". The webisodes series which focus on the interns, begins with a video diary by a newbie at the Sacred Heart Hospital, named Sunny. Cameos are made by Dr. Perry Cox and Ted among others.

The webisodes will be released once a week on ABC.com. Korbi from Zap2It, spilled that apart from the introduction to new characters like typical pilots, there will be a lecture from J.D. who explains on vernaculars and acronyms used in the hospital to the interns. Ted will have a singing lady and Taran Killam makes an appearance.

A set of images to promote the sixth season of "The L Word" that will premiere January 18 at 9/8c, has come out. Coming back for the final season are the show's principal characters such as Shane, Helena, Alice, Bette, Tina, Kit, Tasha and also Jenny, the latest who is portrayed dead in the promo video.

Jenny, played by Mia Kirshner, will appear in a series of flashbacks after her scene where her lifeless body is carried on a stretcher is aired. Jenny is found face-down in a swimming pool and a female police will be investigating the case. According to the caption by Showtime, "one of the friends will take the fall" and friendships will be put to test. The series will begin with flashbacks of the months leading up to the murder.

The third season of "Kyle XY" has been given a preview through a newly-outed clip where Kyle is searching for Amanda but got captured. The teen sci-fi series will be screened on ABC Family starting January 12 with 10 episodes in the pipeline.

In the first episode of the season, Kyle, who has been restrained and weakened, awakens inside a Latnok building. Despite his predicament, Kyle must escape and rescue Amanda - who is being held in the same building.

"The Mentalist" will return on the TV screen in three days (January 6) and a sneak peek to it has been released. Entitled "Red John's Friends", the episode will revolve around Jane's pursue of Red John whose whereabouts is known by an inmate.

The inmate promises to give information on Red John's location on the condition that Jane will help him prove his innocence first. Jane quits CBI to devote all of his time to getting him released.

In the past two days, AceShowbiz has gathered the TV shows that will take over the small screen this January, either with their new season or with their debut. In this third and last part, we highlight those that have kicked off the season during the Fall or further back and are back to continue the story.

Some of the shows have been shuffled in the schedule and take a different time slot. Since there's quite a gap between the fall and the midseason, below we help you to recall to what happen to the latest episode and give scoops on what will be in the new one.

A preview to Disney's new comedy series, "J.O.N.A.S!", has been brought to attention. Debuted during the airing of the network's special program entitled "Totally New Year", the video footage teases what to be expected from the series which will be centering its stories on musical trio, the Jonas Brothers.

In the less-than-a-minute video, it can be seen that Joe Jonas hastily wears baseball safety equipment as a hordes of screaming fans are rushing towards him and his brothers, Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. Another scene displays Kevin sliding down the fireman pole only to find himself dressed in pajamas.

"30 Rock" continues with its star-studded guest star appearances in the third season with the latest one being Salma Hayek. The Latina makes a cameo in the episode 3.07 titled "Senor Macho Solo", as a nurse of Jack's mother who turns to be his love interest.

Also in the January 8 episode, Jack will be kept busy by Tracy who wants to arrange a post-nup with his wife Angie after learning about the recession. Jack also helps Jenna in nailing an audition for the title role in a Janis Joplin biopic. Meanwhile, Liz is continuing her craze over babies by dating a new guy who can potentially give her one.

"One Tree Hill" has given another sneak peek to its January 5 episode called "Things a Mama Don't Know". This time Julian makes a phone call to Lucas to fix things up because the movie is in jeopardy. While he's still in L.A., Lucas discovers that Julian has been keeping another secret regarding the movie.

The movie is not the only problem for Lucas. He will receive a startling news from Peyton too. Rumor has it, Peyton is pregnant but there will be complications. The CW had also given out the one on Nathan and Haley giving a good news to Jamie earlier this week. Nathan gets a green light in his professional career but must struggle in the environment that ends with a face off between him and Nino.

Disney Channel had their stars coming out to celebrate the New Year's Eve with "Totally New Year". Cast of "Wizards of Waverly Place", Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, and Jennifer Stone, served as the host of the show that aired starting 5 P.M. ET.

Beside entertaining viewers while counting down to the year 2009, "Totally New Year" presented an awards show which winners were selected through an online poll at Disney.com. Among the categories given out are Totally Best Guest, Totally Silly Siblings, Totally Hair-Raising and Totally Random Relatives.

Turning over the page, here are some TV shows opening a new chapter of their stories. Coming this midseason in the TV world are among others, the 13th season of "The Bachelor" and the highly-anticipated return of "Lost" and "24" that had suffered delay from the writer's strike.

In continuation to the first part of AceShowbiz's 2009 Midseason TV Guide, the second part brings out the shows that had wrapped their latest season either in last year's midseason or further back. The third and last part which will be published tomorrow, January 2 will focus on those that have had their runs since fall and are looking forward to finish it this midseason.

Some networks have prepared in advance for the coming of midseason by lining up brand new shows to refresh their program while some rely on their popular series to continue spinning the number. Producers are racing to come up with new concepts of reality shows as well as new stories that can thrill and advance above others already available.

Those looking forward to what January 2009 brings can take a look at the list of fresh shows below. Second and third part of the 2009 Midseason TV Guide will be published on January 1 and 2 respectively. The second part will focus on the shows opening a new season while the third compile those returning to the screen after the winter holiday.

To bridge the gap between "One Tree Hill" 6.12 to the next one, The CW have released a webclip for the episode that returns January 5. In "Things a Mama Don't Know", Nathan receives a good news on his basketball career and shares it with Jamie.

Meanwhile, things are looking not so good on Peyton's side. She receives some startling news that she must share with Lucas, who while still in LA, discovers that Julian has been keeping another secret regarding the movie. Also, Nathan struggles in a new professional environment and Brooke's search for runaway Sam forces her to confront her own feelings about the night of her attack.

The first two hours of "Lost" season 5 have gone online through ABC's press site on Monday, December 29 night. Scoops as well as opinions from TV writers have been making rounds, including a mutual compliment for the first few gripping minutes.

Korbi from Zap2It provides some interesting tidbits that may serve as some spoilers too. Among the things she points out are, at least three people are going to die in the first chapter, but some characters who have been killed in the previous seasons will make some appearances. And true to the "Lost" nature where questions are thrown and then answered later, the premiere will give reasons why the Oceanic 6 must go back to the Island.