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A fire will destroy not only a venue, but also a desperate housewife's life. In the new episode of "Desperate Housewives", everyone has gathered at a club to see the guys play in the annual "Battle of the Bands" when a fire erupts, threatening the lives of those in attendance. Some will fall as a hero will rise.

Cast Dana Delany spilled last month that somebody may not survive the incident, saying "We end the episode with someone not making it out of the fire." Furthermore, creator Marc Cherry also said that this is going to be a huge episode. "It's one of the biggest special-effects episodes we've ever done, actually more difficult than the tornado," he said, adding "The nightclub gets set on fire. It's connected to the mystery, and it's going to be a huge episode."

Former Presidential candidate from Republican party, John McCain, will have his first interview after his defeat in the election to the first African-American elected president, Barack Obama. McCain has signed a deal to appear on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

It has been reported that McCain's interview appearance on the show is going to be aired this week, November 11. The day of McCain's first TV interview coincides Veterans Day. The Arizona senator has already done some interviews on the same show before and during his campaign for presidential election.

The speculation over "The Oprah Winfrey Show" being axed from ABC in 2011 has been explained further by the show's production house. Harpo Production has responded toward Discovery Communications chief David Zaslav's statement which hints a possibility of the talk show move to Oprah Winfrey's new network, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network).

Lisa Halliday, Harpo chief spokesperson, told Access Hollywood "While David Zaslav's comments are true that Oprah's current contract to produce 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' will expire in 2011, she has not made a final decision as to whether she will continue her show in syndication beyond that."

Last night on "Ghost Whisperer", it was revealed how Melinda has to face the biggest fear in her life, the death of her loved one. In the next episode of the show, Melinda will get used to the changes after her husband Jim leaves the living world and becomes a ghost who promises to stay by her side.

"Threshold" will see Melinda trying to cope with the dramatic changes in her personal life, while at the same time struggles to help a desperate teenage ghost. Melinda finds it difficult to go on with her calling as a ghost whisperer after the tragedy, but she talks to a ghost that says she thinks she helped kill Melinda's husband. Meanwhile, Jim begins to see how things work from the other side.

"Grey's Anatomy" and its spin-off "Private Practice" may cross each other's path, TV Guide reports exclusively. Some sources told the publication that there will be a multi-episode crossover story that comes in February next year.

No confirmation yet on which characters will visit the other show, but TV Guide specifies that Kate Walsh's Addison Montgomery will return to her former work place, the Seattle Grace Hospital. In an interview with the publication also, Walsh shares out her thought of who from "Grey's" should make a visit to "Private". On this she pointed on Eric Dane's Mark Sloan, saying "It'd be fun to have him cause some trouble!"

The next episode of "30 Rock" will mark a special appearance of Jennifer Aniston for the NBC's comedy series' new season. Entitled "The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'", the episode will feature Aniston's sights on Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin).

According to E! Online, the "Friends" star may even have a "Single White Female" complex on Liz Lemon (Tina Fey). "The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'" shows Aniston's character as Claire Harper, a friend of Liz and Jenna Maroney from Chicago, who does a sudden visit in New York. Claire's sudden visit comes along with her sudden attraction towards Jack upon first sight. She even claims him as her own.

Four brand new clips are given by The CW as a sneak peek to the 6.10 episode of "One Tree Hill". The episode that will take the cast of the show outside their daily routine, is centered upon a USO concert produced by Peyton where Haley has to overcome her stage fright and sing at the event.

Held at a Marine base, the concert involves also Angels & Airwaves plus singer Kate Voegele who plays as recurring character Mia Catalano in the series. Led by Enation band, Haley is introduced by Peyton in clip 1 and her singing gig is shown on the second clip. Third clip sees Haley exiting the stage, replaced by Catalano. Off the concert, the fourth clip brings a scene between Lucas and Peyton with the former taking easy on the latter's past romance with film director Julian.

The presidential campaign of the newly-elected Barack Obama will be compiled in a documentary which will be aired by HBO. The network have secured the rights to have the campaign's behind-the-scenes from Edward Norton's production company for reportedly at least $1 million.

Directed by Amy Rice, the documentary is a year-long plan that Norton's company had initiated before Obama was even in to run for the presidential this year. Rice and a fellow director Alicia Sams reportedly saw a potential in the Democrat when his campaign became a success and they started filming in August 2006 when Obama was in a 15-day trip to Africa.

"Lost" is ready for its upcoming new season. ABC has confirmed exclusively that the serial drama series which revolves around the lives of a plane crash's survivors on a tropical mysterious island, will be premiered for its fifth season on Wednesday, January 21 at 8/7c.

Furthermore, the network has stated that the premiere of "Lost" will be set up for a full three-hours. The first two episodes entitled "Because You Left" and "The Lie" will be aired back-to-back at the same time, following a recap of the first four seasons.

FOX have released the schedule for their midseason primetime TV line-up. Some shows Like "House M.D." and "Bones" are shifted to another night while others such as "24" and "American Idol" welcome their new seasons.

The network has set two-hour installments on January 13 and 14 for "American Idol" eight season premiere. After that, the reality competition show will get its regular airdate for one-hour time periods on Tuesdays at 8/7c and Wednesdays at 8/7c, the following week.

Showtime network will have a new upcoming dark comedy series which will be premiered on January 18 at 10/9c. The series is entitled "United States of Tara" and starred by Toni Collette as Tara. The network has picked up the series for original 13 episodes including the pilot.

The story will revolve around Tara's life as a wife and a mother of two children who suffers from multiple personality disorder. John Corbett joins the series by playing as Tara's husband, Max. Other involved actors and actress are Brie Larson, Keir Gilchrist, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Nathan Corddry.

There is a life and death hostage situation in the next episode of "Life on Mars". Sam Tyler must deal with the uncontrolled situation to save the hostages' life while at the same time he has to save his own life next on the episode entitled "Tuesday's Dead".

The episode will revolve around the crazy gunman who tries to force a doctor to do a dangerous operation for the gunman's brother. He kidnaps the people on County hospital to insist the doctor. Sam and his 125 crew are faced by the reality that the hopeless madman will do even worse on the fact that he already kills several people there. They are ordered to diffuse a potentially explosive face-off. Sam, Ray Carling, Annie Norris, and Lt. Gene Hunt are all targeted in the madman's cross hairs.

A girl has been chosen to hear the angels' conversations and the brothers must find her quickly before a powerful demon named Alastair (guest star Mark Rolston) comes and makes use of her ability. "Supernatural" 4.09 chronicles Sam and Dean's journey to find Anna with the help of Ruby.

Mid the mission, the threesome was attacked by Alastair and Ruby escapes with the girl. This prompts Dean to believe that they are set up, but Sam explains to him that they should trust Ruby and tells him what happened while he was in hell and how Ruby saved his life. Meanwhile, Castiel and Uriel return and demand to be taken to Anna but not for the reason Dean thinks.

Betty will get out of the Mode office in the next episode of "Ugly Betty". She must prevent an issue of Mode from shipping that could result in a PR nightmare for the magazine, but problem is, Daniel is at a company retreat and cannot be reached. Betty who has been handed out the responsibility to be the person in charge must deal with it with the 'help' of Marc and Amanda.

Also in "Tornado Girl", Hilda starts a clandestine beauty salon when the city turns down her permit for a legal business, and Connor's fiance (guest star Sarah LeFleur) meets the Modies. The episode will be aired on November 13, presenting guest star Ralph Macchio as Archie Rodriguez.

Seattle Grace Hospital will deal with a new personality in the November 13 episode of "Grey's Anatomy". One of Meredith's oldest friends, Sadie, enrolls a job as an intern at the hospital but Mer's friends are less than welcoming to her.

Lexie leads her fellow interns in secretive, unorthodox surgical training sessions, and a new surgeon, Virginia Dixon, brings rules and order to the OR. Dr. Hunt, meanwhile, continues to pester on the other doctors with his trauma room method, and causes further rift, especially with Sloan.