Based on the series premiere of The Vampire Diaries, the new series will clearly be based around numerous mysterious.

Who is Katherine? What is Elena's connection to her? What is the history of the Salvatores and Mystic Falls?

While viewers may be asking questions, however, producer Kevin Williamson says residents of Mystic Falls will not; they won't go too long without learning about the blood suckers that live among them.

“The town wakes up to [the vampires] relatively quick and tries to do something about it,” Williamson said in an interview. “We don’t know exactly who is it in the town, who are these people that figure it out. We have a character coming in, in a couple of episodes that is another series regular that steps in and he comes with an agenda.”

As for Elena's journal, there's a reason she turns to pen and paper, as opposed to keyboard and screen. Williamson said:

“A lot of people write journal on a computer now, but Elena’s mother is the one who gave her that journal and explained to her the importance of journaling. So she writes in her journal. It is a connection to her mother. It is really a nice way to sort of open up a story, begin a story and close a story. It is a really great bookend."

The Vampire Diaries premieres on September 10 on The CW.

Nurse Jackie concludes its wonderful first season tonight.

Because the Showtime hit has already been renewed for a second set of 13 episodes, star Edie Falco can comfortably look ahead. When asked if she wanted the audience to eventually learn why her character cheats, Falco wasn't sure.

"I don't know if I want people to find out," she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "The more things you leave as questions, the more interesting the show will be. The more it's spelled out, the more it feels like everything else you see on television. People talk about [why she cheats] and I love that. And if there is no cut and dried answer, the conversation will go on longer."

She speaks from experience, considering the murky, controversial ending of The Sopranos.

As for the success of the show, Falco deflects praise to the supporting cast.

"I think we were really careful about going for actors who maybe aren't famous. There's nothing cookie-cutter about their portrayals of these characters, and they wouldn't necessarily be the first person a network would choose to cast," she said. "But I'm the president of the fan club of all my co-stars. I never knew what their line reading would be or how different it would be each time we shot it."

When we last left Sylar, Matt Parkman had brainwashed the dangerous shape shifter into believing he was Nathan Petrelli.

This act will continue to have consequences on season four of Heroes.

Also, when the show returns on September 21, viewers can look forward to a slew of fun and games, courtesy of the addition of a traveling carnival run by new series regular Robert Knepper. Zachary Quinto can't wait.

“I think the carnival is going to be the whole new revelatory thing for our show this year,” Quinto told TV Guide Magazine. “There’s a lot of amazing dynamics we’re adding to the show, but I think the carnival is going to be a really visual playground.”

On last night's True Blood, Jason, Sookie and Bill finally returned from Dallas to find Bon Temps overrun by Maryann-controlled goons.

So what happened when our three heroes joined forces with the ongoing battle being fought by Andy and Sam?  Find out in our "New World in My View" recap.

Now for some of our favorite True Blood quotes from the episode, which were mostly spoken by the always incredible Lafayette.

Bill: Tara, you are safe here. You have to do exactly as I say
Tara: I am not your f**king slave girl
Lafayette: If there ever there was a time to listen to a white man, Tara, this is it | permalink

Lafayette [after reciting a prayer]: Jesus and I agreed to see other people, but that don't mean we still don't talk time to time | permalink

Lettie Mae: If only Miss Jeanette was still alive.
Lafayette [about Tara]: She don't need no backwards witch. She needs Thorazine and padded cell | permalink

Now go discuss the episode in our True Blood forum!

On last night's episode of Mad Men, Roger's daughter was unhappy about the fact that her father has married Jane, a young secretary with whom he cheated on her mother.

Next week, we see that such a reaction to Jane is shared by her former co-worker, Joan.

Follow this article's jump to watch a deliciously awkward, tension-filled scene between the two women, courtesy of "My Old Kentucky Home."

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General Hospital viewers can breathe a sigh of relief.

Two weeks after a casting notice went out, seemingly calling for a new actress to play the role of Sam McCall, actress Kelly Monaco says she was never going anywhere.

"I'm staying!" Monaco confirmed to Soap Opera Digest this week. "There really was no doubt."

What about that casting call, though? All part of the job, Monaco said.

"It wasn't even a scare tactic. It's just standard procedure. If my stuff wasn't signed by sometime a.m., then they have to send out a breakdown."

We've seen the pilot episode of FlashForward.

The first 20 minutes are a bit muddled, but have patience. Events come together in the second half and the conclusion leaves one counting the days until episode two.

Read on for a few series premiere spoilers, as we reveal just what various characters actually flash forward to...

• Aaron Stark sees his wife, alive and well. This is quite unexpected, as he thought she died in the war;
• Zachary, a co-worker of Olivia's, is about to commit suicide in the present day - but he seems himself alive in his flash forward and decides against the act when he regains consciousness.
• In Mark Benford's vision of the future, he's wearing a friendship bracelet. Near the end of the pilot, his daughter presents him with this piece of jewelry, confirming the accuracy of his flash forward.

FlashForward premieres on ABC on September 24. You should really watch it.

A trio of shows announced interesting casting tidbits this week. Here's a look at each:

• Carlos Bernard (pictured, best known as Tony Almeida on 24) will appear on an episode of Burn Notice this fall.
• Josh Blacker has landed a role on V, most likely as a character named Billy Hamel.
• Steph Song has been cast as the villain Roulette on the sixth episode of Smallville's ninth season.

You've already met the celebrities (and we use that term loosely) set to appear this season on Dancing with the Stars.

Now, here's a look at which professionals these Z-listers will be paired with:

• Mya and Dmitri Chaplin
• Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas
• Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova
• Ashley Hamilton and Edyta Sliwinska
• Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff
• Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani
• Debbie Mazar and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo
• Louie Vito and Chesie Hightower
• Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya
• Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson
• Tom DeLay and Cheryl Burke
• Macy Gray Jonathan Roberts
• Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough
• Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer
• Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel

Don't worry, fellas.

While 90210 has cast a pair of hunks to play significant roles on season two - namely, Trevor Donovan and Zachary Ray Sherman - the show hasn't forgotten to include some eye candy for its male viewers.

As first reported by TV Guide, Gillian Zinser will join the series as Ivy, a surfer chick that will flirt with both Dixon and Liam.

"She's the quintessential California girl — easy-going, athletic and full of fun," said an insider of Zinser's Ivy's, who will first appear in October.

The actress has already guest-starred on Cold Case, Southland and Cupid.

Season two of 90210 kicks off on September 8 on The CW.