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AnnaLynne McCord is launching a new interactive web talk series called “Truth,” which integrates viewers into the show’s conversation in real time and promises that “absolutely no-topic is off-limits.” The former “90210” and “Dallas” star’s new project will premiere live on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. PT on Smiletime.com/truth with TheWrap’s executive editor Joseph Kapsch serving as McCord’s first guest. “Last year, after almost 10 years of silence I was finally able to open up about being raped. Since then I’ve shared emails with thousands of young men and women who, like me, had been suffering in silence,...

“Dallas” will return for its third season on Monday, Feb. 24, TNT announced. The third season will find Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) taking on the role of patriarch after the death of J.R. Ewing. The actor who played him, Larry Hagman, died after a fight with leukemia last November. Linda Gray returns as Sue Ellen Ewing, with Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe and Jordana Brewster among those rounding out the cast. The show averaged 3.8 million viewers for its Season 2 episodes. Also read: Larry Hagman Risked His Career to.

It’s time for the year end accolades. Check out EW’s awards for the best in TV below!

Best Accessory

Olivia Pope’s trench coat on Scandal

Best New Theme Song

The Mindy Project

Best Old Theme Song

Dallas

The Lipstick Jungle Memorial Canceled-Too-Soon Award

Political Animals

Wait, That Was Still On This Year?

Gossip Girl; One Tree Hill

Best Terrible Beards (19th-Century Edition)

Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton in History’s Hatfields & McCoys

Best Terrible Beard (Present-Day Edition)

Mandy Patinkin on Homeland

Best Comeback (’80s Edition)

Survivor’s Lisa Whelchel

Best Comeback (’90s Edition)

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Following news of Larry Hagman's death Friday, the Dallas star's colleagues, industry friends and loved ones shared memories, tributes and kind words in honor of his legacy.  Linda Gray said in a statement to CBS News: "Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years and he was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he new. He was creative, generous, funny, loving and talented and I will miss him enormously. He was an original and lived life to the fullest. The world was a brighter place because of Larry Hagman." Dallas reboot costar Jesse Metcalfe said: "It was truly an honor to share the screen with Mr. Larry Hagman. With piercing wit and undeniable charm he brought to life...

With actor Larry Hagman’s passing on Friday, TNT’s newly revived version of Dallas is planning some adjustments to its second season.

Hagman had continued working on the show even after his announcement in October that he was diagnosed with cancer. In fact, he was scheduled to appear on set this week. Sources say he completed filming “a number of episodes” and will appear in season two of the series, though it’s unclear if the actor had a reduced work schedule compared to season one to accommodate his illness.

His passing will also be incorporated into the show.

Judith Light is heading to Dallas, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The veteran TV actress will recur throughout the TNT series' second season, playing "an authoritative and controlling battle-ax who will fight to the death to protect the people she loves," according to TVLine, which first reported the news.

Additional details about the character, including her name, have not been released.

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Holiday TV marathons have become almost as great a tradition as Fourth of July fireworks. Wednesday’s best bet: TNT’s Dallas marathon. If you haven’t yet caught the reboot — as gloriously unruly as Larry Hagman’s eyebrows — you can watch the first four episodes (starting at 5 p.m. Et) leading into a new one at 9 p.m. Et. It’s already been picked up for a second season, so it’s safe to get invested.

Also at the top of our list: Two tributes to the late Andy Griffith. TV Land marathons The Andy Griffith Show from 8 a.

TNT's "Dallas" sequel has scored big in the ratings this summer, and the cable channel is rewarding it by ordering a second season.

The network has also picked up its crime drama "Rizzoli & Isles" for another season after it's demonstrated it can stand on its own this summer.

"Dallas" has averaged 6.9 million viewers over its first two episodes (including three days of DVR viewing on each). Its premiere on June 13 has drawn 7.8 million viewers (again with three-day DVR use figured in), making it the top scripted premiere of 2012 on cable. Season 2 of the new "Dallas" will air next year and run 15 episodes, up from 10 this summer.

"Rizzoli & Isles" has drawn even bigger numbers for TNT so far this summer. Including DVR use, it's averaging 7.1 million viewers so far and shown it can thrive without "The Closer" as its lead-in. Season 4 of the show will also air next year and feature 15 episodes.

The Ewings will ride again next year.

TNT has renewed its reboot of the 1980s classic Dallas for a second season. The cable network has just ordered another 15 episodes of the Texas drama, which will debut in 2013. So far, the show is averaging 6.9 million viewers for its first season. The pickup follows on the heels of TNT renewing Rizzoli & Isles for a fourth season.

“Dallas has been a success for us on every level: pitch-perfect writing, smart directing and buzz-worthy performances by a new generation of stars and their iconic counterparts,” said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT.

TNT is going back to Dallas. The network on Friday, moments after giving the green light to a fourth season of Rizzoli & Isles, renewed Dallas for a second season. The reboot is averaging 6.9 million viewers to date, with the Turner-owned cable network ordering 15 episodes of the drama set to air next year. "Dallas has been a success for us on every level: pitch-perfect writing, smart directing and buzz-worthy performances by a new generation of stars and their iconic counterparts," said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies

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TNT has started its renewals with a fourth season order to its new flagship series, Rizzoli & Isles, and a second season pickup of freshman Dallas. After excelling behind The Closer on Mondays, the series has drawn 7.1 million viewers in its new Tuesday 9 Pm timeslot and ranks as summer’s #1 returning scripted series on basic cable. TNT has ordered 15 episodes of Rizzoli & Isles, with the fourth season slated for 2013. “Anchoring a new night in its third season, Rizzoli & Isles has proven itself to be a strong and enduring hit, not only in terms of the great storylines and performances, but also in terms of the show’s stellar ratings,” said TNT’s head of programming Michael Wright. Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander star in Rizzoli & Isles, which was developed for television by executive producer Janet Tamaro from characters created by best-selling crime novelist Tess Gerritsen. Rizzoli & Isles comes to TNT from...

Nearly a year after baiting audiences with its first promo, TNT finally unveiled the new incarnation of iconic CBS primetime soap Dallas on Wednesday night.

The first outing drew 6.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched cable series premiere of the year, following in the footsteps of the network's recent summer debuts of Falling Skies in 2011 and Rizzoli & Isles in 2010. Dallas made TNT the top-scoring basic cable network of the night, with the two-hour premiere even besting broadcast networks between 9 and 11

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For those who weren't sure they could live another day without seeing 80-year-old Larry Hagman in a bath towel, have I got a treat for you. Because here he is, in a bath towel, on the new poster promoting TNT's upcoming revival of the iconic '70s and '80s primetime soap "Dallas". Larry's not the only one, of course. Patrick Duffy - you know, the dad from "Step By Step" - is also on hand here, and boy does he get our minds going with that come-hither sideways stare. Gee, aren't your loins just tingling? Ok, who else? Linda Gray - 71...

Looks like things are going to get steamy on TNT’s new Dallas reboot, er, continuation.

A clever new teaser campaign features the core cast stripped down to nothing but fluffy white towels. The accompanying tagline — “They’re back, and no, you’re not dreaming” — pays clever tribute to the ’80s-era series’ memorable/zany revelation that its entire eighth season was nothing more than an extended dream sequence, a plot point that came to light when Pam discovered the presumed-dead Bobby alive and well and in the shower in the Season 9 premiere.

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TNT has ordered to series and set a premiere timetable for its continuation of the iconic Dallas saga.

The new series featuring faces both fresh and very familiar will bow in the summer of 2012, the network announced on Friday. But seeing as that feels so, so far away, fans can get a sneak preview of Dallas this coming Monday, during the season openers of The Closer (9/8c) and Rizzoli & Isles (10/9c).

Here now, the cast:

TNT’s Dallas cast includes Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives), Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives), Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious), Julie Gonzalo (Veronica Mars) and Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives...

Jesse Metcalfe is moving to "Dallas." The former "Desperate Housewives" actor has signed on for TNT's revamp of the popular '70s and '80s nighttime soap "Dallas," with Metcalfe talking on the role of Christopher Ewing, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing. Former "Veronica Mars" actress Julie Gonzalo has also joined on with the cast, as Christopher's fiancée Rebecca. The "Dallas" revamp, which comes via "Cane" creator Cynthia Cidre and Warner Horizon, will kick its predecessor's narrative a generation into the future, focusing on the offspring of brothers/rivals J.R. and Bobby Ewing. Larry...

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Maybe in the end it will all turn out to have been nothing but a weird dream, but for now it looks like it's time to dust off those sequinned shoulder pads and get ready for The Oil Barons' Ball: The much-hyped 'Dallas' reboot is a "Go."

With new casting updates comes news that the rebooted 'Dallas' will contain some classic elements: Love triangles, betrayals, family clashes and, finally, Mr. J.R. Ewing himself.

According to deadline.com, 'Desperate Housewives' alum Josh Henderson has signed on to play J.R. and Su Ellen's son, John Ross. Producers say that the new drama will focus on the next generation of the Ewing dynasty as they squabble over power, money and women.

However, the old Southfork guard will still be scheming in the background: TNT has confirmed that the trio at the center of the original series, Larry Hagman (J.R.), Linda Gray (Su Ellen) and Patrick Duffy (Bobby) will all be returning.

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J.R. Ewing is coming back to television. Larry Hagman, who played the scheming, womanizing oil baron in "Dallas," is reprising his role, along with series originals Patrick Duffy, who plays Bobby Ewing and Linda Gray's Sue Ellen Ewing, TNT announced Tuesday. The new show follows J.R. Ewing's son, John Ross, and Christopher, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing. The cousins clash as they try to control the family fortunes. Josh Henderson, of "Desperate Housewives," will play John Ross, with Jordana Brewster ("Fast & Furious) cast as Elena, who is in a...