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LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- SUMMARY TNT has renewed "Dallas" for a third season. Produced by Warner Horizon Television, 15 episodes have been ordered, slated to launch in early 2014. "'Dallas' has built a passionately loyal following with its expertly woven storylines, …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- GOSSIP I live in Cleveland. When most people think of Cleveland, they think the town that lost LeBron James, the town with the oldest new football team, the town of bad weather, the town of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, yes, the town where a river …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- Q AND A Q: When I heard Jeanne Copper died, I ran out and bought her autobiography. It was great. I read it in one three-hour sitting. She seemed thrilled that she had a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Is it really a big deal? Are there many soap …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- SUMMARY DAYTIME ALL MY CHILDREN: Five years have passed, and the citizens of Pine Valley reflect on their lives and recall the night J.R. starting shooting. David has spent several years in prison for manslaughter. He is headed for Pine Valley and revenge. …Read more.

LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- SUMMARY

HBO has renewed its hit series "Game of Thrones" for a fourth season.

NBC is not confirming, but it appears "Smash" will not be returning for a third season. Debra Messing, who plays a central character, Julia, has signed on for a CBS pilot.

REVENGE: It is six weeks since Padma disappeared. Nolan is crushed when he learns she is dead. Aiden kills Trask for his part in Padma and Colleen's deaths. Emily uses information she has about Victoria's teenage pregnancy to torment Victoria. Victoria recalls becoming pregnant after she was attacked by her mother's boyfriend. Conrad, who was unaware of the teenage pregnancy, is not certain he believes Victoria when she says she had an abortion. Victoria goes to the convent and talks to the nun to whom she gave her infant son. Emily visits the nun and claims she is pregnant and has nowhere else to go. Aiden can no longer deal with Emily's involvement with Daniel. When a guest at the masquerade ball badmouths Amanda, Charlotte punches her. Jack continues to pretend he wants Conrad to win the governorship. Closing in on the race, Conrad says one of his first jobs will be to pardon David Clarke. Overhearing Conrad treating Ashley cruelly, Jack asks her to join him in destroying Conrad.

SNEAK PEEK: Emily fears for Nolan's life.

SCANDAL: Hollis and his ex-wife seek Olivia's help when their drug-addicted, drug-dealing daughter Maybelle is kidnapped. Hollis refuses to pony up the $20 million, as he believes she is behind her own abduction. When Maybelle's severed ear is sent to him, Hollis changes his mind. Huck realizes Maybelle severed her own ear. Hollis and his ex-wife are crushed when they give her a choice money or family — and she chooses the money. When Quinn's father continues to avoid her, Huck finds a widower and his daughter so that Quinn can have another family. When his apartment is ransacked, a fearful David moves into Olivia's office.

Cyrus is back on Fitz's good side. When Fitz is furious because he thinks Millee stopped their teenage children from coming for a visit from boarding school, she sets him straight. They did not want to come home because he has turned into a mean alcoholic, just like his hated father. Millee also suggests Fitz's world crumbled when he realized Olivia did not have the answers to the world between her magical thighs. When Olivia backs out on a date with Jake because she cannot get Fitz out her mind, Jake gives her a kiss that leads her to forget Fitz. CIA Chief Osbourne swears he is not the mole. After he is relieved of his duties, it appears Osbourne committed suicide. In fact, Osbourne was murdered and Jake is involved.

SNEAK PEEK: Olivia is in too deep.

DALLAS: Pamela and Christopher try to deal with the death of their unborn twins following the explosion on the oil rig. Christopher thinks that Cliff was behind the accident. When John Ross moves onto South Fork, Bobby tries to be cordial. The State Department's search for Christopher's mother is fruitless. If she cannot be found, Christopher will get her inheritance. The government seizes the Ewing assets to repay the damage done by the rig explosion.? When Pamela sends her mother Afton back home, John Ross tells Pamela he will be around to help her. When Harris orders Emma to stop having anything to do with Drew, she refuses.? Drew looks guiltily at the newspaper coverage of the explosion and is late for his date with Emma. He's texting her he's on his way as he walks to his truck and two men knock him out and stuff him in a trunk. He doesn't get a chance to send his text, so instead Emma receives one that says "Can't make it. Got a better offer." Emma agrees to do what Harris says when she is shown a beaten and battered Drew. J.R. may have been killed because he knew too much about a drug cartel. ????Sue Ellen talks to Ann at South Fork, telling her about seeing Emma flirting with the older man at the bar. Sue Ellen also thinks she was high.?

SNEAK PEEK: Bobby searches for a way to save Ewing.

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