Yup, the S3 renewal was announced back in April, and they began filming this month. The cast recently made an appearance at NYCC, sporting some pretty awesome shirts.

Frederick was a welcome burst of glorious technicolor in what has mostly been a lackluster season so far, contestant personality-wise. A retired actor from Las Vegas? Of course he is! I was also sorry to see him stumble, but delighted that at least he took second place. Especially after Emma's bullshit "Harlequin"…

That wager of hers floored me. All I could think was that she must've been super confident about her Coat of Arms knowledge, which seems like a weirdly specific category to be super confident about.

I believe they preceded every show by airing a "fun fact" that would inform the episode without necessarily spoiling it. Those, I rather enjoyed and were the very reason I made it a point to tune in a little early so as not to miss them. But instead of throwing in a blurb about blood transfusions, they televise the…

The ending reveal was great. Would've been even greater if Cinemax hadn't spoiled it by broadcasting that very image 30 seconds before the episode premiered. I mean, you knew whatever wonder drug the doctor was talking about wouldn't turn out to be anything good, but fuck you, Cinemax.

Except, I thought David Simon attributed that exchange to Carolyn Strauss?

I was happy to see people do well in a TV category for once, although I was secretly hoping someone would've responded to "A deadly foe attacks Wesen in Portland" with What is Portlandia?

No Flipper action!

Yesterday I briefly mentioned to my mom it was going to be on and 10 minutes in, I get texted "I am watching American horror story-so good!!!" Since she's normally on the old people regimen of CBS procedurals, AHS isn't a show I would've recommended to her in a million years, but she loved it. Then again, she loved…

So when they said this one will have a different killer, does that mean it might be Norman Bates?

Apparently Florida Ray has become a male stripper. And now it is also my fervent hope that if we get a third season, we will see Ray in a thong and puka shells bumping it in some seedy strip club.

If that's the biscuit-loving kid at the inn, then yes, as a non-reader I was confused. Since they devoted so much time to him, clearly he was an Important Future Character. And having been spoiled on Bree, I can now kind of venture a guess as to why.

He's got nothing better to do.

I think perhaps it was a nod to the ridiculousness of the sex scenes in the books, but a perfect sendoff for Ginger.

Magic City and Boss also come to mind (in terms of 2 seasons), the latter mostly due to the ads for Partners somehow making it retroactively less embarrassing.

And apparently Alabama gamers are living in 2004. Which is real progress for Alabama.

I wouldn't say best, but it's the one I revisit most often.

The Fuckening has begun!

Not only that, but I was wondering if IBM's new plans for a portable didn't have more to do with his professional betrayal than just Joe Sr. torturing his tortured son.

And a new show on CBS!