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AMC will air final 16 episodes

(NEWSER) - AMC has picked up 16 final episodes of Breaking Bad, a last batch that could run as a single season or two shorter seasons, Entertainment Weekly reports. “It’s a funny irony—I’d hate to know the date of my own last day on earth, but I’m delighted to know what Walter White’s will be (episodically speaking),” said series creator Vince Gilligan. “This is a great gift to me and to my wonderful writers. It’s knowledge which will allow us to properly build our story to a satisfying conclusion.” More»

Did we really need the first 'Love Boat,' let alone the second?

(NEWSER) - Hollywood is constantly churning out movie remakes that really should never have been greenlighted, but TV doesn’t get off scot-free. The Huffington Post lists 11 boob-tube remakes we really never needed to see:

• Knight Rider: “The original starring The Hoff is a camp classic,” writes Ross Luippold, but “not even Will Arnett, who was cast as the voice of KITT until being replaced by Val Kilmer, could save this dud.”
• The Love Boat: “The 1970s were encapsulated in The Love Boat: polyester clothes, soft lighting, and a swingin' good time.” Something that time-sensitive should never be remade.

Forget new shows: You're missing out on these old shows

(NEWSER) - This fall, instead of trying to figure out what NBC's sure-to-be-mystifying The Event is actually about, why not pick up a great show that's already on the air? Kevin Fallon gives his 12 picks in The Atlantic :

• Cougar Town: Don't count Fallon among the many Cougar Town haters . He calls the Courteney Cox show one of "television's strongest ensemble comedies," a "sharply written sitcom about a quirky group of friends and neighbors."
• In Treatment: Don't be scared by its unusual format (often, "the screen is shared by just two actors for an entire episode"): Gabriel Byrne 's show about therapy is "one of the finest acting showcases in television."

Rep blames rogue tweeter for revival talk

(NEWSER) - Kelsey Grammer—or, at least, whoever updates his Twitter account—has thrilled Frasier fans by suggesting a revival of the popular program is in the works. In a series of posts, "Grammer" said he was seriously considering a spin-off show involving several Crane family members, the Independent reports. A rep for Grammer, however, says there are no plans to revive the show, and that one of the team that does his tweeting for the actor must have gotten carried away. "That's what happens when you don't do your own tweets and things get misinterpreted," the rep told TV Guide. More»

Was it all a dream? For some of these shows, yes

(NEWSER) - Warning: Spoilers ahead. In anticipation of Sunday’s sure-to-be-baffling Lost finale, the BBC remembers seven of the most bizarrely memorable series enders:

• The Colbys: In this Dynasty spin-off, main character Fallon is abducted by aliens.
• Roseanne: We found out that most of the stuff that happened was really just the plotline of a novel Roseanne was writing.