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Never before have so many people been so curious about the season premiere of an unoriginal, unfunny comedy.

But Two and a Half Men returns to CBS on September 19 and here is what we know about the first, Charlie Sheen-less episode it airs:

• Sheen's Harper will be killed off.
• The cause of death? Viewers will learn he married, and then cheated on, Rose. At the character's funeral, she'll pretty much admit to pushing him off a train platform.
• Season premiere guest stars will include Jenny McCarthy and John Stamos.
• Ashton Kutcher will portray a billionaire named Walden Schmidt, one of several people who stop by to consider purchasing Charlie's house.

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The sister of the man who made Kim Kardashian famous will play a key role on 90210 next season.

Brandy Norwood, who got her big break on UPN's Moesha and who has been starring in a VH1 reality show with brother Ray J, will come on board The CW hit this fall as Marissa Jackson-Lewis, a liberal politician running for congress in California.

Insiders describe the character as a "cross between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama." Hmmm... we wonder how they came up with those descriptions.

Brandy has appeared on Dancing with the Stars and told the world in 2010 that she hasn't had sex in a long time.

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Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based news station that remains controversial in the U.S. due to its association, however indirect, with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, is now available in the NYC market, in English, according to the N.Y. Times.

The news network, unsurprisingly, has struggled to establish a foothold in America, but is now subletting cable space from RISE, a suburban New York channel, and will simulcast 23 hours of programming each day.

Al Jazeera English already has a similar business relationship with another cable channel in the Washington, D.C. market. Will you be tuning in?!

The National Geographic Channel will air a documentary on the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks with George W. Bush speaking in intimate detail about the days and weeks following the world changing event, the network says.

The special, set for September 11, will mark a rare appearance by president #43.

A release quotes him as saying during the interview:

“One of my concerns, like the concerns of other husbands and wives, was, ‘Was my spouse okay? Was Laura okay?’ My second concern was ‘Were our girls okay?’”

The chat was filmed two days after the death of Osama bin Laden.

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About that shocking Glee casting announcement...

Following weeks of message board activity and outrage from fans, Glee producer Brad Falchuck cleared up his show's plans for Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer today, telling a packed Hall H at Comic-Con:

“Here’s the exact thing: [Rachel, Kurt and Finn] are seniors, so they’re graduating, but because they’re graduating doesn’t mean they’re leaving the show," he said. "If you have Lea Michele under contract, you don’t say, ‘We’re gonna let you go.’ They are not done with the show after this season.”

Not all is sunny on the casting front, though: Falchuck did confirm that Chord Overstreet will not return. At all. He was offered a 10-episode deal, but chose to pursue other options instead.

“We wanted him back because we like Chord personally and had some good stories planned for him and with Mercedes," the co-creator said. "He decided he would have opportunities elsewhere that he would like to pursue, and we can’t force him to work, so we wished him well.”

Could Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham be branching out into acting?

The 20-year-old single mom and model auditioned for a part in ABC's new Charlie's Angels reboot, and - at least according to her Twitter - she got it!

"YAY!!! I MET GREAT people at a casting. & im going to be in the New Charlie Angels movie! Good luck to the other amazing Casties :)," she wrote.

Presumably she means TV show and not movie, but good for her!

The ABC series stars Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh and Rachael Taylor. An open casting call was held Sunday near Abraham's Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., home.

The Miami Herald reports 1,000 locals turned out to the casting call for the revival of the hit '70s series, set to premiere on Thursday, September 22.

The call was to fill paid extras and minor parts, not main character roles. Still, it's nice to see Farrah's new C-cups paying dividends for her already.

ABC confirms Abraham applied, but declined further comment. No word if Amber Portwood has applied for Extreme Makeover: Behavioral Edition.

Will Charlie Harper really be killed off Two and a Half Men?

How will new star Ashton Kutcher be introduced?

And, seriously, how does anyone find this sitcom funny?

Two of those questions will be answered on September 19, when season nine of the series premieres on CBS. To get fans excited, the network has released the following promotional image, which teases that "all will be revealed" on that date. Based on Jon Cryer's face, let's hope some things are best left a secret...

There is no network and no show runner attached to the project, but Charlie Sheen really is coming back to television.

In a statement today, the actor confirmed plans for a sitcom based on the horrific movie Anger Management. It will be produced by Lionsgate, who says the series will focus on "a mild-mannered, non-confrontational man ordered to attend group anger management sessions led by a therapist who could probably use some anger management himself."

Sounds like there will be room for one very lucky - or unlucky, depending on your perspective - lead co-star.

"I chose Anger Management because, while it might be a big stretch for me to play a guy with serious anger management issues, I think it is a great concept," Sheen said. "It also provides me with real ownership in the series, a certain amount of creative control and the chance to be back in business with one of my favorite movie producers of all time, Joe Roth."

Roth previously worked with the star on Major League and Young Guns.

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Jenna Fischer, who announced in May that she’s expecting her first child with husband Lee Kirk, is taking her pregnancy to The Office this fall.

Her character, Pam Beesly, is married to Jim Halpert (played by John Krasinski) and already has one baby on the long-running NBC comedy.

Looks like Cece will soon have a sibling.

“Pam and Jim snuck away last season on Valentine’s Day, and they had sex,” the star reveals. “The story is that they conceived this baby at that time and were keeping it a secret until we come back from the summer.”

The Office plot twist, however, was not written with Jenna's baby in mind - it in the works before Fischer found out she was expecting as well.

Guess there's no need to hide the bump now.

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Somehow, no one from Community was nominated for a 2011 Emmy Award.

But cast members Alison Brie and Gillian Jacobs have discovered revenge is a dish best served HOT!

The actresses pose provocatively in the latest issue of GQ, clad in lingerie and forced to adjust to one another's bodies in various, flexible fashions. "The next day we were texting each other," Jacobs told the magazine. "'Are you sore, too?'"

Gulp.