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As we previously reported, James Franco made his big debut on 'General Hospital' this afternoon -- and we have the full scoop on what went down.

We already know that the movie star's run on the ABC soap opera is going to be loaded with surprises. For starters, although his debut was supposed to be today, regular 'GH' viewers noticed that the Golden Globe winner actually popped up on yesterday's episode (what would a soap be without twists?)

'GH' has done a great job of setting up Franco's introduction. From today's episode, we've gathered that his character, Franco, has photos of Claudia's dead body. Since A.J.'s Sonny's son Michael killed Claudia, the mobster is very interested in silencing the shutterbug/artist.

Read on for an analysis of Franco's official daytime debut.

VH1 has renewed the reality show 'Scream Queens' for a second season, Variety is reporting.

This time, 10 potential queens will be competing in the horror film boot camp for a role in 'Saw VII 3D,' the next installment of the sanguinary, seemingly never-ending franchise. Season 1 winner Tanedra Howard won the role of Simone in 'Saw VI.' Some of last season's more interesting challenges included: "campy 'The Brain that Wouldn't Die'-inspired Bodiless Scene," "Final girl speech in a pool of blood" and "seductive vampiress scene."

If you're launching a multi-platform entertainment service, why not hire a multi-hyphenate talent?

The fledgling, not-quite-network Epix has tapped actor-director-playwright Sam Shepard to star in its first drama series, 'Tough Trade.' Shepard, who's very often called on to play intimidating authority figures, will star as the patriarch of the "morally corrupt" Tucker family, a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left them on the verge of bankruptcy, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Epix is a joint venture of Viacom, Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate that launched October 30 on Verizon FIOS, with concert and comedy specials. The premium channel aims to launch its first original scripted program in late 2010.

Chance King, 10-year-old son of talk-show titan Larry King, is living up to his family name.

Access Hollywood has confirmed that lil' King will host Fox Sports Net's 'Kid Pitch.' The show will be directed by actor Tom Arnold, former co-host of the 'Best Damn Sports Show Period.'

Either Papa King has made his little boy's dream come true, or Tom Arnold has scored the most wicked babysitting job disguised as a sports show. Either way, taping of 'Kid Pitch' is set to begin in February 2010. Chance's 8-year-old brother, Cannon, is also set to make appearances on the show.

For all you naysayers, a decade is a long time to absorb everything possible about baseball. Plus, it has been rumored that Chance will schedule his guests based on his best baseball card trades of the week (don't laugh! he's a King and it's an awesome collection). Considering that all we need to know in life we learned in kindergarten already, Chance is clearly beyond that grade.

Sam Hennings, Robyn Lively and Leonard Howze (pictured) have been tapped to join Jason Lee in the upcoming TNT pilot 'Delta Blues,' from executive producer George Clooney.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Blues' follows Dwight Hendricks (Lee), who who spends his Memphis days on the police force and his nights impersonating Elvis Presley.

Hennings, who will play Whitehead, Dwight's partner on the force, has appeared in numerous movie and television roles, most notably 'CSI,' 'Dollhouse,' 'The Aviator,' 'Havoc,' starring Anne Hathaway, and the Hallmark Channel's 'Elevator Girl.'

You can pinch yourself all you want, but you aren't dreaming: Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are teaming up for a TV show.

In the greatest Steven/Stephen combination since Carell and Colbert left 'The Daily Show', Variety is reporting that King and Spielberg are collaborating on an adaptation of King's latest novel, 'Under The Dome', which has been optioned by DreamWorks TV with the likely intent of turning it into a major cable event.

King, of course, remains one of the most prolific writers in America, especially when it comes to works adapted for television or film; the acclaimed horror author has had no fewer than 33 feature films alone based on his stories, including classics such as 'Cujo', 'Carrie' and 'Stand By Me'. In the realm of television his record is a little spottier, though it does include popular events such as 'Salem's Lot,' 'It' and 'The Stand'.

Charlotte lives!

Or does she?

'Lost' executive producer Carlton Cuse confirmed in a tweet yesterday that Rebecca Mader - whose character, anthropologist Charlotte Lewis, died onscreen last season - has returned to the cast for the sixth and final season. On his Twitter feed, he wrote, "We are very happy to welcome Rebecca Mader back to LOST. Just saw some dailies of her new work. Awesome."

Alluding to some of her castmates as "mean girls" during last night's episode, Jeana Keough of Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' officially left the show.

"I am through with the housewives and all their drama," she said.

Now in its fifth season, the show based around the lives of wealthy women in Orange-County, Calif., was Bravo's first edition of the 'Housewives' franchise. Keough, a real estate agent and former Playboy playmate, was part of the cast from the first season.

"I'm over you," said Keough of the rest of the housewives, when co-star Tamra Barney visited her house. "I think Tamra must like being the mean girl," she added, referring to Barney's refusal to apologize to co-star Gretchen Rossi for derogatory remarks and accusations in previous episodes.

Yet in Barney's solo aside to the camera, she was just as blunt:

In last night's season finale of 'Project Runway,' the show wrapped its first season in Los Angeles, wrapped its first season on Lifetime and, to pretty much no one's surprise, named New York designer Irina Shabayeva the season six winner.

Shabayeva, who'd been portrayed as a hard-working, driven and, according to some of her fellow designers, sometimes less-than-friendly competitor, was the only designer to win three challenges during the season, and had wowed the judges and viewers with her slick, well-tailored looks, including what had become her signature, lavish coats and sweaters.

Shabayeva took time out from celebrating her victory to chat with AOL TV about her victory, about those fabulous hats that were a highlight of her winning collection, about the ever-changing line-up of judges the designers had to deal with this season, about what she's up to now (hint: lots of coats) and about how she feels about being portrayed as the designer who wasn't there to make friends ...

What happened on this week's 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Episode' episode, 'The D.E.N.N.I.S. System' -- in 100 words or less.

When Dennis unveils his foolproof system for cracking and sacking women, he discovers that Mac and Frank have their own less-sophisticated systems for picking up his scraps.

Charlie takes what he learned and immediately goes over to the waitresses to break her sink, so that he can fix it and win her over. Dee becomes paranoid that her boyfriend is using the system on her, so she begins to sabotage her relationship.

The gang gets together to fix it all at a carnival, but Frank accuses Dennis of giving the girl AIDS and Dee gets stabbed, proving ... that they're all losers.