Breaking Bad Finale: Who Will Survive the "Face Off"?

Breaking Bad It's the moment Breaking Bad's unrelentingly tense fourth season has been building to ever since Gus wielded that bloody box cutter in the premiere.Breaking Bad postmortem: Giancarlo Esposito reacts to the premiere's most gruesome sceneAfter being unable to blow Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) to bits in the season's penultimate episode, Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) now find themselves scrambling for a Plan B. And the stakes couldn't be higher."[Episode 12] is just a little taste of what is about to happen," Paul tells TVGuide.com. "Everybody is kind of scared for their lives."Indeed, but Paul's character may be in the trickiest spot of all. Jesse spent much of the season being groomed by Gus to replace Walt as the chief meth-cooker. That ultimately led to a bloody fistfight and falling out between the two partners until Walt convinced Jesse that Gus had poisoned the child of Jesse's quasi-girlfriend.Breaking Bad: How far can Walter White fall?But despite the rift between them as late, Paul says Jesse remains loyal to Walt. "I don't think it's hard for Jesse to turn his back on Gus whatsoever. I don't think he was ever really an ally to Gus," he says. "I definitely don't think he trusts Gus. It's very easy for him to make this decision to go after Gus because he knows that he is behind [the poisoning] and that he is just an evil, evil, evil human being."With Walt, Jesse's always wanted to trust him because really, that's all he has left," Paul continues. "I think at this moment in time, he's going to team up with someone that he cares about. He's got his partner back and I think he's happy about it."At the same time, Jesse figures prominently in Gus' plans to find - and kill - Walt. "[Gus has to] make his move before he gets moved on," Esposito says. "He knows that if he can get Jesse out of that hospital and back to cooking, he then can grill Jesse. So he's trying to get Jesse back to the lab so he can really put Jesse on the hot seat and find Walt."AMC orders 16-episode final season of Breaking BadEsposito also says that, although Jesse has threatened to no longer work for Gus if any Walt is killed, Gus no longer has any choice. "He'll have to kill Walt - period," Esposito says. "The game is over. He's just got to take Walt out. He can't negotiate with Walt. It's done. And he thinks Jesse will cook even though he says he won't do it. ... I don't think Gus is as worried as he probably should be. He believes he is still a few steps ahead."Paul, however, doesn't think Jesse will just roll over any more. "This season, you finally saw Jesse stand up on his own and take charge, take control," Paul says. "It was nice to finally not be beaten down, but be the one shooting the gun. Jesse is coming into his own and I think he's going to take that stand and show who he truly is. He's not going to be used as a pawn anymore."Pawn may just be the best word to use, given creator Vince Gilligan's repeated use of chess analogies to describe the battle between Gus and Walt this season. But who will be checkmated in the (final?) showdown between these two men?Check out photos of the Breaking Bad cast"It's the culmination of a lot of chess playing, a lot of gamesmanship," Gilligan says of the episode, appropriately titled "Face Off." "This really is Spassky versus Fischer, and we're not going to know until the very end which one is Spassky and which one is Fischer. Hopefully, it will be a hell of a chess game. I'm hoping the main thing people say when it's all over is, 'Wow!'"Paul doesn't think Gilligan has anything to worry about in that regard. "You truly haven't seen anything yet," he says. "People are going to be screaming and yelling at the television set multiple times and definitely [be] on the edge of their seats. They're going to struggle to hold on. It's definitely a crazy ride."Breaking Bad's Season 4 finale airs Sunday at 10/9c on AMC.

Netflix ink AMC deal for 'Dead'

"The Walking Dead"Netflix is casting its eye towards premium series: the streaming/DVD-by-mail distrib has inked a multi-year certification agreement with AMC that will cover prior seasons of ''The Walking Dead'' with season one provided beginning Friday March. 7.Season two will probably be provided before the preem of season three, and so on.Netflix has attracted plenty of attention in recent days since it has attempted to alter consumer focus towards the streaming service, that's a more compact amount pricey to help keep.The business introduced a 60% cost hike on its most fundamental package within this summer time and introduced lately it might distribute its Digital video disks using a separate division referred to as Qwikster. Reply to the client cost increase remains negative, using the organization losing more clients than anticipated and lengthy lasting some critique inside the gap in quality between its thorough DVD library which is less-complete streaming options. Deals like that certain may help offset numerous that critique, but major content entrepreneurs like Cinemax continue being holdouts to date because the streaming services are worried. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Taylor Kitsch Is Within 'Every Shot' Of 'John Carter'

FROM MTV MOVIES: Not only anybody could be John Carter. Taylor Kitsch discovered that the painfully costly way while who audition for that role, his first large movie because the lead. And despite the fact that he'd been not really acquainted with the John Carter books before, the role was, based on Kitsch, something he was "prepared to do anything whatsoever for." Within the approaching adaption of Edgar Grain Burroughs' beloved "A Princess of Mars," Kitsch plays a Civil War veteran who finds themself moved to a different planet. The Martians task Carter with saving the earth and saving the captive princess, performed by Lynn Collins. The development finally joined together lately after residual in development for a long time and losing Jon Favreau, who had been once mounted on direct. Your way started by ending up in the director Andrew Stanton, most widely known for his focus on Pixar films. "I understood of Stanton, obviously, and that i would be a huge fan," Kitsch states. "He would be a large fan of Riggins, my 'Friday Evening Lights' character, so immediately we type of pressed one another because i was so looking forward to just meeting each other." Browse the full story at MTV Movies!

T.I. & Taylor Swift Perform Surprise Duet

First Published: October 3, 2011 12:42 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Taylor Swift / T.I. ATLANTA, Ga. -- Rapper T.I. has joined country star Taylor Swift in a surprise duet at her concert in Atlanta. Toward the end of Swifts set on Sunday night, she introduced T.I. by singing the opening chorus of his hit song Live Your Life. The packed house at Philips Arena screamed once he stepped onstage for the unannounced appearance and started to rap. The two Grammy winners stood side-by-side as he rapped and she sang a vocal part originally handled by Rihanna. Swift has featured guests ranging from Justin Bieber to Nicki Minaj onstage during her tour. The Sunday show was a makeup performance for a postponed July show. T.I. has made several appearances since his release from a halfway house last month following 10 months in federal prison on a probation violation. (Copyright 2011 by Associated Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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'Nightline' Beats Letterman, Leno Rankings for Premiere Week for brand spanking new

Donna Svennevik/ABC NEW You are able to - Rankings for NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Lenoand CBS' Late Show With David Lettermanfell below individuals of ABC news magazine Nightline throughout fall season premiere week, an initial throughout that week, the NY Occasions reported.our editor recommendsABC News' 'Nightline' Tops Jay Leno, David Letterman'Nightline' developing Twitter showMarc Anthony Breaks Silence on Split From Jennifer Lopez in 'Nightline' Interview (Video)Gov. Chris Christie Mocked on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (Video) Both late-evening talk shows were built with a .8 rating - their cheapest ever for any premiere week, the Occasions stated. Meanwhile, Nightline's overall viewership was up 7 percent from this past year, as the late-evening talk shows recorded declines particularly in more youthful viewer segments, the paper stated. It added that ABC's success leaking to its very own late-evening show, Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live, which in fact had its the second best premiere week ever. 5 top Clips of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Letterman lost 560,000 audiences from this past year, lower 15 %, while Leno lost 160,000 for any 4 % drop. Among audiences aged 18 to 49, Leno was lower 20 %, or 270,000 audiences, while Letterman dropped 16 percent, losing 200,000 audiences, based on the Occasions. Overall, Nightline had 1.25 million audiences within the 18 to 49 demo, in comparison with 1.07 million for Leno and 1.05 million for Letterman. The Occasions outlined though that Nightline advantages of being 30 minutes instead of an hour or so-lengthy show. Letterman's performance within the youthful demos simplified his gap with Leno though. Last year, he'd been behind by slightly under 100,000 audiences within the youthful demo. Due To Jimmy Kimmel Jay Leno David Letterman

New Girl Gets First Full Season Pick-Up

New Girl Fox has embraced the New Girl on their Tuesday block. The network has ordered 11 additional episodes of the hit comedy - making New Girl the first freshman series to receive a full season pick-up. "We love the charming Zooey Deschanel and the entire cast, we're knocked out with the work that Liz Meriwether and the whole staff is doing and we are really psyched about the upcoming episodes in the pipeline," said Kevin Reilly, Fox's president of entertainment. "It's great that audiences have responded so positively so far and we're confident that even more people will embrace the show - and more comedy on FOX - this season." Fall TV: See the 17 stars to keep your eyes on this year New Girl stars Deschanel as Jess, a quirky school teacher who moves in with three guys after she finds her boyfriend cheating on her. The "adorkable" series premiered to 10.08 million viewers last week and pulled in 9.26 million viewers for its second episode on Tuesday. Wednesday's order brings the season total to 24 episodes. Upcoming guest stars include Justin Long and Lake Bell. New Girl airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Fox. Are you excited for more New Girl?

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Czech TV utilizes rival's topper

PRAGUE -- The board of pubcaster Czech TV has poached terrestrial rival TV Nova's topper becasue it is director in the bid to modernize the org. Petr Dvorak, formerly gm in the country's first private station, TV Nova, has pledged to produce fresh programming, together with a tyke funnel, CT3, throughout his six-year term, which starts March. 1. His plans won over board prexy Milan Uhde, who recognized Dvorak's vision and media acumen. Czech TV works four public channels, and cash most films produced inside the Czech Republic. Dvorak co-founded the B.I.G. PR agency right after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, after which it increased being an professional for PPF Group, a effective Czech corporation possessed by billionaire Petr Kellner. He rose from Nova after his boss acquired a stake inside the station via license holder CET 21. Dvorak, furthermore an old professional at Central European Media Companies, has held board positions inside a major Czech insurance carrier at the Slavia Prague team. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com