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8:00pm – Sunday, November 18 on FOUR

Raising Hope takes a look back at what when the series concludes its first season on Friday, November 23 rd at 8pm on FOUR. In the flashback episode, titled “Don’t Vote For This Episode”, the Chances recall the events of the year Jimmy (Lucas Neff) turned 18, including Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman) kicking them out of the house; Jimmy’s goth phase; and Burt (Garret Dillahunt) and Virginia’s (Martha Plimpton) belated entry into adulthood.

“I think it’s the best episode of a good season,” says Garret Dillahunt. “I think my favourite part of the episode is all the chance meetings or passings that happen [with] people that we don’t know that we’re heavily involved with in five years. I think that’s really cool.”

His least favourite part? Well, the part that left him sitting opposite a real-life alpaca, covered in a spit-like goo, naturally.

“There are some things that are funny to watch but aren’t so funny to shoot. This was one of those,” the actor explains. “It made all these little noises. And we didn’t know if that was a satisfied sound or a dissatisfied sound.”

Make sure not to miss this when Raising Hope concludes its first season on Friday, November 23 rd at 8pm on FOUR.

8:00pm – Tuesday, November 20 on FOUR

This week sees Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), who plays the wife of Jack (Alec Baldwin), reprising her role as Avery Jessup when the series continues its latest season on Tuesday, November 20 th at 9:30pm on FOUR. Banks last appeared on 30 Rock when, after giving birth to her and Jack’s daughter, Avery was kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il (Margaret Cho) while on assignment in North Korea and then forced to marry his son, Kim Jong-un.

Now, after spending more than a year in the dictatorship state, Avery returns! Make sure not to miss this when 30 Rock screens on Tuesday, November 20 th at 9:30pm on FOUR.

8:00pm – Tuesday, November 20 on FOUR

This week see Superman himself, Dean Cain guest starring in the season one finale of Don’t Trust the B*** in Apartment 23, screening on Tuesday, November 20 th at 8:30pm on FOUR.

The instalment, titled “Shitagi Nashi”, sees Dean Cain joining the series as James Van Der Beek’s Dancing with the Stars rival.

Van Der Beek, who plays himself on the hit series, is furious after he discovers that Cain’s Dancing With the Stars dressing room is bigger than his own. “[James and I] are playing caricatures of each other, but you know a lot of people who are like these characters,” Dean explains about his guest appearance. “So, it’s fun to be able to play it and do it, but not have to really be it.”

Make sure not to miss this reality-meets-fiction Dancing with the Stars competition when Don’t Trust the B*** in Apartment 23 concludes its first season on Tuesday, November 20 th at 8:30pm on FOUR.

8:00pm – Sunday, November 18 on FOUR

Freakin’ sweet! This week sees Peter Griffin and family celebrating as Family Guy commemorates its 200 th episode on Sunday, November 18 th at 8pm on FOUR. Coming to our screens only days after its U.S. screening, this week’s Family Guy 200 th episode, titled “Yug Ylimaf”, sees Brian (Seth MacFarlane) abuse Stewie’s (MacFarlane) time machine, causing reality to run in reverse. As a result, they have to work together to set things right before Stewie is “unborn”.

Make sure not to miss this when Family Guy turns 200-episode-old on Sunday, November 18 th at 8pm on FOUR.

8:00pm – Friday, November 30 on FOUR

YouTube-sensation turned pop singer, Greyson Chance guest stars as the younger version of Jimmy (Lucas Neff) in Raising Hope, entering its second season on Friday, November 30 th at 8pm on FOUR. Following last week’s season one finale flashback – when fans learned that Jimmy’s everyday attire once included goth makeup – this week fans get to travel back in time even further to learn that teenage Jimmy was gifted musically.

“What I love about this episode is there are some happy moments, there are some sad moments, there are some annoyed moments. It’s just a very heart-warming episode. It also has a very cool twist, which I love too,” Chance, who plays young Jimmy explains. “It’s pretty sad,” adds Neff. “Obviously, I peaked early!”.

Make sure not to miss this when Raising Hope enters its second season on Friday, November 30 th at 8pm on FOUR.

9:30pm – Tuesday, November 27 on FOUR

Jack (Alec Baldwin) and Avery (Elizabeth Banks) plan to renew their wedding vows in this week’s unmissable 30 Rock season finale, screening on Tuesday, November 27 th at 9:30pm on FOUR.

Determined to prove his marriage has survived Avery’s kidnapping unscathed, this week sees Jack ask Liz (Tina Fey) to officiate their vow renewal!

Meanwhile, Criss (James Marsden) tries to convince Liz that he’s worth sticking around for. And Tracy (Tracy Morgan) meets with guest star Cornel Westto to discuss his influence as a black celebrity.

Make sure not to miss all this when 30 Rock concludes it’s penultimate, sixth season on Tuesday, November 27 th at 9:30pm on FOUR.

8:30pm – Tuesday, November 27 on FOUR

It’ll be a Dawson’s Creek reunion of sorts when Don’t Trust The B**** In Apartment 23 enters its second season on Tuesday, November 27 th at 8:30pm on 3. But before fans get too excited, this will not be the reunion everyone is hoping for – with only Dawson’s co-star Busy Philipps making an appearance.

“They [series producers] were all big fans of hers in the writer’s room, and they pitched to me what they wanted to do,” series star, and former Dawson’s Creek’s actor, James Van Der Beek explains.

“So the first thing I did was call Busy myself, because we’re friends, and said, ‘Listen, you’re going to get this offer, but I just wanted to let you know – if you don’t want to do it, I totally get it. But we’d love to have you’. And she did it. And she came on and was hilarious.”

Van Der Beek also admits that he still struggles to “compute” his Dawson’s Creek experience, claiming that there is “no place to put it in the realm of normal, sensible life experience”.

“Being on something like Dawson’s Creek is something that maybe five or six people in the world understand,” he says. “And it’s not that it was hard; I mean, coal mining is hard. Being a soldier is hard.”

“It’s just one of those things that just does not compute in a lot of ways. So it’s been really interesting to touch base with a lot of those guys this many years out… It was just a very unique experience. But we’ve all kind of come to a good place on it.”

Pity the same can’t bee said for the Don’t Trust The B**** In Apartment version of the Dawson’s Creek cast… Make sure not to miss Van Der Beek trying to organise a reunion, but it all going horribly wrong when Don’t Trust The B**** In Apartment enters its second season on Tuesday, November 27 th at 8:30pm on 3.

8:00pm – Friday, November 16 on FOUR

Jaime Pressly and Ethan Suplee guest star in Raising Hope when the series continues on Friday, November 16 th at 8pm on 3. The former My Name Is Earl stars will play a married couple in the season’s penultimate episode, titled “Baby Monitor”.

“Burt [Garret Dillahunt] and Virgina [Martha Plimpton] sort of become involved in their life more than they want to,” series creator, Greg Garcia explains. “They become entangled in some drama that’s going on at the Suplee-Pressly household.”

Make sure not to miss this when Raising Hope screens on Friday, November 16 th at 8pm on 3.

9:30pm – Monday, November 12 on FOUR

It’s been a weird, intense ride, and this week’s American Horror Story season finale will see even more twists and turns when the series concludes its first season on Monday, November 12 th at 9:30pm on FOUR. The season finale, titled “Afterbirth”, will see Constance (Jessica Lange) scheming to raise Tate’s (Evan Peters) baby as her own.

“I’m very proud of it,” series creator and executive producer, Ryan Murphy explains. “I think it’s very satisfying and also deeply unsettling. It’s both terrifyingly bleak and oddly uplifting.”

“I think when people see it, it will be clear what the second season will be about. I hope so anyway,” Murphy adds.

Make sure not to miss this season-two setup when American Horror Story concludes on Monday, November 12 th at 9:30pm on FOUR.

8:30pm – Monday, November 12 on FOUR

This week sees the supernatural drama, Grimm conclude its first season on Monday, November 12 th at 8:30pm on FOUR. But according to series star David Giuntoli, not everyone might make it to next season.

“We have three major cliff-hangers, and, I’d say, maybe one of us doesn’t live to the next season,” Giuntoli teases.

The instalment, titled “Woman In Black”, will introduce a new character called the Woman in Black, who will help launch the series’ into its second season.

And though not much is known about the character, Grimm executive producer, David Greenwalt says: “Next year will be about Nick [David Giuntoli] coming into his own a lot more.”

“There will be people from Nick’s life who appear – and it’ll be about him becoming a more realised Grimm, if you will.”

But what does this have to do with the Woman in Black? Find out when Grimm concludes its first season on Monday, November 12 th at 8:30pm on FOUR.