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Josh Holloway reunites with Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse in Colony . Josh Holloway ( Lost , Intelligence ) joins the pilot Colony for USA Network. A co-production between Legendary Television and Universal Cable Productions, Colony was written and is executive produced by Carlton Cuse ( Lost , Bates Motel ) and Ryan Condal ( Hercules ). The project marks the first time that Holloway and Cuse are reunited since Lost .

Sonya Walger will recur on two Thursday night serials this fall: Scandal and Parenthood . Sonya Walger, who played Penny on Lost , is joining ABC's Scandal in a potentially recurring role. Details about Walger's character are being kept under wraps, but the "potentially recurring" part suggests she could have a tie to one of the regulars. Walger, who is also set to recur this fall on NBC's Parenthood, joins a Season 4 guest cast that also includes Portia de Rossi, Mary McCormack and Josh Randall. Scandal returns on Thursday, September 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Parenthood returns on Thursday, September 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

* People who watch shows like Mad Men or The Walking Dead are far more likely to do so by recording it on a digital video recorder and watching it later, skipping over the ads as they do so, than viewers of other shows, according to research by digital video recorder maker TiVo. Viewers of Madison Avenue drama Mad Men , for instance, skip 73% of the ads. Similarly, 66% of ads during The Walking Dead are skipped. * Coronation Street's Ken Barlow (William Roache) returns from Canada this week and is shocked to find out that his son Peter is in prison on remand for Tina McIntyre's murder. Said Roache: "Ken is really happy to be back, he has had a great time in Canada, he's used the time to do things he loves doing, he has started writing poetry and become a vegetarian, things which he immediately gets stick about on his return from Deirdre and Tracy. But he wouldn't want it any other way." * Thursday, August 21 marks the return of Sabrina to General ...