Bill Maher returns to HBO on Friday with new episode of his Emmy nominated talk show “Real Time with Bill Maher”. Like his late night compatriots Maher will reutnr without pre-written material, and instead will rely on his stand-up experience to play off the audience, and it will be missing will be the show-closing segment “New Rules”.

As a member of the WGA, Maher is prohibited from working from any pre-written material, which recent landed Jay Leno into hot water for admitting to writing his own monologues when The Tonight Show returned to late-night. At present, the only hosts who can write jokes are Letterman and Craig Ferguson, whose production company struck and independent deal with the WGA.

io9 is running an interview with Lena Headey and producer James Middleton of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, in preparation for the big premiere on January 14^th.

In it they reveal a number of secrets of the highly anticipated series, so if the fanboy in you just can’t wait, check out the spoilers after the jump.

Entertainment Weekly & Ronald Moore give us a sneak peak of season 4.

Full-size image and possible spoilers after the jump.

USA network execs announced today that effective immediately they are canceling both The 4400 & The Dead Zone. This comes as no surprise to anyone who’s followed the dismal success of the serialized dramas last year.