Question: You’ve given us great scoop about the final (shed a tear) season of Friday Night Lights, but one thing remains unanswered: Are we going to be lucky enough to have Minka Kelly return for a few episodes? Riggins putting her on the bus with a soulful “Goodbye, Lyla Garrity” is not enough closure for me. —Becky
Ausiello: Well, it was enough closure for exec producer Jason Katims—and he’s the boss! “I thought her final episode was so powerful,” says Katims. “We talked about bringing her back, but I didn’t really feel like anything we came up with beat the [Tim-Lyla] story in that episode, which I thought was really poignant. It wasn’t a happy ending, but it was a really satisfying ending for me. It was a satisfying resolution to that story line

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Jennifer Morrison may not just be paying How I Met Your Mother a house call, she may be calling the hitcom home.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the House grad is among a handful of actresses in the running to play a major new love interest for Ted.

How major? Well, I don’t know if she’s the mother we’ve been waiting to meet. However, I do know that the character—a quick-witted, rabble-rousing activist who initially clashes with Ted over the planned demolition of a historic New York hotel—will appear in as many as 13 episodes this season.

Other names in the mix include Minka Kelly and Jacinda Barrett

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CBS has given a 13-episode order to midseason sitcom “Mad Love.” Pickup is expected to be finalized shortly.

Multi-cam laffer, from Sony Pictures TV and CBS TV Studios, revolves around four twentysomethings searching for love in New York City.

Show continues the streak of success for exec producer Jamie Tarses, who has had a banner pilot season — landing two comedies on ABC — Matthew Perry starrer “Mr. Sunshine” and couples ensemble “Happy Endings” — as well as the buddy lawyer dramedy on TNT, “Franklin and Bash.”

“Mad Love” comes from Tarses’ brother, scribe/exec producer Matt Tarses, and stars Minka Kelly (above), Ashley Austin Morris, Hal Williams, Jason Biggs, Tyler Labine and Sarah Wright. Pamela Fryman directed the pilot.

SEARCHING FOR SONNY is the story of three bumbling friends who come back home for their high school reunion only to get sucked into a small-town murder mystery that is eerily similar to a play they performed in high school.

It is the first film to be shot entirely on a DSLR camera.

For more information on the film visit the website or the Twitter page. You can also hit up the Facebook page for a ton of photos from the set.

News on this film kind of went from zero to 100 very quickly. Pretty much as soon as Minka was announced to star in the film, she was off to film it.

In other news, we should find out if Minka’s comedy pilot for CBS called True Love goes to series in the coming days. Exciting!

CBS: “Hawaii Five-O” remains the most likely drama to receive a series order. Brett Ratner’s CIA drama “Chaos” and legal drama “Defenders” with Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell are considered top contenders. Nobody seems to like the “Criminal Minds” spinoff, yet most believe the drama will get picked up for midseason anyway. Among comedies, “Bleep My Dad Says” (aka “Shit My Dad Says”) seems to be an easy bet with William Shatner in the title role. Executives are said to like “HIMYM” creators’ Carter Bays and Craig Thomas’ “Livin’ on a Prayer.” Multicamera comedies “True Love” and Chuck Lorre’s “Mike and Molly” have mixed reviews, but one can’t ever count out Lorre at CBS.

Hopefully the show gets picked up. We’ll know for sure on May 19th, unless CBS announces it early.