News: Latest Dexter Season 6 Trailer + Analysis

Here is the newest promo for Season 6 of Dexter set to Marilyn Manson's "Personal Jesus".

This one is certainly the longest and most comprehensive trailer we have seen so far.

It also features guest stars Mos Def, Colin Hanks, Brea Grant and Edward James Olmos, though there are not many more clues as to how they will relate to Dexter, apart from the fact that there is some sort of religion-based plot afoot.

Among the many snippets of scenes we get to see, there will be many that will get fans very excited: Dexter seems to have a lot of people back on his table this season, the first of which seems to be a guy who has killed his wife... and has a tattoo of Jesus.

At 0:44 we also see that Dexter has been shot.

There are also some more cryptic images, such as various shots of statues of Jesus, as well as one of what looks to be a blood-soaked hand.

And what is this symbol?

And whose hand is this running over Dexter's slides at 1:42?

And will Dexter be receiving even more female attention this season?

At the very least, Masuka might be, with Brea Grant playing his "intern" this season- she has been described as his "perfect match".


Here they are taking what looks to be a severed hand out of a box.

And here's Mos Def, playing a " hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Michael C. Hall’s Dexter will reveal the truth of who he really is." (Hollywood Reporter)

And Colin Hanks as an artefacts expert - he will be Dexter's main nemesis this season (but there will not be a "big bad" this season).

And finally, Edward James Olmos as an enlightened religious studies professor.









It also features the tagline: "This Season He'll Make You A Believer".

Dexter Season 6 Premieres October 2 on Showtime.

Did you notice anything else in this trailer? How do you think all the guest star characters will fit in to the overall arc of the season?

See the full trailer after the jump.

TV News Wrap: Thursday July 21

Today's 5 biggest stories...


1. South Park has been RENEWED through to 2013 - this will take it up to 17 seasons (EW)


2. Here's your first look at a poster for the new CW show "Ringer" starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ioan Gruffudd  and Nestor Carbonell from Lost - the show's tagline is "The Ultimate Double Cross" (EW)


3. Dexter Boss Sara Colleton has revealed about the show's upcoming sixth season "(Dexter’s) at the top of his game in every way" and of the show's long-term future "Every year we are as excited as we were about the previous year... as long as there are new, profound ways of examining human nature, the show stays fresh. When we feel we have reached that end, nobody on the show wants to start treading water. When that will be, we’ll know when we get there, but I don’t see it as an imminent thing." (TVLine)


4. Fran Drescher seems to have shaken off any "Nanny" stereotyping with the news that her new TV Land sitcom "Happily Divorced" (she is a co-writer as well as acting in it) has been renewed for a twelve episode second season. While critics have been quite scathing in their appraisals, it's clear there is still a hunger in viewers for schlocky sitcoms. (Hollywood Reporter)

5. In more Dexter news, here is your first look at Dexter Season 6, featuring shots of Mos Def and Colin Hanks, among others (The TV Addict).

30 Rock Wrap - Season 6 to be Last?

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With 30 Rock returning to Australian screens this Thursday, February 10 at 11:30pm on Channel Seven, there is no better time to wrap-up the past 4 stellar seasons.

The show could be seen as a vehicle for its two central actors; Tina Fey- arguably Hollywood's funniest woman- and Alec Baldwin- whose deadpan delivery perfectly complements the beautifully frazzled Fey.

According to Wikipedia, its first 4 seasons have averaged 5.8, 6.4, 7.5 and 5.9 million viewers, respectively. So far, its fifth season has averaged 5.4 million viewers.

However, despite being its lowest rated season to-date, it seems to have regained its spark that was somewhat lacking during the fourth season.

This is despite both of the main characters (Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy) being in successful, stable relationships- usually classic shark-jumping material.

Most importantly, it has been renewed for a sixth season, which many speculate will be Baldwin's last, due to his none-too-frank revelation in Playboy magazine;

"I’m done in 2012"

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