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News and notes from around the TV world:- MTV announced the premiere dates for new and returning comedies at the winter press tour on Friday (Jan. 10). "Awkward" Season 4 -- led by new showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler -- premieres with a special one hour episode on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m. ET. Senior year brings Jenna more boy trouble, drama with her friends, a new girl in town who has eyes for Matty, and even some cat fishing.- "Game of Thrones" alum Oona Chaplin has a role in "Hoke," a pilot at FX starring Paul Giamatti, who plays a middle-aged homicide detective in early 80s Miami. Other cast additions include Robert Wisdom ("The Wire") and John Caroll Lynch ("Body of Proof").- The season premiere of the coming-of-age comedy series from Carter Covington, "Faking It," airs on Tuesday, April 22 at 10:30 p.m. ET. The new comedy revolves around two best friends... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2014/01/awkward-season-4-has-a-premiere-date-game-of-thones-alum-joins-fxs-hoke.html

MTV set premiere dates for returning comedy “Awkward,” new scripted comedy “Faking It,” and new culinary competition “House of Food.” “Awkward,” which just wrapped its third season in December, will be back with its fourth season under new showrunners on Tuesday, April 15 at 10/9c. Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler take over after series creator Lauren Iungerich departed from the series after Season 3.   Read More... //www.thewrap.com/mtv-sets-awkward-season-4-return-new-comedy-faking-premiere-date/

It took the entire second half of Season 3, but Jenna finally became the best version of herself in the "Awkward" season finale on Tuesday (Dec. 17). Actually, it could be argued that it took three full seasons for her to reach this point, since her journey to becoming a good friend -- and a better person -- all began with The Letter.It was great to see a callback to the incident that started it all way back in the pilot, when Jenna received the carefrontation letter from an anonymous source. When she later found out the cruel letter came from her mother, that kickstarted the rebuilding of Jenna's relationship with her mother that culminated in the Season 3b finale. Jenna and Lacey had been working on their mother/daughter bond ever since Jenna asked her about The Letter, and though Jenna's recent "sanity sabbatical" halted all they had achieved, they both forgave each other's... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/12/awkward-season-3b-finale-jenna-finally-becomes-the-best-version-of-herself.html