That is, in fact, my dearest hope. I wonder if Sam might use his mojo to summon Ruby back and force her to keep Dean's body intact.

I really want to watch Jensen in Dean-fu impersonating Katie's Ruby. I think it would be hysterical, and I think Ackles would rock it, and he'd also enjoy the heck out of it.

or will JA have the great fun of playing Ruby-animating-Dean's corpse?

Oh pleasepleaseplease let this be the case! I'd heard that Katie Cassidy would be back playing another character (the body's original owner?), but if it's instead Ruby coming back played by another actor this would be the ideal way for it to play out.

Plus, Jensen would have to let his hair grow out to toss it properly...

Only spoilery in the context of the last UK aired episode of Doctor Who: David Tennant has already filmed this year's Christmas Special. Also, the Scotsman is reporting that the BBC are offering him £100,000 per episode in the future:

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Yeah, they've cast new female and male recurring characters and most people seem to think that the female is the new Ruby (under a different name) but the sides make it clear that Dean is in the premiere. (The sides call him a guy not Dean. So, it could be Dean - or it could be JA playing a different character.)

I really wanted to see JA playing Ruby but I want it so much I fear that they will never go there.

OMG, that would be FABULOUS. Oh, I really really hope they do go there.

(And, my lord, just imagine the fanfic.)

Henry is leaving Ugly Betty and Gio is only expected to be in one episode link.

Found on LJ - from the TV Guide preview:

Supernatural (Returns Thursday 9/18, 9/8c, The CW)

"The season opens with some bombshells!" teases creator Eric Kripke, who already jolted viewers when he sent Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) to Hell in May's season finale. Season 4 opens four months later, when Dean wakes up with no memory of his torment. "What happened to Dean in Hell and to [younger brother] Sam (Jared Padalecki) when he had to be a hunter by himself will slowly come to light," Kripke says. "It gives us a nice opportunity for an internal struggle for Dean and for the brothers to surprise each other." Katie Cassidy (Ruby) and Lauren Cohan (Bela) are both gone, but Jim Beaver and Steven Williams are back as geezer demon fighters Bobby and Rufus. Get set for a revealing flashback to the Winchester parents' teen years, an homage to 1930s monster flicks, and a bloody Halloween show.

Halloween episode!!!!

Review of Caprica script - it breaks it down act by act. From the review:

The pilot does a masterful job setting up a new, high-tech world that will thrill longtime BSG fans while welcoming new ones. In fact, all the neophyte viewer really needs to know is that eventually, things will go very, very badly between the humans and Cylons, a fact that gets to the heart of the key change between the two series. Battlestar featured pulse-pounding space battles and grim musings on freedom vs. survival, but in Caprica, this storm is just starting to brew, lending ominous overtones to the most innocent moments. It’s as though every scene were set on a pre-iceberg Titanic.

First five minutes of Lazarus Rising - 4.1 of Supernatural.

(Previewed at Comic Con.)