TVLine Asks: Did Ted Lasso Take A Page From Friends? Who Is Top-Secret NCIS Guest Star? Is Sydney Sweeney Taking Cues From Cassie? And More

We've got questions, and maybe you've got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we're lobbing queries left and right about "Ted Lasso," "NCIS," "The Paper," and more!

1 | We thought Dillard on "The Walking Dead: Dead City" was this weirdo loner who talks to walkers, so how did he assemble a crew of loyal henchmen big enough to help him go after Negan and take control of the whole community? And when Maggie and Negan escaped by jumping on the top of Hershel's truck, shouldn't she have been holding on for dear life and not gazing wistfully over her shoulder at the city as it faded into the distance?

2 | "Lanterns" fans, be honest: Did you suspect that Zoe was the Manhunter hiding in plain sight in Rushville? 

3 | What are your early predictions about the "life-altering event" that new "Will Trent" boss Birdie Palmer is keeping close to the vest?

4 | In "The Challenge: Cutthroat," Cory tells us that "some people might say I'm the greatest to never win" — but who is saying that, exactly?

5 | Is Sydney Sweeney taking inspiration from her "Euphoria" character Cassie, since her new ads for Novig, featuring her undressed and just wearing sports equipment, might as well be outtakes from Cassie's baseball catcher photo shoot this season?

6 | "Big Brother" eviction nominee Dee standing over HOH Barrett and threatening that there'd be hell to pay if she stayed, while he continued munching on his Oreo without a care in the world: funny or cringe? And on Eviction Night, why didn't the producers save Devens' vote for last, when he would have been the tiebreaker to send either Angela or Dee to jury? Especially since he faked us out by saying, "I reluctantly vote to evict my partner-in-crime..."? 

7 | Now that you've read our Fall TV Preview 2026, let's talk: Which "9-1-1: Lone Star" alumni do you think might pop up on "9-1-1: Nashville" for that in-the-works crossover? Who would you cast as the lead of the potential "Fire Country" medical drama spin-off, who will first appear on the mothership this fall? Guesses for the '80s TV star who will cameo on "NCIS" this season "in a really nice, heartfelt way"? 

8 | Given what we know about how "Landman" Tommy Norris feels about executives, what are the odds he and the recently announced William Crockett will get along?

9 | Doesn't the trailer for Mike Flanagan's present-day-set "Carrie," in which the title character's high school humiliation is amplified on social media, make the original almost seem quaint in comparison? 

10 | Did the Episode 3 cold open of "The Paper" — in which a newly posted billboard for the titular newspaper didn't get the ideal response from the public — feel a little too similar to the Season 8 "Office" cold open that had the same conceit? And after its surge in popularity in Season 2, how many of you wish you could actually play Oscar's Mr. Digit puzzle?

11 | If you didn't know you were watching the "Cupertino" trailer, wouldn't that opening scene — in which a bloody man enters a corporate setting, frantically asking for help — have made you think maybe it was an episode of "Evil" you'd missed?

12 | Which "SNL" host or musical guest are you most nervous about this season: New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, who's making his hosting debut; Shane Gillis, whose last monologue was greeted with groans; or musical guest KATSEYE, who seemingly lose a different member each week? And what do we think are the chances that Knicks superfan/NBC star Mariska Hargitay will make a cameo during Brunson's opening monologue? Or perhaps fellow Knicks diehard/former "SNL" host Timothée Chalamet?

13 | Did Roy's "I love you, Keeley" slip in this week's "Ted Lasso" remind anyone else of Ross' "I take thee, Rachel" faux pas in the "Friends" Season 4 finale?

14 | Did Netflix miss a golden opportunity to slap the title "Nobody Wants This" on one of the moving boxes in the Season 3 key art — as in, nobody wants whatever's inside? (The wordplay was right there!)

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15 | Now that we've seen footage from "AHS13," which characters are you most hyped to see back — and which do you wish were appearing? (Anyone else holding out for a Lily Rabe cameo of some sort?) 

16 | On "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe," was Gary's (latest) demise by gunfire a little too graphic? Or did you find yourself laughing at how purposefully over-the-top it was? And which of Kaley Cuoco's two appearances did you prefer: AI Resistance Leader Penny or Firing Squad Penny?

Hit the comments with your answers and any TV Qs of your own!