Tweeters Digest: Dead TV characters edition

What might our favorite killed-off TV characters say if they had access to Twitter in the great beyond?

Gustavo Fring, “Breaking Bad” (@GusPollosHermanos)
I sold Satan a bag of blue crystal meth. Welcome to my new Pollos Hermanos underworld franchise.

Laura Palmer, “Twin Peaks”  (@prettycorpseshavemorefun)
Bob wants to kill me — again! That’s all he EVER wants to do. LOL! This is so soooooo boring!!!!

Khal Drogo, “Game of Thrones” (@DothrakiKhal)
Death not stop Drogo, son of Bharbo. Khal rise from grave and slay girly-men who kill him with words. Drogo will be last barbarian standing.

Gary Shepherd, “Thirtysomething” (@shaggyghostprofessor)
I can’t answer a ‘yes or no’ question in 140 characters and neither can anyone else from the best show ever about existential Caucasian whinging. I’m outta space already? Whatever.

Miss Ida Blankenship, “Mad Men” (@SterlingCooperHellcat)
My only regret is that I never got to make whoopee with Mr. Draper. Then again, maybe I did and I just forgot. Wouldn’t be the first time.

What would your favorite killed-off characters tweet? Leave your best ghost impersonations in comments below, in 140 characters or less.

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Tweeter's Digest: TV folks tweet about the 2011 Emmy nominations

Emmy nominations are announced at the crack of dawn, designed to catch celebs at their most tired and vulnerable.

Amid all the joyful congratulations and "I'm so grateful" messages -- among them Martha Plimpton of "Raising Hope" (@marthaplimpton) and "Glee" star Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) -- were a few tweets from and about those snubbed. Kyra Sedgwick (@KyraSedgwick), who won best actress for "The Closer" last year but wasn't nominated this time, gracefully gave a nod to her costar Mary McDonnell, who is up for an award. Nominated "Modern Family" producer Steven Levitan (@SteveLevitan) sent condolences to not-nominated "Community" creator Dan Harmon (@DanHarmon).

But the award for Emmy nomination tweets should go to prolific tweeter Kurt Sutter (@sutterink), creator of "Sons of Anarchy," who joked that he, "Walking Dead" creator Frank Darabont and "Treme" creator David Simon -- all left off the best drama list this year -- would wreak vengeance. 

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Tweeter's Digest: TV folks Twitter about the end of the world

Another day, another apocalypse scare. This time, the end of the world has been predicted by Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping of the Family Radio organization: He points to Saturday as the start of the Rapture.

Hollywood folks were tweeting about it late this week with a mix of silliness and wit. Denis Leary (@denisleary), who combined his Rapture riff with a reference to disgraced Arnold Schwarzenegger (who himself has some familiarity with post-apocalyptic scenarios from his time in "The Terminator"). Zooey Deschanel (@therealzooeyd), Garry Shandling (@GarryShandling) and writer/director Paul Feig (@PaulFeig) made plans for their last day, while "The Office" star Rainn Wilson (@rainnwilson), Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) and show runner Jane Espenson (@JaneEspenson) prepared for the worst.

Meanwhile, "How I Met Your Mother" co-producer Carter Bays (@CarterBays) and "Lost's" Damon Lindelof (@damonlindelof) teased fans with the answers to the universe — or at least to their shows.

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Tweeter's Digest: What's 'Two and a Half Men' squared away? Ashton Kutcher

How quickly we forget about last week’s excitement — it's like Osama bin Laden meant  nothing to us. 

This week’s celebrity Twitter feeds skittered all over the place, from news of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s split and Neil Patrick Harris (@actuallyNPH) hosting the Tonys to the elimination of fan favorite James Durbin from “American Idol” and the surprise announcement that Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) would take over for Charlie Sheen on “Two and a Half Men.” [For the record: An earlier version of this post had Harris hosting the Emmys and has been corrected.]

Kutcher himself hinted about it Thursday in an oblique tweet: "what's the square root of 6.25?" And while TV folks from “Lost” producer Damon Lindelof (@DamonLindelof) to child star Demi Lovato commented on Kutcher’s move, Sheen himself (who had been very vocal  just a month ago) issued no tweets on the topic.

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The Royal Wedding and Donald Trump were bumped out of the news promptly last weekend by word that Osama bin Laden was dead.

As the week began, twitterfeeds continued to buzz as everyone from Stephen Colbert (@StephenatHome) to comedian Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) weighed in with Osama quips, while Rich Sommer (@richsommer) of "Mad Men" amused himself with the juxtapostion between tweets about Bin Laden and Snooki's love life.

Of course, as days passed, TV folks largely returned focus to more ordinary things -- "Dollhouse" star Eliza Dushku (@elizadushku) celebrated Cinco de Mayo,  "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes (@shondarhimes) joked about the perils of being sick without TV doctors to heal her, Lou Diamond Phillips (@LouDPhillips) tweeted about new reality show "Celebrity Wife Swap" -- and Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) ran low on Quicktrim.

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After a week filled with a grandstanding Trump, a royal wedding and a star-studded White House Correspondents' Assn. dinner, word leaked out that Osama bin Laden was dead, and everyone from Rob Lowe (@roblowe) and Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) to "Jersey Shore" star Vinny G (@VinnyGuadagnino) and NBC News reporter Kelly O'Donnell (@kellyo) popped on to Twitter to share the news.

Meanwhile, Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) was torn by the desire to support her show, "Celebrity Apprentice," which was preempted on the East Coast by the news -- and to support her conscience. "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) joshingly expressed surprise that no one gossiped about the impending Bin Laden killing at the correspondents dinner the previous night. And poor Paris Hilton (@parishilton) got off an airplane and tweeted before checking her own twitter feed.

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This week, stars deployed their 140-character tweets on subjects as varied as Passover, Donald Trump's political posturing and the impending royal wedding of William and Kate.

Meanwhile, Charlie Sheen (@charliesheen) continued to make his presence known. Anthony Bourdain (@NoReservations) got giddy with the cast of "The Wire" (including @WendellPierce), Martha Stewart (@MarthaStewart) rubbed elbows with Gene Simmons (@Genesimmons), and Paul Reiser (@paulreiser) expressed dismay at the swift cancellation of his show.

And Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton)? She went to Disneyland.

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Meanwhile, reality TV reigned as folks like Sandra Bernhard, Rosie O'Donnell and Eliza Dushku of "Dollhouse" rooted for Kirstie Alley on "Dancing With the Stars," while Sarah Silverman and "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson supported Casey Abrams on "American Idol," and Carrie Ann Inaba got engaged on live TV.

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Pushing aside other timely topics (disastrous Oscar hosts, conflict in Wisconsin and the Middle East), the Twitterati jumped into the Sheen fray. 

TV folks from Neil Patrick Harris (@actuallyNPH) to Christina Applegate (@1capplegate), legendary TV creator James L. Brooks (@canyonjim) to Vinny from "Jersey Shore" (@VINNYGUADAGNINO) all added something to the week's "winning" conversation. Even Sheen's own "Young Guns" co-star Lou Diamond Phillips (@LouDPhillips) joined in.

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