The Banff World Television Festival is an industry conference for producers, broadcasters, and creative folks to talk about their craft and make deals. And, in some cases, to spill the goods on what's up next on their popular shows.

Spoilerphobes proceed at your own risk. Except House fans. I've got little more than evasiveness and joking speculation for you. Don't blame me, blame close-mouthed writer David Hoselton. But Jason Katims of Friday Night Lights, Doug Ellin of Entourage, Jeff Greenstein of Desperate Housewives, and Hart Hanson of Bones were somewhat less reticent.

Friday Night Lights

Jason Katims, showrunner of Friday Night Lights, was thrilled his series will return for a third season thanks to an unusual deal between Direct TV and NBC. That third season, he said, will start fresh, with a new season and new school year, meaning some storylines that were left hanging thanks to the writers-strike-truncated second season will be resolved by seeing where the characters are eight months later. Smash, for example, has graduated, hasn't pursued his college aspirations, and remains on the series. Jason has had a child with his one-night stand. Riggins is now a senior.

Katims addressed the issue of the teenaged characters growing out of the show by first joking that "everyone knows high school only lasts seven years," then confirming that some will not return if the show's luck continues and it gets additional seasons. Katims hope is that new characters will be embraced and make the transition as seamless as possible.

Entourage

Entourage creator Doug Ellin could be a character in his own show. A former stand-up comedian, the fast-talking Long Island native was writing the last episode of season five at the time of the festival, and shared that the new season will "jump forward from Cannes."

He talked about the negative reaction to the character of Dom, who shares a name with the actor who plays him (Domenick Lombardozzi). "I ruined his life," Ellin laughed, before revealing that the universally hated character would make a return appearance this season, which will see Vince and the gang trying to bounce back from a dismal reception at Cannes.

Desperate Housewives

Consulting producer/writer Jeff Greenstein debunked the idea that his show would be Lostifying after the shocking five year leap ahead in the finale. "We will tell the story forward from that point. There will be no flashbacks after the first episode," he declared, and though he's known as a comedy writer, I don't think he was kidding.

As for the reason behind that decision, he said the show wanted to reset the predicaments of the women, returning them to their desperate housewifely roots. "We wanted to see Lynette with teenage delinquents, and Gabby with children," and they didn't want to wait years to "reset to what the show was about."

Bones

Hart Hanson, creator of the romantic comedy procedural crime drama – say that twice – would say little about the new season other than that the two-hour premiere was being shot in England, and he remains puzzled as to why FOX agreed to the expensive proposition. "It's a huge pain in the ass to write," he indicated, saying the network wanted it to be a cohesive episode but able to be aired as two separate episodes. "So it has to be seamless but with a great big seam in it." About the plot, all he would say was that "someone's going to die, and we find their bones."