David Boreanaz

BONES PANEL

2:47 pm: Counting the minutes!

3:02 pm: The session is underway and... there’s some kind of loud commotion out in the hallway. Someone needs to simmah down now.

3:04 pm: Scoop! Eric Millegan reveals that Zack will be back this season after he’s "sent home early from Iraq."

3:06 pm: Scoop! Regarding a possible Booth and Brennan romance: "The show is just starting to tap into the relationship of these two characters," says David Boreanaz. Adds Emily Deschanel: "We’re growing deeper of friends this season. [In an upcoming episode] we investigatte a certain kind of fetish and it brings up a little sexual tension.... They’ll be forced to face what we feel for each other [early in the season]."

3:08 pm: Boreanaz is asked about his fancy new producer credit, but he totally dodges the question!

3:09 pm: More commotion out in the hallway. Break out the tear gas!

3:11 pm: Scoop! The episode that was yanked last season after the V-Tech tragedy will air in December, although exec producer Hart Hanson says "it will be reworked." There was apparently some good Jack/Angela stuff in it.

3:13 pm: Big scoop! Hanson on Booth/Brennan: "We want to keep them apart as long as we can without annoying the audience, and there are a number of ways to do that. There are certain steam valves you can use to relieve the pressure, and we plan on using every one of them. But it’s Season 3. We better see something."

3:20 pm: Yikes! A reporter takes his life in his hands when he asks Boreanaz an Angel-related question. Specifically, does he have any thoughts about the Angel clone that CBS is putting on the air this fall? Shocker: No, he doesn’t!

3:21 pm: Another reporter comes back to the issue of Boreanaz’ producer title. Will he actually do anything different, or is it simply a vanity thing? "I get to bring ideas to [the producers] about my character," he says. Yep, it’s a vanity thing.

3:27 pm: Hanson describes Ryan O’Neal, who will return as Brennan’s dad, as "a huge, huge movie star." I wouldn’t say huge. Maybe big-boned.

3:34 pm: Boreanaz admits he wasn’t a fan of the Christmas episode, saying, "It felt like one of those Hallmarky shows." He also hated his performance at the end of the Iraq episode.

3:39 pm: Deschanel says she’s allowed to bring ideas to the producers, too. Yet, oddly, no producer credit for her. Hmmm....

3:41 pm: Gaggle stampede!