Whoa! Was that a new Adele song?

Hello, it’s Adele!

Suddenly, it seems a heck of a lot more likely that the British singer’s new album will be out this fall. What appears to be a 30-second preview of Adele’s latest tune aired during a commercial break on The X Factor Sunday night in the U.K.

“I was wondering if after all these years, you’d like to meet to go over everything,” the vocals go, as lyrics roll over a black background. “They say that time’s supposed to heal ya, but I ain’t done much healing.” The snippet ends with ellipses.

Last month, rumor had it that Sony would release Adele’s next album Nov. 20, a release date that conveniently opened up. (One Direction’s Made In the A.M. album hastily moved off that date to Nov. 13.) Adele’s most recent album, 2011’s 21, sold more than 11 million copies in the U.S. alone.

The singer’s representative declined comment, but Adele, for her part, is saying nothing: She hasn’t tweeted since August.

News & Views: For some, TV gets better with age

Old may not be in, but it least it's no longer completely out.

For years, as advertisers have shifted their focus to young audiences, advertiser-supported media have followed suit — pushing older audiences aside in the process. Nor is it just older viewers who have suffered: TV's perhaps misplaced certainty that young people only want to watch other young people has relegated most actors over 60 to supporting roles, pretty much ensuring that any future network version of The Golden Girls would be tin at most.

But along with its other benefits, the explosive growth in TV choices is giving new hope to aging viewers, as TV services — some ad-supported, but most not — begin to see some profit possibility in serving a neglected audience. It's a small movement at the moment, and it doesn't encompass the big broadcast networks. But if you're past a certain age, any movement at all is welcome.

PBS, of course, has long served as an old folks home, but it's not the only place to turn. Older viewers searching for some sign of change could find one at Starz withBlunt Talk, a comedy built around 75-year-old Patrick Stewart. An even clearer sign was Netflix's pickup of a new season for Longmire, a series dumped by A&E because its audience was deemed too old. Not it's star, though: Robert Taylor is a relative child at 52.

Sunday, the scene shifts to Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise, starring 70-year-old Tom Selleck — whose starring role in CBS's Blue Bloods makes him a broadcast rarity. But you won't find Jesse on CBS, which did eight Jesse movies and then bailed because, well, you know. Instead, Selleck has moved the franchise to Hallmark — which through its various networks has made a cottage industry out of churning out films starring former TV stars.