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Among the handful of new shows that critics have actually seen before the summer press tour, the CBS comedy "Worst Week" ranks at the top.

CBS was the only network this year to provide screeners for all its new shows, which they presented on Friday.

AMC's fine series "Mad Men" begins its second season on July 27 - and gives DVD collectors a lavish presentation of the first season this week.

“Every week one of our characters does happen to meet an unsavory end”

Jay Mohr and Jamie King in the new CBS comedy, 'Project Gary' CBS is taking a back-to-basics approach to the fall season, adding three new dramas and two comedies. via NY Daily News

Suck on it, ABC: CBS, apparently immune to the damage of the recent writers strike, will trot out 6 new series in the fall, the Associated Press is reporting from unidentified sources. via The Knoxville News Sentinel

“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

Exceptional smarts or psychic abilities help set the stage for three of the new dramas CBS plans to air next season.

The network is picking up four new dramas and two comedies for next TV season, which will be announced as part of its schedule presentation to advertisers on Wednesday, according to a Hollywood executive who is familiar with CBS' planning and spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the announcement.

Half of the series are based on ideas that have been successful overseas. Read more

“We now have to work more just to make what we earned a few years ago.”

Those words are filling folks here with apprehension, and they have nothing to do with baseball. via CANOE

Posted Mar 29th 2008 11:29AM by Allison Waldman Filed under: Pickups and Renewals , Casting As someone who was a regular watcher of The Guardian , it makes me happy to see that the star of that show is coming ... via TV Squad

Simon Baker is hoping that the third time will be the charm with "The Mentalist," his latest CBS drama pilot. via Zap2it.com

Australian actor Simon Baker, the former star of the CBS drama "The Guardian," has reunited with the network for a drama pilot called "The Mentalist." Baker will play the lead role, a psychic who uses his ... via XtraMSN Real Estate

Simon Baker is returning to CBS, while ABC has greenlit the pilot "Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas." Alphabet drama, from Warner Bros. via Variety

“We feel it will start to happen in the next few years. We want to be one of the first established businesses so when it's successful, we'll be pleased we did it.”

John Taylor was driving around Bradenton one day more than a year ago when he saw a gracious old home that needed serious repairs. via Bradenton.com

“Yep, she's going to pull the football away again!”

Posted Feb 22nd 2008 8:37AM by Brett Love Filed under: Supernatural , Episode Reviews There's no way that Kripke and the team over at Supernatural HQ could have foreseen the strike, only completing 12 episodes, ... via TV Squad

President: Alan Rosenberg Executive director: Doug Allen Secretary-treasurer: Connie Stevens Membership: 120,000; 102,000 active paid Founded: 1933 Headquarters: Los Angeles ... via Los Angeles Times

“The real average salary in the Writers Guild is less than $60,000 a year. This strike is not about a few individuals, it is about the ability of many artists in many disciplines to keep on working for years to come.”

The Palm Springs International Film Festival's Screen Actors Guild-Indie brunch at Dale's Lost Highway in Palm Springs Sunday was a mixture of many diverse factions, all eager to understand each other, get ... via Desert Sun

Prolific character actor of film and TV best known for playing endearing if outspoken grumps and perversely likeable cads and schemers. via Hollywood.com

Paul Blackthorne, who's currently doing a guest stint on "Big Shots," will be joining another new series later this season. via Zap2it.com

Charles Malik Whitfield and Melissa Peterman round out the cast of Cedric the Entertainer's untitled family pilot for ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter . via DVD Dungeon