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July 19, 2008: Past Deadline TCA coverage update
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-- More on Shannen Doherty joining "90210" -- Desperate housewives OK with five-year age jump -- In case you were wondering, "Mars" is on the...

July 19, 2008: CW to redefine its season
Comments: 1 | Categories: Premiere Dates , TCA , The CW

TCA -- Starting next year, the CW plans to get a jump on competitors by moving the start of its programming season into the summer....

July 19, 2008: Shannen Doherty returns to '90210'
Comments: 1 | Categories: 90210 , Shannon Doherty , TCA , The CW

TCA -- Shannen Doherty will reprise her role of Brenda Walsh on the CW's "90210," returning to West Beverly Hills high school for a multi-episode...

July 18, 2008: Showtime announces 'L-Word' spin-off
Comments: 1 | Categories: L-Word , Showtime , Spinoff , TCA

TCA -- Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt just announced a spin-off plan for “The L-Word” at press tour. “We’re in the process of working on...

July 18, 2008: Marc Cherry's magnificent save
Comments: 1 | Categories: ABC , Desperate Housewives , Marc Cherry , TCA

Watching the ABC panels one got the impression that a fair portion of "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry's time is spent having to navigate the...

July 18, 2008: Woof! CBS' 'American Dog' ratings
Comments: 0 | Categories: CBS , Ratings

Article Templatehttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119669402http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=769341148 Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" topped the ratings even though the reality competition series fell to its second lowest-rated Thursday yet....

July 18, 2008: Comparing 'Fringe' and 'Eleventh Hour'
Comments: 1 | Categories: CBS , Eleventh Hour , Fox , Fringe , TCA

TCA -- A screenwriter would have a tough time inventing three character names better than those on CBS' "Eleventh Hour" panel: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris...

July 18, 2008: CBS: 'Moonlight' fans just liked O'Loughlin
Comments: 24 | Categories: CBS , Moonlight , TCA

TCA -- Okay, let's go there one more time. A critic asks if the “insane reaction” from “Moonlight” fans discourages CBS’ plans for future genre-driven...

July 18, 2008: CBS defends Barack Obama trip coverage
Comments: 0 | Categories: Barack Obama , CBS , Katie Couric , TCA

TCA -- The CBS News team defended their plans to extensively cover Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe next week, sending their...

July 18, 2008: Katie Couric: I'm not leaving 'CBS Evening News'
Comments: 2 | Categories: CBS , Katie Couric , TCA

TCA -- Katie Couric was repeated asked by critics at press tour about reports that she will soon exit her position as anchor of "CBS...

July 18, 2008: New 'CSI' character has shades of 'Dexter'
Comments: 0 | Categories: CBS , CSI , TCA

TCA -- CBS entertainment president detailed the usual character that will fill the void left by Billy Petersen’s departure from "CSI" -- a scientist with...

July 17, 2008: The Zen teachings of Ashton Kutcher
Comments: 0 | Categories: ABC , Ashton Kutcher , Reality Show , TCA

TCA -- On a panel for ABC’s "oh shoot let’s pick up something quick for fall" game show "Opportunity Knocks," executive producer Ashton Kutcher dispensed...

July 17, 2008: Rhimes: Heigl asked for light schedule
Comments: 0 | Categories: ABC , Grey's Anatomy , Katherine Heigl , Shonda Rhimes

TCA -- On ABC’s showrunner panel, critics repeatedly pressed "Grey’s Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes for her reaction to Katherine Heigl's statement that her role was...

July 17, 2008: Marc Cherry on 'disastrous' Vanity Fair shoot
Comments: 1 | Categories: ABC , Desperate Housewives , Marc Cherry , TCA

TCA -- The "Desperate Housewives" showrunner weighed in on "the disastrous Vanity Fair photo shoot." "A writer saw it from only one perspective," Cherry says....

July 17, 2008: 'Project Runway' premiere tops cable
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bravo , Project Runway , Ratings , Reality Show

The final season of "Project Runway" on Bravo was effectively on par with last November's debut, off just a tenth in the ratings. "Runway" (2.9...

July 17, 2008: 'Borrowers,' 'Brother' dip in ratings
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Original reality shows took a hit Wednesday night as CBS' "Big Brother" and NBC's "The Baby Borrowers" and "Celebrity Circus" stumbled in the Nielsens. The...

July 17, 2008: Emmy nominations; critic reactions; analysis
Comments: 2 | Categories: Emmy

Top critics from the Television Critics Association press tour lend their first-blush reactions to the Emmy nomination list, below. In a word, they are stunned...

July 16, 2008: 'Scrubs' to debut webisodes; Lawrence talks network switch
Comments: 2 | Categories: ABC , Scrubs , TCA

TCA -- "I'm conflicted talking about NBC," "Scrubs" showrunner Bill Lawrence says. "To sit up here ... after having spent seven years on that network,...

July 16, 2008: 'Life on Mars' mythology different in U.S. version
Comments: 0 | Categories: ABC , Life on Mars , TCA

TCA -- Producers for ABC's "Life on Mars" said their biggest contribution to the show since the departure of executive producer David E. Kelley is...

July 16, 2008: Gene Simmons to judge Burnett's 'Jingles'
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CBS is about to announce that rock 'n' reality star Gene Simmons will be the head judge on Mark Burnett's reality series "Jingles." The former...

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