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• TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest

  Media Week - 36 minutes
  Fox's veteran 24 , which never aired this season because of the writers strike, will whet the appetite of its hungry fans with a two-hour prequel on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET. Set a few months before day seven (and season seven) begins, Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer will battle an international crisis. It's never a dull moment for this guy! -Congratulations, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn!: Today 's PI would not be compete with a “thumbs up” to journalist extraordinaire more »

• Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins; ABC Poised for Victory Among Adults 18-49

  Media Week - 36 minutes
  -Yesterday's Winners: CSI (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Without a Trace (CBS) -Yesterday's Losers (Excluding Repeats): My Name is Earl (NBC) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown: It was a night of many season-finales, with CBS' CSI and Without a Trace; NBC's My Name is Earl , The Office and ER ; Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Don't Forget the Lyrics; and the CW's Smallville and Supernatural all closing their seasons. With that in mind, more »

• Coming Up in Fall 2008: 16 New Series; More Drama than Comedy

  Media Week - 36 minutes
  Now that the network upfront presentations are over, here are the new show tallies for fall 2008: Number of New Shows Overall: 16 (versus 29 in fall 2007) Breakdown: Dramas: 10 (versus 16 in fall 2007) Sitcoms: 4 (versus 6 in fall 2007) Non-Scripted: 2 (versus 7 in fall 2007) By Night: Monday: 2 Tuesday: 6 Wednesday: 4 Thursday: 2 Friday: 2 Saturday: 0 Sunday: 0 Wednesday had the most number of new shows last fall, with 9. Next was Monday at 6, followed by Tuesday more »

• Jessica and Cash Hit a Ruff Patch

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 9:14 AM PDT
  As if about-to-give-birth Jessica Alba doesn't have enough to worry about, her dogs went MIA the other day. I'm happy to report they weren't lost for long, and they're back home with Ms. Alba. But here's what went down: A Los Angeles-area couple found two dogs loose in their neighborhood while they were out walking their own pooch. Realizing the owners were nowhere in sight, they brought the dogs home and called the number on their tags. Well, guess who answered more »

• Simpson Wedding Watch, Ashlee Edition

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 9:14 AM PDT
  The clock is ticking, the event-planners are bustling and maybe, just maybe, a fetus is growing. After saying their respective farewells to the single life on Thursday night—which, aw, ended with the duo recoupling at the Roosevelt Hotel—Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are primed to swap vows sometime Saturday. Sources once placed the nuptials at a friend's house in the tony beachside town of La Jolla, Calif., but now all signs are pointing to a Valleyfied affair at parents more »

• T.I. Welcomes, Demotes Second Son

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 9:01 AM PDT
  T.I. may want to start saving up for some therapy sessions right about now. The hit-making hip-hopster and girlfriend Tameka "Tiny" Cottle (formerly of the R&B vocal group Xscape) welcomed their second son together at the stroke of midnight this morning. "God has blessed us with another miracle," T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, told People. The rapper, who is facing prison time after pleading guilty in March to federal weapons charges, celebrates the birth just months more »

• Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 8:14 AM PDT
  If you've got some Benjamins riding on a David, be warned: Only one of them is Cooking. At least according to the bookies. The online oddsmakers at BetCRIS.com have unveiled the favorite to take the American Idol crown...let's just say Papa Archuleta may have to be restrained. Former bartender and Missouri's favorite rocking son David Cook is the odds-on pick to succeed Jordin Sparks during next week's finale, given a 74 percent chance of winning the whole shebang, more »

• CSI Finds Fresh Blood

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 7:07 AM PDT
  Lauren Lee Smith can see dead people. At least beginning this fall. Looking to fill the void left by the departures of Gary Dourdan and Jorja Fox , The L Word veteran is joining CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a series regular, the network announced today. The 27-year-old Smith will play Bryce Adams, described as a "smart, flirtatious and witty nonconformist" obsessed with the underbelly of society, who got into police work to rebel against her disapproving psychiatrist more »

• Daytime's `The View' to go backstage for 1 show

  Associated Press - Fri May 16, 2:16 PM PDT
  Daytime's " The View " will rerun one of its shows in two weeks from an entirely different view that lets fans know a little about what goes on backstage. Producers will attempt the experiment with the Memorial Day episode, which is being taped a week earlier. That episode will feature an interview with Dina Lohan and daughter Ali, and a performance by Ryan Cabrera. On Friday, May 30, " The View " will air a version of that show with backstage footage that explains what went more »