Showtime orders more "Californication"
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LOS ANGELES  - Showtime has given a second-season pickup to its freshman comedy series "Californication."
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Despite the Hollywood writers' strike, the big TV networks have more than a hundred episodes of scripted series ready to roll out over the next few months. The bad news for viewers: Few are fan favorites.
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Study says CBS&#39; &#39;CSI-NY&#39; and NBC&#39;s &#39;Medical Investigation&#39; most eagerly awaited in new fall lineups. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Politicians looking for a quick boost this campaign season might want to look at
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Hollywood is taking advantage of the first holiday frame of 2005, offering four new wide releases to duke it out over what should be a competitive extended weekend.
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By Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 17--There's one thing you can say for certain about the new television season: It's going to be interesting.
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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO  - The Canadian  invasion of U.S. primetime intensifies.
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By Aaron Barnhart, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 10--In addition to "One Punk Under God," featured on the cover of this section, three new cable miniseries make for a rich menu of new TV shows this week.   TONIGHT  "Tsunami, the Aftermath" (7 p.m., HBO).
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Some of TV's best shows come back soon; get the discs, and get onboard
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LOS ANGELES  - Thursday is the new   Tuesday for the new season that begins Monday night.
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LOS ANGELES  - David Duchovny is making the leap from the adult themes of sex addiction in his new Showtime comedy series "Californication" to a live-action kids project for Cartoon Network.
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No more writers on picket lines. No more network TV bosses scrambling for replacement shows. But enough about them. What about us? Two simple questions prey on every viewer's mind: When will my favorite scripted programs be back with new episodes? And, WILL my favorite shows be back?
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Showtime's lesbian drama  "The L Word" will be back for a fifth season.
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LOS ANGELES  - There will be less "Dirt" and "Riches" on FX's schedule this year. In a sign of what's in store for TV series whose production was affected by the writers' strike, FX has opted not to produce more episodes for the two series' second seasons.
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The network reversed course and announced that it had ordered seven new episodes for broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Saturday Night Live" has gone mobile.
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Premium cable channel  Showtime has ordered a second season of "Brotherhood," a  violent, profanity-laced drama about siblings on opposite sides  of the law.
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LOS ANGELES  - Along with scoring six Golden Globe nominations last week, "The Departed" has landed a TV deal with FX.