Geena Davis to replace Mandy Patinkin in TV series
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Academy award winning actress Geena Davis is likely to succeed Mandy Patinkin on CBS' "Criminal Minds" television series after the latter failed to show up for shooting.
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LOS ANGELES  - Three nights -- Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday -- will be getting a makeover on NBC this midseason.
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LOS ANGELES  - Barenaked Ladies' blend  of music and comedy is coming to television.
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Former Coronation Street star Thelma Barlow is to star as a baddie in the next series of Doctor Who.
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Disney's Touchstone Television has signed a talent holding deal with Will Friedle, former star of the ABC sitcom "Boy Meets World." Friedle will likely either be cast in an upcoming series from the studio or land a project of his own as he meets with producers in the coming months. Friedle will next be seen in "National Lampoon's Gold Diggers."
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&quot;General Hospital&quot; star  Annie Wersching has landed the major new female lead opposite  Kiefer Sutherland on the next season of Fox&#39;s &quot;24.&quot;
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Another cast member of "The Sopranos" is headed to a prime-time comedy. Steve Schirripa, who plays Bobby "Bacala" Bacallieri on the HBO series, has signed a deal with Disney's Touchstone TV to star in a comedy based on his book, "A Goomba's Guide to Life."
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Sara Gilbert will  reunite with her &quot;Roseanne&quot; husband Johnny Galecki on Galecki&#39;s  new comedy series, CBS&#39; &quot;The Big Bang Theory.&quot;
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NEW YORK  - Glenn Close will join the  FX police drama "The Shield" as a series regular for its  upcoming fourth season.
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In the early 1950s, when television sent Hollywood into the doldrums and studios were thinning their contract lists, some stars began appearing in their own TV series. Among them: Lucille Ball, Loretta Young, Donna Reed &#151; and Lassie.
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LOS ANGELES  - The first lady of late-night is returning for a second season to E!
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Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis  has sued the owners of a Minnesota-based nonprofit group who  she claims stole her idea for a charity she created dealing  with depictions of kids in the media.
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Vanessa Williams is close to signing a development deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, sources said.
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Bebe Neuwirth, who played Lilith the psychiatrist on the sitcoms "Cheers" and "Frasier," is getting serious with a role as the latest member of the "Law &amp; Order" family. Neuwirth will play a tough Manhattan prosecutor in "Law &amp; Order: Trial by Jury," coming to NBC next year.
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The abrupt departure of Mandy Patinkin from "Criminal Minds" is forcing CBS to revise the drama before its fall return and fend off questions about his exit.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fox has handed out a series commitment to "Queen B," a female workplace drama from the creator of "Nip/Tuck."
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Former Doctor Who star Peter Davison is to take over the role of King Arthur in the West End production of Spamalot.