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When Inside Blip made its predictions on what shows would live and what would die, we knew that one of the CSI series would be gone. We just thought it would be the lower-rated "CSI: New York." We were wrong. And so were a lot of other people, too. CBS instead dumped "CSI: Miami" after 10 seas ...

The television networks put a lot of expectations in all their shows. But if you're a new show, you better come out the gate fast and hard, or your race will end far quickly than anything else. In the 2010-11 television season, the five networks trotted out 45 new programs for viewers to see -- t ...

Think the traditional sitcom is dead? Not according to CBS. "Mike & Molly" holds the title for the most-watched new television series, at least for the fall. It averaged a 7.2 rating/11 share in Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co. over its first 12 episodes. It won a close battle ...

CBS has been advertising "Hawaii Five-0" -- the remake of the Jack Lord classic -- as the fall's No. 1 new show. And they're absolutely right. The new series starring Alex O'Loughlin, Grace Park, Daniel Dae Kim and Scott Caan, leads a pack of new shows, where the top five slots are all owned by C ...

The Television Critics Association have found their new darling in the Showtime terrorist drama "Homeland." The group has nominated the show for four awards, including Outstanding New Program of the Year as well as Program of the Year, putting it up against some of television's other bests. Cl ...

Last week, "Smash" earned a 4.0 rating/6 share, according to Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co., giving NBC its second highest-rated outing of the week. That was actually good news for the Steven Spielberg-produced musical show, since in the four episodes prior to that, the show ...

Thanks, CBS, for announcing a ton of renewals before I even had a chance to write this! That's right, the network has already renewed 15 shows and officially cancelled one. That means we have just a small handful of remaining shows that we can now pick apart and find out if any of them are return ...

William Shatner's return to television was short live. So were a couple of other new shows that won't see sophomore seasons on CBS. The network cut "$#*! My Dad Says," "The Defenders," "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" and "Mad Love" this week, clearing out the dead weight from what had original ...

CBS has dominated the television season this year, so it's hard to find much of anything to pierce this very strong armor. And I wish I could say we did, but we really didn't. Sure, there was that show from Paula Abdul that no one watched. A couple of lawyers tried to be funny in the courtroom, w ...

So far, the networks have premiered 39 new shows in the 2010-11 season. Sadly, less than a dozen still expect to be around next season. It's not that this year's slate was bad. It's just a fact of life when it comes to new shows. Sometimes a concept works, many times it doesn't. Either way, CB ...