ABC already has signed ten new pilots to premiere in the Fall 2010 TV season. Which ones look promising? And which ones look doubtful? Mr. Sunshine Starring Matthew Perry, it's the story of a second-rate sports arena manager who thinks only of himself and is forced to reevaluate his life on his 40th birthday. This is his first TV series since Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (The End Of Steve was never picked up). It'll be fun to watch him on the small screen again. He was always my favorite in Friends, and I've always tried to keep up with his...

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TV executives are preparing for the summer and fall TV seasons and signing new TV shows. Here's a list of upcoming shows to watch for. ABC From the same creator of Friends comes a comedy about sisters. Scoundrels, from Shana Goldberg-Meehan, is about two sisters in different kinds of romantic relationships. Jennifer Finnigan plays the sister in a long-term but unmarried relationship and Joanna Garcia plays the other sister, who gets pregnant and marries the baby-daddy. CBS An untitled Criminal Minds spinoff is set to be introduced during an episode of Criminal Minds this spring. Starring Michael Kelly and Forest Whitaker, the series...

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This marks the final part in the Golden Globe winners series. Best Mini-Series Grey Gardens Best Actress, Mini-Series Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens Grey Gardens premiered on HBO last April 2009 with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in the title roles as Edith Bouvier Beale. Drew Barrymore played Little Edie and Jessica Lange played Big Edie, Little Edie's mom. Little Edie is Jacqueline Onassis' real-life cousin. The film follows the isolated lifestyle of both mother and daughter, who were raised as Park Avenue debutantes but withdrew from the New York elite society. They retreated to their Long Island summer home, Grey Gardens. This mini-series continues...

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Lost is coming back to a TV near you.  In less than a week, the nearly nine month layoff will be over, and the show that leaves us dazed, confused, and, well, lost will be back on the air. As much as I'm going to miss it when Jack, Sawyer, Kate and the rest sign off for good in May, I applaud the show makers for leaving on top.  This is not a show that could continue to be good for another five years.  I'm sure that ABC was willing to back dump trucks full of money up to the producers' homes in order to keep...

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Fox went to unusual lengths to premiere Human Target this week. The show will air a total of four times in eight days, with three different episodes and three distinct time slots. The unconventional roll out may leave some viewers in the dark, but the show is definitely worth checking out. Christopher Chance (played by Mark Valley) is a former bad guy who has turned to use his considerable skills for good (and profit). He’s basically a body guard, but in the same sense that Tiger Woods is a golfer. He’s the best at what he does by a long...

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