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Weekend Update: The Latest Pickups and Passes

The latest pre-upfronts news:

ABC
Drama pickups: Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone (both from Everwood's Greg Berlanti); the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice, the Sex and the City-esque Cashmere Mafia; Pushing Daisies, Women's Murder Club; Big Shots (Dylan McDermott, Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus and Joshua Malina as CEOs/wannabes). Comedies: Cavemen; Sam I Am (Christina Applegate as an amnesiac); Carpoolers. Other notes: October Road and Notes from the Underbelly will return mid-season with 13-episode runs. (Today's News)

FOX
Drama pick-ups: The Terminator-inspired sci-fi-er The Sarah Connor Chronicles; K-Ville (concerning cops in post-Katrina New Orleans); New Amsterdam (about an immortal homicide detective). Comedies: Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton's Back to You (FKA Action News); Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Return of Jezebel James (starring Parker Posey); The Rules of Starting Over (courtesy of the Farrelly Brothers) (Today's News).

NBC
Drama pick-ups: Lipstick Jungle, an hour-long drama based on the novel by Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City) and starring Brooke Shields (as a movie-studio exec), Kim Raver (as the boss of a pop-culture mag) and Lindsay Price (as a fashion mogul) (Today's News). Renewals: The original Law & Order has been renewed, while Criminal Intent will move to the USA Network (TV Guide News Report).

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May 14, 2007 8:33 AM

Would someone please post which networks are presenting on which days? I know NBC is Monday, what about the others? Thanks!
Posted by GarrickS May 14, 2007 9:58 AM Report Abuse

Here is the schedule for this week's upfronts: NBC: May 14, ABC: May 15, CBS: May 16 and The CW and FOX: May 17
Posted by Shannonm93 May 14, 2007 10:27 AM Report Abuse

Thanks, Shannon!
Posted by GarrickS May 14, 2007 10:42 AM Report Abuse

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