• 'This will work,' says Fishburne of CSI job
"CSI" will not be replacing Gil Grissom with a character who has criminal DNA, or mutant frog DNA, or any other kind of unusual DNA. But the show will be replacing William Petersen with a very high-profile actor in Laurence Fishburne.

• The British (teenagers) are coming!
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• More sports, more live, less weepy featurettes
BE CAREFUL what you wish for with the Beijing Olympics, or NBC just might give it to you. And will you be able to find it all?

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SEASON FOUR of "House" was so tumultuous, both on camera (a competition to find new members of House's team ran for more than half the season) and off (the strike shut down production for months) that you'll forgive the show's creator, David Shore, if he has trouble remembering exactly what happened by the end of it.

• ALL TV by Alan Sepinwall
AND SO it's come to this: VH1's collection of Has-Beens on Parade series has expanded its reach to the point where Luther Campbell is a viable star.