News - Jenna Elfman
The 2009-2010 primetime schedule CBS announced Wednesday includes new series starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Julianna Margulies and Jenna Elfman. The new shows include three dramas and one comedy.
CBS TV has signed a new deal with actress Jenna Elfman, who starred in the canceled midseason sitcom, Courting Alex. The network is developing a new comedy vehicle for the former star of ABC's Dharma and Greg, Daily Variety reports.
By Gary Levin and Robert Bianco Robert Bianco PASADENA, Calif. -- CBS is firmly in first place. But amid the buzz of rival shows such as Lost, the narrow perception remains that it's the cop-show network, as one reporter here put it at Wednesday's gathering of TV writers.
If funny is money, network television's Sitcom Bank & Chucklehead Trust is flat broke. Over the past two years, such dependable, long-running mirth machines as "Friends,""Frasier" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" signed off.