Tour continues with presentations from FOX and FX.

It’s a jam-packed pair of days with news of new and returning shows on the FOX and FX networks. First up is the highly-anticipated new series from “Lost” producer J.J. Abrams, “Fringe,” reality show “Secret Millionaire” and the returning “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.”

FX presents the new motorcycle club drama, “Sons of Anarchy,” starring Charlie Hunnam (photo, right). There’s also news for the next season of Damages and the final season of “The Shield.

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TCA Press Tour is back with a week’s worth press for new cable shows this summer and fall.

We discuss the scene and hit some of the highlights, including Style Network’s “Ruby,” TNT’s “Raising the Bar” and “Leverage,” the return of AMC’s “Mad Men,” Fox Reality’s “Long Way Down” (featuring Ewan McGregor) and the long-awaited HBO vampire drama “True Blood” starring Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer (photo, left).

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FOX presented one of the most promising lineups of new shows slated for the next year.

In our final installment of ’08 Upfronts coverage, we have the low down on six new shows scheduled for next fall and midseason on FOX, as well as three new shows which could join the schedule. The rather comprehensive and sensible lineup includes the buzzworthy new J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) series, “Fringe” (photo, right) and Joss Whedon’s overdue return to TV, “Dollhouse,” starring Eliza Dushku. There are also two animated series, an interesting reality offering and a some comedies that actually may turn out to be funny. And nearly every one of them somehow has ties to the still-missed FOX comedy “Arrested Development.”

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CBS presents a comprehensive—if not exciting—slate of new shows for next season in their 2008 upfronts presentation.

Despite the setback of the writers strike, CBS presented several scheduling changes and six new shows: comedies “Worst Week” and “Project Gary,” dramas “The Mentalist” (photo, left), “Eleventh Hour,” “The Ex List,” and midseason suspense/horror series “Harper’s Island.” [Click links to view video clips.]

Meanwhile, a couple B & E faves get another chance, while one fan fave gets staked.

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The effects of the writers strike seems to resonate as these two nets have fewer offerings than usual this fall.

We do double duty tonight with coverage of two networks’ worth of upfront announcements. ABC announced only five new shows for next year, but those include some interesting offerings such as an adaptation of the BBC’s “Life on Mars,” “The Goode Family,” a new Mike Judge animated series, and two reality shows sprung from the daring mind of Ashton Kutcher.

The CW, meanwhile, resurrects the “90210″ franchise (see the new leads in the photo, right) and turns over an entire night of programming to the mysterious Media Rights Capital financing company.

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NBC was the first of the major networks to announce its schedule for next year and we have the scoop on the new and returning shows.

Yes, dear listeners, we’re finally back for the first in a week’s worth of podcasts covering the networks’ announcements of their schedules for the next year. NBC kicked things off, announcing several new shows including the dramas “Merlin,” “My Own Worst Enemy,” and “Crusoe” and the comedy “Kath & Kim”. Also in the lineup: the new “Knight Rider” series (photo, left), based on the TV movie which was based on the ’80s series.

We’ll be back tomorrow with announcements from ABC and the CW.

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“Lost” is back on ABC this week and thanks to the magic of streaming video, we’ve seen the first two new episodes.

While many fans became disillusioned with “Lost” over the past two seasons, the show’s producers had high hopes that a plan for three more seasons of 16 episodes shown without interruption or repeats would help set the pace for the journey to the end.

Despite being limited by a network request not to discuss certain topics, we give our impressions of the season premiere and second episode. Whether those who gave up on the show will return remains to be seen, but we provide a taste of what they can expect if they do.

Bonus: We also have clips of several cast members giving their takes on what lies ahead in season 4.

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“Torchwood” season two starts Saturday and we have a review.The “Doctor Who” spinoff (starring Eve Myles, photo, right) returns to BBC America and the show’s saucier than ever. We discuss the series’ expansive approach to sexuality, the highly-anticipated Martha Jones crossover and where things are headed for the UK’s top alienbusters.

We also touch on some of the changes made at B&E Watch TV recently and the move to combine blogging and podcasting. You can now find more reviews, news and commentary on brillandericwatchtv.com.

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This week, it’s all about the Golden Globes, the party of the year that wasn’t.

NBC’s Entertainment Co-Chair Ben Silverman refused to let the “nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids” (aka the WGA) cancel his “prom” (aka the Golden Globes), but it definitely wasn’t the event of the season. We dissect the cobbled together “Dateline NBC” special, the cranky and ill-informed “Access Hollywood” anchors and our personal takes on the TV winners, including Jon Hamm of “Mad Men” (photo, left).

We also dip into the reader mail to share one fed-up listener’s plea for Eric to get over himself concerning a certain Top 10 sitcom.

Next week we’ll be back to our regular format with a review of AMC’s new dark comedy “Breaking Bad” and Bravo’s latest reality offering, “Millionaire Matchmaker.”

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“Medium” begins its fourth season this week as “Gossip Girl” prematurely ends its first.

This week, we review the first two episodes of the new season of “Medium.” Things are up in the air for the mostly-psychic DuBois family but they may get some much-needed guidance from new cast member Anjelica Huston (photo, right).

Thanks to the WGA strike, many shows are having to wrap up their seasons early, including freshman CW series “Gossip Girl.” We give our take on the show’s finale without revealing too many spoilers and provide our take on how the show improved and where it landed at the end.

In news, we ponder the fates of the 2008 awards shows, in particular, the Golden Globes and the Oscars. We also have other noteworthy happenings on the tv schedule (yes, there is still plenty to watch on tv). Plus, Eric does a really weak Garrison Keillor impersonation. Who could ask for more?

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