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CW New Series Previews: Nikita and Hellcats

The CW unveiled its fall schedule and new programming offerings to advertisers today in New York, continuing the fourth official day of network upfronts week. (You can read more about the CW's fall schedule and and read episode descriptions here .) Not in New York? You can check out the video previews for the CW's two new series, Nikita and Hellcats below. NIKITA HELLCATS Nikita and Hellcats will air this fall on the CW.

UK Lost Alert: Watch the Lost Series Finale on Sky1HD Monday with West Coast US Simulcast

UK viewers of Lost , you're in luck: you'll be able to catch the two-and-half hour series finale of Lost at the same time it airs on the West Coast of the US. Sky1HD will be presenting the series finale of Lost ("The End") at 5 am GMT, as it is transmitted at 9 pm Pacific Time of the West Coast of the United States. "We are proud of the fact that at Sky 1HD we have a long tradition of running all of our US shows as close as possible to their US TX date," said Stuart Murphy, Director of Programmes, Sky1 HD, Sky1, 2 and 3, in a statement. "With something as hotly anticipated as the LOST finale it makes sense to show it at exactly the same time as millions across America will see it." Given how high anticipation is for the series finale of Lost --and the fact that it will likely go down as the most illegally downloaded episode of a series ever, I have to give Sky1 and Murphy credit for offering UK viewers a legitmate and legal way of watching the hi

First Look: Image Gallery for CW's New Drama Series, Nikita and Hellcats

The CW has released four images for its new drama series Nikita and Hellcats , which will air this fall on the CW. The netlet this morning announced its new fall schedule for the 2010-11 season to advertisers in New York, wrapping up a week of broadcast network upfront presentations. (You can read more about the CW's new schedule, programming changes, and full descriptions for new and returning series here .) You can check out four photos from Nikita and Hellcats below. NIKITA Here's how the CW is positioning Nikita : NIKITA stars international action-film star and martial arts expert Maggie Q ("Mission Impossible III") in the title role as a spy and assassin for a top secret U.S. government agency, who rebels against the system that created her and will stop at nothing to bring their powerful operation to an end. Shane West ("E.R.") and Lyndsy Fonseca ("Kick Ass") also star. HELLCATS Here's how the CW is positioning Hellcats : HELLCATS is a

CW Unveils Fall Schedule, Moves Supernatural to Fridays, 90210 to Mondays

Welcome to the Day Four of network upfronts 2010 as the annual gathering of advertisers wraps up today. CW this morning announced its plans for fall, unveiling a schedule that includes two new scripted dramas Nikita and Hellcats . Among the changes made by the CW, 90210 will move to Mondays at 8 pm, where it will be paired with Gossip Girl , and Supernatural is heading to Fridays (paired with the final season of Smallville ), while One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected , both previously on the bubble, will hold down Tuesdays. The two new series will see support from lead-ins America's Next Top Model on Wednesdays ( Hellcats ) and The Vampire Diaries on Thursdays... which means that new drama Nikita will be competing with FOX's Fringe on Thursdays at 9 pm ET/PT. "After just four short years as a network, The CW will premiere our strongest schedule ever this fall, with a combination of hit shows and exciting new series giving us all-original programming five nights a wee

Measure of Last Resort: Letting Go on Lost

"We're very close to the end." While those words are spoken aloud by Jacob on the latest installment of Lost , they might as well have been spoken by tireless showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, signaling to the audience that the curtain is about to drop on six seasons of storylines and the final battle between good and evil, with the fate of a mythical island and the entire world hanging in the balance. Tonight's penultimate episode of Lost ("What They Died For"), written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed by Paul Edwards, definitely moved the players and their pieces into their final positions. The episode, offering a mix of humor and heartbreak, delivered some serious forward momentum and brought the story back once again to the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 after last week's polarizing detour into outright parable ("Across the Sea"). The six seasons of Lost have given us a number of character

CBS New Series Previews: Hawaii Five-O, The Defenders, Blue Bloods, $#*! My Dad Says, Mike & Molly

CBS unveiled its fall schedule and new programming offerings to advertisers today in New York, continuing the third official day of network upfronts week. (You can read more about CBS' schedule and and read episode descriptions here .) Not in New York? You can check out the show previews for CBS' newest series, including dramas Hawaii Five-O, The Defenders , the untitled Criminal Minds spinoff and comedies Mike & Molly and $#*! My Dad Says , below. HAWAII FIVE-O HAWAII FIVE-O: OPENING CREDITS THE DEFENDERS > BLUE BLOODS $#*! MY DAD SAYS MIKE & MOLLY

Quest for Perfection: Family Portrait on the Season Finale of Modern Family

There are very few series that I fall in love with at first sight but Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd's superb comedy Modern Family was one of them, delivering an astute and nuanced portrait of a thoroughly modern family in America. Throughout the twenty-odd episodes that followed, I quickly fell in love with the extended Dunphy-Pritchett clan, looking forward to each Wednesday evening, when I would get a chance to curl up on the couch and spend a half an hour with my favorite television family. The first season of ABC's deliciously hilarious comedy Modern Family comes to a close tonight with a fantastic episode ("Family Portrait"), written by Ilana Wernick and directed by Jason Winer, that displays the often complex bonds of family and how one's expectations of perfection don't always match up with reality. The main storyline revolves around Claire (Julie Bowen) as she attempts to create the perfect setting for a family portrait of the entire Dunphy-Pri