Press Tour Scoop: 'Three Rivers' axed, 'Numb3rs' not dead
Greetings from the first day of Winter Press Tour, where CBS president Nina Tassler just tossed a few scoopbits our way during the network’s exec session. Here are the highlights…
* There are 18 episodes of Flashpoint in the can that “will make it to air at some point.”
* Charlie Sheen’s personal drama has had no impact on Two and a Half Men. Yet.
* Three Rivers is officially canceled. “We all know that when something is ‘on hiatus’ it’s code for something else,” Tassler cracked.
* Regarding CSI’s Laurence Fishburne problem, Tassler says he’s “finding his character… you can’t deny that [he] is a powerful actor. He has assimilated more into the ensemble. Audiences have found that as he is more comfortable with the team, the team is more comfortable with him.” She adds that research is showing that viewers now feel “he has arrived, he is settled, and he is part of the team,
* Numb3rs is “absolutely still in consideration” for next year. The show’s order was cut this season simply to make way for new midseason drama Miami Medical.
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