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Deadline TV contributor Diane Haithman files this report: Michelle and Robert King regret only one thing about their critically acclaimed network political drama: the title. "I don't think guys are saying: 'I have to get home and watch The Good Wife,'" jokes Robert. "We could have done better for ourselves if it…

The quiet before the storm. Not a whole lot happened last night ratings-wise as the networks are focusing on tonight’s return of Fox’s American Idol. CBS (3.2/9 in 18-49, 16.5 million) was once again the top network for the night, though it slipped a bit from last week’s big numbers. NCIS (4.1/11, 21 million) was down…

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage: Julianna Margulies told a roomful of TV critics at TCA in Pasadena this morning that she continues to feel like she’s hit the jackpot with her CBS drama The Good Wife, presently navigating through its second season as the rare broadcast hour that’s…

It’s great to see Michael J. Fox back on TV. The former Spin City and Family Ties star has signed on to guest star on CBS’ legal drama The Good Wife next season. He will play Simon Canning, a shrewd and cynical litigator whom Alicia (Julianna Margulies) faces in a massive class action.  Canning is willing to use…

Ratings were in downfall last night, and nowhere was this more evident than with ABC's new reality series Downfall (1.4/4), which  was down 26% from its soft premiere last week and lost almost half of its Wipeout lead-in. Wipeout (2.6/9) was also down, 16%, from its season premiere last week, as was ABC News Primetime…