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Following the news that Emmy-winning sound editor Maciek Malish died Saturday in a bicycle accident, showunners from two series on which he worked paid tribute to their friend today. "We were shocked and saddened to hear of the death of our friend and colleague Maciek Malish,” Jonathan Nolan of Westworld and Greg Plage…

After failing to appear together in a scene for years amid rumors of a personal friction, The Good Wife‘s Emmy-winning Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi shared a sweet bar scene in the season finale, which marked Panjabi’s departure from the show. It turned out to be a CGI trick — the two actresses didn’t film…

Fans of the CBS thriller got a special Comic-Con look at the upcoming HBO series today courtesy of EP Jonathan Nolan. The Person of Interest creator screened an unscheduled trailer for Westworld at the panel for the former. With the voiceover intoning "Have you ever questioned your reality," the unreleased sneak peek…

”We solve mysteries and fight crime,” says Elementary star Jonny Lee Miller aka Sherlock Holmes. “We solve mysteries and stop crimes before they start,” counters Person Of Interest‘s Michael Emerson (Harold Finch). WGN America’s new promo features Elementary stars Miller and Lucy Liu and POI’s Emerson and Jim Caviezel…

Of the slew of the returning scripted series renewed by CBS today, only one, Person of Interest, is not owned by the network. (It comes from Warner Bros. TV.) It was the lone series to get a partial order, which I hear is for 13 episodes. That is exactly what happened last May, with a last-minute 13-episode order to…

CBS just made its final renewals for next season, picking up 10 scripted series; reality staples Survivor, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss; and newsmagazine stalwarts 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. No major surprises (and bloodletting) on the list of renewed scripted series, with all shows coming back except for bubble…

With a guest list that included Ed Sheeran, Scrubbers Zach Braff and Donald Faison, Kate Walsh, Dr. Drew Pinsky and Minnie Driver, it was ultimately all about the waxing on the live telecasts of Undateable (1.3/4) last night. The 9 PM 1-hour episode, which did an East Coast live run and a West Coast live run, had May…

Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara told investors  this morning  that its Worldwide Television Distribution division has also sold the off-network SVOD rights to Person Of Interest to Netflix in the United States. The first three seasons of the series, which currently airs on CBS, will be made available to subscribers…

UPDATE 2:20 PM: How about ABC’s Forever? After that surprisingly soft 1.5 fast national demo rating for the Monday preview given the supernatural drama’s solid pre-launch awareness, Forever has impressed. It jumped 0.2 to a 1.7 in the finals for the Monday premiere and just got a bump (0.1) again for the second…

Emmy nominated Cara Buono (Mad Men) has been tapped for a heavily recurring role on CBS' Person Of Interest. Her character is described as a femme fatale who's uniquely qualified to navigate the new world order of Season 4 of the procedural drama, created by Jonathan Nolan and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot…

It was a night of partial endings and new beginnings on primetime on Tuesday. The ending was the season finale of Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.3/4). The recently renewed Golden Globe winning Andy Samberg-led comedy wrapped up its freshman cycle with a solid 18% rise over last week's series low. Fox started the night…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. Not surprisingly, today's freewheeling TCA panel of showrunners from CBS dramas echoed entertainment president Nina Tassler's defense of traditional network television at her executive session earlier in the morning. On the panel were Rob Doherty (Elementary)…