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Hollywood Reporter- The creator of CBS' red-hot procedural "The Mentalist" has unfinished business in Italy.Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama "Rome."

The National Football League brought ratings bounty to two networks Sunday, but CBS got the biggest share of the Nielsen pie.

Jericho, the science fiction drama cancelled by CBS this spring, will be aired on the CW channel for 29 weeks starting this Sunday. Jericho fans have taken a cue and will be running ads on the Universal HD channel in an attempt to bring in new audiences and find the show a new home.

The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War. M*A*S*H's title sequence featured an instrumental version of the song "Suicide Is Painless"

According to NiceKicks.com, the ad will begin airing tomorrow during the nationally televised NFL games. It will run on major networks and cable channels including ESPN, ABC, FOX, CBS, BET and MTV.

In a ho-hum TV season in which most new shows have been greeted with a collective shrug and a click of the remote control, CBS' freshman "The Mentalist" has managed to deduce what viewers want.

As The Shield prepares to air its final episode (on Tuesday, November 25), Ryan spoke with The A.V. Club about his future plans (beyond his current job executive-producing The Unit for CBS), the legacy of The Shield, and why Nash Bridges was a great place for fledgling TV auteurs to work.

The decision, which was an expected side effect to some recent Website upgrades at CBS as much as the desire by many to reset the community boards, was an eventual reality. Now Jericho reruns move to CW.

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They sent CBS tons of peanuts when their show was canceled, nudging the network into giving “Jericho” a second shot.The show’s return didn’t draw enough viewers, and it eventually was canceled. But now the series is back—even if it is only repeats on the CW.