As I exited the FOX ufpront presentation and spilled onto 55th Street Thursday, I saw just about the last thing I would have expected in Midtown Manhattan: Cows.

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Reporter-types are always a presence at the upfronts, but the events of the week are never really about us. We are not, after all, the ones spending billions of dollars on their programming.

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It was somewhere around the fourth song Adam Levine was singing at The CW's upfront/happy hour that the gin began to take hold, and I spoke the following words into my tape recorder: "CariDee, Maroon 5, slutty milkmaids."

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While it's widely assumed that the first season of Scrubs on ABC will be the last season of Scrubs overall, Steve McPherson isn't ready to concede that point just yet.

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At some point between the Deal or No Deal suitcase models handing me a flash drive and tasting the hamachi poke from the Top Chef cookbook, Conan O'Brien's disembodied voice boomed over the loudspeaker.

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For all the talk about NBC doing a year-round schedule and it being a bold new way of doing business -- even though it isn't entirely new -- the schedules the network presented Wednesday look pretty conventional.

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It's been a busier-than-usual week here at Zap2it -- thank goodness for the end of the WGA strike. Between all the announcements of shows returning and American Idol starting for real, a couple things slipped through the cracks.

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For the past four days, we at Zap2it have either flown across the country or woken up insanely early in the morning to tell you what shows the networks have picked up for next fall. Now that the orgy of... Continue reading »

We kind of admire FOX. If it's not winning, it changes the rules of the game (apologies to whoever I stole that line from; I honestly can't remember). Who needs one measley fall schedule, when you can come out with... Continue reading »

At the upfront for The CW, and UPN before it, attendees can always count on a parade of Top Models at some point during the presentation. And so it was again Thursday, with an added bonus. A couple, actually. The... Continue reading »

On Night Three of the Network Upfronts, we kick things off by talking about the Ghosts of Pasha moment we had this morning. Then it's on to CBS' new fall schedule. Being the No. 1 network, it's not shaking things... Continue reading »

Odes to David Caruso's sunglasses-wearing, dramatically pausing CSI: Miami character, Horatio Caine, abound on YouTube. And apparently CBS is OK with that, because it highlighted this one at its upfront presentation Wednesday as a way to show how engaged its... Continue reading »

It's Night Two of the Network Upfronts, and ABC has 12 new shows to tempt viewers come fall. Questioning the need for Cavemen, Cashmere Mafia, Big Shots and Women's Murder Club, we also discuss Sam I Am, Carpoolers, Private Practice,... Continue reading »

Each network's upfront presentation tends to have a personality. NBC usually has a couple comedy bits, CBS recruits Broadway performers to entertain, The CW practically screams "we're the young network." And ABC? ABC has a distinct let's-put-on-a-show vibe. For the... Continue reading »

It's Night One of the 2007 Network Upfronts. That means it's time for NBC's fall schedule. Lacking any surprise cancellations, they stock up for next season with eight new shows, most of them dramas. We scoff at Candace Bushnell's Lipstick... Continue reading »

People clapped for the return of Friday Night Lights and seemed to respond reasonably well to NBC's new shows at Monday's upfront. The loudest applause, though, came for a man who hasn't regularly been on the Peacock's airwaves in nearly... Continue reading »

For those of you who wonder just what actors do to earn their sizable salaries (aside from the acting part), consider the following scene from NBC's post-upfront party Monday at Rockefeller Center. For a solid hour, the cast of Friday... Continue reading »