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2008 Fall TV Preview

The inside word on the networks' new and returning primetime series

10-11 PM · CBS · Debuts Oct. 3

Numb3rs is counting (get it?) on guest stars like Keith Carradine and Henry Winkler to boost its fifth season. Ditto a cast change: Diane Farr will be replaced by Shark's Sophina Brown, who's playing a new member of the FBI team. ''She's one of the few actors in Hollywood with bigger hair than [David] Krumholtz,'' jokes show creator Cheryl Heuton. A sample new-season plot: ''People are being kidnapped from ATMs, and then being forced to withdraw most of their money over the next couple of days, and then found shot dead.'' Sounds like the MO of a landlord we once had...


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Posted Sep 05, 2008 | Published in issue #1010-1011 Sep 12, 2008 | Order Article Reprints
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