Bits and Pieces

Fox News reports that Law and Order are trying to tempt Bradley Whitford on board. The ex West Winger is now free of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and would replace Sam Waterston as ADA, as Waterston takes over the DA role. But Whitfords' salary and the fact that he lives in LA while the show shoots in New York may mean its nothing more than talk......John Laroquette will join Living's Boston Legal as Julie Bowen, Mark Valley and others are shown the door. The bad news is the show still won't be any good......FX will screen the first four seasons of the Wire back to back from July 23rd at 10pm, with one episode a week....James Burrows (Cheers, Frazier, Friends, Will and Grace etc) will be house director for Kelsey Grammar's Back To You, yet to be officially picked up in the UK.......Sci-Fi, still smarting from the loss of Heroes to the BBC, has bought the new version of Flash Gordon. Sadly if its any good SKY will probably have it off them.....Channel 4 have picked up the Big Bang Theory about two geeks who move in next door to a sexy neighbour. It can't be as dreadful as it sounds if Channel 4 bought it though.......CSI Miami returns to Channel 5 on July 17th........