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ITV have picked up Life, the Damien Lewis cop show being screened by NBC in the US. The pickup comes days after NBC ordered a full season of 22. The show got slammed by critics (the pilot is terrible) but it has improved since and ratings are steady. Lewis plays a cop who has returned to the force after serving time for a crime he didn't commit. Adam Arkin and Brooke Langton are also among the cast.......ITV2 meanwhile are already trailing the Bionic Woman for january. The episode that aired in the US on Wednesday was the last to be completed before the writers strike began, and the word is that NBC won't put the show back into production when the strike ends. the fact that they picked up Life and Chuck and not Bionic Woman and Journeyman for full seasons looks to spell the end for both. Journeyman has 12 completed episodes and its cancellation is bad news for SKY One who have already started screening the show.......The GOOD news is that Trouble start screening the second series of How I met Your Mother every weeknight in double episodes from 10pm from Wednesday December 5th.....Channel 4 have announced new shows Reaper, Back To You and Big Bang Theory as part of their Winter season along with the return of ER and Desperate Housewives.