I'm curious about Raising the Bar, TNT's newest drama series, for a variety of reasons. One is that it comes from Steven Bochco, the legendary executive producer of LA Law and NYPD Blue who knows his way around a legal drama. Another is that it's yet another TNT show with strong female characters, including Jane Kaczmarek as a tough, no-nonsense judge. And a third is, well, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Read more

I got a promotional e-mail today touting the Summer programming lineups on TNT and TBS. As I scrolled through looking for a return date for The Closer (July) and a start date for Raising the Bar (September), a banner at the bottom caught my eye: "Kyra Sedgwick, Holly Hunter, Laura San Giacomo, Jordana Spiro, Nancy Travis, Jane Kaczmarek, and Gloria Reuben are just a few of the strong women Read more

With The Closer and Saving Grace, TNT already has two cop dramas in its stable of series. Now, it's adding some lawyers. The network has picked up Steven Bochco's Raising the Bar, the newest drama from the producer of NYPD Blue, LA Law, and numerous other legal series. The show will focus on "the lives and cases of young lawyers who have been friends since law school, but who now work on Read more

Reese and Keri lit up the house with their smiles at last night's Beating the Odds Dinner for the Childrens' Defense Fund. Both women are longtime supporters of the cause, which must mean even more to Keri now that she has a child of her own. They were joined by some of our favorite TV stars of past and present including Elisha Cuthbert, Lisa Kudrow and Sarah Chalke. After spending the week Read more

While some TV stars have already put their Emmy party hats on, others are taking their clothes off for a good cause. Eva Longoria, David Boreanaz and Felicity Huffman are just a handful of celebs that attended an LA fundraiser yesterday for Clothes Off Our Back, an organization through which stars auction off their outfits, gowns and accessories for charity. While we wouldn't mind being on the Read more