Wednesday's News & Notes

Here's a look at today's biggest TV news, tonight's hottest programs and last night's biggest ratings winners.

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*It looks like NBC may have one of the first hits of the new season. Monday's premiere of Heroes brought in 14.3 million viewers, which was good enough to edge CBS comedies Two and a Half Men and The New Adventures of Old Christine for first place for the hour. More impressively, the supernatural drama had 30% higher ratings in the coveted 18-49 year old demographic. The show follows ordinary people who discover that they have extraordinary powers. Heroes airs Monday nights on NBC. If you missed the premiere, click on over to NBC.com to watch it now for free. You can also catch a special encore presentation on cable's Sci Fi channel this Friday at 7 p.m.

*Fox is tweaking with its fall line-up as it heads into Major League Baseball coverage next month. The network has decided to pull this week's new episode of Happy Hour and next week's new episode of Justice. Both shows have struggled to find an audience, but Fox insists that neither had been cancelled. In the case of Happy Hour, the net will run a second episode of 'Til Death in its place. Justice, the new legal show from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, will air its final episode before the baseball hiatus tonight and will be replaced with a House rerun next week. Fox insists that the legal drama will return in November. In other Fox news, new hostage drama Stand Off will shut down production for 10 days to allow new consulting producer Tim Minear to catch up. And the anemic Celebrity Duets has been cut down to a single hour for its finale Friday night.

*And finally, it's Nielsen Wednesday! CBS opened the first week of the new season back on top where it spent most of last season, while ABC claimed the 18-49 demo victory. Here's a look at last week's Top 10 programs courtesy of USAToday.
1. Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 25.4 million viewers
2. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 24.1
3. CSI (CBS) 22.6
4. Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 18.2
5. CSI: Miami (CBS) 17.6
5. Without a Trace (CBS) 17.6
7. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 17.5
8. Survivor (CBS) 17.4
9. Cold Case (CBS) 16.3
10. CSI: NY (CBS) 16.1

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About Last Night...
BIGGEST RATINGS WINNERS: Dancing with the Stars, NCIS, House, The Unit, Law & Order: SVU, Boston Legal

For a complete breakdown of last night's ratings, visit Zap2it.

~Primetime Pass~
(a look at what PTR's watching tonight and talking about tomorrow)

America's Next Top Model (The CW 8 p.m.) - It's makeover time for the remaining contestants, and not all of the girls are very happy about their new looks. Queen Latifah judges a make up challenge, the girls complete a "hair wars" photoshoot, and another contestant is sent packing.


Bones (Fox 8 p.m.) - Brennan and Booth work to discover the truth behind human remains found in a bathtub of chemicals. Jessica Capshaw reprises her role as Booth's former flame Rebecca.


Premiering Tonight!!
@9 p.m. - One Tree Hill (The CW)

That's all for today. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for thoughts on tonight's episodes of America's Next Top Model and Bones. Plus, all the latest television news!


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