News & Notes: The 'Creatures' are Coming!

*What happens when you take real people, ask them fun questions, and then put their answers to animation? You get the new CBS series Creature Comforts from the Academy Award winning Aardman Animation. The hit UK series jumps across the pond and pairs real answers with animated creatures for a hilarious look at love, life and everything inbetween. According to the official CBS site, one scene finds two men who seem to be examining the bouquet of a fine wine portrayed by two dogs sniffing another dog. It premieres tomorrow night (Mon.) at 8 p.m. on CBS. For a preview, check out cbs.com.

*Actor Fred Thompson is leaving the Law & Order franchise after playing New York's district attorney for 5 seasons on NBC. From PTR staff writer Tru Blu:

It's official, Fred Thompson is leaving the Law &
Order world. His presidential bid seems eminent,
though he has yet to file the official papers. There's
still no word on who will be taking his place. More on
this story at Yahoo! News.

*Fox may have ended The O.C's run this season, but it seems that fans are still buzzing about Summer's fashion choices. The beloved character is your pick for the Best Overall Fashion female from this past TV season according to a new poll from TV.com. More than 6 million of you cast your votes, and the O.C.-er (played by Rachel Bilson) came out on top while her TV boyfriend, Seth, took the male category. For more on this year's fashionable winners, click on over to TV.com. In other TV.com news, more than 7,000 of you voted Jericho's cancellation as the most shocking news to come out of the Network Upfronts this year. The CBS drama ended its freshman (and solo) season last month. Veronica Mars' undetermined fate was your second most shocking news item from this year's Upfronts.

*And finally, it's TV on DVD: Weekend Edition. Look for the third season of Rescue Me to hit shelves on Tuesday along with CHiPs (season 1), The Dead Zone (season 5), Seinfeld (season 8), and Hogan's Heroes (season 6). For more of this week's releases, visit tvshowsondvd.com.