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[06/26/08 - 03:55 PM]
Academy Award and Emmy Nominee Jeff Goldblum Joins the Cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent for the Upcoming Eighth Season
Plus: Chris Noth will be leaving the series after his third season as Detective Mike Logan.

[04/04/08 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: Friday, April 4
Updates include: Al Gough and Miles Millar exit the CW's "Smallville"; Sony takes in force majeured writers; and Matthew Lillard to star opposite Geena Davis in CBS's "Exit 19."

[03/12/08 - 05:01 AM]
HulU.com Opens to Public, Offers Free Streams of Hit TV Shows, Movies and Clips from More Than 50 Providers Including Fox, NBC Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios InC. and Sony Pictures Television
On Hulu.com, consumers can enjoy one of the largest selections of legal, free videos from more than 50 top broadcast networks, cable networks, movie studios and web-centric content providers.

[12/28/07 - 06:02 PM]
Development Update: Week of December 24-28
Updates include: loads of casting news, from A&E's "The Cleaner" to Spike TV's "S.I.S." to ABC Family's "Roomies."

[09/28/07 - 06:53 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 24-28
Updates include: David DiGilio confirms the end of ABC's "Traveler," Joseph Fiennes to topline Ryan Murphy's FX pilot, NBC orders new anthology series and ABC commits to six episodes of a new Zak Penn drama.

[07/17/07 - 06:16 PM]
Recasting Bug Hits NBC's 'Life,' 'Bionic,' Others
Mae Whitman and Melissa Sagemiller are out of NBC's "Bionic Woman" and "Life" respectively, while changes are in store for The CW's "Eight Days a Week" and NBC's "Lipstick Jungle." Plus: a recap of the recastings to date this season.

[06/18/07 - 12:36 PM]
NBC.com Delivers Over 300 Million Video Streams
The network's official web site has delivered a third of a billion steams since October.

[05/14/07 - 02:00 PM]
The Futon's Upfront Notes: Nbc
Find out what's going on with "The Apprentice," which shows have officially been given the axe as well as other odds and ends from the Peacock's upfront presentation.

[05/01/07 - 04:05 PM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of April 23-29
NBC spins the numbers for the week of April 23-29.

[05/01/07 - 03:55 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of April 23, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of April 23-29.

[04/24/07 - 02:52 PM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of April 16-22
NBC spins the numbers for the week of April 16-22.

[04/19/07 - 02:07 PM]
NBC Springs Into Season's Final Stretch with the Conclusion of Volume One of 'Heroes,' the 100th Episode of 'Deal Or No Deal,' Two Super-Sized Comedy Nights, an 'Snl' Primetime Special, 'Er' Wedding and Gripping Season Finales
NBC details its May sweeps schedule, which includes MAJOR SPOILERS.

[04/17/07 - 01:57 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of April 9, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of April 9-15.

[04/17/07 - 01:53 PM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of April 9-15
NBC spins the numbers for the week of April 9-15.

[04/10/07 - 03:37 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of April 2, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of April 2-8.

[04/10/07 - 01:03 PM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of April 2-8
NBC spins the numbers for the week of April 2-8.

[04/03/07 - 11:24 AM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of March 26-April 1
NBC spins the numbers for the week of March 26-April 1.

[03/27/07 - 01:32 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of March 19, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of March 19-25.

[03/27/07 - 11:16 AM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of March 19-25
NBC spins the numbers for the week of March 19-25.

[03/23/07 - 06:45 PM]
Quick Take for Thursday, March 22, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, March 23.

[03/20/07 - 11:45 AM]
NBC Ratings Results for the Week of March 12-18
NBC spins the numbers for the week of March 12-18.

[03/20/07 - 11:41 AM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of March 12, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of March 12-18.

[03/16/07 - 07:03 PM]
Quick Take for Thursday, March 15, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, March 15.

[03/13/07 - 01:22 PM]
NBC New Improv Series 'Thank God You'Re Here' - Television's Most Dangerous New Comedy Challenge - Adds More Daring Actors to Try Their Hand at Improv
Kevin Nealon, Bill Bellamy, Jane Lynch, Richard Kind, Edie McClurg, Wendie Malick, Brian Poeshn and Harland Williams are all set to appear on the upcoming series.

[03/09/07 - 11:02 AM]
NBC's Hit Comedy 'The Office' Works Overtime with Never-Before-Seen Moments in 'Newpeat' Episodes on March 15 as Well as an 'Office Marathon' on March 29
Never-before-seen footage will be newly edited into an hour of encore episodes on Thursday, March 15, while Paul Lieberstein (Toby Flenderson) will host the March 29 marathon.

[02/27/07 - 10:43 AM]
NBC.com Previews Mid-Season Series and Streams Four New NBC Primetime Programs
The site also will have bonus episodes of "The Black Donnellys" and "Andy Barker" which will be Web-exclusives.

[02/22/07 - 11:36 AM]
Disney-ABC Television Group and the Walt Disney Studios Announce 2007 Participants for the Industry-Leading Writing Fellowship Program
Disney-ABC Television Group and The Walt Disney Studios, in partnership with the Writers Guild of America-West, has named fourteen new fellows for the 17th annual Writing Fellowship program.

[01/30/07 - 09:41 PM]
NBC Universal Television Studio Promotes Lauren Stein to Vice President, Drama Programming
Stein currently serves as a development executive for the NBC drama pilots "Life" and "Lipstick Jungle."

[01/18/07 - 09:55 AM]
NBC Premieres New Drama 'Raines,' Starring Jeff Goldblum, on March 15 and 22 Before Resuming in Regular Day and Time on Friday, March 30
Newcomer will sub in for "ER" on March 15 and 22 before settling into its regular Friday, 9:00/8:00c slot on March 30.

[01/04/07 - 10:40 AM]
Netflix and NBC Join Forces Again to Offer Subscribers a Specially Produced DVD Featuring 'Heroes' Series Recap, Premiere Episode of New Drama 'The Black Donnellys' and Sneak Peek at New Series 'Raines'
New offerings include a never-before-seen recap of the first eleven episodes of "Heroes" as well as the pilots to the upcoming dramas "The Black Donnellys" and "Raines."

[12/15/06 - 01:04 PM]
Development Update: December 11-15 (Weekly Round-Up)
Over 50 updates on projects in development and tidbits about shows currently on the air!

[12/01/06 - 11:33 AM]
'3 LbS.' Goes Three-And-Out for Cbs, NBC Eyes 'Raines,' 'Donnellys' for Spring
Midseason dramas "Raines" and "The Black Donnellys" reportedly will take over "Las Vegas" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's" time periods - Fridays at 9:00/8:00c and Mondays at 10:00/9:00c respectively - in March.

[11/29/06 - 03:33 PM]
NBC's Mid-Season 2006-07 Schedule Includes New Sunday Lineup with Debut of 'Grease: You'Re the One That I Want' and Season Premiere of 'The Apprentice' Starting January 7, Followed by Return of 'Crossing Jordan' on January 21 After Conclusion of 'Sunday Night Football'
In addition, "Friday Night Lights" will shift to Wednesdays at 8:00/7:00c starting January 10.

[10/13/06 - 07:05 PM]
Development Update: October 9-13 (Weekly Round-Up)
Over 30 updates on projects in development and tidbits about shows currently on the air!

[10/06/06 - 03:33 PM]
MTV Greenlights Sketch Comedy Series "Human Giant"
Group consists of comedians Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer.

[07/07/06 - 12:00 AM]
The Futon's First Look: "Raines" (NBC)

[05/15/06 - 12:00 AM]
NBC Accents Distinctive Talent, Quality Concepts and Cornerstone Dramas -- Along with 'Sunday Night Football' - in New 2006-07 Primetime Schedule

[05/11/06 - 12:00 AM]
ABC Adds Sextet, NBC Books Quartet for 2006-07 Season

[03/23/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update Special: Abc, NBC Release Pilot Descriptions

[03/22/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 21-22, Part 2: Dramas

[02/28/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: February 28

[02/15/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: February 15

[02/03/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: February 3

[01/19/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: January 18-19

[01/12/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: January 12







RAINES (NBC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
3/15/07 - 4/27/07
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2006-2007 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (7 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 5/14/07
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release) ITS ALL IN THE MIND -- When Los Angeles police homicide detective Michael Raines (Jeff Goldblum) arrives at the crime scene, Sandy Boudreau (Alexa Davalos), a beautiful young woman, is lying face down, murdered with a bullet in her back. As Raines begins the investigation, the murdered victim haunts his imagination and this hallucination keeps hounding him with one crucial question -- who did this? When Raines discovers the victim's unwholesome past and mysterious calls from a wealthy mans cell phone, he starts to piece together a puzzle that he hopes will lead him to the killer -- and peace of mind. Matt Craven, Dov Davidoff, Linda Park, Nicole Sullivan, Malik Yoba also star.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Dov Davidoff as Remi Boyer
· Jeff Goldblum as Michael Raines
· Linda Park as Michelle Lance
· Madeleine Stowe as Samantha Kohl
· Malik Yoba as Charlie Lincoln
· Matt Craven as Daniel Lewis
· Nicole Sullivan as Carolyn Crumley
CREW INFORMATION:
· Félix Enríquez Alcalá as EP
· Frank Darabont as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Fred Golan as EP
· Graham Yost as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Universal Television