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· NBC still hasn't recovered from the pain of Joey and Four Kings, plays it safe on the comedy front by only picking up two new sitcoms for its fall schedule, the aforementioned 30 Rock and the John Lithgow/Jeffrey Tambor old-guys-who-fight-death-with-laughter vehicle 20 Years, both grouped in a new Wednesday night block. [Variety]
· ABC gives series orders to six more projects. Dramas: Brothers and Sisters, Ugly Betty, Traveler, and Anne Heche/Northern Exposure mash-up Men in Trees. On the comedy side: Big Day and the untitled Burnett/Beckerman heist comedy in which Grounded for Life's Donal Logue and his pals try to rob Mick Jagger. [THR]
· Americans might find him creepy and off-putting, but foreigners can't get enough of Tom Cruise as M:i:III wins the foreign box office for the second straight week with $40.5 million. [Variety]
· The CW can't bring itself to damn 7th Heaven to the TV afterlife, resurrecting the seemingly dead 7th Heaven for their inaugural season. [THR]
· CBS orders four new dramas and two comedies, and also picks up 13 episodes of fat, clueless husband/hot, skinny wife staple King of Queens and second seasons for The New Adventures of Old Christine and Close to Home. [Variety]