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In an annual rite known as Upfront Week, NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, and the CW just presented their lineups for the 2012-13 TV season to advertisers in New York. The ceremonies took place in some of the city's most august concert Halls (Carnegie, Avery Fisher, Radio City Music) over four days. The broadcast companies introduced only 20 new series for the fall (down from 27 last season). NBC led the pack with six new shows. Fox and the CW had half that many. Like it or not, an awful lot of familiar faces will be returning in the fall.

State Treasurer Douglas C. Berman, who had become a focal point for Republican criticism of Gov. Florio's fiscal policies, announced yesterday that he would resign on Jan. 10. His decision allows Florio to name a treasurer in time to work with the incoming Republican majorities in the legislature as a new state budget is developed. "Doug not only has been a friend, but someone who's been extremely helpful to me," Florio said of Berman, who also had been his campaign manager.

An Israeli man arrested this month told the FBI that he went to the Deptford Mall, used a cell phone to call in a bomb threat, and then watched the police response. Offer Berman, 22, was arrested by Deptford police later that day - Nov. 8 - and his bomb threat prompted a federal investigation. "Obviously, all kinds of attention was drawn to it because of his nationality, but it was nothing more than a stupid prank," said Brian McMonagle, a Philadelphia lawyer representing Berman.

DROP DEAD DIVA. 9 p.m. Sunday, Lifetime. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - No one, it appears, set out to make Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva" an occasional musical. Not Brooke Elliott, a Broadway veteran who stars (and sometimes sings) as Jane Bingum, a staid lawyer possessed by the spirit of a ditzy blond named Deb (Brooke D'Orsay). Not Josh Berman, who, before creating "Diva," wrote for CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and Fox's "Bones. " Not even, apparently, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, two of Berman's fellow executive producers and the Oscar-winning team behind the movie musicals "Chicago" and "Hairspray.

If David Berman tells the audience members at First Unitarian Church on Tuesday that he loves them, he won't just be mouthing hollow stage patter. "I get really happy when I see people who like the Silver Jews' music," says Berman, the songwriter, guitarist and author of the acclaimed 1999 poetry collection Actual Air, talking on the phone from a van driving across Ohio. "I feel a great affection for the audience. " Berman formed the band in 1989 with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich (both members of Pavement)

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man turned down a plea deal in the roommate's subsequent suicide. The agreement could have limited his time behind bars to five years or have kept him out of prison. Dharun Ravi, 19, on Thursday affirmed his decision to go to trial, at which a conviction could mean 10 years or more in prison. A judge set a trial date of Feb. 21 for the case, which helped set off a national conversation about the bullying of young gays and lesbians.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Potential jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on a roommate's sexual encounter will learn the name of the other man in the video, which has been kept secret since the roommate's September 2010 suicide. Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman also told attorneys at a pretrial conference Friday that he would inform prospective jurors about Tyler Clementi's death to explain why Clementi would not testify at the trial.

If a "drug-induced psychosis" caused the explosive outburst that led Nicholas Borsello to murder his wife 13 years ago, it wasn't a prescribed drug that did the damage, a forensic psychiatrist testified yesterday in Delaware County Court. Instead, said Perry A. Berman, Borsello likely committed the killing under emotional duress heightened by stimulants not prescribed by a doctor. "I believe that he killed her in a moment of extreme heat of passion, at an emotionally aroused level, which was augmented by methamphetamines," Berman, a private psychiatrist who also advises the Philadelphia Public Defenders' Office, told jurors in the second day of a civil trial.

A Delaware County jury yesterday found a psychiatrist negligent, but not harmfully so, in failing to monitor the drug dosages of a Marcus Hook man before he murdered his wife in a psychotic rampage 13 years ago. In a swift verdict, the jury denied a monetary award to Nicholas Borsello, 15. His father, Nicholas Borsello, served eight years in state prison after his conviction for third-degree murder in the 1984 killing, in which he slit his wife's...

The free lunch will soon be over, vowed Camden Police Lt. William Berman as he watched known drug traffickers sitting in his new substation, munching his food. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies yesterday at the substation at 1843 Broadway in South Camden drew the hoped-for good turnout of police officers, city officials, concerned residents. No one expected the drug dealers who work the high-crime area around Broadway and Viola Street. After viewing the congregation of police brass, they stashed their goods and joined the celebration.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Potential jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on a roommate's sexual encounter will learn the name of the other man in the video, which has been kept secret since the roommate's September 2010 suicide. Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman also told attorneys at a pretrial conference Friday that he would inform prospective jurors about Tyler Clementi's death to explain why Clementi would not testify at the trial.

After finishing 6 strokes back of the lead last season, Haverford School's Cole Berman captured first place at the Bert Linton Inter-Ac League golf Championship on Monday. The sophomore carded a 75 on the par-72 Militia Hill Course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Last season's champion, Malvern Prep's Michael Davis finished in fourth place with a 79. Dan Furman and Bobby Hoppner both finished 3 strokes behind Berman. Six other Fords finished among the top 10, including Timmy Brooks and Scott Jaster who both shot 8-over par. PIAA Championships.

After finishing 6 strokes off the lead last season, the Haverford School's Cole Berman captured first place in the Bert Linton Inter-Ac League Golf Championship on Monday. The sophomore carded a 75 on the par-72 Militia Hill Course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Last season's champion, Malvern Prep's Michael Davis finished in fourth place with a 79. Dan Furman and Bobby Hoppner both finished 3 strokes behind Berman. Six other Fords finished among the top 10, including Timmy Brooks and Scott Jaster who both shot 8-over par. PIAA Championships.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man turned down a plea deal in the roommate's subsequent suicide. The agreement could have limited his time behind bars to five years or have kept him out of prison. Dharun Ravi, 19, on Thursday affirmed his decision to go to trial, at which a conviction could mean 10 years or more in prison. A judge set a trial date of Feb. 21 for the case, which helped set off a national conversation about the bullying of young gays and lesbians.

DROP DEAD DIVA. 9 p.m. Sunday, Lifetime. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - No one, it appears, set out to make Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva" an occasional musical. Not Brooke Elliott, a Broadway veteran who stars (and sometimes sings) as Jane Bingum, a staid lawyer possessed by the spirit of a ditzy blond named Deb (Brooke D'Orsay). Not Josh Berman, who, before creating "Diva," wrote for CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and Fox's "Bones. " Not even, apparently, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, two of Berman's fellow executive producers and the Oscar-winning team behind the movie musicals "Chicago" and "Hairspray.

Barbara Tripp Berman, 63, of Bryn Mawr, a former marketing executive and volunteer, died of breast cancer Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Berman grew up in Rydal and graduated from Abington Friends School. She earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. For several years, she was a marketing executive for CBS in New York City. In 1982 she married Arnold T. Berman, an orthopedic surgeon at Hahnemann University Hospital. They were introduced by Mrs. Berman's "very persistent" grandmother, Helen Bersin, who was a patient of his. "She was a perfect wife and mother, and was always encouraging other women to be good mothers," Mrs. Berman's husband said.

If David Berman tells the audience members at First Unitarian Church on Tuesday that he loves them, he won't just be mouthing hollow stage patter. "I get really happy when I see people who like the Silver Jews' music," says Berman, the songwriter, guitarist and author of the acclaimed 1999 poetry collection Actual Air, talking on the phone from a van driving across Ohio. "I feel a great affection for the audience. " Berman formed the band in 1989 with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich (both members of Pavement)

Ken Berman, 76, of Warminster, a retired jewelry manufacturer and a timer for the Philadelphia 76ers, died of kidney disease Sunday at Neshaminy Manor in Warrington. Mr. Berman joined the Philadelphia Warriors' statistics crew in 1951 and started operating the 24-second shot clock in 1958. He joined the 76ers franchise in 1964. In recent years, with updated technology, Mr. Berman pushed a handheld button that started and stopped the clocks players see from the court. He worked the NBA Finals in 1956, 1967 and 1983, when Philadelphia won the titles.

Just about everyone on an Indian reservation could benefit from better health care, even the animals. Fort Washington veterinarian Jeffrey Berman knows that. He is part of a group of veterinarians who make regular trips to the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona to treat pets and horses. Reservation animals are usually thin and malnourished, and they are rarely spayed or neutered, said Berman, who just returned from his second trip to the Hopi mesas. Fleas and parasites, as well as kidney and liver disease, are constant problems.

What we like: The Berman Museum at Ursinus College in Collegeville offers a fresh and varied mix of art exhibitions and programs throughout the year. It houses permanent collections that include European and American portraits, Japanese woodblock prints, Pennsylvania German artifacts, and landscape and genre paintings. How it started: The museum, housed in what was once the Alumni Memorial Library, was dedicated in 1989. It brought together works already owned by the college, and a significant collection donated by philanthropists and art collectors Philip and Muriel Berman.