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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.

CBS Corp., owner of the most-watched U.S. television network, renewed 18 programs for next season, including The Big Bang Theory . Four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series, and two newsmagazine shows will return for the 2012-2013 television season, which starts in September, CBS said in a statement Wednesday. CBS renewed more than three-quarters of its prime-time schedule before May, when executives are to pitch their biggest advertisers on buying commercial time for next season.

CBS' "NCIS" and Fox's "Glee" both came roaring back Tuesday, with "NCIS" easily winning its time slot among total viewers, with 18.9 million, according to the preliminary Nielsens, while "Glee," which averaged 12.27 million, beat it among the viewers under 50 that advertisers pay to reach. Of the night's new shows, ABC's "Detroit 1-8-7" and the Fox comedy "Raising Hope" both got off to healthy if not spectacular starts, though neither did as well as its popular lead-in. At 9 p.m., up against "Dancing" and the first of two hours of "NCIS: Los Angeles," the half-hour "Hope" drew nearly 7.5 million viewers coming out of "Glee.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES. 9 tonight, Channel 3. HOLLYWOOD - ALL these years later, it's still hard to look at Linda Hunt and not think of photographer Billy Kwan in 1982's "The Year of Living Dangerously. " That gender-bending role opposite Mel Gibson won her an Academy Award, and it's still helping to open doors for the diminutive 64-year-old actress, who embarks on her first job as a TV series regular tonight with the premiere of CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles. " When he offered her the role of Henrietta "Hetty" Lange in the "NCIS" spin-off, executive producer Shane Brennan told her, "oddly enough," she said, that "he wanted to create a character of enormous color and humor.

LOS ANGELES - Chris O'Donnell, wearing a navy blue vest and jeans, stood in the sun near La Brea Tar Pits, where a crowd of curious museum visitors and tourists were snapping photos of the star of the CBS hit series "NCIS: Los Angeles. " As actor and rapper LL Cool J (aka James Todd Smith) rested in a director's chair and signed autographs for children, O'Donnell waited for his cue to chase down his target standing a few yards away: a hapless T-shirt vendor dressed in a saber-toothed tiger costume who has information about a Mexican cartel.

Investigators from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Naval Criminal Investigative Service have joined up in an effort to solve the killing of Marine in 1992. Gunnery Sgt. James Sutton, 41, who was assigned to the Fourth Marine Corps District in Philadelphia, was found shot to death by family members in their Logan Township home on Nov. 14, 1992. Prosecutor's Office Det. Joan Krucinski and NCIS Special Agent Kaylyn Deuker are now working together in an effort to find his killer.

One thing is quite clear about the night that Seaman Apprentice Todd Gallagher died: He had a loud and public confrontation in a military club with three sailors from a rival ship. What is not clear at all is precisely what happened to Gallagher after he was kicked out of the enlisted men's club and was found several hours later, lying near death on the ground beside Building 77H at the Philadelphia Navy Base on June 2, 1992. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

NCIS (8 p.m., CBS3) - The team discovers that a former NCIS investigative assistant found fatally stabbed had been selling information to a gang of robbers. America's Got Talent (8 p.m., NBC10) - Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel return as celebrity judges. Great Performances (8 p.m., TV12) - Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert with violinist Gil Shaham, pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and singer-actress Audra McDonald performing with the New York Philharmonic.

Investigators from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have joined forces in an effort to solve the 1992 killing of a Marine in Gloucester County. Relatives found Gunnery Sgt. James Sutton, 41, who was assigned to the Fourth Marine Corps District in Philadelphia, shot to death on Nov. 14, 1992, in their home on Arrowood Place in the High Hills Farms section of Logan Township. Detective Joan Krucinski of the Prosecutor's Office and NCIS Special Agent Kaylyn Deuker are working on the case.

CBS Corp., owner of the most-watched U.S. television network, renewed 18 programs for next season, including The Big Bang Theory . Four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series, and two newsmagazine shows will return for the 2012-2013 television season, which starts in September, CBS said in a statement Wednesday. CBS renewed more than three-quarters of its prime-time schedule before May, when executives are to pitch their biggest advertisers on buying commercial time for next season.

Investigators from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have joined forces in an effort to solve the 1992 killing of a Marine in Gloucester County. Relatives found Gunnery Sgt. James Sutton, 41, who was assigned to the Fourth Marine Corps District in Philadelphia, shot to death on Nov. 14, 1992, in their home on Arrowood Place in the High Hills Farms section of Logan Township. Detective Joan Krucinski of the Prosecutor's Office and NCIS Special Agent Kaylyn Deuker are working on the case.

Investigators from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Naval Criminal Investigative Service have joined up in an effort to solve the killing of Marine in 1992. Gunnery Sgt. James Sutton, 41, who was assigned to the Fourth Marine Corps District in Philadelphia, was found shot to death by family members in their Logan Township home on Nov. 14, 1992. Prosecutor's Office Det. Joan Krucinski and NCIS Special Agent Kaylyn Deuker are now working together in an effort to find his killer.

Once again, sports rules in the Nielsen ratings. And, no, that's not counting Dancing With the Stars - however athletic it may be. For the week ending Sunday, TV's three top-rated shows were Friday's Game 7 of the World Series, Sunday's Eagles-Cowboys matchup on NBC, and Thursday's Series Game 6. An estimated 25.4 million viewers saw St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers to become Major League Baseball's latest champs....

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 p.m., NBC10) - Actress Julianna Margulies; actor Kevin Nealon. NCIS (8 p.m., CBS3) - A controversial radio shock jock and a naval officer are killed on the air. It's Worth What? (8 p.m., NBC10) - Jevin and LaTasha Smith, a husband and wife from Los Angeles, attempt to win the top prize of $1 million in this new episode of the game show. Pretty Little Liars (8 p.m., FAM) - A surprise visit from her father before a big swim meet is the last straw for Emily (Shay Mitchell)

BEVERLY HILLS , CALIF. - Nine seasons into "Project Runway," it's no longer enough to be able to design and construct an outfit out of your own navel lint. Although Heidi Klum would love to see you try. "Because we're a little bit mean," says Klum, tonight's season premiere (9 p.m., Lifetime) brings 20 wannabes to New York and ditches four of them before the navel-lint challenge even begins. (Non-spoiler alert: It's not actually a navel-lint challenge. But it's way too close for comfort.)

CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR 10 tonight, Channel 3. HOW MANY TV shows does it take to keep up with the nation's serial killers? One more than we had last week, apparently. Starting tonight, with the premiere of "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Janeane Garofalo join the search for the kind of criminals who don't often turn up on local police blotters. Twisted, complicated and generally smarter than the average bear, they're the perpetrators Hollywood loves to hate, worthy opponents for actors whose credentials qualify them for something better than playing hide-and-seek with more typical miscreants.

IT MAY feel as if your TV is entering hibernation this month, but things aren't as bleak as they might seem. Not only does CBS have fresh episodes tonight Of "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife," but midseason - that January-April stretch when programmers send in reinforcements - is only a few weeks away. So while you're recovering from the sugar shock of one too many holiday movies, here's a look at some of what's coming in early 2011: Jan. 4: ABC's "V" and TNT's "Southland" return.