CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Several new shows -- and at least one sophomore show -- have been given full-season pickups. Is your favorite on the list?

ABC's bid to go for the laughs on Wednesdays has mostly paid off. "Modern Family," "Cougar Town" and "The Middle" have all been picked up for full seasons. Kelsey Grammar's "Hank" was dead from the start, so it's only a matter of time before it's yanked.

In the drama department, newbie "FlashForward" and sophomore show "Castle" got pickups. The outlook, however, isn't good for "The Forgotten" and "Eastwick," both of which are barely beating the dismal "Jay Leno Show" in the ratings.

Over at CBS, dramas "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife" have been picked up for full seasons, but "Three Rivers" hasn't and likely won't be. (Sorry, Alex O'Loughlin fans!)

Neither the new sitcom "Accidentally on Purpose" nor the sophomore one "Gary Unmarried" have been picked up. I figure at least one will, although I couldn't guess which because their ratings are very similar. The other will get shelved (for the season or permanently) to make room for the midseason return of "Rules of Engagement."

Fox has shown confidence in "Glee," giving it a full season, and even more in "The Cleveland Show," already inking a deal for next year's full season. It's ordered three more episodes of sophomore drama "Lie to Me," bringing the total to 16. The network says it won't cancel any of its struggling shows ("Brothers," "Dollhouse," "'Til Death"), but that doesn't mean it plans to renew them, either.

The CW hasn't actually used the words "full season" with "Melrose Place" and "The Vampire Diaries" but it did order additional episodes -- six and nine, respectively --bringing the count to 19 and 22 episodes, the latter of which, for the most part, is a full season. There's no word on whether sophomore soap "90210" will get an extension, but as long as "Melrose" survives, my guess is that it will, too.

NBC has stayed mum about pretty much everything besides "The Jay Leno Show," which it claims is doing what it's supposed to do and will stick around. The ill-received newbie dramas "Mercy" and "Trauma," on the other hand, undoubtedly won't.

The fate of sitcoms "Community" and "Parks & Recreation" is less obvious (both are doing OK, but not great), but I think if one sticks around, they both will. There's a good chance of that, since NBC has established Thursday night as its comedy block.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Several new shows -- and at least one sophomore show -- have been given full-season pickups. Is your favorite on the list?

ABC's bid to go for the laughs on Wednesdays has mostly paid off. "Modern Family," "Cougar Town" and "The Middle" have all been picked up for full seasons. Kelsey Grammar's "Hank" was dead from the start, so it's only a matter of time before it's yanked.

In the drama department, newbie "FlashForward" and sophomore show "Castle" got pickups. The outlook, however, isn't good for "The Forgotten" and "Eastwick," both of which are barely beating the dismal "Jay Leno Show" in the ratings.

Over at CBS, dramas "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife" have been picked up for full seasons, but "Three Rivers" hasn't and likely won't be. (Sorry, Alex O'Loughlin fans!)

Neither the new sitcom "Accidentally on Purpose" nor the sophomore one "Gary Unmarried" have been picked up. I figure at least one will, although I couldn't guess which because their ratings are very similar. The other will get shelved (for the season or permanently) to make room for the midseason return of "Rules of Engagement."

Fox has shown confidence in "Glee," giving it a full season, and even more in "The Cleveland Show," already inking a deal for next year's full season. It's ordered three more episodes of sophomore drama "Lie to Me," bringing the total to 16. The network says it won't cancel any of its struggling shows ("Brothers," "Dollhouse," "'Til Death"), but that doesn't mean it plans to renew them, either.

The CW hasn't actually used the words "full season" with "Melrose Place" and "The Vampire Diaries" but it did order additional episodes -- six and nine, respectively --bringing the count to 19 and 22 episodes, the latter of which, for the most part, is a full season. There's no word on whether sophomore soap "90210" will get an extension, but as long as "Melrose" survives, my guess is that it will, too.

NBC has stayed mum about pretty much everything besides "The Jay Leno Show," which it claims is doing what it's supposed to do and will stick around. The ill-received newbie dramas "Mercy" and "Trauma," on the other hand, undoubtedly won't.

The fate of sitcoms "Community" and "Parks & Recreation" is less obvious (both are doing OK, but not great), but I think if one sticks around, they both will. There's a good chance of that, since NBC has established Thursday night as its comedy block.

Series premieres: "The Jeff Dunham Show," 9 p.m. Thursday, Comedy Central (ventriloquism sketch comedy); "White Collar," 10 p.m. Friday, USA (slick character-driven crime drama).

Season premiere: "Supernanny," 8 p.m. Friday, ABC.

Season finale: "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," 10 p.m. Thursday, Bravo.

Specials: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, ABC; "Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space," 8 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, NBC.

West Virginia alert: "Night of the Hunter," based on West Virginian Davis Grubbs' 1953 novel, 8 p.m. Friday, TCM; Moundsville penitentiary on "Ghost Stories," 10:30 p.m. Friday, Travel Channel.

Of note: Sharona (Bitty Schram) returns to "Monk," 9 p.m. Friday, USA; "Endgame," a political thriller about South African apartheid, is on Masterpiece Contemporary, 9 p.m. Sunday, PBS.

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