"Big Bang Theory" is a summer hit
Reruns of the geeky comedy have been so big this summer that last week it was No. 6 in the all-important 18-49 demographic.

Could "Big Bang" reclaim the Emmy for multi-camera comedies?
The buzz is with "The Big Bang Theory," which stands poised to win the best comedy Emmy that has gone to single-camera sitcoms the past three years.

Can 6 nominees save the Emmys from moving to cable?
A 6th nominee was added this year in an apparent attempt to boost the chances of broadcast network shows winning Emmys, rather than obscure cable shows. As Lisa de Moraes points out, the Emmys could be jettisoned to cable if the broadcasters are largely shut out once again. Broadcasters, she says, "are threatening privately that they may dump the show. It will wind up on Bravo. Or A&E. Or HBO. Then it's just the CableAce Awards — the trophy show the cable execs concocted for themselves before they started winning Emmys."
Handicapping the dramas // Picking actors, actresses

FX begins filming fantasy football sitcom
"The League" revolves around a group of friends that includes Nadine Velazquez of "My Name is Earl," Leslie Bibb, Nick Kroll and Paul Scheer.

"Dancing" sued by 2 disabled people in wheelchairs
A double amputee and a quadriplegic claim that the show's CBS' Television City Studios is unfriendly to disabled people.

Timothy Hutton: "Leverage" is more relevant in the wake of Bernie Madoff
The TNT drama's conceit of "hustling the hustlers" is "exactly the thing that rubs off on the audience — the revenge," Hutton says of Season 2, which premieres tonight.

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