TVSquad

Friday's TCA, which continued cable TV presentations, felt like three days rolled into one.

Just how jam-packed and eclectic are the programs and announcements that were made?

Here's a sample: Dynasty diva Joan Collins is checking into BBC America's Hotel Babylon, Richard Dreyfus (Jaws) is not afraid to get back into the water as host of The Discovery Channel's Ocean of Fear: The Worst Shark Attack Ever and Jonny Fairplay (Survivor) of CMT's Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull-Riding Challenge sadly announced that his beloved grandmother passed away two weeks ago.

(S02E10) I'm always a little wary when a half-hour sitcom decides to extend itself to a "special" one-hour edition. In many instances, the producers and writers want to introduce a new storyline or bring an existing one to some sort of conclusion. In many instances, these extended episodes turn out to be very disappointing. Not this time.

While a show in which Thomas Edison comes back from the dead to feast on the living would be really awesome, that show only exists in my head. Instead, the drama Edison, which was recently green lit by CBS, will star the occasionally funny John Leguizamo as an undercover cop. Not too much more is known about the show beyond that, except talent will include writers Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer of Supernatural, and producer David Hoberman of Monk. I'm not an admirer of CBS' dramas by any means, but the talent gathered for this one might cause me to check it out at least once.