CBS' New Shows for the 2006-07 Season

Shark
Drama

Premise: A celebrity lawyer gives up private practice to become a prosecutor.

First Impressions: Call it "House, J.D." James Woods absolutely commands attention as a high-octane defense lawyer who switches sides and becomes a prosecutor, taking a team of young ADAs under his wing. He alone will be reason enough to at least give this show a look, but it would help if the younger characters have some depth too them as well. That wasn't evident in the Woods-heavy preview.

Stars: James Woods ("Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story," "Ghosts of Mississippi"), Jeri Ryan ("Boston Public," "The O.C."), Sam Page ("Point Pleasant"), Sarah Carter ("Smallville," "Numb3rs"), Alexis Cruz ("American Family," "Stargate SG-1"), Danielle Panabaker ("Empire Falls"), Romy Rosemont ("CSI," "Friends with Money"), Sophina Brown

Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Imagine Entertainment

Producers: Ian Biederman ("Crossing Jordan"), Ed Redlich ("Without a Trace"), Brian Grazer ("The Da Vinci Code"), David Nevins. Pilot directed by Spike Lee

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