CBS' New Shows for the 2006-07 Season

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Drama

Premise: A team of career criminals plans and executes elaborate, high-stakes heists, while its leader tries to keep up appearances of a normal life.

First Impressions: CBS, your one-stop shop for all manner of crime dramas, twists the formula by focusing on the criminals here. As with all John Wells shows, it's well-produced, and it's hard to argue with the quality of the cast. What's unclear for now, though, is why we'll want to root for Liotta's master thief, who looks to be rather more violent than your run-of-the-mill, "Ocean's Eleven" type of criminal.

Stars: Ray Liotta ("Narc," "Goodfellas"), Virginia Madsen ("Sideways"), Amy Smart ("Starsky & Hutch," "Felicity"), Simon Baker ("The Guardian"), Jonny Lee Miller ("Aeon Flux"), Franky G ("Jonny Zero," "The Italian Job")

Studio: Warner Bros. TV

Producers: John Wells ("The West Wing")

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