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By Rachel Thomas, About.com Guide to TV Dramas

This Week in Television News....

Sunday February 5, 2006
Pacey returns, another "Melrose" divorce and Mr. Eko walks in the valley of the shadow of death -- it's been another busy week in TV land....

  • The hit movie, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is coming to the small screen. ABC has ordered a pilot, which is expected to bow in the 2006-07 television season. Doug Liman, who also directed the film, will direct the pilot. (Source: Reuters)
  • Ladies, your favorite DC'er is on his way back to series television! Joshua Jackson has been tapped to play the lead role, a first-year lawyer in a powerful law firm in a yet-untitled CBS legal drama brought to us by "CSI" executive producer, Carol Mendelsohn. (Source: Hollywood Reporter)
  • Even Senators enjoy watching "Lost." Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who plays Mr. Eko on the hit show, delivered the state Senate prayer at the request of Senator Fred Hemmings (Republican, Lanikai-Waimanalo). Like his character, Akinnuoye-Agbaje read the 23rd Psalm -- however this time around, he read the correct version.(Source: The Associated Press)

  • Former "Melrose Place" star, Heather Locklear has filed for divorce from Bon Jovi rocker, Richie Sambora. The couple has been married since 1994 and have an 8-year-old daughter, Ava Elizabeth. This is the second "Melrose" star to file for divorce in the past week (the first being Josie Bissett). (Source: The Associated Press)
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