By Ryan Berenz

The final Grand Slam event for 2010, the US Open, returns to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro shocked five-time defending US Open champ Roger Federer at last year’s tournament. The 20-year-old Del Potro, playing in his first Grand Slam final, ended Federer’s 40-match winning streak in New York. Top contenders this year include Federer, Wimbledon champ Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic. Del Potro won’t be defending his title this year due to injury. On the women’s side, Kim Clijsters became the first unseeded woman to win the US Open by beating Caroline Wozniacki in the final. Clijsters capped off an amazing comeback, having spent two years away from tennis to raise her daughter, Jada. Clijsters, Wozniacki, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur and Elena Dementieva are among the top contenders this year. Noticeably absent is Serena Williams, who had to withdraw due to an unfortunate cut on her foot. ESPN2, Tennis Channel and CBS share coverage of the tournament Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

Coverage details and complete releases from ESPN2, Tennis Channel and CBS after the jump.

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Belushi and O'Connell in "The Defenders"

Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell, stars of CBS’ new drama The Defenders, will be hosting CBS Fall Preview, a special airing Sept. 6 at 8:30pm ET/PT on, naturally, CBS. The program will also be available On Demand to customers of AT&T U-Verse, Bright House, Comcast, Frontier Communications, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS TV.

The program includes sneak peeks of five new additions to the CBS primetime schedule — Hawaii Five-0 (premieres Sept. 20); The Defenders (Sept. 23); Blue Bloods (Sept. 24); $#*! My Dad Says (Sept. 23); and Mike & Molly (Sept. 20).

And you can rest assured that, according to CBS, Belushi and O’Connell will introduce the video previews with a “fun mix of banter during what appears to be a wardrobe fitting for their Vegas lawyer characters, surrounded by bold suits and pinky rings galore.” Just as long as there’s no wardrobe malfunction.

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© 2010 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Credit: Robert Voets

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by Karl J. Paloucek

He was the top cop on the Islands. Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett was a virtual one-man force, taking on international espionage, drug kingpins, organized crime, counterfeiting … and murder — especially murder. With his signature “Book ‘em, Danno — murder one!” he closed dozens of gripping cases and helped the series become respected as one of the templates for the modern police drama.

As CBS returns to the scene of the Hawaiian crime series with its 21st-century update, “Hawaii Five-0,” Spike honors the original with a weeklong presentation of the entire 1968 first season of the Emmy-winning series. Starting Monday, Aug. 30, the network will broadcast McGarrett and Danno’s exploits from 9am-6pm ET/PT, until the Season 1 finale Friday, Sept. 3.

And in the unlikely case you’ve forgotten one of the coolest themesongs in television history …

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By Ryan Berenz

The year’s final major takes place along the shore of Lake Michigan at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis., site of the PGA Championship in 2004. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els and golf’s best will try to win the Wanamaker trophy and end the season on a high note. Last year’s PGA Championship was a stunner, with unheralded Y.E. Yang of Korea outplaying runner-up Tiger Woods in the final round for a three-stroke victory. It was a rare loss for Woods — he lost for the first time in 15 major championships when he had the lead or share of the lead after 54 holes. It was also the first time since 2004 that Woods went winless in the four majors. With Woods coming off the worst performance of his pro career, it’s likely that he’ll go winless in the majors for another year. TNT and CBS share coverage of this year’s PGA Championship Aug. 12-15. Full coverage details and releases from CBS, TNT and GOLF CHANNEL after the jump. Here’s the live tournament schedule on TNT and CBS:

PGA Championship Live TV Schedule
Thursday, Aug. 12 — First Round, 1pm ET, TNT
Friday, Aug. 13 — Second Round, 1pm ET, TNT
Saturday, Aug. 14 — Third Round, 11am ET, TNT; 2pm ET, CBS
Sunday, Aug. 15 — Final Round, 11am ET, TNT; 2pm ET, CBS

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By Ryan Berenz

The NFL preseason kicked off Sunday with the Cowboys vs. the Bengals. Here are the remaining NFL preseason games on the national TV schedule:

NFL Preseason National TV Schedule

Aug. 8 — Hall of Fame Game: Cincinnati vs. Dallas (at Canton, Ohio), NBC, 8pm ET
Aug. 12 — Carolina at Baltimore, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 16 — N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 19 — New England at Atlanta, FOX, 8pm ET
Aug. 20 — Philadelphia at Cincinnati, FOX, 8pm ET
Aug. 22 — Minnesota at San Francisco, NBC, 8pm ET
Aug. 23 — Arizona at Tennessee, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 26 — Indianapolis at Green Bay, ESPN, 8pm ET
Aug. 27 — San Diego at New Orleans, CBS, 8pm ET
Aug. 28 — Dallas at Houston, CBS, 8pm ET
Aug. 29 — Pittsburgh at Denver, FOX, 8pm ET

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From left: Taylor Ann Hasselhoff, Jeanne Cooper, Jess Walton, David Hasselhoff

The Hoff is feeling a little “Restless” again, as he returns to the series that first gave him fame. David Hasselhoff played Dr. William “Snapper” Foster Jr. from 1975-82 on the long-running CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, and he will be briefly reprising that role on the series this month. Hasselhoff appears on the episodes airing June 15-18, and June 21.

The character of Snapper has been working in London, but returns home to visit his sister, Jill (Jess Walton), and finds himself unexpectedly caught up in a family drama.

Very young, very restless: The Hoff as Snapper Foster in the '70s

“I was so honored to be asked back by the Bell family for a short visit to Genoa City,” says Hasselhoff, “this time with my daughter, Taylor Ann.” (Taylor Ann will be making her daytime debut on June 16, playing a nurse in scenes with her father). “It was surreal and felt like I never left.”

In other Y&R casting, James Clement, who was a contestant on the recent Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, will make his daytime debut on the show June 4, playing a police officer in scenes with Greg Rikaart, Peter Bergman, Eric Braeden and Joshua Morrow.

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Top photo: © 2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Credit: Sonja Flemming

Bottom photo: © CBS Broadcasting Inc. Credit: CBS Photo Archive

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Yep — it's Daytime Emmy time!

by Karl J. Paloucek

This past Wednesday, the nominations went out for the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, which is where a lot of the kids’ shows get recognized. The big event is set for June 25 in Los Angeles, and will be taped for broadcast on CBS June 27. Who comes out on top when it comes to kids’ programming? PBS handily takes a lead with 36 children’s programming-related nominations, followed by Nickelodeon with 25. Disney Channel narrowly edges out Cartoon Network‘s four nominations with five.

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By Lori Acken

They’ve turned Paris Hilton into a gas station lackey, Heidi Klum into a pizza parlor gal and Rachel Ray into a dry cleaning drudge — now CBS is back with another celeb-studded edition of I Get That A Lot, putting more really recognizable faces into unexpected places to give regular citizens a serious case of “Is that or isn’t it …?”

The network’s third hilarious one-hour special features the following celebs getting their every-man on to the confusion — and amusement — of customers and passersby:

• TV host and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart as a arty employee at a Michael’s craft store

• Musician/heartthrob Nick Jonas shilling cheap duds at the Forever 21 store in Pasadena

• Actor/comedian Jay Mohr slinging lattes as a coffee house barista

• Style icon and Project Runway star Tim Gunn serving up hot dogs at Johnny & Hanges in Fair Lawn, N.J.

• Country songbird Wynonna Judd selling tires to suspicious car owners

• Wayne Brady working the desk at a fancy hotel

Tune in Wednesday, May 19, to find out which of the celebrity jesters proves best at denying their true identity.

Photo: ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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By Ryan

The NCAA announced a new 14-year deal with CBS Sports and Turner Sports for TV, Internet and wireless broadcast rights for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship beginning in 2011 and running through 2024 for more than $10.8 billion. Here are some details on the agreement:

• Beginning in 2011, all opening-round, first-round and second-round games will be shown live on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. CBS and Turner will split coverage of the regional semifinal games.
• CBS will air the regional finals and the Final Four through 2015. Beginning in 2016, coverage of the regional finals will be split by CBS and Turner with the Final Four and the National Championship game alternating every year between CBS and TBS.
• NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee unanimously passed a recommendation to the Division I Board of Directors to increase tournament field size to 68 teams beginning with the 2011 Championship. The recommendation will be reviewed by the Division I Board of Directors at its April 29 meeting.

So it seems we’ve been spared the monster 96-team tournament that had been discussed, at least for now. And we’ll get coverage of every game live, thanks to Turner’s three networks. (Though I admit it will be strange to see college hoops on truTV, which was Court TV not too long ago.) CBS will keep the later rounds, the Final Four and the championship through 2015, then it will alternate with TBS every other year beginning in 2016. This is a little like MLB’s deal with TBS and FOX for the League Championship Series, but even in that deal FOX carries the entire World Series. The Final Four and championship will be exclusively on TBS every other year, which might not sit well with people who are without a pay TV service. And it’s yet another example of major sports championships migrating away from free broadcast TV. How long before the NBA, MLB and NFL take their championships exclusively to cable?

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By Ryan

ESPN released its coverage plans for the 2010 Masters Tournament, beginning April 8 with first round coverage on ESPN. You can see the full schedule for ESPN and CBS here. From ESPN:

ESPN’s 2010 Masters Coverage Includes Expansive Multimedia Applications

Live Coverage of Tiger Woods’ First Tee Shot Thursday
First & Second Rounds Plus Par 3 Contest Live on ESPN3.com
ESPN’s expansive coverage of the Masters Tournament includes live Tournament play, the Par 3 Contest the day preceding the Tournament, highlights, news and information and analysis on a variety of ESPN platforms in the U.S. and around the world, including television, radio and online.

Television in the U.S.

ESPN and ESPN HD will present live first- and second-round action, Thursday, April 8, and Friday, April 9, from 4-7:30 p.m. ET. An encore presentation will air in primetime each night from 8-11 p.m. ESPN Deportes, ESPN’s Spanish-language U.S. sports network, will also televise the first and second rounds live from 4-7:30 p.m.

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