2009 FIRST QUARTER REVIEW: TV

JANUARY
- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" long time cast member William Petersen (Gil Grissom) leaves the successful series.

- "Scrubs" returns with Season 8 after moving from NBC to ABC.

- On January 13th, Season 8 of "American Idol" launched with a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi .

- "Shortland Street" returns to TV2 with Ethan's killer being revealed as Mia Jefferies.

- ABC Family announces that "Kyle XY" would not return for a fourth season and ends it's third (and final) season on March 16th.

FEBRUARY
- In Mid-February back in NZ, "Go Girls" debuts on TV2 with a strong 37.1% share.

- The CW's hit teen series "Gossip Girl" is renewed for a 3rd season to begin screening in the Fall.

- Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" debuts on FOX with 4.72million and has gone on to attract around 4million viewers weekly.

- "Law & Order UK" debuts on ITV1 with an audience of 6.96million.

MARCH
- Series 3 of the UK's "Primeval" returned March 28th and scored an audience of 5.89million, down for Series 2's audience number.

- On March 9th, the much talked about remake of "Melrose Place" announces that pop singer Ashlee Simpson will be joining the cast. The series will start screening in the Fall.

- Former "The O.C." star Ben McKenzie's new Cop-Drama "Southland" debuts on NBC with a strong audience of 9.86million.

Early APRIL
- After 15 seasons, "ER" screened for the final time April 2nd, ending with a higher than season average of 16.3million.

- On April 11th, the third season of "Britain's Got Talent" returned.

- It is announced that "Pushing Daisies" will screen it's final three episodes 10pm starting May 10th. The series was canceled in 2008.

- HBO announces that Season 2 of their hot True Blood will return June 14th in the US.