That's not really a good example to bring in *because* she was brought in by CBS, which wanted to fire both Paget Brewster and A.J. Cook and failed miserably. Can't blame her for taking the gig — and their making her character a protege of Rossi's with a tragic origin story seems like it should have made her a natural…

Shout Factory! picked up the NYPD Blue DVD license from Fox several years ago and released the season 8 set for that show in January. Since Shout caters even more to the geek/nerd/Comic-Con crowd than it does the NYPD Blue/nostalgia crowd, I have no doubt that the label is going to be able to get the license to the…