TV Bites: CBS Wins This Year's Ratings Crown, NBC Scrambles to Avoid Last Place

BigBang225.jpg· This week marks the end of the 2009-2010 television season, which means that it is time for a few networks to celebrate their ratings victories and the others to shuffle dejectedly into the locker room and come up with a better plan for next season. CBS is already announcing that it had the most total viewers this season, thanks to the Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. Fox placed second in total viewers but has the most-watched series: American Idol. Meanwhile, ABC and NBC are still racing towards the finish line, hoping not to clock in last. [Deadline]

TNT passes on Law & Order, ABC Family drafts Friday Night Lights, and more TV Bites after the jump.

· Bad news for Law & Order fans: TNT claims that it is not considering saving the 20-year-old series. How about you, USA? [NYP]

· Beginning in the fall, viewers can watch reruns of Friday Night Lights on ABC Family. [Deadline]

· Even though Julie Benz's character was killed off of Dexter this past season, the actress will return to shoot a few more episodes of the series. [EW]

· CBS has set premiere dates for Big Brother, Flashpoint and The Bridge for this summer. [Deadline]