TV Bites: Michael Jackson Gets a Father's Day Special
· Don't have any plans for this Sunday yet? Consider tuning into the first unauthorized special about Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson -- Hidden Lives of Michael Jackson's Children on TLC. The program features behind-the-scenes footage previously seen in short clips -- like the King of Pop helping Prince learn his "ABCs" and the legend teaching his kids how to play chess -- and interviews with friends of Jackson who attest that he was a wonderful father. Coincidentally, the special airs on the one-year anniversary of Jackson's death. [NY Post]
CBS continues to downsize its criminal procedural casts, Syfy explores Hollywood, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· Bad news, CSI: Miami fans: CBS has not picked up Eddie Cibrian's contract. Original castmember Adam Rodriguez will be returning to the series next season. [EW]
· Meanwhile, Criminal Minds fans are protesting CBS's decision to cut A.J. Cook from the cast with a good-old fashioned petition. [Deadline]
· The Syfy network is trying to expand its viewer base with non sci-fi programming like Hunting Hollywood, a weekly documentary series about people collecting show business memorabilia. [THR]
· Fox has ordered a game show pilot called The Money Drop. Contestants answer trivia questions -- if they answer wrongly, their cash prize drops through a trap door on the floor. [THR]

Comments
This is totally disgusting! LEAVE THE JACKSON FAMILY ALONE! Just like MJ said in his song LEAVE ME ALONE, the family deserves their privacy! It's no secret how they live, they are just normal kids! GET OVER IT! Take this off the air!
leave those kids alone. get a life TLC. they lost the only parent they knew and their wound is still fresh from losing their father. GEEZ, show respect.
I will be back for the next installment although ome of these comments are killing me.
Couldn't have come at a better time. Awesome piece of writing.