there's a possible cbs and cnn alliance, and news corp. is talking about buying upn. all very interesting. one trend that seems to be growing, and i heartily approve, is that networks are rebroadcasting shows on the smaller networks or cable channels sooner. lifetime showed episodes of 'once & again' a few weeks after they aired on abc, usa shows episodes of 'law & order: svu' a few days after they air on nbc, and apparently 'the weakest link' is going to be rebroadcast on the pax network soon. why is this good? i can still catch shows that the big networks counterprogram against each other. (like this whole survivor vs. friends fiasco.) and with my tivo, i don't really care what network or when the shows are on.