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May 17, 2006

Waterfront, Woods drama picked up by CBS

PROVIDENCE -- Two television shows with Rhode Island connections will be featured on CBS next season.

Shark, a legal drama starring Rhode Islander James Woods as a cutthroat prosecutor, will begin airing at 10 p.m. Thursdays this fall, according to CBS.

And CBS says it's picking up the show Waterfront for the mid-season.

Waterfront filmed several episodes in Providence, and its producers said it would continue filming there if it was picked up.

Steven Feinberg, director of Rhode Island 's Film & Television office, said filming in Providence for future episodes will probably begin about Aug. 1.

It stars Joe Pantoliano -- best known as Ralphie on the Sopranos. He plays a corrupt mayor who bears more than a passing resemblance to imprisoned former mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.

The network was considering adding Waterfront to its fall schedule, but passed.

Read television writer Andy Smith's story from today's Journal.

-- With reports from Journal television writer Andy Smith and the Associated Press

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 12:40 PM | Permalink

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