THIS JUST IN FROM MARC BERMAN’S ‘PROGRAMMING INSIDER’ NEWSLETTER:

TV Tidbits:
Notes of Interest

Numb3rs and Criminal Minds Sold to Weekend Syndication:
CBS Television Distribution crime dramas Criminal Minds and Numb3rs are heading to off-network weekend syndication in fall 2010. Criminal Minds has racked up clearances in 95 percent of the country, while Numb3rs is right behind at 90 percent. Both have been cleared on the CBS Television Stations group, and stations in the Gannett Broadcast Group, Belo Corp., Cox Television, LIN Television and the Meredith Broadcasting Group. Both have also been cleared in all top 20 markets.

Patricia Heaton Heads ABC Pilot:
Former Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton, who came and quickly went on Fox’s Back to You last season, will headline an ABC sitcom pilot called The Middle. Heaton will play the mother of a middle-class Midwestern family.