• The Hollywood Reporter, Friday, July 10, 2009 12:08 AM

Lifetime grabbed the off-net rights to the CBS comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine," with an eye toward adding the show to its lineup in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Lifetime will hold the exclusive cable rights to all 88 episodes of "Old Christine," which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, per terms of the deal with Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution.

While Lifetime did not specify when it would run "Old Christine," the series would be a natural fit for the network's Monday night comedy roster, which includes repeats of "Reba" and "How I Met Your Mother." Entering its fifth season on CBS, "Old Christine" has weathered some ratings erosion of late, losing 31% of its audience during the 2008-09 campaign with an average delivery of 6.9 million viewers. Last month, Warner Bros. TV cleared the show for syndication in approximately 85% of the nation's TV homes.

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