CBS Gives Full Season Orders To "The Agency," "The Education Of Max Bickford" and "That's Life"--AllYourTV.com

CBS GIVES FULL SEASON ORDERS TO "THE AGENCY," "THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD" AND "THAT'S LIFE"

NEW YORK, November 1st, 2001-- CBS has issued full season orders to the freshman dramas THE AGENCY and THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD and second year drama THAT'S LIFE.

THE AGENCY, starring Gil Bellows, Gloria Reuben, Rocky Carroll, Paige Turco, David Clennon, Ronnie Cox and Will Patton, is a suspense-filled drama about the people who work for the Central Intelligence Agency.

THE AGENCY (6.9/11, 10.08m) has improved its Thursday (10:00-11:00 PM) time period by +10% in households, +112% in adults 18-49 (3.6/9 from 1.7/4) and +105% in adults 25-54 (4.5/10 from 2.2/5), while adding 1.83 million viewers.

THE AGENCY is produced by Radiant Productions and Studios USA, in association with CBS Productions. Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Michael Frost Beckner and Shaun Cassidy are the executive producers.

THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD, starring Academy Award winners Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden, along with Eric Ian Goldberg, Katee Sackhoff, Helen Shaver and Regina Taylor, is a drama about an inspirational college history professor who is trying to make a difference in the lives of his students, while raising his kids as a single dad.

THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD (8.4/13, 12.03m) is first in households in its Sunday (8:00-9:00 PM) time period, while averaging a 3.0/7 in adults 18-49 and 4.0/9 in adults 25-54.

THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD is produced by CBS Productions and Regency Television, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Joe Cacaci and Rod Holcomb are the executive producers.

THAT'S LIFE, starring Heather Paige Kent, Debi Mazur, Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Dillon, Paul Sorvino, Titus Welliver and Danielle Harris, revolves around a 30-something college student trying to find balance in her life amid the mayhem of her numerous jobs, love life, family and friends.

THAT'S LIFE (5.0/9, 7.07m) has increased its household rating +30% in October, steadily increasing from a 4.3/8 at the beginning of the month to a 5.6/10. The sophomore drama is averaging a 2.2/7 in adults 18-49, 2.8/8 in adults 25-54 and a 3.5/9 in women 25-54.

THAT'S LIFE is produced by Paramount Network Television. Lynn Marie Latham is the executive producer. Diane Ruggiero, Jim Stanley and Dianne Messina Stanley are the co-executive producers.