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The first season of Damages was one of the biggest surprises of last year, helped in large part by the strength of the cast (and the tightness of the mystery). I keep thinking there is no way the second season (which doesn’t get underway until 2009) could possibly be as good, but they keep adding A-listers to the cast making me believe otherwise.

Read the whole story over at Zap2It! (UPDATE!) …And hit up the comments with shows whose cast you feel is superior.

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CBS released this awesome photo of the cast for Survivor’s thirteenth (!!) season. If you look closely you’ll notice that it isn’t as “white” as the cast usually is. There’s a reason for this. Initially the 20 castaways will be divided into “ethnic teams.” That’s right, there will be a team of Asians, a team of Hispanics, a team of African Americans, and a team full of crackers Caucasians.

As the teams get widdled down there will be some integration, as in seasons past. Needless to say, Survivor just got a whole lot more awkward.

I’ve never watched much of the show, so it really isn’t my place to make too many comments, though I do think this decision is interesting given how a lot of the web-chatter has been about producer Mark Burnett’s lousy track record with casting minorites on his non-The Contender series.

Thoughts?

Photo courtesy CBS