Alison Sweeney Auctions Jeans in Times Square Today

Today Alison Sweeney, THE BIGGER LOSER host and 15-year DAYS OF OUR LIVES actress, kicks off the High Profile Pair in the Square auction of jeans worn and donated by celebrities. The auction, which benefits the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Military Island at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue at 44th Street. In celebration, Times Square will be decorated with hundreds of jeans and shirts hanging like laundry from clotheslines above the streets.

FRINGE Premiere Party in NYC

1 A premiere party for the new J.J. Abrams series FRINGE was held last night at The Xchange in New York City. Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly,Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, Mark Valley (ex-Jack, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-Father Pete, ANOTHER WORLD) and Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Ligouri were all in attendance. Valley plays John Scott in the drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

Tamblyn, Winter in ABC Midseason Pickups

ABC has confirmed it has ordered five new series for this TV season. Delays in production caused by the strike prevented the network from ordering as many series as it does normally in May, when the broadcast networks announce their lineups. But after the filming of pilots this summer, ABC President of Entertainment Steve McPherson has ordered five new shows and expects to order more in the coming months, ABC executives have confirmed. The new series will air in midseason. In addition to CASTLE starring Nathan Fillion, which I posted earlier, some of the new shows have a soap connection. 1 THE UNUSUALS is a comedic procedural set in a New York police precinct, according to the press notes. Casey Schraeger started her day as an NYPD vice detective but is unexpectedly transferred to the homicide division. She quickly realizes that not only does everyone in her new department have a distinct sense of humor but also their own dirty little secret. THE UNUSUALS stars Amber Tamblyn (ex-Emily, GENERAL HOSPITAL) as Det. Casey Schraeger, Jeremy Renner as Det. Joe Walsh, Terry Kinney as Sgt. Harvey Brown, Kai Lennox as Det. Ed Alvarez, Harold Perrineau as Det. Leo Banks, Adam Goldberg as Det. Eric Delahoy, Monique Gabriela Curnen as Det. Allison Beaumont and Joshua Close as Henry Cole. 1 SINGLE WITH PARENTS is a comedy about Lou, a woman in her mid-30s who is determined to have her own life despite her crazy blended family getting in the way. According to the press notes, she’s thrilled that her divorced parents are leading exciting lives -– really, she is –- except both of them rely on her way too much. Dad needs her as a surrogate parent, and Mom counts on her 24/7 as a shrink and confidante. Lou has resolved to finally find a fulfilling life for herself. The series stars Alyssa Milano as Lou, Annie Potts as Elizabeth, Beau Bridges as Joe, Amanda Detmer as Sasha, Meagan Fay as Nancy and Eric Winter (ex-Rex, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) as Charlie.

PREVIEW: Tonight's Return of GREEK

1 ABC Family's GREEK, the network's top series until the success this summer of THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER, returns for a new batch of episodes tonight at 9pm ET. The show, aimed at teens and twentysomethings, ably captures a middle ground between the earnest SECRET LIFE and the over-the-top GOSSIP GIRL. Tonight's season premiere takes a page from NBC's playbook, piggybacking on the Olympic spirit as the sororities and fraternities compete in the Greek Week Olympiad. Rusty and Calvin strive to find a neutral friendship zone despite their opposing house loyalties. Meanwhile, Casey must decide the consequences of Rebecca's wild spring-break actions, and Rebecca's continued bad behavior doesn't help matters.