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So, what will the comedy series of the 2011-2012 TV season be like?

Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky says we can’t be certain who all of them are, but some new faces will be appearing prominently on the TV screen. Particularly with old favorites like ‘Two and a Half Men’ and ‘Desperate Housewives’.

‘Men’ producers have already decided to replace Charlie Sheen and ‘Desperate Housewives’ will be dropped at the end of the season. Sokolsky calls those changes inevitable.

Sheen, he says, was acting like the bad boy he was always trying to be. And, both series went overboard with such familiar material, viewers were becoming able to tell what was going to happen long before the punch lines were delivered.