TCA Update - Party Report: ABC, CBS/CW/Showtime, TCA Awards

Following some technical difficulties I return to report some of the happenings at this week's soirees.

ABC
The Alphabet net held its party in one of the Hilton ballrooms and members of the casts of "Dancing With The Stars," "Private Practice," "Eli Stone," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Pushing Daisies,""Ugly Betty," and "Desperate Housewives" came to eat, meet, and greet. (The only "Lost" cast member on hand was Rebecca Mader).

Victor Garber, head of the law firm on the musical dramedy "Eli Stone," told us that he and Williamstown Theatre Fest artistic director Nicholas Martin were working on bringing "Present Laughter" to Broadway. James Saito, who plays surfer dude acupunturist Dr. Chen, says as one of the few people yet to sing on the show he's both frightened and excited at the prospect. And Loretta Devine, Eli's secretary Patty, recalled her time in the Hub attending Brandeis in the '70s- before going on to Broadway fame in "Dreamgirls" - with a mixture of fondness and frustration.

Newly-minted Emmy nominee Kristin Chenoweth of "Pushing Daisies" attended with respected TV writer Aaron Sorkin ("Sports Night," "The West Wing") in tow. (Sarah Paulson's character in his short-lived drama "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" was partially based on Chenoweth).

CBS/CW/Showtime
The sister networks shared one blowout at the ginormous West Hollywood nightspot Boulevard 3. Interestingly, the cops and Feds of "Criminal Minds," "NCIS," and "The Unit" tended to hang in a pack. We spotted "Californication"'s David Duchovny chatting up Robert Patrick of "The Unit" in a mini-"X-Files" reunion.

The gang from the new "90210" hung together for most of the night, while the comedy peeps like Hamish Linklater from "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and the guys from "Big Bang Theory" were spotted yukking it up.

"Dexter"'s Michael C. Hall was popular with reporters, trailed all night with questions about playing a serial killer and being nominated for an Emmy for the chilling way in which he does it.