CHARLESTON, W.Va. - CBS’s “The Ex List” (9 p.m. Fridays) is made-for-TV chick lit. It’s mostly fun and frothy romance with some drama and a little bit of raunchiness thrown in. TV. OCt. 9, 2008

Jumping a show forward several years is a gamble. It worked fine for the CW’s “One Tree Hill,” now “Desperate Housewives” has done the time warp, flashing the show ahead five years.Oct. 2, 2008