Team TVLine: What Excites Us About 2011!

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One of the best things about launching TVLine.com when we did (the site did go live, right?) is that it came on the cusp of much fresh fare hitting the airwaves. This month alone, you’ve got 14 TV series making their debuts, while a slew of returning favorites (Parks and Recreation included) are set to uncork new seasons. And the other 11 months of the year promise to deliver even more TV treats.

With that in mind — and to help you get to know the TVLine staff even better — here are the TV events that have each of us excited for 2011. In Comments, tell us what you are looking forward to! READ MORE

Exclusive: Bill Pullman Joins Torchwood As Regular

Bill Pullman (Ruthless People, Independence Day) has signed on to star in the upcoming fourth season of Torchwood as a regular.

Pullman — who joins series stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles and the just-cast Mekhi Phifer — will play … READ MORE

Exclusive: Mekhi Phifer Set As Torchwood Lead

Mekhi Phifer is set to star opposite John Barrowman and Eve Myles in the upcoming fourth season of sci-fi drama Torchwood, which Starz is co-producing with the BBC for a run on both networks. Phifer joins …READ MORE

Crash Star Arlene Tur Boards Torchwood

Crash actress Arlene Tur is joining the upcoming fourth season of Torchwood as a recurring. The news comes as producers of the British-born cult hit continue their exhaustive search for two new series regulars  to join franchise vets John Barrowman and Eve Myles.

Enver Gjokai (Dollhouse) and Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) had been circling the male role – a sharp-as-nails, funny-as-hell, tough-as-rawhide CIA agent — but producers ultimately deemed neither to be a good fit. (I’m told a feeler was also put out to James Wolk, the breakout star of Fox’s short-lived Lone Star, but he passed.) Greek’s Amber Stevens, meanwhile, had been circling the female part — a CIA Watch Analyst who possesses an unshakable faith in human nature.

Tur will play a surgeon by the name of Vera Juarez.

This story originally appeared on Deadline.com.

Starz recently nabbed domestic rights to the show’s fourth season in a co-production deal with BBC Worldwide Prods.