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WHEN TV EXECUTIVES FIRST contacted Mitch Albom last year and asked whether he was interested in writing for TV, he replied that he doesn't watch it much. So much the better, they said.
Already a popular sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press, a regular on ESPN, host of his own nationally syndicated daily radio show, and accomplished author - have we mentioned "Tuesdays With Morrie"? - Albom is now heading for Hollywood.
He just agreed to create a new TV series for CBS, which is slated to air next fall, via Gary David Goldberg's UBU Productions and DreamWorks Television. Goldberg helped created "Spin City" and was a writer on "Lou Grant."
Albom, in an interview...