A lot is made of the overwhelming number of great leading roles for women on cable, but if the official Emmy ballots are any indication, women are still a minority when it comes to starring TV roles.  On the official ballot sent to Emmy voters, there are 70 contenders for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but only 48 for the Lead Actress category.

But the numbers don't help the major networks.  Despite the fact that more than 60 percent of the potential nominees come from the five major networks, it's the cable guys and gals who take the lead at the Emmys.

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Battlestar Galactica ended last Friday, concluding its four year run on the Sci Fi Channel. The characters may be hard to come by until the TV movie The Plan, but the show's stars have been keeping busy elsewhere.  Tahmoh Penikett is on Dollhouse, Katee Sackhoff had a recurring role on Nip/Tuck, Mary McDonnell showed up on Grey's Anatomy and Tricia Helfer visited USA's Burn Notice.

Those last two have even more TV gigs lined up for the future.  McDonnell will make an extended run on The Closer and Helfer will guest star on this week’s Chuck

After The Closer concluded its 10-week summer season last September, the crime drama resumes airing its five-week winter season beginning tonight at 9/8c on TNT.  As usual, the show will continue with its “power” theme which finds Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) facing challenges coming from the L.A. City Council and dealing with her looming wedding to FBI Agent fiancé Fritz Howard (Jon Tenney).

Last time we saw The Closer, Detective Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) had been shot three times while saving the life of Det. Lt. Provenza (G. W. Bailey) as they tried to capture a killer.  The episode wrapped up as Det. Sanchez was airlifted to a hospital in Brenda's arms.