(NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of SHARK has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for Oct. 26.)

STARK IS REELING FROM GETTING A NOT-GUILTY VERDICT FOR A CLIENT WHO THEN COMMITTED THE SAME CRIME AGAIN -- BUT NOW WITH FATAL CONSEQUENCES, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF "SHARK," THURSDAY, OCT. 26

Emmy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Nominee Lynn Whitfield ("The Josephine Baker Story") And Melissa Leo ("Homicide: Life on the Street") Guest Star

Pilot -- While Stark is reeling from getting a not-guilty verdict for a client who then committed the same crime again -- but now with fatal consequences -- Stark accepts the mayor's proposal to head up the Los Angeles District Attorney's High Profile Crime Unit, on a rebroadcast of the premiere episode of SHARK, Thursday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Spike Lee directed the episode written by Ian Biederman, creator of the series and one of the executive producers.

Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award nominee Lynn Whitfield ("The Josephine Baker Story") and Melissa Leo ("Homicide: Life on the Street") guest star.

With the exception of aspiring defense attorney Madeleine Poe, the young lawyers assigned to Stark's team are less than eager to work with him, and he's anything but impressed with their past performances. However, he's given only 48 hours to prepare to prosecute the case of a pop star accused of murdering a young man she claims she killed in self-defense, so Stark is forced to rely on his rookie team for help as he simultaneously guides them with tips from his legal "cutthroat manifesto." Whitfield plays the pop star's defense attorney, and Leo plays the mother of the young man who was killed by the pop star.

SERIES REGULARS:

Sebastian Stark: James Woods
Jessica Devlin: Jeri Ryan
Casey Woodland: Sam Page
Raina Troy: Sophina Brown
Martin Allende: Alexis Cruz
Madeleine Poe: Sarah Carter
Julie Stark: Danielle Panabaker

RECURRING CAST:

Mayor Manuel Delgado: Carlos Gomez

GUEST CAST:

Billie Willis: Kristen Wilson
Margaret Pool: Romy Rosemont
Claire Stark: Lindsay Frost
Anita Astin: Lynn Whitfield
Jenny Dennison: Mimi Michaels
Elizabeth Rourke: Melissa Leo
Terrence Rourke: Todd Christian Hunter
Judge: Jim Jansen
Jared: Bryant Johnson
Family Court Judge: Pat Lentz
Gordie Brock: Tony Daly
Deena Brock: Sally Pressman
CSI: Shay Roundtree
Reporter: Kent Shockneck
Detective #1: Emilio Rivera
Detective #2: Sean W. Ryal
Devlin's Receptionist: Annette Siedlitz

RATING: To Be Announced