"To turne thy whele and be my frende again, and sende me joy where I am nowe in pain," says the famed 15th century Findern manuscript of Fortune's whims. Verse that may be hitting a little harder than usual over at Sony this morning as the media giant saw the courts put the brakes put

Culver City-based Sony said it would send new episodes directly to television stations, escalating the contract dispute with CBS. Paramount-owned CBS said it would go to court to try to block Sony's action.