LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The CW's "Reaper" and ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" have both received script extensions, keeping their respective seats warm while the potential WGA strike is sorted out.

The pick-ups, for three scripts each, leave only a handful of newcomers without any movement on said front: "Aliens in America" and "Life Is Wild" on The CW and "Big Shots," "Cavemen" and "Women's Murder Club" on ABC.

Nevertheless, industry insiders suggest "Aliens" co-producers CBS Paramount Network Television and Warner Bros. Television will keep the show in production in anticipation of an order for additional episodes by the CW.

Full season ordered were previously announced for "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice," "The Big Bang Theory," "Gossip Girl" and "Back to You" while additional script commitments have been confirmed for "Samantha Who?," "Carpoolers," "Cane," "Moonlight," "K-Ville," "Chuck," "Journeyman," "Bionic Woman" and "Life."