CTV previewed a schedule heavy on drama June 4, revealing a 2007/08 lineup that includes 16 returning hits and seven new U.S. pickups, including six dramas and one sitcom. In comparison, the net acquired four dramas and three comedies last year.

‘It’s not really about getting more drama… it’s about getting what’s good,’ CTV programming boss Susanne Boyce told Playback after the upfront presentation at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Toronto.

Leading the new drama contingent is the nighttime soap Dirty Sexy Money, starring Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) as a lawyer obligated to look after the interests of one of New York’s wealthiest families. Money, which will air Wednesdays on ABC in the U.S., follows the equally melodramatic Desperate Housewives on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.

Also new is the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Private Practice, starring Kate Walsh, which will air in simulcast with ABC on Wednesdays at 8 p.m., kicking off a solid primetime lineup that includes Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.

The network will keep things light on Mondays, likely countering Global’s Prison Break and Heroes, with comedy programming including Corner Gas at 8 p.m., followed by the new CBS sitcom Big Bang Theory, about two geeky roommates and their attractive neighbor. Corner Gas will begin the season at 9:30 p.m. until the conclusion of Dancing With the Stars.

CTV also scooped up the Charlie Sheen sitcom Two and a Half Men from Global, and it will precede Robson Arms at 9 p.m. Absent from the CTV schedule, however, is the homegrown comedy Jeff Ltd., which aired on Saturdays. Whistler has been slotted for Saturdays at 9 p.m.

On Tuesdays, the broadcaster is offering fresh titles including the drama Gossip Girl, from The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz, about a group of text-messaging prep school teenagers in Manhattan, airing at 7 p.m. The offbeat drama Pushing Daisies, which is garnering positive buzz south of the border, follows at 8 p.m., airing a day ahead of its Wednesday slot in the U.S. Rounding out the Tuesday lineup is Degrassi: The Next Generation, going head-to-head with Global’s House, following the conclusion of Dancing with the Stars, at 9 p.m., and Law & Order: SVU at 10 p.m.

Other new dramas on CTV’s schedule include Big Shots, about a group of dysfunctional CEOs, and the vampire-themed Moonlight, from The Matrix producer Joel Silver. Big Shots takes over the Thursday 10 p.m. timeslot from the aging ER, bumped to 7 p.m., while Moonlight will air in the difficult Friday 9 p.m. slot.

Returning hits include Grey’s Anatomy, moved to air in simulcast with ABC at 9 p.m. on Thursdays, CSI and CSI: Miami. Also scooped from Global is the procedural Without a Trace, which follows Moonlight Fridays at 10 p.m.

CTV also has a number of specials up its sleeve, including the Academy Awards, the worldwide concert event Live Earth on July 7, and The Concert for Diana, airing on Canada Day.

The net officially unveiled its partnership with the NFL, following a recently closed deal that will see CTV carry Sunday games, playoffs and the Super Bowl for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons.