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Lucy Lawless might be gone (for now, anyway) but Jamie Bamber and the rest of the crew of the Galactica will be back as Sci Fi has renewed acclaimed drama Battlestar Galactica for a fourth season. The cabler has ordered a fourth season of BSG for at least 13 episodes, according to a press release from the network. The series, due to wrap its third season next month, will gear up production for Season Four over the summer and aiming for a January 2008 premiere. Of course, executive producer David Eick (who's also behind NBC's The Bionic Woman pilot ) never feared that a renewal wouldn't materialize. "While we never had any doubt that SCI FI would get behind a fourth season of Battlestar , it's thrilling to finally make it official, and for Ron and I to continue using this great genre to investigate the darker corners of society, politics and humanity," said Eick. "We're thrilled to bring Battlestar back for another season," said Mark Stern, E

Farmer Hoggett is evil! And when I say evil, I mean eeeeevil, in that way Mike Myers used to say it. Seriously, Phillip Bauer (played, of course, by James Cromwell) is a stone cold evil killer who murders his son Graem(hate the spelling of that, BTW) without any thought in order to save his own hide (and the interests of his company). And in last night's two-hour episode of 24 , we saw that his willingness to exterminate members of his family extends not only to troublemaker Graem but also to prodigal son Jack... and teenage grandson Josh (who is so obviously Jack's kid). But strangely this Machiavellian villain doesn't want to murder daughter-in-law Marilyn. Could this baddie have a soft spot for women? Or is he thinking that she has more usefulness as a live hostage? Or as bait for Jack? On another note, I thought that last night's episode would also be the end for feuding analysts Morris and Milo. Poor Morris was tortured by Fayed into creating a trigger to arm the r

If you ever wondered what Sawyer smells like when he's not trapped in a bear cage, made to think a bomb was implanted inside of him, or getting frisky with fellow castaway Kate, think no more. According to fashion trade publication Women's Wear Daily (or WWD as it's known colloquially in New York's Fashion District), Lost actor Josh Holloway has been chosen as the new face of fragrance Davidoff Cool Water . But, you'll have to travel outside of North America to see our favorite con man's new ads, as the deal precludes any US-based advertisements. Still, if you're that obsessed (like eagle-eyed Televisionary reader Maggie, who submitted the tip), it's a small price to pay for some Sawyer-skewing fragrance.

Following what was undoubtedly an exhaustive search, NBC has found its Bionic Woman. Brit actress Michelle Ryan, best known for her role as Zoe Slater on the long-running primetime soap EastEnders, has been cast in NBC's drama pilot The Bionic Woman , an update on that classic 1970s action series starring Lindsay Wagner. The update of Bionic Woman is more of a reconceptualization of the entire series than a strict update and comes from writer/executive producer Laeta Kalogridis ( Birds of Prey ) and exec producers David Eick ( Battlestar Galactica ) and Bruno Heller ( Rome ). Ryan will play Jaime Sommers, an everyday woman transformed into a marvel of biomechanical craftsmanship with $50 million worth of bionics implanted inside her body. (Including, yes, both legs, one arm, an eye, and an ear, natch.) Unlike the original, Sommers will not be a tennis pro but will instead be more of a decidedly down-and-out bionic woman, struggling to make ends meet. The move to cast a virtual un

Seriously, last night's episode of Extras may have been the most painfully funny episode of television since the original run of Ricky Gervais' The Office ... with an emphasis on the painful part of that equation. So, what new embarrassments did last night's episode, the fifth in the second season, bring us? There was the impromptu appearance of a former classmate of Andy's (played by guest star Jonathan Cake) who was blessed with the uncanny ability to chat up any woman effortlessly, leading Andy to try to steal his routine, involving the casual tossing and opening of a water bottle. Which would have been fine except for the fact that the bottle Andy grabbed was sparking water. The damned thing explodes in his hands and he stupidly, inanely, shoves the thing in his mouth. Yep, Andy, I am sure that woman will never forget you. Meanwhile, Andy's hit BBC1 sitcom When the Whistle Blows continues its assault on the intelligence of Britons and he's taken to task by

ABC's drama pilot Football Wives has added another bad-ass babe to its team, following the casting of Gabrielle Union ( Bring It On , Night Stalker ) as the famously named Chardonnay. This time round, it's the former star of Xena: Warrior Princess herself, Lucy Lawless, who has signed on to star in the drama pilot. She'll play the pivotal character of Tanya, who in the original Brit series was the malicious, catty wife of resident bad boy Jason. I'm hoping that the casting doesn't mean that we'll never ever see D'Anna, Lawless' character on Battlestar Galactica , again. When last we saw her the poor Cylon was placed into cold storage and her memories shelved (despite finally seeing the face of one of the final five Cylon models). I was hoping that somehow, someway, we'd get to see my favorite Cylon, misguided D'Anna, one last time. (And we still might, somewhere down the line.) On a somewhat unrelated note, did anyone else feel that last night&

I'll admit it. I've been looking forward to Phyllis' wedding for some time now. Especially as I just knew in my heart of hearts that Michael would find a way to make Phyllis' day all about him. I wasn't disappointed. Last night's episode of The Office ("Phyllis' Wedding") presented a hilarious excursion outside of the confines of Dunder-Mifflin as the employees of everyone's favorite paper company gathered to attend the Scranton wedding of the year as Phyllis Lappin and Bob Vance (say it with me: "Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration") exchanged vows. I loved that Michael managed to get into the wedding party (his assignment: to push Phyllis' elderly, wheelchair-bound father down the aisle) not because of some pestering from Michael, but because Phyllis correctly deduced that it would be the only way she'd be able to get six weeks off for her honeymoon. Clever girl. Though she certainly got more than she bargained for as Michael