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FOX Orders Seven Series, Including "Jezebel James," While CBS Begins Staffing Two

With NBC and ABC announcing multiple series orders for their pilots, FOX had to get in the game as well, quietly ordering three dramas and three comedies to series yesterday. I'm thrilled to report that one of my favorite comedy pilot scripts , Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Return of Jezebel James , has received a series order for fall. The series, which stars Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose as estranged sisters who reunite when the older, more responsible one (Posey) asks the her flaky irresponsible sib (Ambrose) to carry her baby. It also stars Gilmore Girls ' Scott Cohen (remember Max Medina?) and features the series' trademark snap, crackle, and pop witty banter that made Sherman-Palladino a favorite in the Televisionary household. What else was ordered? The Kelsey Grammer/Patricia Heaton -led Back to You (a.k.a. Action News) , which had already received a 13-episode order from FOX earlier this year, was on the shortlist, along with The Rules of Starting Over , s

Casting Couch: "Sarah Connor" Gets Her Terminators in Glau and Yeoman

In pilot casting news, FOX's The Sarah Connor Chronicles , starring Lena Headey and Thomas Dekker, has firmed up the rest of its cast. Some of you may recall that, back in December , I alluded to the casting of "certain actress who has herself appeared on two cult genre television series." I can finally reveal who I was speaking of, as it was officially announced that Summer Glau ( Firefly , The 4400 ) has been cast as the second female lead in the pilot: a young female Terminator assigned to protect Thomas Dekker's John Connor. (I can't tell you how hard it was to keep that news a secret.) Also cast: Owain Yeoman ( The Nine , Kitchen Confidential ) who will play another Terminator, Cromartie, who appears in the pilot and is not quite as helpful as Glau's character. In fact, he'll be pursuing the Connors as the story begins. Having read the script, I can say that it is a kick-ass action/adventure series but with some grounding in the real world as well. An

Casting Couch: Hero Thomas Dekker to "Chronicle" John Connor

Cast the cheerleader's friend, save the world. Looks like Heroes' Claire may just need a new confidant. Actor Thomas Dekker , who plays Zach on Heroes, has just been cast as 15-year-old John Connor in FOX's pilot for The Sarah Connor Chronicles , from Warner Bros. Television. Dekker joins the previously cast Lena Headey , who will portray John's kick-ass momma Sarah Connor in the pilot, which follows the adventures of the single mom and her saviour-to-humanity-to-be after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day . (For the uninitiated, their roles were originally played by Edward Furlong and Linda Hamilton.) Rumor has it that the troika of warriors that comprise a new take on the, heh, nuclear family in the pilot has been fully cast: by a certain actress who has herself appeared on two cult genre television series. Let the guessing begin.

Casting Couch: Lena Headey To Take On "Sarah Connor"

Buh bye, Linda Hamilton. And hello, Lena Headey. Lena Headey has landed the sought-after role of Sarah Connor in The Sarah Connor Chronicles , FOX's pilot based on the Terminator franchise. Series would focus on Sarah and her teenage son John as they battle villains from the future in contemporary Los Angeles. Action is said to be set between T2 and T3 installments. Project comes from Warner Bros. Television. Josh Friedman ( The War of the Worlds ) has written the pilot script and David Nutter ( Supernatural ) will direct the pilot for 2007-2008 consideration. The Bermudan-born Headey is herself no stranger to playing action roles. Last season, she starred in the botched pilot Ultra for CBS, in which she played a female superhero with a number of abilities. She's also appeared in many features, including The Brothers Grimm , Ripley's Game , and Gossip . Does anyone else find it strange that the two actresses who have now played Sarah Connor share the same initials? Coincid