Oh, thank you for putting me out of my misery!
Fox has wisely and quickly axed the mind-bogglingly bad new sitcom The Return of Jezebel James, brought to the television-watching world by much-loved Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
This development, which is effective immediately, will have two consequences. First, four of the seven produced episodes of the series will mercifully not air. Second, the same pretty much goes for the repeats of ‘Til Death that began coming on before the series at 8pm EST.
Actually, both outcomes are good news for fans of the excellent forensic procedural Bones, though, since that …read more

Original Air Date: March 21, 2008
Well, I tried to be patient and give Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino one more chance to get her new sitcom right, and she didn’t do it. Simply put, The Return of Jezebel James stinks. The show isn’t funny at all. Worse, the characters have zero personality and even less rapport with one another.
It’s hard to believe that an entertainment figure who enjoys so much adoration from so many fans could create something so unbelievably bad. Yet, the proof is in the dud Fox is currently was airing. At least …read more

I’m looking forward to the next episode of The Return of Jezebel James only because I genuinely want the show to redeem itself after the dreadful first two installments. No TV series should be that bad all the time.
On “Needles & Schlag,” children’s book editor Sarah goes out of her way to woo a teenaged author who proves more difficult than expected to please.
The sisters also visit the gynecologist — always a fun time, especially for female bonding — where Coco reveals some of the surrogacy issues that have been bothering her. I’m sure Sarah will react in …read more

Original Air Date: March 14, 2008
On the second episode of this unfunny sitcom from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, the main character, SARAH TOMPKINS, lives in an entirely different place than in the preceding pilot episode — and there’s zero explanation why. Before, she lived in a brownstone or house, a fact that was apparent in the pilot’s very first scene, when she opened the front door next to her living room for a neighborhood boy who lived across the street. The street and nearby homes were even partially visible through the door.
Now, Sarah lives in a huge …read more

Original Air Date: March 14, 2008
SARAH TOMPKINS, a successful children’s book editor in her late 30s, just broke up with her boyfriend of ten years named Matt. Although they were together for a decade, they never got married or had children. As a result, Sarah’s father is gravely concerned that if she waits much longer, she’ll never have kids because she’ll be too old.
Despite her anal-retentiveness and dedication to her career, Sarah is ready to have a child, and she pursues getting pregnant with a sperm donor. Her doctor informs her that she won’t be able to …read more

…and not earlier either.
First, Fox announced last October that it planned to shorten the already traditionally short freshman season of the Parker Posey-Lauren Ambrose midseason series The Return of Jezebel James from an original thirteen episodes to a mere seven.
Now comes word that the network has rescheduled the premiere later than the previously announced date, moving it from Wednesday, March 12, following the coveted lead-in American Idol to Friday, March 14, at 8pm EST.
The bad news is tempered with mild good news, however — on premiere night, viewers will get a double serving of the sitcom created by Gilmore Girls‘ …read more

This weekend brought bad news for those individuals anticipating the Fox sitcom The Return of Jezebel James. The network has reduced its order for the midseason series from an original thirteen episodes to just seven.
Friday, a network executive stated, “We have always planned to launch ‘The Return of Jezebel James’ in midseason, and seven episodes are all we need to allow us to program the series through the current broadcast season. We are big fans of Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dan Palladino and the extremely talented cast and are looking forward to airing the show.”
What a downer. And, of …read more

Fox announced today that veteran actress Dianne Wiest, a two-time Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winner for the Woody Allen flicks Hannah and Her Sisters (1987) and Bullets Over Broadway (1995), has been cast in the network’s rookie midseason sitcom The Return of Jezebel James. Wiest is scheduled to portray the mother of the series’ two central characters, Sarah (Parker Posey of Boston Legal) and Coco (Lauren Ambrose of Six Feet Under) Tompkins, on a recurring basis.
While many may best remember Wiest for the aforementioned movies and other film work, I recall her more for her performance as Jason …read more