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FOX cancels Jezebel James; no one is surprised

by Joel Keller, posted Mar 24th 2008 7:04PM

The Return of Jezebel JamesWell, this isn't a big surprise: TV Guide's Mike Ausiello has just found out from FOX that The Return of Jezebel James has been canceled after three episodes. Jezebel James was the first project for executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino since she and her husband, Daniel Palladino, left Gilmore Girls after the show's sixth season.

Reviews for the show -- including mine -- were largely negative; almost all of them cited how Sherman-Palladino's unique writing style and pace were thrown off by the studio audience / laugh track used for the show. FOX obviously didn't have any confidence in the show, because it was airing episodes on Friday nights after cutting its initial order from 13 episodes to 7.

That's the funny thing about TV; no matter how good the talent is that's involved in the show -- and this show, with the Palladinos, Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose, had a lot of talent involved -- things sometimes just don't work. But we know AS-P will get another chance, as will most of the cast. I especially want to see Posey on TV again; she's too good to not put at the center of a quirky dramedy or something like that.

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p7tms

I thought they got rid of the show because of the movie coming out about a surrogate mother. It sounded very similar to the plot of this tv show.

April 23 2008 at 8:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jenny

I love Parker Posey, but the writing made her awful! It was an entirely cringe-worthy performance.

March 25 2008 at 4:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ATM

I thought this show was OK. I liked Parker and I think they could have had some fun with her character, oh well.

March 25 2008 at 12:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kevjohn

I never watched a single episode of Gilmore, but I tuned into the first episode of this show mainly for the lead actresses involved. I should have heeded your warning, because it was nearly unwatchable. Get this horrible mess off the air and try again.

March 25 2008 at 10:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa

Aww man. This show definitely sucked, but I was hoping they would work on it...

I thought their dad was pretty funny though. I laughed at a few of his antics.

March 24 2008 at 11:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joey Geraci

I think the show should have been given a chance at a couple more episodes. What else are they going to put on Friday nights? It wasn't great, but it could have gotten better.

March 24 2008 at 10:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dawn

the show being cancelled after three episodes means 0. tv stations today don't have the balls to take risk. furthermore, i'd question the marketing and advertising of the show before questioning the talent of the creators and actors. if people can buy pet rocks, people can damn sure watch a tv show if its marketed effectively.

March 24 2008 at 9:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
khamel

this show was so awful. i loved the two main actresses but the writing was terrible and neither character worked. honestly surprised it lasted past the pilot (which was super terrible).

March 24 2008 at 9:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
j

Had high hopes for the show. But,,,it was alfull.

March 24 2008 at 8:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Thomas

They've made a wise decision cancelling it, but it makes you wonder why they commissioned it, the script wasn't funny and the premise was stupid. Regardless of the talent, nothing was going to make this good.

March 24 2008 at 8:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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