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…Lauren Ambrose, who co-stars with Parker Posey in the new FOX comedy series The Return of Jezebel James. She was a two-time Primetime Emmy nominee for her role as Claire Fisher in HBO’s hit series Six Feet Under. Lauren also starred in the films Psycho Beach Party and Can’t Hardly Wait. Lauren took some time out to answer questions about herself and The Return of Jezebel James. Continue reading...   [read the full post]

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Rate Happy Birthday, Lauren Ambrose

Original at NewsOK.com external link    Fri, Feb 20

 OK Â Â Best wishes to Lauren and everybody who shares this special day with her. Pictured at right: Lauren Ambrose of “The Return of Jezebel James,” speaks during the Fox Summer Press Tour Monday, July 23, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. ...

Rate Still not panicking about 'Dollhouse'

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Fri, Feb 13

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Rate Ellen Gray: 'Leah' finds romance in an arranged match

Original at Philadelphia Daily News external link    Thu, Jan 22

 PA - Ambrose, cast as a wild child in "Six Feet Under" and Fox's short-lived "The Return of Jezebel James," is at first nearly unrecognizable as Leah, ...

Year 2008

 

Rate Here are my worst TV moments of 2008

Original at CharlotteObserver.com external link    Mon, Dec 22

 NC - Dec 22, 2008 The series premiere of The Return of Jezebel James (March 7, 2008): Having this pretty awful comedy come from the woman behind the Gilmore Girls was so ...

Rate It was the worst of times . . . my least favorite TV moments of 2008

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Fri, Dec 19

 - The series premiere of The Return of Jezebel James (March 7, 2008): Having this pretty awful comedy come from the woman behind the Gilmore Girls was so ...

Rate Hulu Award Nomination, week 5

Original at phonecardscollector (WordPress) external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Peter American Dad Andy Barker PI Back to You Brother’s Keeper Campus Cops DC Follies Dilbert Doogie Howser MD Dream On Family Guy Fudge Jack of All Trades Kath and Kim King of the Hill The Loop Mad TV Major Dad Monk My Name Is Earl Newsradio The Office Psych The Return of Jezebel James

Rate Rose Abdoo on “Brothers & Sisters”Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gilmore Girls external link    Mon, Nov 10

By Arieanna Rose Abdoo (Gypsy on Gilmore Girls) appeared in last night’s episode of ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. This is the second tv appearance that Rose has made since Gilmore Girls ended. She also appeared in a single episode of The Return of Jezebel James (photo / review here) before the show got t...

Rate Rhode Island State Council on the Arts:

Original at arts.ri.gov external link    Mon, Nov 10

By Liz Posey in The Return of Jezebel James, a Fox television series. Advance. praise for Art in America recognizes McLarty’s many skills that he. brings to his novels. “The actor-playwright turned novelist offers a hefty slice of ...

Rate What Ever Happened to The Return of Jezebel James?

Original at Sofa Chip external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Jessica Rae Did you know that The Return of Jezebel James was canceled after THREE episodes last season? Um, did you even know it ever aired? Well, with the lack of promos and buzz (despite major names attached like Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, ...

Rate Lorelai's last words (but not really)

Original at NJ.com external link    Wed, Oct 8

By Alan Sepinwall Amy Sherman-Palladino and her fabulous top hat collection landed at press tour to plug her new Fox sitcom "The Return of Jezebel James," and were on surprisingly good behavior. It took a good 20 minutes to get off the topic... Amy Sherman-Palladino and her fabulous top hat collection landed a...

Rate Screen Queen - October 3, 2008

Original at Tonight external link    Fri, Oct 3

 South Africa - The Return Of Jezebel James (M-Net, Thursday at 7pm): Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is behind this multi-camera comedy about how two estranged ...

Rate Lowering my expectations on 'Raising the Bar' - TV Gal - Zap2it

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Fri, Aug 29

By Amy Amatangelo The last time I felt this disheartened was with The Return of Jezebel James from Gilmore Girls executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino. I’ll stop complaining now because I like everyone involved in this project way too much to continue ...

Rate The good news and the bad news: More TV shows on the Net

Original at USA Today external link    Wed, Jun 25

 - Fox's The Return of Jezebel James was a terrible series on TV; there's no reason to think it will be any better off it. Still, there's no doubt the pool of ...

Rate One-Season Wonders - Film.com

Original at Film.com external link    Wed, May 21

One-Season Wonders  WA - The Return of Jezebel James: I wanted to like this show from Gilmore Girls auteur Amy Sherman-Palladino. It had a lot going for it: a smart, topical premise ...

Rate The movies goes to TV

Original at Sun-Sentinel.com external link    Fri, Apr 18

By tjicha But off the teasers for Baby Mama, isn't the new Tina Fey-Amy Poehler film an almost exact duplicate of the failed Fox comedy The Return of Jezebel James? A career woman, anxious to have a child only to discover she is infertile, ...

Rate Dr. Rock Positano: As Seen On TV: A Rare Fertility Disorder

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Apr 10    4 related articles

By Dr. Rock Positano But a recent episode of The Return of Jezebel James (FOX on Friday nights) highlighted this rare...but perhaps under-reported....impediment to fertility. The character in Jezebel is Parker Posey, an infertile New York book editor using ...

Rate Podcast: Episode 005: The Vacation Episode

Original at hypersensitive external link    Sun, Apr 6

TV: CBS Cancels Jericho (again); SciFi Wire reports on Jericho cancellation;Dollhouse casting news; Buffy Alums Circling Whedon’s Doll House;Fox Cancels The Return of Jezebel James; Rob Thomas gets third new season pilot deal; Review of Paley Fest Gossip Girl Panel; New season of “...

Rate TV Review | After three episodes, 'The Return of Jezebel James' is ... - Tufts Daily

Original at Tufts Daily external link    Thu, Apr 3

TV Review | After three episodes, 'The Return of Jezebel James' is ...  MA - Apr 4, 2008 The Return of Jezebel James" was also the return of Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of "The Gilmore Girls." Sherman-Palladino is great at pop-culture ...

Rate "The Return of Jezebel James," a sneak peek at what should be a good show

Original at Post-Standard Syracuse.com external link    Sun, Mar 30

By Sandra Kinne, 31, Syracuse Sandra Kinne 8:30 p.m. Fridays on Fox Episode: March 12, premier When I first heard "Gilmore Girls" creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, would be back with a new show, I was thrilled. "Gilmore Girls" was an under-rated gem of a show that... Sandra Kinne 8:30 p.m. Fridays on Fox Episode: March 12, premi...

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Rate Jenny’s TV Guide: Friday March 28

Original at the TV addict external link    Fri, Mar 28

By theTVaddict Also on tonight: *Season Finale* - In Treatment - HBO @ 9:30/8:30c*Special* - Battlestar Galactica - SciFi @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 30-Minute Specials)*Sports* - NCAA Basketball Championship - CBS @ 8/7c*New* - 10 Years Younger - TLC @ 10/9c*New* - Amne$ia - NBC @ 8/7c*New* - Canterbury’s Law - FOX @ 9/8c*New* - Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO @ 11/10c*New* - The Return of Jezebel James - FOX @ 8:30/7:30c*New* - The Soup - E! @ 10/9c*New* - Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search - CMT @ 8/7c*New* - What Not To Wear - TLC @ 9/8c*New* - Your Mama Don’t Dance - Lifetime @ 9/8c Friday marks the season finale of In Treatment on HBO at 9:30/8:30c. No word yet on if this will go on for another season or not! If you are a fan of Battlestar Galactica, check out the 2 30-m...   [read the full post]

Rate Best bets tonight - London Free Press

Original at London Free Press external link    Fri, Mar 28

Best bets tonight  Canada - Mar 28, 2008 The Return of Jezebel James: 8:30 pm, Fox. In the opener, Coco insisted she understands the concept of a job. Tonight, she tries to get one.

Rate Tonight on the Tube: NCAA Basketball, Canterbury’s Law & 2 Battlestar Galactica Specials

Original at TVaholic.com external link    Thu, Mar 27

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By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, FOX has pulled The Return of Jezebel James and replaced it with Bones reruns, which will be followed by Canterbury’s Law on its new night. History Channel has five hours of American Eats episodes early and again later. Sci Fi has eight episodes of Level 9 early.

Rate Parker Posey’s Sitcom Career Mercifully Brief

Original at blog.spout.com external link    Tue, Mar 25

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By karina Hmm, maybe the programming execs at FOX have souls after all: they’ve mercifully taken The Return of Jezebel James, a disastrous waste of Parker Posey masquerading as a sitcom, off their schedule after just three episodes. At BigScreenLittleScreen, Ted Zee describes how a scene from t...

Rate "Return of Jezebel James" bites the dust on Fox

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Tue, Mar 25

By OrlandoSentinel.com Say goodbye to "The Return of Jezebel James." You didn't say hello? Well, you're not alone. The new series from "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino didn't find many admirers when it premiered March 14. ...

Rate Jezebel James Officially Canceled

Original at The Return of Jezebel James external link    Tue, Mar 25

By TimK Effective immediately, repeats of Bones will air in the 8:00 Friday-night timeslot. Fox has not said whether they would make the remaining episodes available on their website or on DVD, but in the past, Fox has frequently released the full run of episodes on DVD.

Rate Fox Cancels "Jezebel James" - TV Fodder

Original at TV Fodder external link    Mon, Mar 24    5 related articles

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Fox Cancels "Jezebel James"  CT - Mar 24, 2008 Fox has cancelled "The Return of Jezebel James." TV Guide's Michael Ausiello says the show aired just three episodes. Really... they actually let it go on ...

Rate Number Crunching: This Week's TV Ratings

Original at BuzzSugar external link    Sat, Mar 22

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By BuzzSugar Questionable Return. The Return of Jezebel James, Amy Sherman-Palladino's own return to TV after Gilmore Girls, did so poorly with its two debut episodes last Friday that it's a wonder we got to see a third episode at all. The show barely topped 3 million viewers (3.2 million for the first ins...

Rate TV Guide Blurb Misleads Fan, because Jezebel James is STILL ON

Original at The Return of Jezebel James external link    Fri, Mar 21

By TimK The TV Guide blurb only says Canterbury’s Law is moving to Friday. It is not moving into Jezebel James’s timeslot. There is a solid reason Fox made no announcement officially canceling Jezebel James, because there is no Jezebel James news. Everything is as it was before.

Rate Tonight on the Tube: March Madness, The Return of Jezebel James & Jericho

Original at TVaholic.com external link    Thu, Mar 20

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By Jason the TVaholic E! has the five-part 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies. MTV has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model. Nickelodeon has 16 episodes of George Lopez late. Sci Fi has eight episodes from season nine of The X-Files early. VH1 has 14 episodes of Hogan Knows Best.

Rate The Return of Jezebel James: When Bad Shows Happen to Good People - Film.com

Original at Film.com external link    Mon, Mar 17

The Return of Jezebel James: When Bad Shows Happen to Good People  WA - Mar 17, 2008 I'd heard about The Return of Jezebel James over the summer and was excited for it. Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, and Sherman-Palladino? Sounded good to me! ...

Rate The Ratings Sucked, but Don't Give Up Yet!

Original at The Return of Jezebel James external link    Sat, Mar 15

By TimK Fox is known for canceling shows that don’t perform. That’s why I was depressed with the TV ratings for last night. The Return of Jezebel James came in last place, with only 3.25 million viewers (for the 8:30 timeslot) and an A18-49 1.0 rating/4 share. Marc Berman introduced it thusly: “In serie...

Rate Plenty of talent in TV stinker The Return of Jezebel James (Toronto Star)

Original at Toronto Star external link    Sat, Mar 15

What are three such talented women doing in a mess like this? No one was saying anything, but the mood at last summer's L.A. press launch for Fox's new Friday-night sitcom, The Return of Jezebel James , could best be described as collective incredulity.

Rate Friday's Review Pick: The Return of Jezebel James

Original at TV Short and Sweet external link    Fri, Mar 14

By TV Guy Yet again, here's a great show with a great cast and yet I fear FOX has treated it unfairly. I mean sticking it in the 8pm time slot on a Friday night - that's TV suicide! Hopefully, the ratings will save this show in the morning, ...

Rate The TV Blog Coalition: March 15-17

Original at TiFaux external link    Fri, Mar 14

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By Dan Share This Buzz chatted with Parker Posey about Project Runway and The Return of Jezebel James (BuzzSugar) Sandie talked about why she loves HBO’s new show In Treatment. (Daemon’s TV) Marcia said farewell to yet another season of Project Runway. (Pop Vultures) Rae couldn’t stand it anymo...

Rate Jezebel James: 127 Laughs in 44 Minutes

Original at The Return of Jezebel James external link    Fri, Mar 14

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By TimK By the way, like all of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work, it’s even better the second time around. TimK P.S. Parker Posey handles the character of fast-talking Sarah Thomkins wonderfully. I know this was a big thing with the critics. The critics are idiots.

Rate TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

Original at LAist external link    Fri, Mar 14

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By Tom Lewis Friday 8:00pm The Return of Jezebel James FOX - Series Premiere. Parker Posey in a sitcom? WTF? Fox is really planning for success with this one by putting it on a Friday night. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Cheryl Hines Saturday 11:30pm Saturday Night Live NBC - Jonah Hill hosts

Rate Alyssa Best: Will Jezebel James Follow in the Footsteps of Gilmore ...

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Mar 13

By Alyssa Best As I watch previews for The Return of Jezebel James, I am equally struck by a fascination in the premise of the show: a successful children's book editor (played by Parker Posey) who, unable to have children, asks her estranged younger ...

Rate Opinion: 'Gilmore Girls' creator has a disappointing 'Return' to TV

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Thu, Mar 13

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By Tempo The Fox comedy holds another distinction: It’s “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino’s return to network TV. Sadly, although “Jezebel” is packed with Sherman-Palladino’s trademark snappy banter, it’s a cold, brittle misfire.

Rate Bad laugh track, lack of focus rob 'Jezebel James'

Original at Star-Telegram.com external link    Thu, Mar 13

But in the new sitcom The Return of Jezebel James, Posey seems nervous and a little uncomfortable, as if she hasn't quite got hold of the show's gag-heavy rhythms. This isn't a total surprise; Jezebel James was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, the mind behind Gilmore Girls, and it probab...

Rate REVIEW: The Return of Jezebel - The Daily Titan

Original at The Daily Titan external link    Wed, Mar 12

REVIEW: The Return of Jezebel  CA - Mar 12, 2008 FOX may have lost its edge with its sitcom "The Return of Jezebel James," which premiered March 12. The main character is Sarah Tompkins (Parker Posey), ...

Rate Gilmore Girls Creator's New Show Coming to AirVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at ism.com external link    Fri, Mar 7

By TimK If you haven’t been following The Return of Jezebel James site, JezebelJames.info, we’re counting down to the one-hour (double-episode) premiere. I’ve been linking to lots of great articles about Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and more.

Rate FOX Announces Return of Original Programs, And Spring Lineup

Original at Your Entertainment Now external link    Tue, Feb 19    5 related articles

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By Russ T.C. New shows scheduled to premiere are Unhitched (March 2), Canterbury’s Law (March 10), New Amsterdam (March 10–sneak previews on March 4 and March 6 after American Idol) and The Return of Jezebel James (March 14). THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES

Rate American Idol results show expands to one hour

Original at TV Squad external link    Tue, Feb 12

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By Jason Hughes Filed under: Programming, American Idol, News and GossipLooks like it's bad news for 'The Return of Jezebel James. FOX announced in a press release that effective with the March 13, 2008 installment, the "Results Show" of American Idol each week will run one full hour, instead of the usua...

Rate Grant Lee Phillips announces three UK dates (2008)

Original at IndieLondon external link    Tue, Jan 29

By Rob The American singer-songwriter – whose music has featured prominently on shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Six Feet Under – will play Glasgow’s King Tuts on Friday, April 25, 2008, The Scala in London on Sunday, April 27 and Whelans in Dublin on April 28.

Year 2007

 

Rate “Jezebel James” Cut Back

Original at Gilmore Girls external link    Sun, Oct 14

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By Arieanna The series, from creator/executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino and Regency TV, stars Parker Posey as a single successful book editor who learns that she is physically unable to conceive and asks her estranged younger sister (Lauren Ambrose) to carry her baby for her.

Rate The Pressure of Jezebel James to Succeed

Original at The Return of Jezebel James external link    Wed, Sep 19

By TimK With regard to The Return of Jezebel James, he says: Jezebel James is facing pressure from another quadrant as well. Because it seems to be harder and harder for sitcoms to succeed. And as Amy Sherman-Palladino noted in that same article:

Rate TV Laughs: New Comedies on the Fall 2007 Schedule

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Aug 9

By JM Jordan With fall about a month away, TV fans find themselves shouting in exhaustion, "It's about time!" Let's face it, reruns make us long for the days before television existed, when people entertained themselves by listening to radio shows or (gasp!) talking to their families. Now, as August...

Rate Celebrities Hit the Fox TCA

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Wed, Jul 25

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The last day of the FOX TCA was filled with carnival games and rides at the Santa Monica Pier, ending a two-day presentation of shows, both new and returning. Stars of "House," "'Til Death" and "Family Guy" were there to enjoy the festivities and to talk about their returning series and to tr...

Rate What's on Fox's Fall 2007-2008 Schedule

Original at TV Fodder external link    Fri, May 18

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By rachel(rachel@tvfodder.com) • The Return of Jezebel James: Parker Posey ("Best in Show") and Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under") are sisters that are opposites, live together, and carry each other's babies -- well one of them does. • The Search for the Next Great American Band: It's "American Idol" for bands -- with an ex...

Rate Which star's return to TV exites you most?

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Fri, May 18

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By Michael Slezak FOX: Back to You (Patricia Heaton, Kelsey Grammer, Fred Willard); K-Ville (Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Tawny Cypress); The Return of Jezebel James (Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, Scott Cohen); Canterbury's Law (Julianna Margulies, Linus Roache); The Rules for Starting Over (Cr...

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