The Return of Jezebel James

… T minus 1 day, and counting…

The Return of Jezebel James premiers Friday, March 14.

As we almost reach the premier of The Return of Jezebel James, the articles and reviews keep pouring out. Most reviews are uniform in their opinion of Jezebel James, that it sucks. For example, this reviewer from the Boston Herald says Jezebel James sucks, because it “is not funny. At all.” Meanwhile, this other genius from the Albany, N.Y. Times Union clarifies that it sucks because “the laughs come too fast and too furious; there’s no time for the show to breathe.”

Yeah… If you’re smart, you’re already ignoring the critics. Because the truth about critics is, the world is home to almost 7 billion of them, and they’re all wrong. Just watch The Return of Jezebel James Friday night and figure out for yourself whether you like it enough to keep watching. And if you enjoy the show, let the critics eat their own lunch.

On a more constructive note, here’s a video of Parker Posey spinning pottery and talking about spinning pottery.

And the bit I promised in the headline above, some photos of Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose hosting storytime at the New York Public Library. JezebelJames.net also has more photos in their gallery.

-TimK

… T minus 4 days, and counting…

The Return of Jezebel James premiers Friday, March 14.

I’ve been avoiding reviews for The Return of Jezebel James, because I’m fast coming to the conclusion that they’re worthless. The world harbors almost 7 billion critics, and they’re all wrong.

But this review at Jam! Showbiz Television caught me with its hook, “Sister act bit of a stretch.”

It’s just that Posey and Ambrose look about as much like sisters as Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien look like brothers.

Ambrose actually got slightly snippy when we asked her about it. Not outright grumpy — no need to overstate it. But you could hear a level of impatience creeping into her voice.

“I don’t know. Creative licence. Different dads. I don’t know. Milkman. I don’t know,” said Ambrose, who apparently doesn’t know.

Ha! You tell ’em, Lauren! I’ll go you one better. Not only don’t I know, I don’t care. (What did I say before about critics? Yeah, I’m a critic, too. )

-TimK

Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband and co-producer Daniel were on a panel at this month’s Television Critics Association tour, along with Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, and Scott Cohen. Click to continue »

From BuddyTV: The Return of Jezebel James on FOX: Meet the Cast.

-TimK

Here are the three promo video clips Fox released for The Return of Jezebel James. Click to continue »

Here are some pre-release photos I just added to the gallery, which you can get to via the “Images” link in the site menu above.

(The images are below the break.)

-TimK Click to continue »