David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. "Gilmore" Grilled
Amy Sherman-Palladino used to be America’s QuipMaster General®: As creator of “Gilmore Girls,” she invented a vast reservoir into which jokes could be plunged, and at a rate more breathless than most of us could imagine.
But then, the reputation was tarnished. The CW wrested control of her show from her grasp and declined to allow her to contribute to its finale, which resulted in the conclusion of a series that not only p!ssed off her fans, but also annoyed everyone who had never watched the show but had to hear how lame its conclusion was.
All was righted, momentarily, it seemed, when Fox picked up her show “The Return of Jezebel James” as a midseason replacement comedy. Said series stars indie-film-darling Parker Posey as a high-strung if infertile publishing executive who recruits her slacker younger sister (Lauren Ambrose) to bear her child. Parker and Ambrose – you can just hear the quips flying.
Alas, Fox couldn’t. They’ve reduced their order of the series from an initial 13 to a mere 7, which essentially means the show has been cancelled before it’s ever been aired. Perhaps it should be entitled “The Abject, Humiliating Departure of Jezebel James.”