In addition to learning about two of the leads in the CW's Body Politic, there's plenty of other casting news making me smile today, including: Ugly Betty's Ashley Jensen is jumping to the CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose, which stars Jenna Elfman as a woman who finds herself suddenly pregnant after a fling with a younger man. Betty producer Silvio Horta confirmed that Jensen won't be a Read more

This time, it doesn't look like there will be any mass uprising to save Jericho. No rallying of the troops from sites like JerichoLives. No tons of peanuts. No, Jericho — the show that was resurrected by a serious fan mobilization last Spring, returned for seven episodes, and never got a foothold in the ratings — is going more quietly this time. "We have no regrets bringing the show back Read more

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Charlize glowed in gold (with a questionable hairstyle) alongside her co-star Nick Stahl at a screening of Sleepwalking in NYC last night. In the past few years she's earned a bit of a reputation for choosing roles that hide her beauty, and her newest film fits right in with the trend. According to the actress, her character's appearances don't have any impact on how she picks her parts, Read more

Considering all the talk of campaigns to save Friday Night Lights, it's especially fitting that Jericho, a show that benefited from exactly such a campaign, starts its second season tonight. The show was canceled after the end of its first season last May, but a large-scale outreach effort from fans (and more than 20 tons of peanuts) brought it back for seven episodes. The first of those Read more

Man, CBS owes Jericho fans a huge thank-you. Not only are they responsible for bringing the show back from cancellation — making sure the network has another series to show this winter during the ongoing writers' strike — but they also gave the network the perfect tool for marketing the show's return: nuts! Ever since fans inundated CBS headquarters with literally tons of peanuts this spring Read more

If you've never seen "Jericho," the show whose cancellation drove fans to send more than 20 tons of peanuts to CBS headquarters earlier this summer, tonight's your chance. In an effort to drum up more support for the show, CBS will begin showing repeats from the drama's first season, starting with the first episode. After the nut debacle, CBS ordered seven more episodes of the show — but Read more

Well, it's official: The fanatical and kind of scary outpouring of rage — and nuts — over the cancellation of "Jericho" has actually changed the minds of the higher-ups at CBS! According to an open notice from CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler on CBS.com, the network has ordered 7 more mid-season episodes. Though touched by the incredible show of loyalty from "Jericho" fans, Tassler Read more

Rumor has it the slightly insane tactic of sending thousands of pounds of peanuts to the CBS offices in New York may actually be working toward getting "Jericho" renewed for another season. To my bafflement (since I didn't think stunts like this actually worked in real life), there is a "source" claiming that CBS is "thisclose" to announcing the renewal of the show that is, apparently, worth its Read more