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Fall 2007: NBC's Bionic Woman Is a Brit
Meaning she's, what, a £3 million woman? Here's more on that and other casting bits for the new pilot season, courtesy of Variety and the Hollywood Reporter:
• After eyeing some faces better known to the U.S. audience, NBC tapped Michelle Ryan (of the BBC's EastEnders) to play Jamie Sommers in its revisiting of The Bionic Woman.
• Jimmy Smits has landed the lead in CBS' untitled drama centered on a Latin American family in the rum business.
• The Practice's Steve Harris will play an imposing but physically unfit veteran cop in CBS' Protect and Serve.
• Matt Lanter (aka Heroes' Brody) is an undercover narc posing as a high schooler in ABC's Judy's Got a Gun.
Also, NBC has pushed production on Kath & Kim to summer, but says the show is still in the running for the fall.
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Feb 13, 2007 9:46 AM
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I loved Michelle Ryan as one of my favorite Slater women on Eastenders. My favorite storyline of hers is when she shouted at her sister, Kat "You're not my mother" and Kat responds "Yes, I am", then there was that whole who murdered Den issue! I can't wait to see how she does in a North American market.
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Feb 13, 2007 10:12 AM
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Does this mean that in the opening credits Jamie doesn't crush a tennis ball but a cricket ball?
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Feb 13, 2007 10:28 AM
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and instead of being a school teacher, Jamie will be working in the local pub!
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Feb 13, 2007 10:49 AM
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Yaaaayyyyy! "Eugene" is back!!! I've become addicted to the repeats of The Practice on the FX network, since I didn't see the series when it first came out. So, I'm a relatively new Steve Harris fan. I about died (in a good way) when I saw him in Grey's Anatomy last season. He was terrific in that emotional scene with Chandra Wilson.
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Feb 13, 2007 10:52 AM
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And instead of a parachuting accident, Jamie will be critically injured during a soccer game melee!
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Feb 13, 2007 11:07 AM
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Instead of a german shapard named Max, Jamie will have a pet corgi named Maxwell.
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Feb 13, 2007 11:30 AM
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I'm sure Michelle will be playing the part with an American accent. Lets face it, the only times Brits get to use their own accent is when they're playing baddies in 24 or if they're playing some quirky butler, maid, nanny or the like. That is leaving aside the fact that everyone in ancient Rome, Greece, etc. seems to speak with a British accent in TV land.
Would much (if anything) be really lost if Hugh Laurie, Louise Lombard and Jamie Bamber could use their own accents? I'll let Paul Blackthorne in The Dresden Files go 
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Feb 13, 2007 12:57 PM
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And instead of a parachuting accident, Jamie will be critically injured during a soccer game melee!
You mean football, Matt. 
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Feb 13, 2007 1:41 PM
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Are those British phone books even that thick for her to rip in half? What's next? Ricky Gervais as Steve Austin?
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Feb 13, 2007 2:39 PM
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