day 245

lots 'o casting

with fall tv production starting this week, the networks are already trying to come up with shows to replace those that might fail - that could also be used at midseason, too. nbc is keeping it in the nbc/universal family by landing a deal with top chef host padma lakshmi for her own sitcom. the former model and current foodie will exec produce and star in a comedy pilot allegedly being called single serving. the plot would revolve around a woman (padma) working in the culinary world while juggling everything else life has to offer. that's a real stretch, huh? i'll be interested to see padma's acting skills - the biggest acting job on her resume is the mariah carey "classic" (and, by that, i mean classically bad) glitter ... erika christensen (hayden's sister) is taking the unexpected break from the nbc series parenthood to jump over to fox's lie to me. in the season premiere, erika will play a law student struggling with multiple personality disorder. that shouldn't be a big stretch for erika - she played a psycho in the early 2000's swimfan ... if you're a csi fan, you might be happy to learn that original series star jorja fox (sara) is returning to the cbs hit. bad news? she'll only be back for a few episodes. and there's no sign of william peterson (aka grissom). the production team is trying to keep details of sara's return - in one of the first few eps of the new season - hush, hush but all signs are pointing to some sort of break up with grissom. why else would she return to las vegas? too bad we'll all have to just wait and see ... and that's all folks.