Janeane Garofalo Joins 24, Joel Surnow, FOX

ANGER'S UPSIDE

Could Hothead Garofalo Boost '24' Ratings?







Memo to aspiring unhinged Hollywood liberals: uncontrollable rage can be good for your career. Not just good, in fact, but downright fantastic!

Leading the way is eternal sorehead Janeane Garofalo, whose resume just seems to build with each public outburst. Now, she's been added to the cast of Fox's 24.

Can she bring additional ratings to Joel Surnow's primetime show, a feat she couldn't accomplish for Air America Radio?

From the Hollywood Reporter's story:

The political left and the political right are going to meet on Fox's "24" this coming season.

Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo, an outspoken liberal, is set to co-star on the conservative-leaning real-time drama, whose co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow jokingly describes himself as a "right-wing nut job."

On the Imagine TV/20th Century Fox TV series, Garofalo will play a government agent who is part of the team investigating the crisis befalling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and company in the upcoming season.

Garofalo is the second major cast addition to the action drama, which is going through a major revamping coming off a lackluster sixth season. Cherry Jones was tapped last month to play the new president (HR 7/21).

After two production delays related to major changes to the story line, "24" is now slated to begin production on its seventh season Sept. 10 (HR 8/16).

Garofalo's most recent TV series gig was a role on "The West Wing," Aaron Sorkin's left-leaning White house drama for NBC.

For a trip down Garofalo memory lane, here's an account of her stand-up act stumbling in British Columbia, her talk show on life support and the final exit.

Memo to the co-stars: don't rip Scientology in her presence, unless you're begging for an elbow in the groin.

Meanwhile, the American Thinker believes 24 may very well have Jumped The Shark.


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