Spooky. I just remembered that the actress Michelle Ryan looks like a clone of played Anne's mom on Arrested Development.

No more Egg...

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-en...cast/800017676

Is Jason Bateman making the casting decisions for NBC?

So If they are re-casting the sister of Jamie, I'm assuming the entire pilot is being re-shot.

The 4 1/2 minute trailer on NBC.com looked really good. I can't wait to see Katee Sackhoff and Michelle Ryan square off.

What's the sign for "I have Pop Pop in the attic"?

I doubt they'll reshoot the entire pilot. Just the scenes with Egg. This does happen a lot in pilots. I just hate to see someone from Arrested Development get booted off a show.

They dropped Mayonegg!

I'm glad this is on NBC instead of USA, I can't get into new shows that aren't available in HD. Smart move, NBC.

Aren't some USA shows shown on UHD?

I've seen Monk a few times on UHD, which is a show I'd watch if it were in HD. They never seem to have them on a regular schedule, though. I've even tried setting my HD-DVR to record the season, new and rerun, at any time. I still only get a few eps here and there.

Damn, didn't know my dislike would actually be heard by the higher-ups.

Does Jaimie in the new series have a bionic ear?
Maybe they thought it was too much ear stuff with super hearing and someone who couldn't hear at all?

In the preview, Jamie has her right arm, both legs, right eye and ear replaced with the new parts.

If the show makes it I wonder if she will get a dog named Maximillion????

Not as hot as the original

watched the preview and I'm can now say i will definitely check this out. Looks cool and darker than the original.

Lucy Hale will play the role of the sister and she's no longer deaf...

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-lu...news-headlines

I wasn't to keen on the idea of this. But between the preview and the teasers that are appearing I'm definitley in for this.

...and Isiah Washington is confirmed for a 4-episode arc and potential regular.

not really darker, just more in tune with today's views on government

1970's people thought secret agents were cool and there were a bunch of series that made them look good and didn't show the dirty part of intelligence work. Mission Impossible, James Bond movies, etc.

now people don't trust the government and we have seen that some nasty things have to be done in this business so now we get a series where the government will kill a citizen to protect a secret

Well put. I think her reaction to seeing her non human legs and spazzing out is far from bright happy "now i have super powers" hence my comment about it being darker

It's now confirmed that Katee Sackhoff will perform double duty on Bionic Woman and BSG. She signed on for a recurring role on BW.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ka...news-headlines

She's also on the cover of this week's TV Guide (alongside Michelle Ryan).

i don't remember all the old episodes, but there was a Six Million Dollar Man episode where they do the operation on a teenager and he struggles through physical therapy and learning to use his new body parts as well as the emotional problems. there was also a bionic woman special on TV years back where some girl got the operation and went through similar problems and Jaime helped her. i think there was even a bionic villain as well. so it's not that original of a plot here

Interesting letter about the casting on Bionic Woman and a disgruntled fan.
From tvguide.com


Question: I was becoming increasingly excited for the new Bionic Woman series. I was a latecomer to Battlestar Galactica and was looking forward to coming into one of executive producer David Eick's "reimaginings" at the beginning. But the news that Isaiah Washington has been cast in a recurring role on the series means I will not be watching. Period. While I acknowledge that Washington is a talented actor, his now-admitted behavior on the set of Grey's Anatomy — as well as his ridiculous press tour trying to paint T.R. Knight as a gay Machiavelli hell-bent on keeping Washington down — showed that he is not only a bigot but also a ridiculous blowhard and possibly insane. I can't watch the man on screen anymore. And since I don't have a history with BW like I do with Grey's, not watching the show is going to be rather easy. I don't see a character when I see Washington on screen now: I see a dangerous loon with no sense of personal responsibility. He takes me out of the moment completely and just makes me angry (or sorry for his scene partner). What the hell is NBC thinking? This is not simply a case of a good actor being out of work. Plenty of great actors are available for a recurring role on a series. This is clearly a stab at free press by using his recent notoriety to bring attention to the show. But I know that I am not the only person who refuses to watch him in any capacity (except in Out of Sight, when J.Lo beats the crap out of him, because that's taken on a whole new level of fun). Hiring him may well bring attention to the show, but I think it will lose them more viewers than they'll gain. He's a major liability, both PR-wise and, I would imagine, in insurance premiums. Can you see any logic to this choice? And is this a bad omen for Ben Silverman's tenure at NBC?— Mark
Matt Roush: Far be it from me to defend Isaiah Washington's behavior, including his bizarre and backfiring PR attempts at image rehab (especially in that regrettable Larry King interview). There's obviously still a lot of anger in some quarters over what he did and said on the Grey's Anatomy set and afterward, and the timing of NBC's publicity-stunt casting is jarring, to say the least. But the reality of the situation is that he's going to continue to get work as an actor, regardless of whether some elements of the viewing audience will ever be able to forgive (if not forget, which probably is too much to ask). The upside is that, as it stands, he's only expected to be in a five-episode arc, so if Bionic Woman turns out to be a keeper (far from a sure thing), it's hard to say what permanent harm will have been done. In the tradition of most classic publicity stunts, this one has people buzzing about the show, for better or worse, so it's probably an effective one. And face it: For everyone who has taken an unyielding stand against the actor, there are no doubt just as many who feel his public humiliation and firing from a top-rated show is punishment enough (some say too much). New NBC leader Ben Silverman clearly has a showman's appetite for sensationalism, and I guess we'll see in September whether this does more harm than good where Bionic Woman is concerned. My gut tells me the network, the world and possibly the show will survive.

As for not watching because of the Washington casting:

Who is affected more by ME not viewing. Clearly I would be denying myself the opportunity to watch a new show for a political motivation that doesn't affect me personally in the least. On an intellectual level, I am appalled at Washington's behavior, but personally I could care less. He is allowed to believe what he wants and say what he wants and I refuse be coerced by his or anyones political agenda.