Question: Any 24 scoops before it returns in January?
Answer: You probably heard that Broadway vet Jayne Atkinson has replaced Roseanne's Laurie Metcalf in the role of Homeland Security official Karen Hayes, who is sent to CTU to clean up a "situation." I hear Metcalfe wasn't coming off "forceful" enough in the dailies.
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With Season 5 now less than a month away, Fox's 24 has announced two more hires: Two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Atkinson will fill the role of Homeland Security official Karen Hayes, while Tony winner Stephen Spinella will play her subordinate, Miles. These additions, mind you, are in addition to Connie Britton as Jack's new honey, Sean Astin as a CTUer, Julian Sands as a baddie named Bierko, Jean Smart as President Doofball Logan's wife, and Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams as a federal agent and his wife. These new folks are so gonna steal time from my "Chloedgar" romance, aren't they?
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