Jeers to Dirt for pushing the limits of ridiculousness. In the overheated FX serial's second-season opener, ruthless editrix Lucy Spiller (the wildly miscast Courteney Cox) survived her stabbing at the hands of a tabloid target, woke up from a coma... and immediately started running "Dirt Now" magazine again. She even participated in a paparazzi chase and popped a staple in her stomach. Let it be known now that if I ever get knifed by somebody I've Jeered, I'm taking a week off.
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Everyone was giving scoop at the season premiere of Courteney Cox's FX series, Dirt, on Thursday evening. According to the cast, viewers can expect more ripped-from-the-headlines plots and familiar celebrity characters this season, including one about a very publicly drunk male star — inspired by David Hasselhoff — and crazy antics from the Britney-inspired character "Sharlee Cates" (played by Ashley Johnson).Coexecutive producer and Cox hubby David Arquette — who directed an episode this season — told TV Guide that sometimes, real life imitates what happens on the show and not the other way around, as viewers may suspect."We want it to be current so we try to predict things before they happen," said Arquette. "We did something with our Britney character that actually came true. There's a relationship with a paparazzi that we filmed before it actually happened, so when it happened, we were like, 'Whoa. That's interesting.'"The cast couldn't give away all the deta...
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FX has opted not to produce more episodes of Dirt and The Riches, both of which ceased production in December after completing only seven of their 13 ordered episodes. The decision to not finish up the seasons regardless of when the WGA strike ends was due to "economic reasons," FX says, "and does not affect the two series' chances for a third-season pickup."Dirt returns March 2 at 10 pm/ET, while The Riches' Season 2 launch will be announced soon. — Erin Fox
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Danny Comden, whom a handful of you may remember from the short-lived 2003 ABC sitcom I'm with Her, has been recruited for a three-episode arc on FX's Dirt, playing a new love interest for Courteney Cox's tabloid queen Lucy Spiller. Specifically (because Dirt is all about the nuances), Comden has been cast as an almost-divorced TV bigwig who wants to rekindle an old romance with Lucy.Dirt premieres Season 2 on March 2.
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FX has announced a March 2 premiere for the second season of Courteney Cox Arquette's Dirt, which will air Sundays at 10. Though the tabloid-magazine workplace series had received a full 13-episode order, only seven shows got penned before the WGA work stoppage started. Nonetheless, since this isn't exactly 24 we're talking about here, FX has opted to go ahead and unspool the season.
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