Hart of Dixie

Shot in Wilmington, N.C., by Fake Empire in colaboration with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Art galleries. Executive producers, Leila Gerstein, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein, Jason Ensler producer, Kelly Van Horn director, Ensler author, Gerstein.Dr. Zoe Hart - Rachel Bilson Lemon Breeland - Jamie King Lavon Hayes - Cress Williams Wade Kinsella - Wilson Bethel Rose - McKaley Burns George Tucker - Scott Porter People on television tend to be beautiful, we're told, explaining away all the runway models playing cops and prosecutors. Still, it's tough to think about a wider gap between actor and role than Rachel Bilson becoming an ambitious thoracic surgeon in "Hart of Dixie," a sea food-out-of-water concept that handles being condescending for the sea food and pond alike. This CW show is actually silly and lightweight-weight it might possess unforeseen appeal due to its sheer camping factor, together with the opportunity to determine the South described just like a place as exotic since the gloomy in the moon. If you want that need considering a heart surgeon, you will want to operate on your own,In . a mentor notifies Bilson's hard-charging physician Zoe Hart at the begining of going. Well, she didn't have the promotion she wanted despite her gifted hands, and she's just split along with her boyfriend. What direction to go? Oh wait, there is the old country physician who keeps writing, promoting her later on work at his small practice in Alabama ... Very quickly, Zoe disembarks a bus in the heart of nowhere, wearing a comically short skirt. Fortunately, the initial person the "new lady physician" meets is George (Scott Porter, "Friday Evening Lights"), a dreamy galoot in the pickup who assures her small-town folk are really wonderful in the event you just open and understand Them. So that it goes, with Zoe aghast with the cotillion gowns she encounters and becoming a cool reception, a la "Everwood," within the town's only other physician (Tim Matheson), while consuming maternal advice at work manager (Nancy Travis, who's departing because of dedication to ABC's "Last Guy Standing"). Zoe will prove her mettle, clearly, while not before several awkward encounters, winning her pals like the town mayor (Cress Williams) but instantly getting a bitchy rival (Jamie King). About all that's separating the 2nd from Scarlett O'Hara might be the exclamation "Fiddle-dee-dee." Granted, the CW has acquired its stripes with exaggerated youth-oriented soaps -- including "Gossip Girl," where "Hart" author Leila Gerstein has strained. Despite the fact that Bilson -- reunited with "The OC" producer Josh Schwartz -- certainly stays out just like a potential CW star, she's so miscast and psychologically scattered there's nary an chance a subscription to her character, however lovely she might be. A white-colored lab coat just makes her appear just like a resident in Barbie's medical dream house. Clearly, Zoe's missionary be employed in Hicksville (production really changes to Burbank following a pilot) should really mature her just like a physician -Body in a position to seeing patients as "people to assist,Inch not problems to solve, that's heart-warming inside an old-fashioned way. More practically, it's difficult to find out this latter-day "Eco-friendly Acres" baling much hay in one of TV's best timeslots. Which isn't just whistlin' Dixie.Camera, Robert Gantz production designer, Mayling Cheng editor, Rob Granzow music, Jeremy Adelman casting, Molly Lopata. 60 MIN.Hart of Dixie With: Nancy Travis, Tim Matheson, JoBeth Williams Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com