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FX wants more Courtney Cox. The cable network has ordered up a full season (13 episodes) of her drama, Dirt, about the world of tabloid magazines. There is one caveat: FX wants parts of the pilot to be re-shot to add more of Courtney Cox's character. She plays the editor of a tabloid and the powers-that-be at FX think she really shines in the role. Some of the supporting characters will also be re-cast. The show is about the world of celebrities, although most of the 'celebrities' on the program are fake, with the exception of David Fincher, director of Fight Club, who makes an appearance as himself in the pilot. The drama is being produced by the company owned by Cox and her husband, David Arquette.

While FX is sure about Dirt, it's still mulling over the drama, Lowlife, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.

Can Minnie Driver hold her own against comedian Eddie Izzard? Eddie thinks so, which is why he and other producers cast Minnie Driver to co-star in a new series with him for F/X. Izzard and Driver will play Wayne and Dahlia, a husband-and-wife team of con artists who travel with a band of Irish gypsies. The series starts as Dahlia is getting out of jail. She and Wayne decide to live the straight life and settle down in the suburbs with their three kids. While I'm really excited that Eddie Izzard is coming to American television, I worry about the fact that this show is being called a "Drama". Eddie is hi-larious and the premise sounds funny, so maybe it's a Desperate Housewives-style show, which is part drama, part comedy (although, it won Best Comedy at the Golden Globes earlier this month). The new series is called Lowlife. Production on the pilot begins in March in New Orleans.

[Via The Hollywood Reporter]