Last week I happened to comment something particularly lame and ignorant on one of Pop Culture Librarian's blogs. It was something about libraries.

"Oh Josh," she responded, "your comment is of the ilk that makes public librarians weep. I want to say something on the role and mission of public libraries and how research papers are like 10% of what we do...So many things to say in response...brain shutting off...so sad...sniff sniff..."

I told her that it might help inform the public at large to have a librarian featured prominently on a television show, the same way Bill Cosby was the first black man featured on a show when he was in I Spy back in the 60's, and Ellen was the first actual gay star of a TV show. I suggest that maybe we need a show about librarians. And that's when the two of us started brainstorming and came up with Overdue

(one Saturday of my life wasted on Photoshopping so that five of you can be amused)

Overdue stars Alexis Bledel (Rory on Gilmore Girls) as a new hire at the library, learning the ropes. The wacky-yet-sage librarian who has been there forever and takes her under her wing is played by Kristin Chenoweth (Olive on Pushing Daisies). Of course, spending her days and nights at the library leads Bledel to develop a crush Brian Austin Green (we all know who he is), the graduate student lothario that comes in every day to work on his never ending dissertation. And John Krasinski (Jim on The Office) plays the semi-nerdy librarian for teens that's secretly in love with Alexis, and while we all know she should be with him, she somehow doesn't see it. Also, the library perv is played by David Spade.

God that's good television.