Southbound: Rachel Bilson in Hart of Dixie

 

Rachel Bilson first made waves as sassy California girl Summer Roberts on the teen soap The O.C.  This year, we get a weekly dose of her ridiculous cuteness as she returns to TV in Hart of Dixie.

 

In this medical comedy drama, Bilson plays Dr. Zoe Hart, a young Manhattan surgeon forced to take her practice to Alabama.  In the tiny town of Bluebell, rush hour-traffic is replaced by costume balls, and martinis are traded in for peach-bourbons.  

 

Executive producer Leila Gerstein says,  “I created a town that I want to move to, with parades; where people dangle their feet off the porches and sip mint juleps.”

 

Reuniting with Bilson as executive producer is The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz.  "I knew if I came back to TV it would have to be with Josh,” says Bilson in an interview with US Weekly.  “So I'm really excited I get to torture him again."

 

Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights) plays town heartthrob lawyer George Tucker, while Jaime King (My Generation) is George’s high-society fiancée Lemon Breeland.

 

We know y’all are fixin’ to see Hart of Dixie.  Catch it fresh and Newest in the US, here on 2nd Avenue, Wednesday nights at 8pm.