I had absolutely no intentions of watching upcoming FOX original series The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as it struck me as a one-trick pony. But after catching a snippet of it on YouTube, you can color me optimistic (see the trailer and link for more clips after the jump)!

On the periphery, I knew that Summer Glau (Serenity) had been cast in the show, but silly me, I didn’t make the correlation. She’s gonna be a kick-ass terminator, so go with her if you want to live! Yeah, she’s gonna be a ‘good’ terminator, but still, she’s a mighty awesome on-screen, ass-kickin’ chick. So, suddenly I’m in.

I know that my impression with this trailer is either a case of, whoever cut it together is a total pro, or the show’s first few episodes are gonna be great. The show, which is based on the Terminator mythology, takes place after Terminator 2 and stars 300‘s Lena Headey as the title character (played by Linda Hamilton in the films).

But I’m stating this upfront: If I watch this show, wind up liking it, and they cancel it on me with no resolution, like they did with Threshold, Surface, Jericho, Invasion, Blade, Studio 60, etc… I’m gonna have to track me down a broadcast TV executive and have a little heart-to-heart. I’m hoping that won’t happen, since the show will premiere in January and run uninterrupted on Sunday nights at 9pm until the end of the season in May.

Either way, the trailer … checkitoutyo here after the jump!

ComingSoon.net has three more clips here.