Tuesday, November 27, 2007

TV FunHouse

The Hollywood Reporter says GSN has ordered 40 installments of How Much is Enough?, a new primetime game show hosted by actor CORBIN BERNSEN. The show features four contestants competing against a "money clock" to win the most cash without being the greediest. This is Bernsen's first role as a game show host. He says, quote, "I have always been a big fan of game shows and I have been tuning in to GSN for years. How Much is Enough? premieres January 8th...

ELIZABETH BERKLEY is joining the cast of the CBS-TV crime drama CSI: Miami in a recurring role. She'll portray CSI chief investigator Horatio Caine's ex-wife, Julia Winston, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Berkley previously guest-starred on the original CSI series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2003...Oscar-winner WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, director of The French Connection and The Exorcist, will direct the December 6th episode of CSI, according to TV Guide. Friedkin is credited with launching the career of the show's star, WILLIAM PETERSEN by giving him the lead role in 1985's To Live and Die In L.A. Peterson invited Friedkin to direct the episode...

PAULINA PORIZKOVA is joining America's Next Top Model as a judge for Cycle 10. She will be replacing TWIGGY, who is leaving due to scheduling conflicts. Twiggy had been with ANTM since Cycle Five, when she replaced JANICE DICKINSON...

NBC has picked up the rookie dramas Life and Chuck for another season, or nine more episodes each, according to TV Guide. Life stars DAMIAN LEWIS as a cop who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Chuck stars ZACHARY LEVI as a retail tech-support clerk who accidentally downloads a top-secret government database into his brain...

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