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The show Baywatch has become a staple in pop culture and has received widespread popularity around the world. The series is known for its ensemble cast of actors, bright red swimsuits, running scenes, and ridiculous storylines. Though it was initially canceled after the first season, its syndicated run made it the most-watched TV show in the world.

The highlight of the series is its ensemble cast of actors who have become prominent stars now. From David Hasselhoff to Yasmine Bleeth, many actors had their breakthrough with Baywatch. They have gone on to do a diverse range of work since the end of the series in 2001.

1. David Hasselhoff – Mitch Buchannon David Hasselhoff in Baywatch | Credits: NBC

Probably the most well-known (behind Pamela Anderson) of the cast, David Hasselhoff played the lead, Captain Buchannon, in Baywatch. The actor appeared in the most number of episodes in the series, starring in over 206 episodes.

Rachel Bloom and Dan Gregor’s “Do You Want Kids?” has landed a development deal at ABC, TheWrap has learned.

Married couple Bloom and Gregor are set to write and executive produce the half-hour comedy, with the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” actress starring in the series as well. Steven Levitan and Danielle Stokdyk are also on board to EP via Levitan Productions.

“Do You Want Kids?,” which hails from 20th Television, centers on “a husband and wife who in one universe have a baby and the other do not, and the many ways that huge decision alters their lives,” per the official logline. Bloom and Gregor, who previously collaborated on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” are indeed married with one child in real life.

Bloom reunites with Levitan and Stokdyk after most recently starring on “Reboot,” which was produced by 20th Television and ran for one season on Hulu.

Beyond “Reboot,” Bloom is best known...

Exclusive: We can tell you first that Roadside Attractions has taken North American to the TIFF critically acclaimed Gia Coppola directed movie The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson in a career defining lead role.

The movie, which is a great 84% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics, takes audiences inside the glittering world of Las Vegas entertainment through the eyes of Shelley–as played by Anderson– a glamorous showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.

Roadside Attractions Co-Presidents’ Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff remarked “Pamela Anderson will bring some much-needed stardust to the world of cinema this fall in Gia Coppola’s extraordinary film. We are thrilled to join our friends at Utopia to release this film into awards season.”

Utopia’s Robert Schwartzman says “This has been a very special film since the beginning and continues to attract such incredible talent and collaborators.

Toronto film festival: an empty-headed attempt to give the star her version of The Wrestler is a regrettable misfire

The desire to see Pamela Anderson receive her flowers after being mistreated and denigrated by numerous parties – from the media to men in the industry to most recently Hulu – is strong enough to initially outweigh other concerns over her big-screen comeback. Even framing it as such feels like an understatement, the star having never received anything like the dramatic lead she’s been given in Vegas-set character drama The Last Showgirl. It’s a genuinely huge moment for Anderson after regaining control of her narrative with a well-received turn in Chicago on Broadway and a likable Netflix documentary which allowed her to right some wrongs.

But while goodwill might have propelled her here, to a ritzy Toronto film festival premiere, it can only take her so far. The film, directed by...

At the end of the Toronto Film Festival world premiere of her new film, The Last Showgirl, Canadian-born Pamela Anderson told the packed crowd, “This is the role I have been waiting for my entire career” before going on to joke that it’s the first “coherent” film script she was ever given. I can safely predict there will be more where this came from because Anderson is sensational as an aging Vegas showgirl, and the movie from director Gia Coppola — who says she has always wanted to make a film in Las Vegas — is smart, touching, funny, honest and wise. And if you think it is going the exploitational route like, say, Paul Verhoeven did in his Nc-17-rated Showgirls, think again.

This look at the lives of the infamous Vegas showgirls barely has any nudity and is character-driven, more akin to the underrated 1970 drama The Grasshopper with Jacqueline Bisset...

The Masked Singer Season 11 Judges’ Net Worth (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Fox TV’s The Masked Singer is a unique reality singing show where celebs compete against one another, but there is a fun twist. While performing, they wear fancy costumes and face masks to conceal their identities. The singing reality series is back with its Season 11, and the first episode premiered earlier this month. There had been a change in the judges’ panel this year as fan favorite Nicole Scherzinger did not return alongside Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, and Robin Thicke. Rita Ora has taken her place.

The fans were initially upset and worried about Nicole’s exit from the show. But it was later reported that Nicole was busy with the revival of Andrew Llyod Webber’s Sunset Boulevard in London’s West End. It began in September, which coincided with the reality show’s filming. As a result,...

In the fast-paced world of stock trading, even a seasoned player like Jordan Belfort, famously known as “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is raising eyebrows at the alleged stock prowess of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul. The controversial claims emerged during an exclusive interview on “The Tucker Carlson Show,” where Belfort […]

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The hit TV show Taxi aired on ABC and NBC from 1979 to 1983. The series focused on the employees of the Sunshine Taxi Company. Which Taxi cast member has the highest net worth today? Here’s what we know.

Jeff Conaway The cast of ‘Taxi.’ | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images

Net worth: $250,000

The late Jeff Conaway played the character Bobby Wheeler. Conaway had an estimated net worth of $250,000 at the time of his death, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He died on May 27, 2011. Conaway reportedly died after an accidental drug overdose. He was 60 years old.

Carol Kane Carol Kane | ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images

Net worth: $3 million

Carol Kane played the character Simka Dahblitz-Gravas. As of this writing, she has an estimated net worth of $3 million. One of Kane’s early acting roles was an appearance in the 1971 movie Carnal Knowledge.

Hey, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" fans. Tonight, January 31, 2023, ABC is most certainly going to hit you with another new episode of your favorite late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tonight's episode will be a little different as the CEO of a company will be on at some point. Tonight's episode will still feature some music along with a very famous actress. The first description reveals that the very famous, 55 year old, Canadian-American actress, model, and media personality Pamela Anderson will show up to talk with Jimmy at some point. Pamela is most popular for her iconic role as Cj aka Casey Jean Parker on the Baywatch TV series from way back in the day. She's also been in involved in productions like: 2017 Baywatch movie, The Institute, Love Advent, Package Deal TV show, Almost famous TV show, Superhero Movie, Stacked TV show, MADtv TV show, 8 Simple Rules TV show, Scary Movie 3 movie,...

In spite of the ongoing crypto winter, venture capitalists are investing millions in Web3 gaming startups. The latest platform taking advantage of that buzz is Stacked, a “Web3 startup studio” that just raised a 12.9 million Series A funding round.

Stacked co-founder Alex Lin told TechCrunch that his upcoming platform will essentially be “Twitch for Web3.” The streaming hub’s interface will probably look familiar to Twitch users, but its ownership structure is more novel. By dispensing tokens to top-performing creators, Stacked wants to ensure that its community maintains a majority stake in the company.

Like another well-funded Web3 startup, CreatorDAO, Stacked is positioning its financial system as a more egalitarian alternative to the models employed by Web 2.0 platforms. “If a video platform is only as good as its content, why do its content creators receive little to no ownership over the value they create?” asks the About page on the Stacked website.

Hulu’s upcoming Pam & Tommy series may be loaded with debauchery, but it’s also teeming with the love and sweetness of two wildly famous celebrities who fell hard and fast for each other. Yet despite the real story behind the headlines — that there was an unthinkable crime committed and a true invasion of privacy — the public’s main focal point was Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s leaked sex tape, which quickly became one of the most talked about scandals of our lifetime.

“It’s so easy to be drawn in by these big, salacious headlines, or a...

“Schmigadoon!” star Keegan-Michael Key and “Jackass” alum Johnny Knoxville are set to star on “Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan’s Hulu comedy pilot “Reboot,” TheWrap has learned.

Created by Levitan, “Reboot” — which is inspired by the TV industry’s recent slew of comedy revivals — centers on the story of Hulu rebooting an early 2000’s family sitcom, and how its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.

Levitan and John Enbom (“iZombie”) co-wrote the pilot script for the potential series based on a story by the “Modern Family” creator. Levitan and Enbom will executive produce alongside Danielle Stokdyk. Levitan’s home studio, 20th Television, is producing the pilot.

Should “Reboot” be ordered to series, it would mark the first streaming series for Levitan, who last year wrapped the 11-season run of ABC’s “Modern Family.” Along with that sitcom,...

Starz announced that Romola Garai, Jessica Raine, Tom Cullen and Bella Ramsey are joining the cast of “Becoming Elizabeth.”

The eight-episode series, centered on the early life of Queen Elizabeth, also features the previously announced Alicia von Rittburg as Elizabeth, starring alongside Oliver Zetterström, John Heffernan, Jamie Parker, Jamie Blackley, Jacob Avery, Alexandra Gilbreath, Leo Bill, Ekow Quartey, Alex Macqueen and Olivier Huband.

“Becoming Elizabeth” is created and written by Anya Reiss, who executive produces with George Ormond and George Faber, with Lisa Osborne producing. The series is produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television and The Forge.

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Netflix announced that “Lupin Part 2” will premiere on June 11. The series’ five-episode second installment follows Assane in search of a new plan after his quest for revenge against Hubert Pelligrini tears his family apart. Omar Sy stars alongside Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier,...

NBC has put in development Say Uncles, a multi-camera comedy from actor-comedian Elon Gold (Stacked), Universal TV and studio-based Aggregate (Growing Up Fisher). Written by Gold, Boyce Bugliari, Jamie McLaughlin, Say Uncles is based on Gold's real life, where he is caught in the middle of his interfering brothers and his impressionable children. Gold is not attached to star in the project, which is executive produced by Aggregate and Thruline’s Willie Mercer. Gold…...

Diane Haithman is an AwardsLine contributor. How many writer-producers does it take to make an Emmy-winning comedy? In the case of Modern Family, it’s a staff of 12 including co-creators/executive producers Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd. Like many series creators, Levitan and Lloyd mostly tapped colleagues from comedies they had either created or worked on to assemble a writers room where the team speaks the same language. Before creating Modern Family, Levitan and Lloyd worked on three comedies together: Wings, Frasier and the short-lived Back To You, which the pair co-created. Most members of Modern Family’s creative family are descendants of those three shows and/or two other comedies created by Levitan: Just Shoot Me and Stacked. AwardsLine has ventured deep into sitcom history — stripping the banana peel all the back way to 1990 — to trace the writing roots of Modern Family. Please note that this is not intended...

How I Met Your Mother executive producer Stephen Lloyd has closed a new two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Under the pact, Lloyd will continue as executive producer on the upcoming final season of the studio’s CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother, on which he has been since Season 1, and will join another 20th comedy series the following season, ABC’s Modern Family. Himym creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas “rely on Stephen tremendously, and we couldn’t imagine not having him on the show for its pivotal final season,” 20th TV chairman Gary Newman said. “It also speaks to how much we value Stephen that he’ll go straight from there to our incredibly important Modern Family the following year. He’s a hugely versatile writer who delivers both laugh-out-loud comedy and enormous heart, and every showrunner wants him on their team.” On Modern Family,...

Did the right pair get the boot? Find out who was cut & vote! Hollywood's best and brightest assembled to compete on Dancing with the Stars: All Stars this season, but after only one night of foxtrots and cha-cha-chas, the first celebrity couple was sent packing on the Sept. 25 results show. So which duo was the first to kiss its Mirror Ball Trophy dreams behind? Drum roll please... Pamela Anderson! That's right, the star of Baywatch, V.I.P., Stacked, Stripperella and (briefly) Home Improvement had the lowest overall score, so she and partner Tristan MacManus were forced to bid farewell to the competition. "I was ready for it, for sure," Pam admitted. "We got the lowest score. But it doesn't end here. We'll keep dancing." And although they weren't voted off this week, there were several other celebs in the danger zone: Bristol Palin, Drew Lachey were all up for elimination,...

In a move is bound to be lamented as typecasting, Pamela Anderson has been cast in the role of the Virgin Mary for an upcoming Canadian TV special.

The noted nudity advocate, amateur filmmaker and former "Baywatch" star will take on the role of the mother of Jesus Christ in "A Russell Peters Christmas Special," joining the noted Canuck comedian in what is sure to be a traditional and religiously respectful hour extravaganza.

Anderson has kept her showbiz career going over the past half decade, most recently co-starring in "Hollywood & Wine" with Chris Kattan, David Spade and Norm McDonald. She played Invisible Girl in the 2008 spoof "Superhero Movie," and took on the part of Skyler Dayton in the acclaimed TV series, "Stacked."

For more, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.

Marissa Jaret Winokur is re-entering the workforce with a gig on Retired at 35.

The Stacked actress has landed a series-regular role on the sophomore season of the TV Land comedy, TVLine has confirmed. Winkour is set to play a role described as the “bubbly” and “quick-witted” Amy Robins, the business-savvy but unlucky-in-love daughter of the show’s retirees (Jessica Walter and George Segal), and sister to Retired‘s leading man, David (Johnathan McClain).

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Winkour most recently co-hosted CBS’ The Talk before departing midway through its first season.

There was a lot of touching yesterday at the New Yorker Festival’s “Bluth Family Reunion” panel, which reunited Arrested Development’s main players — co-creator Mitchell Hurwitz, Portia De Rossi, David Cross, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, and Ron Howard (via speakerphone) — for the first time since they wrapped their final show in December 2005. There was plenty of talk about how Fox made a huge mistake when it canceled the series six years ago. And there was even unlimited juice — okay, that’s a lie, but it was still, in Buster’s words,...

The Chew producer speak out about ABC soap cancellations: "We were asked to join the daytime lineup because daytime tastes have changed." Charles Pratt Jr., executive producer of the new ABC Family show The Lying Game, said millions of young folks lap up the primetime soap-style shows on ABC Family and other networks catering to "millennials," viewers 12 to 34. Viacom, CBS and Time Warner report windfalls in television revenue. Benjamin Bratt's Private Practice character has been revealed. Felicity Huffman hopes she doesn't end up in "acting jail" after Desperate Housewives. Syfy cancels Eureka. Michelle Stafford added to Ringer cast.

The Chew producer speak out about ABC soap cancellations

Gordon Elliot, executive producer of The Chew, reasons that since there are plans for both All My Children and also-ending soap One Life To Live to continue online, why can't viewers watch it all, guilt-free? "We were asked to join the daytime...

The cast of "Glee" comes in at No. 3 in "Extra's" Entertainer of the Year poll!

Since its 2009 premiere, the Fox phenomenon has captured the hearts and giddy souls of American audiences older than the "High School Musical" crowd, but still who crave the musical theatricality provided weekly by "Glee."

The show's avid followers download every mashup and cover, as the cast sings everything from old show tunes to new music, spotlighting artists like Lady Gaga,...

Chicago – One of the most-beloved films of arguably the most important period in film history hits Blu-ray this week in a lavish “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” courtesy of the studio that does this kind of thing better than anyone else. With unique physical collectibles to go with great special features and a new HD transfer of the 35-year-old film, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” has lost none of its power.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” has long been one of those films that I admire and respect more than thoroughly love as much as I do some of its ’70s colleagues. It’s not my favorite film of its era, not my favorite Jack Nicholson performance, and not even my favorite Milos Forman film. And it won Best Picture in a year when that category was Stacked. I simply adore fellow nominees “Barry Lyndon,...

Every once in a while a trailer comes out that makes you think to yourself "oh my goodness that looks like nonsense... I Can't Wait To See It!"

In my social circles that has been the reaction to the trailers and commercials for "Piranha 3D" (which is hitting AMC Theatres everywhere this weekend)!  To us, the film looks like a throwback to the great cheesy horror/gore movies of the 80's much like "The Expendables" is for 80's action films.  It also looks like it aims to deliver that kind of fun.

But aside from the beastly little fishies with the big teeth, a lot of us are also looking forward to seeing this particular cast in action together.  Most of them have been huge at one point (and for good reason) but these days don't often get the recognition they deserve to get.

So with "Piranha 3D" opening this weekend,...

Steve Levitan, 47, is known for creating the TV series Just Shoot Me! Stark Raving Mad, Stacked, Back to You, with varying degrees of success. He's also known for being highly vocal in his displeasure with the networks (like NBC and Fox) at times. And, in the words of one producer, "for being the only Jew in Hollywood who wears a 44 long". But the veteran writer/producer -- who won an Emmy Award as executive producer of Frasier and has written for the Larry Sanders Show, Men Behaving Badly, The Wonder Years and other comedy shows -- is now a happy guy at the helm ABC’s Wednesday night sitcom hit Modern Family, which he co-runs with Chris Lloyd. While he has some strong feelings about the state of the TV industry, he admits in this Showrunner Q&A with Deadline contributor Diane Haithman -- done before Modern Family was nominated...

In honor of its return to Fox Tuesday, "Extra" has gathered little-known facts about "Glee" -- the cast, the characters, and every little tidbit you've ever wanted to know about the hit musical series!

Everything About 'Glee'Popular Pilot

The pilot of "Glee" premiered after the finale of "American Idol" in 2009, and averaged 9.619 million viewers. The pilot generated a lot of buzz before returning four months later.

Down Time

The show picked up...

So how old is Pamela Anderson? This seems to be a question swarming the world wide web and admittedly, we wanted to know just as much as everybody else so we did some searching to find out the former "Baywatch" stars true age.

Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American, was born July 1, 1967 which were make her 42 years of age. The actress has never had a problem staying in the spotlight from her leaked sex-tape featuring she and musician Tommy Lee to starring in her own television sitcom titled "Stacked". Now, Anderson is in the spotlight again with her new gig on ABC's hit reality series "Dancing with the Stars". The judges have already called her 'Striperella' and told her that she oozes 'sex, sex, sex'. That should definitely keep the ratings up for the show (because you know men will want to tune in now).

Pamela Anderson stated on the show that she...

While Bones fans are quite displeased over the casting of Rena Sofer as a potential love interest for Booth, they might not be as critical of this announcement:

Elon Gold will debut on the show in April in the potentially recurring role of a love interest for Camille.

The actor has guest-starred on The Mentalist and was a series regular on Fox’s short-lived Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked. Let's never speak of that again.

Earlier this month, Bones producer Stephen Nathan told Entertainment Weekly that Cam will meet her new man “in a very bizarre way.” He also said the romance “complicates [Cam's] relationship with her adopted daughter, Michelle.”

Hmmm... interesting. Bones returns with a new episode on April 1.

Make no bones about it: Cam's getting a boyfriend on Bones! Actor-comedian Elon Gold — best known from Fox's short-lived Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked — is joining the cast as a love interest for Cam. As exec producer Stephen Nathan recently teased, Cam will meet her new beau "in a very bizarre way." He added that the romance "complicates [Cam's] relationship with her adopted daughter, Michelle." Elon's potentially recurring gig kicks off in April. Thoughts? Happy that Cam is getting a juicy storyline and a little nookie-nookie to boot? Photo Credit: Taylor: Isabella Vosmikova/Fox; Gold: Tom Walck/PR Photos...

"Glee" star Chris Colfer tells "Extra" he's enjoyed covering Top 40 artists like Beyoncé as a member of the high school choir on the hit Fox show, but you shouldn't expect to hear any Garth Brooks or Carrie Underwood tunes performed on the show.

"I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists," says Colfer, who plays Kurt.

See our "Glee" cast photo gallery

"My parents dressed me up with a...

The cast of "Glee" opened Game 3 of the World Series last night singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes on "Glee," sang a beautiful rendition of the song with other cast members.

The game ended with the NY Yankees beating the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.

See photos of the cast of "Glee"

The cast was offered the opportunity to sing at the World Series after an invitation to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was rescinded by NBC.

Broadway vet Matthew Morrison shines as "Glee" club head Will Schuester -- but admits to "Extra" that the musical show is more work than he bargained for!

"I've done some other TV work where you spend a lot of time in your trailer -- that's not the case on this show," Morrison reveals to "Extra" during a photo shoot for Orange Coast magazine. "It's like theatre boot camp -- we're shooting an episode while we're in dance rehearsals,...

Dianna Agron is the center of attention as Quinn Fabray on the hit series "Glee," the actress tells "Extra" that in real life, the new attention she's receiving "blows her away."

"I'm not getting used to it," Dianna admitted at Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood Tribute. "I mean, we hoped... but this is beyond our wildest dreams. It still blows me away."

The sing-song show has been a huge success for Fox in both ratings and brand marketing.

Forget the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -- the cast of "Glee" is ready to play ball! Fox has confirmed to the L.A. Times that the sing-song cast of the hit series "Glee" will sing the National Anthem during Game 3 of the World Series, scheduled for October 31. The game will be in Los Angeles or Philadelphia, depending on which team ends up in the series against the Yankees or Angels.

Ryan Murphy, the creator of "Glee," says he "understands" NBC's decision to pull the musical cast from their broadcast of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

"I completely understand NBC's position, and look forward to seeing a Jay Leno float," Murphy cracked to EW about the "Glee" diss. Yesterday, it was reported that NBC requested that parade organizers rescind an invitation to the actors from the Fox show to appear at the holiday event, for fear that...

Calling all Gleeks! "Glee" became an instant fan favorite after premiering on Fox this year -- and rumor has it, a music tour is in the works!

According to Entertainment Weekly, "Glee" is in talks to transfer from TV to a live stage for a music tour. Fox broadcasting President Kevin Reilly dishes, "We've had a tremendous amount of enthusiasm from our music partners. Certainly if these kids become stars in their own right, who knows?...

"Extra" has gathered little-known facts about "Glee" -- the cast, the characters, and every little tidbit you've ever wanted to know about the hit musical series!

Everything About 'Glee'Popular Pilot

The pilot of "Glee" premiered after the finale of "American Idol" in 2009, and averaged 9.619 million viewers. The pilot generated a lot of buzz before returning four months later.

Down Time

The show picked up four months after the pilot aired, on September...

Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson played a gay character in the late, unlamented Fox sitcom Do Not Disturb, but he will have a chance to put that dud behind him with his new role in the intriguing ABC pilot An American Family:

 

Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd's docu-style single-camera comedy Family, from 20th TV, revolves around three families: one comprised of a working dad, stay-at-home mom and two kids; another that includes a 60-year-old man who becomes a stepfather after marrying a Latina who is 30 years his junior; and the third, a gay couple who have just adopted a Vietnamese baby. Ferguson will play one of the gay dads.  

It's a fresh idea, and with the pedigree of Levitan and Lloyd behind it (who have helped helm such classics as Frasier, The Golden Girls, and The Larry Sanders Show), it could turn out to be something special.

Of course, those...

While you're out shopping in stores today, you could see some of the talent from cancelled TV shows. Others may be hard at work on shows like 90210, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Samantha Who?, and Damages. Those keeping busy include William H. Macy (Sports Night), Rob Thomas, Ken Marino and Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars), Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks), Adam Scott (Tell Me You Love Me), Jane Lynch (Help Me Help You), Lizzy Caplan (The Class), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), David E. Kelley (Boston Legal), Matt Lanter (Commander in Chief), Tracy Pollan (Family Ties), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Stacked), Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie), Dean McDermott (Tori & Dean: Inn Love), Rena Sofer (Just Shoot Me!), Connor Trinneer (Star Trek: Enterprise), Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Billy Zane (Twin Peaks), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), and Wendy Diamond (Greatest American Dog).

Remember on Bewitched when Dick York was replaced by Dick Sargent?...

Warner Bros. is pressing "Control-Alt-Delete," picking up the high-concept spec from writers Tim Kelleher and Danny Zuker. Bob Shaye and Dylan Sellers are producing through their Unique Features banner.

The concept is described as "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" meets "The Matrix." Sarah Schechter and Jesse Ehrman are overseeing for the studio.

Unique, formed in June by Shaye and fellow New Line founder Michael Lynne, is developing an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's futuristic sci-fi epic "Foundation." Vince Gerardis also is a producer on that project.

Kelleher, repped by Wma, is a longtime character actor who will be seen in Will Smith's "Seven Pounds." His only other writing credit is 1996's Disney comedy "First Kid."

CAA-repped Zuker is a longtime TV writer-producer with credits ranging from "Roseanne" and "Just Shoot Me!" to "Oliver Beene" and "Stacked."...

Fox Digital Media has launched "Fox on Demand," a network first that allows nine of Fox's owned-and-operated stations to offer online access to full-length episodes of select primetime series. Using the MyFox Local Web platform and video player created by Fox Interactive Media's Stations Group, viewers can watch free and sponsor-supported streamed episodes from the Fox series Prison Break, Bones, American Dad, The Loop and Stacked anytime on the stations' local MyFox Web sites. The broadcast markets involved include New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, Washington, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Fla., Birmingham, Ala., and Greensboro, N.C. In those markets, the stations' Web sites have been revamped and given new domain names that reflect the "My Fox" branding campaign that appears to be an effort to tie in with News Corp.-owned social networking powerhouse MySpace. In Los Angeles, for example, Fox O&O KTTV-TV's Web site is now www.myfoxla.com.

Rebecca Romijn's new TV show Pepper Dennis and Pamela Anderson's sitcom Stacked are two of the casualties in one of US TV's most ruthless cutbacks. The two shows join a long list of programs that will not return this autumn for new series on their respective networks. In Pepper Dennis, Romijn played an unlucky in love reporter, while Anderson was praised for her role as a busty bookstore employee. Also cancelled, according to top US magazine TV Guide, are long-running comedy The Bernie Mac Show, Jenna Elfman's Courting Alex, doomed Friends spin-off Joey and cult drama Everwood.

Fox has reshuffled its midseason Thursday schedule, sliding teen soap The O.C. to 9 p.m. O.C. will make the move from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 12., when it will be joined on the Thursday schedule by veteran comedy That '70s Show. That '70s Show will run back-to-back episodes in the 8 p.m. Thursday hour until March 16, when Carsey-Werner's current companion on Wednesday, Stacked, will take over the 8:30 p.m. slot. Fox's original midseason plans featured That '70s Show and Stacked relocating to Thursday's 9 p.m. period March 2 (HR 12/1).

Crime paid once again for CBS on Wednesday. The eye network easily won the night on the strength of 9 p.m. drama Criminal Minds, which drew 15.3 million viewers and 4.7 rating/12 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, and 10 p.m.'s CSI: NY (16.1 million, 5.5/15), according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. ABC was CBS' nearest competitor on the 18-49 side, thanks to the 9 p.m. repeat of Lost (8.1 million, 3.1/8). NBC's highest marks of the night came at 10 p.m. with the encore of Law & Order (9.4 million, 3.0/8). Fox didn't have much to shout about either with comedies That '70s Show (6.3 million, 2.9/9) and Stacked (4.5 million, 2.0/6) leading into Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy (6.3 million, 2.8/7). For the night, CBS led with an average of 13.1 million viewers and 4.2/12 in the key demo.

Pamela Anderson scooped a legal victory yesterday, when a California judge granted her request for a restraining order against an alleged stalker. The hearing ended in a matter of minutes, with the Santa Monica Superior Court judge stating there is clear and convincing evidence to issue a three-year restraining order against William Peter Stansfield, 29. Neither Anderson nor Stansfield were present in court. The former Baywatch beauty had claimed that English-born Stansfield followed her all over Malibu, California, where she lives with her sons Brandon, nine, and Dylan, seven. In court papers, Anderson alleged that Stansfield harassed her brother, her assistant and most recently showed up at her children's school. According to the court documents, Anderson confronted Stansfield at her children's school, stating, "He began talking to me, explaining that he wanted me to stop working on (my TV sitcom) Stacked and work on a movie with a script that he had written for me." Stansfield had allegedly been camping in a tent in Malibu - not far from Anderson's home.

Former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson has filed for a restraining order against superfan William Stansfield. The actress/model claims that Stansfield has been following her all over Malibu, California, where she lives with her young sons. In court papers, obtained by US news show Extra, Anderson alleges Stansfield has harassed her brother, her assistant and most recently showed up at her children's school. According to the court documents, Anderson confronted Stansfield at her children Brandon and Dylan's school, stating, "He began talking to me, explaining that he wanted me to stop working on Stacked (new TV sitcom) and work on a movie with a script that he had written for me." Stansfield has allegedly been camping in a tent in Malibu - not far from Anderson's home.

Wednesday was a see-saw night of fierce competition among the Big Four networks. ABC dominated the opening hour of primetime with Lost, Fox took over at 9 p.m. with American Idol while CBS popped at 10 p.m. with CSI: NY. Fox took the night overall thanks to the double-digit demo injection from Idol, which pulled in 25.6 million viewers and 11.1 rating/27 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. At 9:30 p.m., fledgling comedy Stacked (11.3 million, 5.3/13) kept Fox on top in the demo despite ceding significant ground from its lead-in. ABC was No. 1 at 8 p.m. by a mile with Lost (16.6 million, 6.2/18) as the thriller careens toward its two-hour finale on May 25. CBS saw a modest turnout from 8-10 p.m. with the second half of its Elvis biopic, which finished out with an average of 10.5 million viewers and 2.9/8 in adults 18-49. Still, Elvis placed second in the 9 p.m. hour the Fox combo, while ABC's Alias (10.1 million, 4.1/10) was second in 18-49.

Wednesday was a see-saw night of fierce competition among the Big Four networks. ABC dominated the opening hour of primetime with Lost, Fox took over at 9 p.m. with American Idol while CBS popped at 10 p.m. with CSI: NY. Fox took the night overall thanks to the double-digit demo injection from Idol, which pulled in 25.6 million viewers and 11.1 rating/27 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. At 9:30 p.m., fledgling comedy Stacked (11.3 million, 5.3/13) kept Fox on top in the demo despite ceding significant ground from its lead-in. ABC was No. 1 at 8 p.m. by a mile with Lost (16.6 million, 6.2/18) as the thriller careens toward its two-hour finale on May 25. CBS saw a modest turnout from 8-10 p.m. with the second half of its Elvis biopic, which finished out with an average of 10.5 million viewers and 2.9/8 in adults 18-49. Still, Elvis placed second in the 9 p.m. hour the Fox combo, while ABC's Alias (10.1 million, 4.1/10) was second in 18-49.

Animal rights campaigner Pamela Anderson was horrified when she was asked to shoot a television scene with a live chimpanzee - and abruptly refused. The pneumatic blonde, famed for her work with People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA), has been filming US television show Stacked with actor Christopher Lloyd, who plays a retired scientist traumatised by memories of sending primates into outer space for Nasa. Anderson was keen to raise awareness of the terrifying tests animals are subjected to, but she refused to go any further with the show until an alternative to a live chimp was found. A source tells gossip site The Scoop, "Pam was fine about portraying the tests as frightening, but she drew the line at using a real chimp on the show. Pam said, 'I asked them to lose the chimp. We've replaced him with a robot! The scenes are much funnier with the robot anyway - it's a very sci-fi vibe.'"...

Wednesday was something of an off night for the Big Four broadcast networks, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. ABC was less potent than usual in the 8 p.m. hour with its clip-show recap episode of Lost, NBC's 9 p.m. drama Revelations dipped in its third outing and CBS' CSI: NY was good but not great at 10 p.m. against a repeat of NBC's Law & Order. Fox's 9 p.m. American Idol results show (23.7 million, 10.3/26) beat the downtrend by improving slightly from the previous week. At 9:30 p.m., Fox gave its new Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked (11.5 million, 5.3/13) a test-drive in the lucrative post-Idol berth. Stacked improved significantly on the lead-in retention rate of other comedies Fox has tried behind Idol this season but it still had a hard time hanging on to its coattails. ABC opened the night with Lost: The Journey (13.4 million, 4.8/14) which didn't pack the same punch as an original episode. At 9 p.m., NBC's Revelations (8.9 million, 3.4/9) was down from last week's numbers but still improved on its Dateline NBC lead-in (6.5 million, 2.1/6), despite the Idol factor and atypical combination from CBS' special airing of a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation repeat (11.6 million, 3.5/9). The CSI repeat lead-in gave a lift to its 10 p.m. offspring, CSI: NY (14.4 million, 5.1/14), which dominated the hour against the Law & Order encore (9.5 million, 3.1/8) and ABC's Eyes (6.7 million, 2.4/6). For the night, Fox led with an average of 12.2 million viewers and 5.5/15 in the adults 18-49 demographic. CBS was No. 2 in viewers (11.6 million) and tied with ABC for No. 2 in adults 18-49 (3.5/9).