When Jason Priestley was cast as a guest star on Thursday night's "My Name is Earl," airing on NBC at 8 p.m., the character's name was Brandon. But the powers that be quickly decided it was too cute for Jason to play someone with the same name as the character he made famous on "Beverly Hills, 90210" -- so they changed it to Blake.
Funnyman JAMIE KENNEDY will be shifting gears to appear as a regular in the CBS drama "Ghost Whisperer," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Kennedy, who has appeared in various comedies and produced and starred in his prank show "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment," will play a graduate student in psychology who forms a bond with JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT's character Melinda.
PARIS HILTON will guest-star as herself when "My Name is Earl" returns to the airwaves with the show's first original episode since the writers strike ended, NBC announced Tuesday.
NBC today announced that April will mark the return of new episodes of several of its comedy and drama series. Those shows not named below are still under consideration with an announcement to come later. The network also announced pickups for the 2008-2009 season for "Chuck," "Life" and "Heroes."
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Just moments after her first-ever Emmy win as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, "My Name Is Earl" star JAIME PRESSLY describes her elation to ET's MARK STEINES backstage!
"Aside from giving birth, this is the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me," she tells Mark, adding with a laugh, "Earl's list is about righting wrongs; I mean, maybe I've done some films and television shows that have been wrong, and maybe this is me righting that wrong by doing a really great show, but it's all about opportunity."
For more of Jaime's backstage speech, go to the ET Emmy minisite!
Revisit your much-loved TV moments with the DVDs of such faves as "Hart to Hart," "Battlestar Galactica," "South Park" and more!
"Hart to Hart: The Complete Second Season" -- Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers star as a husband-and-wife amateur detective team. Created by author Sidney Sheldon, the 20 episodes of season two are available in this five-disc set.
Thursday night at 9 o'clock this fall will be the battle of the TV titans as CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" goes up against ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." ET gets the inside scoop from CRAIG TOMASHOFF, TV Guide's West Coast Bureau Chief, on who will win the ratings race.
"CBS at the moment stands a chance of winning the night because it has two established shows already [and a new show, 'Shark'] that will look and feel like an established show, but ABC stands a very good chance of making some inroads because they have 'Grey's Anatomy,' and are following it with a show ['Six Degrees'] that is very like-minded," he handicaps. "NBC may do well early in the evening because they have the comedies ['My Name is Earl' and 'The Office'], but it is going to be very tough for them after that."
When Joy (JAIME PRESSLY) gets married on Tuesday night's "My Name Is Earl," airing at 9 p.m. on NBC, she tries to make sure that her something old isn't her ex-husband Earl (JASON LEE), so she doesn't send him an invitation to her wedding to Darnell (EDDIE STEEPLES). She even goes so far as to invite Randy (ETHAN SUPLEE), Earl's brother, with the warning that he can bring "anyone but Earl."
To add insult to injury, Joy sets the date for her walk down the aisle on Earl's birthday, and invites all his buddies so he has no one to celebrate with. Of course, that means Earl has to crash, and when he does, something goes wrong and he has to add ruining Joy's wedding to the list of wrongs he has to right.
Last week, the debut of ABC's "Commander-In-Chief" won its timeslot by a landslide, making the GEENA DAVIS drama about the first female president a bona fide hit. But will Geena's victory send that other little political drama, "The West Wing," south?
"I have a feeling that many of the people watching 'Commander-In-Chief' tuned in out of curiosity because they may be disgruntled 'West Wing' fans looking for that political fix every week," TV Guide critic MATT ROUSH tells ET. "The early numbers are very promising, but it's going to take some time. Are they going to come back week after week? The election is not over."
"My Name is Earl," NBC's quirky comedy about redemption, is getting a lot of good buzz, due in part to its charismatic leading man JASON LEE ('Almost Famous'). Jason stars as Earl, a low-rent crook, who decides restitution for his past crimes is what he needs to get his life in order. His inspiration comes when he wins $100,000 in the lottery, loses the ticket and then finds it again.
While watching CARSON DALY on TV, Earl is introduced to the idea of karma and decides it is one worth pursuing. But even as he makes up his list -- more than 250 wrongs to be righted -- he finds it difficult to walk the straight and narrow and stumbles -- one step forward, two back -- in his attempts to set his house in order.
Coming up for mid-season is the sitcom "Thick and Thin," which is the story of a formerly overweight young woman (JESSICA CAPSHAW) who's learning how to feel comfortable in her newly svelte body, while dealing with her overweight mother (SHARON GLESS) and sister (AMY HALLORAN). For Sharon, this particular show has a resonance, since weight is an issue that she has had to deal with as an actress.
"After 'Cagney & Lacey,' I put on a lot of weight, and the reaction in Hollywood was horrible," she recalls. "It's one of the reasons I want to do the show, because I've been there and back. I've been all over. They handle it so beautifully on the show, and it's also very funny. I asked my husband, I said, 'Why is everybody going after me? Tyne Daily and I are the same size.' He said, 'Honey, they can't forgive the blonde. You broke their heart.'"
There's an old showbiz expression, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard," so with just a few months until the networks launch their fall 2005 schedules, ET spoke to Inside TV Senior Editor DEBRA BIRNBAUM to find out just how the new comedies are stacking up.
"I think we will see sitcoms coming back and it is a welcome relief for the fall schedule," says Debra. "There are a lot of exciting sitcoms coming down the pike following on the success of 'Two and a Half Men.' I think people are looking for a reason to sit back and laugh after the success of shows like 'Friends,' 'Frasier ' and 'Sex and the City.' People really miss those shows and they are looking for a replacement.
NBC, which slipped from first place to fourth in the oh-so-important 18-49 demo in the 2004-2005 season, is ramping up its new fall lineup with three new dramas, one new comedy and two unscripted series, including the previously announced "The Apprentice: MARTHA STEWART," in its attempt to reclaim its title.
"We're very excited and encouraged by the lineup we're presenting today," said JEFF ZUCKER, NBC president, NBC Universal Television Group.
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