Shannen appearing on North Shore
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:31 pm
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Fox is hoping to make Mondays a bitch again.
Net has signed former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Shannen Doherty (news) to join the cast of its Monday sudser "North Shore." Starting with the Sept. 20 episode, she'll play Alexandra Hudson, the bitchy -- er, "ambitious" -- long-lost sister of series star Brooke Burns (news).
By recruiting Doherty, net clearly is pulling a Heather -- that is, recruiting a familiar face to play a diva-like character in a bid to add some spark to a struggling first-year serial. Formula worked like a charm when Heather Locklear started appearing as a "very special guest star" midway through the first year of Fox's "Melrose Place."
Plan was so successful, Fox ultimately began promoting its Monday lineup with the tagline "Mondays are a bitch."
Doherty, who was last a series regular on "Charmed," has signed on for a three-episode arc of the Hawaii-based sudser, with an option to become a series regular if Fox greenlights additional episodes of the show. Net has ordered three backup scripts on top of the show's initial 13-seg order; a decision on filming more will be made early next month.
Reached at home while packing for Hawaii, Doherty said she's flattered by the Locklear mentions.
"The comparison to Heather has been brought up to me," she said. "It's great to be compared to her. I'm lucky because I have a really loyal fan base and I hope they come over."
Doherty said she doesn't want her new character to be a run-of-the-mill diva, however.
"We're still fleshing her out ... (but) I think Alexandra has a lot of vulnerability," she said. "She grew up knowing her dad was alive and that he knew she was alive, yet wanted nothing to do with her. I'm sure she has some daddy issues."
Fox exec VP Craig Erwich said he viewed Doherty's joining "North Shore" as "an event."
"Our viewers still have an attachment to her," he said. "To the extent that 'North Shore' is a serialized drama, Shannen's one of the best players for that (genre). The producers have already been giving us really promotable episodes, and this is another (thing) to get noticed with."
Doherty's last TV gig was hosting the Sci Fi Channel reality skein "Scare Tactics." She had been developing a skein with Gavin Polone's Pariah; she said that project "will be pushed back to 2006."
"North Shore," from 20th Century Fox TV, is exec produced by Chris Brancato and Bert Salke.
Site: www.fox.com/northshore/
Fox is hoping to make Mondays a bitch again.
Net has signed former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Shannen Doherty (news) to join the cast of its Monday sudser "North Shore." Starting with the Sept. 20 episode, she'll play Alexandra Hudson, the bitchy -- er, "ambitious" -- long-lost sister of series star Brooke Burns (news).
By recruiting Doherty, net clearly is pulling a Heather -- that is, recruiting a familiar face to play a diva-like character in a bid to add some spark to a struggling first-year serial. Formula worked like a charm when Heather Locklear started appearing as a "very special guest star" midway through the first year of Fox's "Melrose Place."
Plan was so successful, Fox ultimately began promoting its Monday lineup with the tagline "Mondays are a bitch."
Doherty, who was last a series regular on "Charmed," has signed on for a three-episode arc of the Hawaii-based sudser, with an option to become a series regular if Fox greenlights additional episodes of the show. Net has ordered three backup scripts on top of the show's initial 13-seg order; a decision on filming more will be made early next month.
Reached at home while packing for Hawaii, Doherty said she's flattered by the Locklear mentions.
"The comparison to Heather has been brought up to me," she said. "It's great to be compared to her. I'm lucky because I have a really loyal fan base and I hope they come over."
Doherty said she doesn't want her new character to be a run-of-the-mill diva, however.
"We're still fleshing her out ... (but) I think Alexandra has a lot of vulnerability," she said. "She grew up knowing her dad was alive and that he knew she was alive, yet wanted nothing to do with her. I'm sure she has some daddy issues."
Fox exec VP Craig Erwich said he viewed Doherty's joining "North Shore" as "an event."
"Our viewers still have an attachment to her," he said. "To the extent that 'North Shore' is a serialized drama, Shannen's one of the best players for that (genre). The producers have already been giving us really promotable episodes, and this is another (thing) to get noticed with."
Doherty's last TV gig was hosting the Sci Fi Channel reality skein "Scare Tactics." She had been developing a skein with Gavin Polone's Pariah; she said that project "will be pushed back to 2006."
"North Shore," from 20th Century Fox TV, is exec produced by Chris Brancato and Bert Salke.
Site: www.fox.com/northshore/