Last night Jessica Simpson finally spoke out following her sister Ashlee's firing from Melrose Place. The pop star tweeted: "CW catching up on MP.who writes this crap? i have had bad scripts to work with,but this? thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press."

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's part (Violet Foster) was cut from the show, along with co-star Colin Egglesfield's character Auggie Kirkpatrick.

Executive producer Todd Slavkin explained, "We felt that once the murder mystery (involving their characters) was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift and (Simpson-Wentz's...

The television networks are axing shows that aren't performing or haven't had a chance to perform (The Beautiful Life: TBL, Southland) and are giving full-season orders to those that are meeting expectations (Glee, FlashForward, etc.).

There are several new shows this year that are currently on the fence - and they could be either canceled or given a chance to find the necessary audience to keep them alive.

Which shows do you think deserve to stay on air? Vote in the poll, and let us know in the comments!

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Heather Locklear will reprise her role as scheming vixen Amanda Woodward of "Melrose Place" on November 17. Check out some photos from the episode!

In the 1980s, Locklear starred in Dynasty and as the ever-imperiled lady cop Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker. She joined the popular 1990s series of "Melrose Place" at the end of season one and stayed on throughout the series' successful seven-year run. She later starred in Spin City and LAX.

Will Locklear's return to "Melrose" revive her career and/or the show? We sure hope so. This week the series hit a new low with just 1.40 million viewe...

Actress Brooke Burns is celebrating after her lost dog was found safe and well.

The Melrose Place star and her daughter Madison, nine, were left devastated this week after three-year-old black Maltipoo Max escaped from their Toluca Lake, California home when painters left a door open.

Burns offered a $250 reward for Max's safe return - and she was delighted when a pooch matching the description of her Maltipoo was discovered by a neighbor of her dog groomer, reports TMZ.com.

The pet has now been reunited with Burns.

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Green campaigners have urged Megan Fox to reduce her carbon footprint, after confessing she leaves all the lights on in her house because she's afraid of the dark.

The Transformers beauty, 23, admitted last week that she insists on keeping her home well-lit to avoid returning to a dark, empty place.

She said, "I've been afraid of the dark my whole life. If I go into my house at night and the lights have been turned off... I have to run from the door to the light switch to turn it on... I'm just afraid of what I can't see."

But Fox's comments have prompted campaigners at non-profit ...

Heather Locklear will reprise her role as scheming vixen Amanda Woodward of "Melrose Place," which airs Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on The CW. Locklear will make her debut appearance on the show Tuesday, November 17.

"We’re ecstatic to have the chance to bring Amanda Woodward back to ‘Melrose Place,’" said executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer. “Heather’s involvement in the show is something we’ve been working on for some time as we couldn’t imagine creating and producing this show without the iconic character’s inclusion.”

Locklear joined the popular 1990s series of...

Since CNN has such a blast creating a report card to track the Presidency, we decided to have some fun with television. Which networks come out strong and which ones need to do better homework?

MAJOR NETWORKS

ABC: B

The Good: The dramas are what keep us coming back to ABC. Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, FlashForward, and V are worth looking forward to. The one comedy that stands out and may hold itself against NBC's stellar comedies, Modern Family, is worth a few episodes past the pilot.

The Bad: Dancing With The Stars is extremely popular, however sometimes too much of a ...

Summer coming to an end can only mean one thing - it is time for our favorite television shows to return. Along with the top-rated shows we've come to love, such as Dancing With The Stars and CSI, the fall 2009-10 schedule is filled with newcomers just waiting to hit number one.

Check out our list of the 10 new fall shows we cant wait to watch:

Because one of something is never enough, the CW has taken on another cult-classic remake - Melrose Place. This time around the clothes are skimpier, the people are sexier and the fights are much more entertaining. While the show will have the...

Laura Leighton and Colin Egglesfield, stars of the newest CW reboot Melrose Place, recently sat down with Starpulse to chat about what fans can expect from the new series.

Starpulse: The show reads like a standard daytime soap. Do you see any real difference?

Laura Leighton: It is definitely a nighttime soap, but this version is definitely modern and much more sophisticated than in the 90s, and I was there for that one. It's more sophisticated cinematically and its more dark and edgier. It's been everyone's pleasant surprise to tune in and say, 'Wow, they've done some interesting t...

Calling all those who miss the mid '90s! The Melrose Place remake is almost here, and you are not going to want to miss it! The new "Melrose Place" is said to be hotter, sexier, darker and much more dramatic, and it all starts with a dead body found in the pool.

Original "Melrose Place" alums Thomas Calabro and Laura Leighton will reprise their roles of Dr. Michael Mancini and Sydney Andrews, but it is the newcomers that everyone is anxious to see. Will they live up to the high standards of the cult classic? Find out on the premiere, Tuesday, September 8, 2009 on the CW.

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Heather Locklear is in talks to possibly reprise her role as the conniving ad exec Amanda Woodward on the upcoming revamp of the popular ’90s series "Melrose Place," according to People.com.

Original series stars Laura Leighton, Thomas Calabro, Josie Bissett and Daphne Zuniga are starring in the new show.

The CW and Locklear’s rep declined to comment on the reported talks.

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The concept of 'jumping the shark' is a fatal one for many involved in television. It all began in the tragic episode of 'Happy Days' in which iconic character, The Fonz, literally jumps over a shark, thus placing a death toll on the rest of the series. Decades later, some TV writers have playfully used the term in decidedly ironic tones, both 'The X-Files' and 'Supernatural' have episodes titled 'Jump the Shark' (Note: a portion of 'Supernatural's' crew are 'X-Files' alum) that tiptoe the line of throwing a series into oblivion.

We will have a few current TV shows that we believe ar...

Actress Heather Locklear has shot down fresh rumors she's to marry on/off boyfriend Jack Wagner after she was spotted out in Los Angeles with a diamond ring on her wedding finger.

The former Melrose Place star has been romantically linked to Wagner since early 2007 and the couple has been dogged by wedding speculation for months.

Locklear reignited the rumors last week when she was seen arriving at LAX Airport from New York with a diamond band on her left hand.

She removed the jewelry for a red carpet appearance that weekend but the ring was back on her finger when she stepped out ...

The pilot episode of The CW's revamped "Melrose Place" includes a murder, an engagement, prostitution and so much more.

Like its predecessor, the show revolves around a bunch of 20-somethings who live in the same apartment complex. This drama has just the right elements to make a primetime soap fan giddy: inappropriate relationships, bribery, death and, well, you get the point.

On the series premiere, original characters Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro) and Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton) make appearances, and while one is major the other is forgettable. Where is Heather Locklear whe...

Former Melrose Place star Lisa Rinna suffered postpartum depression after the birth of her two daughters, and feared it would drive her to murder her family.

The 45-year-old mother-of-two tells all about her dark past in her new book Rinnivation: Getting Your Best Life Ever.

Rinna admits she set out to write about diet and fitness, but she found herself haunted by visions of killing her actor husband Harry Hamlin and their daughters, Delilah, 10, and Amelia, seven.

And the project soon became a way for the actress to reach out to other women who have suffered in a similar way...

With an eagerly anticipated Gossip Girl spinoff in the offing, as well as a number of other spinoffs and remakes, the 2009-2010 television fall schedule feels awfully familiar. Unfortunately, there's no rhyme or reason as to whether these spinoffs actually fly. For every Frasier, there is a Joey. The winners are shows that garnered critical acclaim and/or cult status. The losers are shows that destroyed the integrity of beloved characters and were generally poorly written and conceived.

Some of the more recent TV spinoff successes and failures:

Successes

Frasier - Who would ...

The man who pays Homer Simpson's wages has topped a new magazine poll to find the worst TV boss. The Simpsons' C. Montgomery Burns has beaten celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, Tony Soprano and Donald Trump to land the top spot on the TV Guide list.

Grey's Anatomy's Miranda Bailey, played by Chandra Wilson, topped the publication's Best Boss list, beating Melrose Place's Amanda Woodward and the man behind Charlie's Angels, Charles Townsend.

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Former Melrose Place star Lisa Rinna's recent Playboy magazine reveal has inspired her to play a sexy older woman in a new TV project.

The actress paid homage to movie legend Anne Bancroft's The Graduate seductress Mrs. Robinson in the pages of the current issue of Playboy - and now she wants a similar role in a TV series.

She says, "I have another great character in me. I think maybe a Mrs. Robinson type. I'm gonna put that out in the universe."

However, Rinna insists she won't be playing such a role on the Melrose Place remake; despite lobbying for a return to the show w...

Heather Locklear won't be part of the Melrose Place update because she's not convinced writers can find a way of bringing her character Amanda Woodward back.

Locklear was considered a definite for the remake of the 1980s soap, but she has turned down an offer to join the cast.

A source tells EW.com, "There wasn't a way to bring her back that made sense."

The actress' reps have confirmed Locklear has declined the offer to return to the role.

The new show, which is slated to hit TV screens later this year, will feature new mum Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and David Cassidy's daugh...

Mischa Barton has abandoned her role in the remake of TV series Melrose Place to star as a struggling supermodel in a new pilot developed by Ashton Kutcher.

The actress and former model was reportedly in negotiations to star in the revival of the original 1990s series, which launched the careers of Marcia Cross and Kristin Davis. But now she's signed on to star in Beautiful Life, a TV drama about a group of models living together in a mixed sex residence in New York City. Barton will play Sonja, a supermodel struggling to save her flailing fashion career.

She tells E! News, "Th...

Pop star Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is returning to work full-time with a role in the remake of TV hit Melrose Place - just four months after becoming a mother.

The 24-year-old and her rocker husband Pete Wentz welcomed son Bronx Mowgli in November, and the star has been enjoying an extended break from her singing and acting careers. But Simpson-Wentz, who previously starred in a recurring role on TV's 7th Heaven in 2002, will follow up a recent guest appearance on crime drama CSI: NY by taking on the part of Violet, a small town girl with a sex-kitten alter ego in the updated version of Me...

Pop star Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is preparing to return to the small screen with a part on the Melrose Place remake, according to a new report.

The 24-year-old landed a recurring role on 7th Heaven in 2002 and spent two years a member of the TV drama's cast. And now she is set to act again after landing the part of Violet, a "small town girl" who is actually a "shrewd sex kitten within," reports Entertainment Weekly.

TV bosses at The CW, who brought back Beverly Hills 90210 as a spin-off last year, have ordered the production of a pilot episode of the new Melrose Place.

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Mischa Barton is heading back to TV - she's in negotiations to star in the Melrose Place remake. The former O.C. star has confirmed she is in talks to join the cast of the show.

Barton ended her run as rich kid Marissa Cooper on teen drama "The O.C." in 2006. TV bosses at The CW, who brought back Beverly Hills 90210 as a spin-off last year, have ordered the production of a pilot episode of the new Melrose Place.

The show, which ran from 1992 to 1999, launched the careers of Marcia Cross and Kristin Davis and was notorious for its sensationalist storylines and extravagant character...

Former Melrose Place star Lisa Rinna is stripping off for an upcoming Playboy issue - at the age of 45. The actress will shed her clothes for the men's magazine's May issue - 11 years after gracing the cover while pregnant with her first child, daughter Delilah Belle.

And she is confident the nude photo spread will delight male readers, because she's in better shape now than she was at the age of 34 - thanks to her stint on Dancing With The Stars.

She says, "I want to encourage other women to be proud of their bodies no matter what age or size. After doing Dancing with the S...

Popular 1990s soap opera Melrose Place is set to make a return to the small screen.

TV bosses at The CW, which brought back a Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off last year, have ordered the production of a pilot episode. The show, which ran from 1992 to 1999, launched the careers of Marcia Cross and Kristin Davis and was notorious for its sensationalist storylines and extravagant characters.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for his 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, has been recruited to direct the update.

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Melrose Place (1992-99) centered on the lives of a group of young adults in California. Season 5, volume 1 is now on DVD. Also in stores: Simon & Simon season 2 and One Foot in the Grave seasons 5 and 6.

Beloved TV couple Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin have landed their own reality show.

The former Melrose Place darling and her husband will debut their new show in 2009.

Reports suggest network bosses at TV Land have only ordered a pilot at this stage.

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Lisa Rinna has openly confessed to taking her beauty regime too far and becoming an over-injected Juvederm fanatic.

The 45-year-old former Melrose Place regular admits she realized she had gone too far with the cosmetic face filler when she saw recent photographs of herself.

She tells In Touch magazine, "I saw a picture of myself and thought, ‘Uh-oh.’ You have to be careful. I’m a perfect example of that! At my age, you have to look good if you want to continue working. Sometimes we do things to help, and I did. I had tried Botox, and then fillers came into the plastic surgery wor...

People used to believe in fictional television. They didn't believe that it was real, simply that it was an honest fabrication of reality, a mild funhouse reflecting life as it is lived. They watched whether they could identify with it or not; they watched to imagine the lives they saw on the screen. Some still do. But others, a growing majority, watch reality television; they take comfort in the truthful depictions, no, profiles of the lives of others. These shows cannot be melodramatic, cannot be dismissed as over-the-top like Grey's Anatomy. They are "real."

America's fascination wi...

"Beverley Hills, 90210" premiered when I was a junior in high school, which made me the exact age the main group of characters were portraying. Not actual age, mind you. Though Gabrielle Carteris' character, Andrea Zuckerman, was my age, Carteris herself was 13 years older. Regardless, I was infatuated. I, too, had started a new school during my high school years. I felt a connection with the Walsh twins, Brandon and Brenda, as they were uprooted from their Minnesota roots and moved to the comparatively posh lifestyle of West Beverly High School.

Now, 18 years later, we have a new gene...