Since Peter Jacobson is busy playing House , Debra Messing's Starter Wife will get a new ex when the mini returns as a USA Network series in October. David Alan Basche, who most recently had a run NBC's Lipstick Jungle , is taking over the role of Kenny Kagan, the Hollywood mogul Messing's character once was wed to, says the Reporter. — MWM
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How does being beautiful — or deformed — make others treat you differently? That was the central theme in tonight's episode, and it brought out some unexpected twists and revealing moments for House, as well as the POTW.Kenny is on his way to Princeton-Plainsboro for surgery to correct the major congenital facial deformity that keeps him from being "just another face in the crowd." The catch is that the entire experience is being filmed (and bank-rolled) by a documentary crew. Everything's set to go in the OR and Chase is about to perform the surgery when the kid has a heart attack, followed by a host of other symptoms that seem to jeopardize his facial surgery.Meanwhile, Dr. Terzi (Michael Michele) has shown up for "class" with the rest of the Wannabes, who immediately start trying to figure out whether she's guaranteed one of their coveted spots. House, who clearly has the hots for her, can't stand the fact that he's sort of hired her, and has a little heart to heart wit...
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Episode Recap: "Guardian Angels"What a weird way to introduce this week's medical mystery. For a minute there I thought maybe Bones had run long or something — our POTW, Irene, was seemingly attacked by the corpses at the funeral parlor where she's an aesthetician. It was definitely a spooky start. Cut to the Wannabes waiting in the empty classroom for House. A phone rings — a phone none of them had ever noticed there before — and lo and behold, it's Charlie, uh, I mean House, with an assignment for his "Angels." He even has his own Bosley, in the form of Carmen Argenziano, who had a great episode tonight — which is fortunate, since we will see him no more, alas. When House turned from workplace Survivor to The Bachelor, there was no rose (or peony, actually) for the old fella. But at least he made the most of it, offering up keen medical insights and the kind of creative leaps usually reserved for House himself — which turns out to be exactly his problem. H...
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It's going to take more than one supergruff doc to scare off some of the new, impressionable faces serving under TV's House. Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson, three of the newbies brought on to fill the "vacancy" left by the departures of House's previous assistants (played by Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer and Omar Epps), are staying on as series regulars, sources tell the Reporter. The original plan was for just two of the new arrivals to be keepers, but have you seen the ratings?! It must be raining greenbacks at Princeton-Plainsboro!
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They've finally staffed up at Princeton-Plainsboro. Fox has officially announced the casting of not four but five newcomers to the fellowship race on the hit drama House. Olivia Wilde (The Black Donnellys, Mischa's O.C. crush), Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Peter Jacobson (The Starter Wife), Anne Dudek (Big Day) and Edi Gathegi (Lincoln Heights) are coming on board as candidates for the plum opportunity (assuming you define "plum" as "learning from Dr. Crankypants"). With the flurry of new faces arriving in the wake of Foreman's exit, Chase's firing and Cameron's resignation, who's a keeper and who's a goner? Teases Fox, "Any effects of this 'housecleaning' or the changes it may bring to House professionally or personally remain to be seen." Ya think?
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