Perhaps to save us from Jason Alexander's take on "Relax," NBC has pulled the plug on its I'm a Celebrity But I Wanna Be a Pop Star competition, which had already begun casting and was being hyped with on-air promos. The surprise decision appears to stem from disagreements between NBC and the production company, Granada America, on production costs, says Variety. NBC's move clears the field for Fox's planned celebrity version of American Idol and Rick Schroder's take on "Relax."
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Rick Schroder had never worked as a doctor before taking on his role as foxy physician Dylan West on Lifetime's Strong Medicine (Sundays at 9 pm/ET), but the former child star did have some medical experience. After all, he's spent his entire career causing temperatures to rise.
"I'll never forget how my sister and I would kiss the TV screen when Rick would come on in Silver Spoons," says his Medicine costar Rosa Blasi. "I told Rick that story when we met, and I think it made him really embarrassed."
While the 35-year-old actor's teen-dream past does bring back some self-conscious memories — "I was uncomfortable at that time because I got acne and my voice was changing," he says modestly — Schroder admits to being pleased that his new role has injected some sex appeal into Medicine's sixth season. "There is nothing wrong with being the hot new doc," he says. "It's so much better than the alternative — the fru
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