News Briefs: Biggest Loser, Riches and Shrek

Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard in The Riches by Prashant Gupta/FX
NBC has greenlit a sixth season of
The Biggest Loser, to premiere in the fall. The plan is to repeat the current cycle's concept of casting teams of two.... FX has announced a March 18 Season 2 premiere for
The Riches, which this time around will serve up only seven episodes....
Shrek: The Musical brings the big green guy to Broadway Dec. 14, with previews starting Nov. 8. Shrek and Donkey have yet top be cast, while
Sutton Foster (currently
Young Frankenstein's Inga) is onboard as Fiona. My wallet already feels $500 lighter.... OK,
this is fun.