Brande Roderick on Gameshow Marathon
We asked 100 men, "Would you drown yourself if it meant Brande Roderick giving you mouth-to-mouth?" How many said yes?
That Card Sharksian moment is brought to you by CBS' Gameshow Marathon, airing tonight at 8 pm/ET (click here for additional dates) and pitting such familiar faces as Leslie Nielsen, Kathy Najimy and, yes, Baywatch alum Brande Roderick against each other in conte
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Brande Roderick on Gameshow Marathon
We asked 100 men, "Would you drown yourself if it meant Brande Roderick giving you mouth-to-mouth?" How many said yes?
That Card Sharksian moment is brought to you by CBS' Gameshow Marathon, premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET and pitting such familiar faces as Leslie Nielsen, Kathy Najimy and, yes, Baywatch alum Brande Roderick against each other in contests from your favorite quiz contests. Avoiding the Whammy and bidding on fabulous showcases is but the first of many things on Roderick's plat
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Britain's Sun reports that Jessica Simpson will fill Pamela Anderson's shoes — and by "shoes" I mean French-cut lifeguard swimsuit — in a big-screen version of the Baywatch TV series. "She was the unanimous choice for the role," a source tells the paper. "Jessica has all the assets to make Pammi's part her own." In fact, they may have even bought them at the same store.
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Brooke Burns, Pepper Dennis
If Murphy Brown and Ally McBeal had a baby, she'd probably resemble the title character of WB's new Pepper Dennis (premiering tonight at 9 pm/ET). But as pretty as series star Rebecca Romijn may be, the top story here, in this intrepid reporter's opinion at least, may be Brooke Burns, cast against type as the sexy newscaster's wholesome sister, Kathy.
TVGuide.com: I have to say — and I hope this doesn't forfeit me any dinner invites from Rebecca Romijn — you are the most fun thing about this show.
Brooke Burns: Oh, stop! You say that to all the nurses! [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: No, really! What a fun role for you.
Burns: It's such a great role, is
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A judge has responded to claims of domestic violence by David Hasselhoff's soon-to-be ex-wife by ordering the Baywatch punch line to stay at least 100 yards away from his missus, Pamela Bach. A hearing has been scheduled for April 4 to determine whether the restraining order will be extended to three years. The estranged couple have two teenage daughters and one talking car.
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Rebecca Holden and David Hasselhoff, Knight Rider
Question: On the show Knight Rider, what did K.I.T.T. stand for?Answer: Why, he and partner/driver Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) stood for truth, justice and single-handedly lowering the auto-industry fleet's miles-per-gallon average by 10 miles or so. Weren't you watching?
Actually, K.I.T.T. stood for Knight Industries Two Thousand, the model name for the superpowered, computer-sentient car built by dying rich guy Wilton Knight. The hit series ran on NBC from September 1982 to August 1986, and as fans will know, Knight rescued undercover cop Michael Young, who'd been shot in the face while on the job. He paid for his plastic surgery, giving Young a new mug and a new name (Knight, which smacked of some ego, I thought) in the process. Then he handed his creation the keys to K.I.T.T., a black Trans Am with a
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David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach
It looks like things might get a bit nasty in David Hasselhoff’s divorce from Pamela Bach, his wife of 16 years. In documents obtained by The Insider, the Baywatch alum's lawyer is looking to snuff Bach's bid to obtain some of her husband's medical records. (Although there are no details about the sought-after files, Hasselhoff has entered rehab for alcohol abuse on at least two occasions.) Isn't anyone worried about how all of this will affect not just the couple's two children but Hobie?
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Brooke Burns
Brooke Burns (Shallow Hal, Baywatch) suffered a fracture to one of her neck bones when she dove into her backyard pool and hit her head last Thursday night. After undergoing minor surgery, Burns is expected to make a full recovery in time to begin shooting the mid-season WB series Pepper Dennis. It's a good thing Mitch Buchannon was on duty.
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Shore thing: the cast of Baywatch
Question: This may be a little dry for your tastes, but why did Baywatch's producers go from NBC to syndication?
Answer: The simple answer, Miguel: They had no choice; they got canceled after their first season, which kicked off in September 1989. But after Baywatch star David Hasselhoff and three of the show's original producers decided to cut the per-episode production budget from $1.3 million to $850,000 and venture out into the first-run syndication waters, they discovered the network had done them a huge favor. Despite Hollywood insiders' expectations that the series would sink, it became the third-highest original drama in syndication, behind only Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, by 1994. Not only that,
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Although David Chokachi calls his 1995-99 stint as bronze-skinned golden-boy Cody Madison on Baywatch the time of his life, he wryly admits to TVGuide.com that there is a down side to being a onetime hunk in trunks — and he isn't referring to the ribbing he takes from his weight-watching buddies, either.
"Once I was swimming in South Beach with my manager, and I thought this girl had recognized me from the show," he explains. "She was screaming kind of like she was having trouble in the water, but I was like, 'No way! This is BS!' I was sure she was going to make me swim out to her, then say, 'Ha ha! You idiot! You're from Baywatch!' Well, it turned out she really was in trouble, so I felt like a jerk."
Luckily for the 37-year-old alumnus of TNT's Witchblade series, he is less likely to be called upon to reenact the feats of derring-do performed in his latest project: Sci Fi Channel's pre-War of the Worlds outer-space
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