Brooke Burke-Charvet Lands First Post-Dancing with the Stars Gig


Montecito Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Ed Deline (Caan) and Danny McCoy (Duhamel) work on the surveillance team of the casino. Since we are talking about Las Vegas, there is a lot of work to be done: looking for cheaters, hosting and protecting the famous and the "whales", and taking personal care of those who win too much.
Montecito Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Ed Deline (Caan) and Danny McCoy (Duhamel) work on the surveillance team of the casino. Since we are talking about Las Vegas, there is a lot of work to be done: looking for cheaters, hosting and protecting the famous and the "whales", and taking personal care of those who win too much.
After being fired from Dancing with the Stars last month, Brooke Burke-Charvet isn't looking back. The former reality show co-host is set to guest-star on Melissa & Joey, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

They're definitely not in Kansas Vegas anymore. Men at Work star James Lesure reunites with his longtime Las Vegas co-star Molly Sims on Wednesday's new episode (10/9c, TBS), and she wastes no time getting the party started. In the episode, Sims play Gibb's new love interest Kelly, a lawyer living...

Men at Work is rolling the dice on a Las Vegas reunion! Molly Sims will guest-star as a love interest for Gibbs, who is played by her former co-star James Lesure, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Sims will play Kelly, a lawyer living in the suburbs whom Gibbs becomes enamored with. She soon tries to seduce him into...

Should Psych-Os be worried? Maggie Lawson, who stars on the USA comedy, has joined ABC's untitled comedy pilot from Las Vegas writers Mark and Robb Cullen, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Psych renewed for an eighth season Lawson will headline the single-camera comedy opposite...

James Caan has signed on to star in an ABC comedy pilot from Las Vegas writers Mark and Robb Cullen. The Oscar nominee will star as Terry Sr. in the...

ABC has picked up two more comedy pilots, one an adaptation of the British series Spy, and the other a sports comedy that may star James Caan, TVGuide.com has learned. Based on the British series of the same name...

Two new faces are coming to Mystic Falls. Camille Guaty and Charlie Bewley will guest-star in at least two episodes of The Vampire Diaries, TVGuide.com has learned. Guaty, whose credits include Prison Break and Las Vegas, will play...

Hawaii Five-0 is enlisting Vanessa Marcil for some major couch time. The Beverly Hills, 90210, General Hospital and Las Vegas vet will appear as...

Seriously, TV? You couldn't give us 24 hours to catch our breath from the season that just ended with a frenetic bang Wednesday night:

Molly Sims is pregnant with her first child."Today, I am absolutely, positively, downright over the moon to announce that we are pregnant!" she announced on her website Tuesday. "There are simply no words to ...

Molly Sims and producer Scott Stuber were married over the weekend, People reports. "My wedding day was the BEST day of my entire life!!!" the actress tweeted on Sunday. Check out our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and more! Sims, 38, and Stuber, 42, had a small ceremony Saturday in California's Napa Valley. Some of the guests included her former Las Vegas co-star Josh Duhamel and Fergie. The bride wore Marchesa and jewels by Lorraine Schwartz.

Eva La Rue has joined the growing list of All My Children alumni returning to the ABC soap before it goes off the air in September. Earlier this week, the show announced that it had also snagged star Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas, Transformers). He'll be back for at least one episode in August, reprising the role of Leo du Pres, who died in 2003. Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater) and Cady McClain (Dixie Cooney Martin), both of whom play characters who are now deceased, will also return. La Rue, who currently stars in CBS' CSI: Miami, will be back for several episodes beginning in July.

Former Las Vegas star Molly Sims is getting hitched, People reports. The 38-year-old actress is engaged to...

Jay Mohr and wife Nikki Cox have welcomed a son, People reports. Meredith Daniel Mohr was born on Thursday, weighing in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces. "We are over the moon, filled with joy and every other cliché new parents use," the couple told the magazine. "He's perfect."

James Lesure has created a niche for himself as a go-to cool guy, playing a charming casino worker for five seasons on Las Vegas and now a charismatic former basketball star who's friends with Matthew Perry's Ben on Mr. Sunshine. TV Guide Magazine: Were you hired for your hoop skills?Lesure: [Laughs] I like to play. I'm winning, to quote the great Charlie Sheen...

Talk about perfect casting: Notorious film villain William Forsythe has been tapped to play yet another heavy on CBS' The Mentalist, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Check out photos of The Mentalist cast Forsythe, perhaps best remembered as Flattop in Dick Tracy, will play Steve Rigsby, a career criminal and the...

You could say she's arguably the soap world's most popular female star — but there's really no argument about it. Nobody stirs up a fan fuss quite like Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo, who returns to General Hospital Aug. 11 as drama queen Brenda Barrett. The actress, who recently wed CSI: NY regular Carmine Giovinazzo, hasn't been seen on GH since 2003 ...

Vanessa Marcil and CSI: NY star Carmine Giovinazzo have gotten married, the actress' rep confirms. The ceremony for Marcil (General Hospital, Las Vegas) and the 36-year-old Giovinazzo was held...

Vanessa Marcil is returning to ABC's General Hospital, the network announced Monday. Watch free full episodes of General Hospital Marcil will reprise her role as fan favorite Brenda Barrett, for which she won a Daytime Emmy in 2003. "True to form, Brenda arrives in Port Charles with a secret that will ...

USA Network is upping their original content with seven new pilot scripts for the 2010-2011 TV season, including projects from Steve Carell, John Michael Higgins and Anthony Edwards. Carell (The Office) is teaming up with Higgins (Best in Show) to produce an untitled dramedy about...

Vanessa Marcil is playing a nanny, but not the naughty type. Rather, the Las Vegas alumna took a gamble by turning things around and playing closer to her true bookworm self in the Hallmark Channel movie The Nanny Express (premiering Saturday at 9 pm/ET). Marcil plays Kate Hewitt, an aspiring teacher who finds herself caring for the two children of a widower (Brennan Elliot). Can Kate succeed where the previous "run-out-of-town" nannies left off, all the while tending to her ailing father (Dean Stockwell)? And might she find love with her new wards' dad along the way? After the jump, Marcil shares a look at why she chose this different role.

Right now, Gary Scott Thompson, as the show runner for NBC's Knight Rider series (premiering Sept. 24), is focused on turning K.I.T.T. into an even leaner, meaner crimefighting machine. But sharing some bandwith with that mission is the idea of giving closure to the Las Vegas fans who saw their series hurried off the air as a casualty of the WGA strike. Has the ship sailed as far as hope for that goes? "I don’t think so, as far as myself and some of the cast members are concerned," Thompson told me during a detour from an in-depth look at the new Knight Rider. "We're actively trying to figure out how to do something."Thompson says that Josh Duhamel and Molly Sims are particularly interested in spelling out what became of Danny, Delinda and their baby. "I talked to them both the other day, and they said we should do something. It was their characters that were really left hanging, and they were very upset by it."While one possible fix would find Thompson, Duhamel and Sims simpl...

It's a sad world where Las Vegas' reliable Mike gets second billing behind Rosie Perez. Yet that's what happened last week at the TCA press tour, when NBC trumpeted the guest-casting of the sometimes polarizing Latina on Lipstick Jungle, then virtually added, as an aside, "Oh, and James Lesure, too."How does the Vegas vet fit into the Jungle's sophomore season? Sources tell me Lesure will be playing the role of Griffin, boss to both Kim Raver's Nico and Brooke Shields' Wendy. I'm also hearing that over the course of Lesure's multi-episode run, Griffin might strike up a certain chemistry with Nico, though it might not necessarily lead to (her busy) boudoir. What do you say, Vegas fans? With Josh off doing Transformers 2 and the reunion movie pretty darn squashed, are you glad to see "Mike" back on TV? — Matt Mitovich

Thank you all for the outstanding response and terrific questions. On with this week's buzz! Lois fans from Smallville have one request: Throw us a freakin' bone here! Please tell us she will finally be in every episode in Season 8. — LukeMatt Mitovich: Would that I could, Luke (and the scores of others seeking such assurance). But at this point I am hearing that Erica Durance's sitch remains "the same as always" — that is, she'll do 13 or so episodes — though there is a slight chance we may eke out an extra one or two. Small consolation, I know, but you should understand that delivering 22 episodes' worth of Lois... well, like Denise Richards, it is complicated. I read your columns all the time. Do you have any Grey's Anatomy scoop? — BethanyMitovich: Flattery will get you everywhere… but in this case, only a date: June 25. That's when Grey's starts filming the new season. Will the NCIS season finale re-air? It got deleted on my DVR. — BarbMitovich: R...

Question: I have been waiting and waiting to hear if there will be a resolution to Las Vegas. Will we get to know what happens to Danny's and Delinda's baby? Where was Coop when everyone thought he was dead? And who ends up with the casino? Inquiring minds need to know — and having Danny and Delinda walk across the screen with a baby in Knight Rider just ain't gonna cut it! Answer: There may be room for some cautious optimism. I cornered Ben Silverman at Monday's NBC upfront Experience soiree and asked him point-blank whether he plans to give Vegas fans some closure in the form of a wrap-up movie — and he didn't say no. Just the opposite, in fact. He said he would very much like to make that happen, although he hedged when I pressed him on the who-what-where-when. Now it's entirely possible he was just blowing smoke up this Aushole
It was only a matter of time. Media watchdog group Parents Television Council is hot on the Louboutin heels of the CW's "OMFG" marketing campaign for Gossip Girl, saying it's just too sultry. The print and online campaign has been heating up for the past few weeks (you can take a peek here!).The Council takes issue in particular, with what they say is a "sexually suggestive photo showing a teenage boy kissing a girl's cleavage." In a statement, PTC said it "deplores the CW's deliberate use of profanity and sexual imagery to exploit and further corrupt young viewers." Further, the Council adds, GG "glamorizes casual sex and drug use among teens. Storylines have featured a would-be teen rapist, threesome among teens, and teenage girls having sex with adults."Gossip Girl and the CW are only the latest target, however, of PTC wrath. In the past, the Council has also taken issue with shows including Dexter, America's Next Top Model and Las Vegas, among other targets, such as the networks...

Question: Any news on the Las Vegas front? Has Ben Silverman come to his senses and agreed to give fans a real ending? Answer: Yes and no. Yes, I have some news on the Las Vegas front, but it doesn't involve Ben Silverman coming to his senses re: Vegas. According to one of my NBC moles, exec producer Gary Scott Thompson — who's now helming the Peacock's Knight Rider reboot — has devised a Plan B in the event that Vegas is not given a proper farewell. And, apparently, said plan involves Josh Duhamel and Molly Simms walking through an episode of Knight Rider cradling a newborn baby! I. Kid. You. Not.

Question: Any update on the possibility of a Las Vegas movie or any other form of a series finale?Answer: There's been a flurry of activity behind the scenes to give fans some closure, but, unfortunately, all it's amounted to is a chilly frost between NBC and Vegas producers. According to several sources both at the network and the show, NBC initially asked series creator Gary Scott Thompson to tack a scene or two onto the final pre-strike episode — you know, the one that concluded with the infamous "to be continued" — so that it didn't end on a cliff-hanger. Thompson allegedly refused, claiming their idea was insipid and he'd rather be a victim of the strike than force a ridiculous ending down fans' throats. The Peacock later asked him to post a wrap-up on NBC.com, an idea he also balked at. "He thought it would undermine fans' attempts at

Question: What's the latest news on Las Vegas? Are the execs at NBC going to stop being stupid and actually end the show right? Answer: It's not looking good. The sets continue to be brought down, and now the network is holding a "fire sale" for any props. Adding insult to injury, I hear Molly Simms' prosthetic belly was tossed in the "Under $10" bin.
Looks like Las Vegas is cashing in its chips after five years on the air.Sources confirm to me exclusively that NBC has opted not to renew the show for a sixth season. Consequently, last Friday's episode? Yep, that was the series finale. Hope it was satisfying!NBC had hoped this season's cast shake-up — Thomas Magnum replacing Sonny Corleone — might re-energize the show, but instead, it led to a double-digit ratings decline. Of course, the Friday time slot didn't help. Sad to see the Montecito close its doors? Eulogies are currently being accepted in the white box below.

The NBC Universal Video, Music & Product Development and Delivery Agent (NBCUVMPDDA?) once again is auctioning off memorable mementos from some of your favorite shows. Among the goodies you can try to grab starting Monday and through Jan. 30 at NBC.com/auctions are: From The Office, Pam's blouse and cardigan, Michael's "lucky tie" and a Rainn Wilson-autographed Dwight bobblehead doll (proceeds benefit the Mona Foundation).From Heroes, Charlie's Burnt Toast Diner waitress uniform, and numerous prints.From Friday Night Lights, Smash's No. 20 game jersey, a Panthers state championship ring and Coach Taylor's playbook (autographed by Kyle Chandler).From 30 Rock, Greenzo and "Me Want Food" T-shirts.And from Las Vegas, Montecito playing cards and casino chips (but alas, no autographed Sam Marquez underthingies).

As the writers' strike drags on, I seem to find no shortage of old and current shows to catch up on. If you really stop and think about it, there are hundreds of quality television series that have been produced over the years, and I don't care how much TV you watch, no one has time to catch them all! To start with, I have been mixing some oldies with some newbies and have also revisiting some of my personal old faves. My DVR is getting a workout and I am finally starting to utilize the video functionality of my iPod. Isn't technology great? Here are just a few of the shows I am watching and how I am consuming them. 1) Six Feet Under on NetflixWhile Netflixing a long-running series with many DVDs takes a considerable amount of time, it's a smaller investment than buying the DVDs, at least until I figure out if I'm going to stick with it. And then if I decide to buy, each season is only $19.99 right now on Amazon.com. 2) Weeds on iTunesI received a lot of iTunes gift cards for Chris...

Getting lucky is tough in Sin City, but Camille Guaty hit the jackpot as one of the newest regulars on NBC's Las Vegas (Fridays at 10 pm/ET). The actress clues us in on where her character's headed, her possible return to Prison Break and why she enjoyed dressing as a giant booger for Halloween. TVGuide.com: Your character, Piper, was introduced at the beginning of this season. Was it tough joining a show that's already in its fifth year? Guaty: Yeah, you always have your plusses and minuses, [but] this cast couldn't have made it easier for me. The first day, I was so incredibly sick that I don't think I could have been intimidated by anything but myself. I couldn't remember my lines, all I wanted to do was lie on the floor and have a blanket over me. I think we probably did that scene, like, 30 times. TVGuide

NBC Universal Video, Music & Product Development and Delivery Agent (or as I like to call the division, "NUVMPDDA") on Monday will launch an auction of props, wardrobe items and other collectibles from Peacock programs. Among the items going up for bid are three original Heroes paintings by artist Tim Sale, Office boss Michael Scott's Timex watch, Tim Riggins' Friday Night Lights jersey and a Josh Duhamel-autographed jacket (as seen on Las Vegas by those not forever distracted by Vanessa). A portion of the proceeds will benefit Journeyman Life the United Way and its partner organizations.

Numbers was Friday night's top-rated program with 9.16 million total viewers, a 20 percent plunge from its year-ago season premiere. In a close second was Las Vegas, whose two-hour opener averaged 9.12 mil (just a Tom Selleck mustache hair off last year's). Like Numbers, Ghost Whisperer (8.65 mil) was down — 14 percent — from last fall's premiere. CBS' new 9 o'clock Friday series, Moonlight, was sampled by 8.63 mil, demonstrating solid retention out of J.Love yet coming up well short of underappreciated time-slot predecessor Close to Home's most recent opener (in both total viewers and key demos). Can't blame it on a lack of online advertising.Fox's K-Ville "encore" was watched by 2.6 mil, better than the numbers Nashville was putting up.Saturday's "controversial" Heroes rebroadcast drew about 3.6 mil, I hear, but the actual tally of unique, nonduplicated viewers (to be added to last Monday's audience) isn't expected until Tuesday.

A flurry of announcements from the Peacock regarding the upcoming season of television (in addition to Isaiah going Bionic, that is):• TV icon Norman Lear is producing an hourlong dramedy about a widowed mother who reenters the workforce and is thus pitted against her late husband's Wall Street adversaries.• Jerry Seinfeld will play himself on the Oct. 4 second-season opener of 30 Rock. Quips Tina Fey, "Finally, my parents have an excuse to watch the show." Love. Her.• My Name Is Earl and The Office will launch their new seasons on Sept. 27 with hourlong episodes.• The new series Chuck has been relocated to Mondays at 8, while Friday Night Lights has been moved up an hour to Fridays at 9. Leading out of FNL is Las Vegas, which returns Sept. 28 with a two-hour episode.• The Apprentice is returning with a "celebrity version" in which famous(ish) faces vie for the Donald's favor and in turn raise bucks for charity. Trump says this incarnation "will bring our wo...

As buzzed about a month ago, NBC has signed Emmy winner Tom Selleck (Magnum, P.I.) to join the cast of NBC's Las Vegas this fall, playing "a charismatic, self-made billionaire who is surrounded by an air of mystery when he becomes the new owner of the Montecito Resort & Casino."In making the announcement, NBC also revealed that — as some form of baton-passing, I presume — James Caan will reprise his role of Ed Deline in the Season 5 premiere. It was announced earlier this year that Caan would be leaving Las Vegas after its fourth-season finale, but just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in. (Little Pacino/Godfather/Sonny Corleone reference for ya there.)
Flying in the face of conventional wisdom that his and Jason Lee's mustaches may not coexist on the same network, Tom Selleck is in talks to fill the void left by the exit of James Caan and join NBC's Las Vegas as the smart, powerful and fun-loving new owner of the Montecito, says the Hollywood Reporter. For Season 5, the show is also looking to find an actress to fill Nikki Cox's... shoes. Yes, her shoes. (Paging Haley Scarnato!)
Las Vegas creator Gary Scott Thompson says the decision to bid adieu to both James Caan and Nikki Cox came so last-minute that Friday's season-ender — which boasts an explosion and a shooting, to name but two big events, and was purposely designed to coerce NBC into greenlighting a fifth season — not only might not pave the way for Ed's and Mary's exits, but actually has the writers in a bit of a pickle. "The season finale had already been written," Thompson tells TVGuide.com, "so it's going to be challenging to get us out of the situation I put us in." For Thompson's latest take on why Caan is leaving Las Vegas, see the fresh Ask Ausiello.
Question: I heard that Las Vegas canned Nikki Cox and that James Caan is leaving of his own free will.Answer: That's NBC's story and they're sticking to it. My Vegas mole, however, says Caan's exit was more of a mutual decision. It's true that he was itching to get back into the features world, but it's also true that Vegas producers, in exchange for a fifth season, had to cut the show's budget drastically — and eliminating Caan's seven-figure salary was like killing 16 PETA-approved animatronic birds with one stone. Not surprisingly, exec producer Gary Scott Thompson denied all of this in an interview yesterday with TVGuide.com's very own Matt Mitovich. "It's more on Jimmy's part," he maintained. "He wanted to do features again. TV's really tough. Eighty-seven episodes is a long time to be away from a feature career. He was itching to
NBC announced on Tuesday that it has renewed Las Vegas (Fridays, 9 pm/ET) for a fifth season. But as scooped by Ausiello and detailed in Wednesday's Hollywood Reporter, the series is moving forward minus two original cast members.Having launched with the likes of James Caan, Nikki Cox, Josh Duhamel, James Lesure, Molly Simms and Vanessa Marcil, (SPOILER ALERT) it is the first two listed there who are not returning for Season 5. "I've had a wonderful four years, worked with great people and made friends for life working on Las Vegas. But I'm eager to return to where my heart is, which is film, and due to the show's schedule, I missed some great opportunities to do that," Caan says. "I wish the show and everyone involved with it continued success." Cox, meanwhile, says she is "very sad and shocked" to leave, but wishes her cast mates all the best. "I had a great time."
Question: What are the chances of Las Vegas, Numbers, Bones and Smallville getting renewed?Answer: Good, great, already confirmed and excellent.
Question: Do you think Las Vegas will be renewed for a fifth season?Answer: Producers seem to think it will, since they're ending the season with a ginormous cliff-hanger. Actually, make that four ginormous cliff-hangers. In addition to a wild shootout, the action-packed hour — which will air March 16 (remember, only 17 episodes this season) — will feature a bombing, a surprise pregnancy, a kidnapping and at least one death.
General Hospital Emmy winner turned Las Vegas head-turner Vanessa Marcil got engaged on New Year's Eve, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Here, however, is where things get a bit quirky: Marcil isn't confirming who popped the question. What this reporter does know is that two bridal showers are already in the works — one in NYC, the other in London. Who might Marcil's lucky, lucky betrothed be? When last we officially spoke, she was being squired by Ben Younger, the writer-director of the Uma Thurman-Meryl Streep comedy Prime. But again, the actress — who has a son by Brian Austin Green, and at one fleeting time was wed to a circa-Dream a Little Dream Corey Feldman — isn't saying. Perhaps more importantly, how does this factor into the New Year's resolution Vanessa shared with me just this past Thursday?
Jamison Jones, who bosses around Peter Parker at the Bugle had a role in the 2003 crime drama Hollywood Homicide, has been cast on 24 in the recurring role of the head of President Wayne Palmer's Secret Service detail. Interestingly (I suppose), Jones played a deputy in a pair of 24's Season 2 episodes.... Peter Hermann is a fabulously coiffed MSNBC reporter whom Tina Fey's Liz falls for on the Jan. 18 episode of 30 Rock.... John Legend guests as himself on the Jan. 19 Las Vegas.
Before the Cineplex got hostile with Hostel, there was the equally chilling Turistas, in which a pack of young, nubile folk take a very bad detour down a very bad road while backpacking through Brazil. Thing is, Turistas is just hitting theaters now, though it's sure to slake any horror buff's thirst for a bloody, tense time. TVGuide.com spoke with Josh Duhamel, who stars in the pic, about his rumble in the bug-infested jungle, the fate of NBC's Las Vegas and, of course, his Fergalicious lady love. TVGuide.com: I'm thinking the Turistas shoot was either sun-kissed and full of soft, warm sand, cold drinks and beautiful people, or bug-infested and dysentery-tainted. Or was it somewhere in between?Josh Duh

Question: Any idea what is happening with Crossing Jordan?Answer: No clue. NBC pulled it off its Friday sked and is only saying it could return as early as January. As a small consolation, the Nov. 17 episode of Las Vegas will feature another crossover from Jordan and Woody. And here's another mini-scooplet: Jordan is casting a new recurring role. The character is described as a sexy, funny, and slightly cocky cop in his mid-twenties to early thirties. Is it just me, or does that role have my name written all over it?
Alyssa Milano is attached to star in Me and Everyone Else, a half-hour ABC comedy about a 30-year-old, take-charge woman fancied by the producers as "Rhoda with a sex life" ? a reference lost on anyone younger than 30.... Las Vegas creator Gary Scott Thompson has two new projects in development for fall '07: CBS' Protect and Serve, about L.A. street cops, and an NBC drama about a policeman who, after losing his family in the World Trade Center attacks, follows his ex-wife to Hawaii.... MTV has greenlit eight half-hour episodes of Adventures in Hollywood, a reality series that will tail Academy Award-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia.
Question: There are people saying that Cameron turns down House in next week's season premiere. Is that true? Answer: Nope. But while we're discussing Hameron, remember how Hugh Laurie awkwardly attempted to relay a message on Jennifer Morrison's behalf at press tour last month (Ask Ausiello 8/2)? Well, at the Emmys Sunday, she delivered said message herself: She wants them together, and STAT! "Of course," she beamed. "It's good to mix it up a little, have some extra TV drama." She added that fans "seem to have their couple that they root for. There are some people who want Cameron and House, there are some people who want House and Cuddy, and there are some people who want House and Wilson. There are
Question: Any inside info on Las Vegas? Answer: Rumor has it that cost-conscious NBC has reduced the show's episode order from 22 to 18. Alex, I'll take "Things That Don't Bode Well For a Show's Future" for $500.