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The (*)itch is back
Heather Locklear returns as Amanda on "Melrose Place." 8 p.m. Tuesdays on CW, channel 19, cable 12.P ATRICK WYMORE / The CW
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
Published: 11/12/2009 2:20 AM
Last Modified: 11/12/2009 6:28 AM
"Melrose Place" needs a major shot in the arm and Heather Locklear is back to administer the powerhouse injection.
Locklear, who starred as the wicked witch of the trendy Melrose apartment complex for seven years in the 1990s series, returns Tuesday.
She reprises her role as Amanda Woodward, the conniving ad agency owner who immediately walks in and fires half of the WPK staff on Tuesday's episode. And then she makes it clear to Ella (Katie Cassidy) that the Anton V launch party with Riley (Jessica Lucas) better go off without a hitch or Ella can vacate her office too. Oh yeah, she's back. Big time.
Locklear joins castmates from the original show Laura Leighton, Thomas Calabro, Jose Bisset and Daphne Zuniga on the revamped series' cast list.
"We're ecstatic to have the chance to bring Amanda Woodward back to 'Melrose Place,' " said executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer in a press statement. "Heather's involvement in the show is something we've been working on for some time as we couldn't imagine creating and producing this show without the iconic character's inclusion."
The show needs help. It hasn't exactly been burning up the Nielsen ratings and, recently, producers announced the elimination of characters played by Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield.
Locklear should be just what the doctor ordered.
8 p.m. Tuesday, CW, channel 19, cable 12
12 heroic stories
See the story of war
through the eyes of 12 Americans
who fought or contributed
to the war effort in “WWII
in HD.” The landmark series
is being presented over five
consecutive nights starting
Sunday. Those 12 include a
war reporter, a nurse, a member
of the famed Tuskegee
Airmen and a son of Japanese
immigrants who served in the
U.S. Army.
Narrated by actor Gary
Sinise, the series is designed
to help Americans experience
what the war “looked like and
sounded like to those who
were actually there.”
8-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday,
History, cable 55
THURSDAY
“CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation”
8 p.m., CBS, channel 6
The trilogy ends with
the CSI team helping
Langston investigate a
prostitution ring that
may have harbored a
hostage he had been
looking for in Miami and
New York.
“Supernatural”
8 p.m., CW, channel 19,
cable 12
Super fan Becky (guest
star Emily Perkins) uses
Chuck’s (guest star
Chuck Benedict) phone
to trick Sam (Jared
Padalecki) and Dean
(Jensen Ackles) into
attending a Supernatural
fan convention, complete
with fans dressed up as
Sam and Dean. It’s all fun
and games until a real
ghost appears.
FRIDAY
“Invitation Only:
Tim McGraw”
8 p.m., CMT, cable 64
The Grammy-winning
artist returns to the stage
to perform his biggest
hits and music from his
latest album. He will also
take questions from fans
and talk about his three
loves — family, football
and touring.
“Lobstermen”
9 p.m., Discovery, cable 30
Cold weather is coming
and the lobsters are
on the move, making
crabs a more likely catch.
Tim has to deal with an
unruly deckhand, Grant
hands over control of his
boat and Keith gambles
with old bait.
SATURDAY
“The Wizard of Oz”
7 p.m., TBS, cable 47
We’re off to see the
wonderful Wizard of
Oz. Dorothy (and Toto,
too) tag along with a tornado
and wind up in the
Technicolor land of the
munchkins and home of
one really wicked witch.
But all Dorothy wants is
to go home to Kansas.
Now, click your
heels and repeat
after me: “There’s
no place like home.”
“Cougar Town”
4-6 p.m., SoapNet,
cable 170
Courtney Cox
Arquette stars as a
fortysomething divorced
mother who discovers a
new life in our youth-obsessed
culture in a
mini-marathon of the
ABC comedy.
SUNDAY
“The Prisoner”
7-9 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday,
AMC, cable 48
Jim Caviezel stars as
a man who wakes up to
find himself trapped in a
surreal place called The
Village where people
have numbers instead of
names and his former life
doesn’t exist. The Village
is controlled by the sinister
Two (Ian McKellen)
in this reinterpretation
of the 1967 cult classic
series “The Prisoner.”
“Collision”
8-10 p.m., PBS, channel 11
This “Masterpiece
Contemporary” presentation
follows the lives of
strangers that become
entangled after a pileup
on a superhighway leading
to London.
MONDAY
“Lie to Me”
8 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
A troubled teenager
who thinks he was
abducted as an infant
contacts the Lightman
Group to help him
uncover the secrets of
his past.
“Chef Academy”
10 p.m., Bravo, cable 46
In this new series,
nine students attend the
Venice, Calif., academy
of Chef Novelli in their
quest to become culinary
experts.
TUESDAY
“John Mayer Live”
8 p.m., Fuse, cable 181,
DirecTV 339, Dish 158
The seven-time
Grammy winning musician
performs live at the
Beacon Theatre in New
York to celebrate the release
of “Battle Studies,”
his first studio album in
three years.
WEDNESDAY
“Mercy”
7 p.m., NBC, channel 2,
cable 9
Ronnie (Taylor Schilling)
is stunned to learn
she might be pregnant,
Sonia (Jaime Lee
Kirchner) helps a teen
beauty queen accept a
life-changing diagnosis
and Chloe (Michelle
Trachtenberg) finds out
about the nasty secret
her fireman boyfriend is
keeping from her.
“Glee”
8 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
The Gleeks pick their
singing partners out of a
hat and Will and Rachel
sing a duet in class.
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
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