It appears that CW plans to prove that you don’t need a bad plotline to ruin a hit show, just a bad guest star, with sources revealing that the network has signed Paris Hilton to star in episode five of the new season of Supernatural.

Yes, it’s true, folks: the Hiltonite is set to star alongside seasoned hotties Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles – but as what, we’re yet to know. The details surrounding Hilton’s role are being kept under wraps, however, a source close to the show has told fans not to “freak out” about the heiress’ involvement.

“The fans should trust [show runner] Eric Kripke,” the source said.

The storyline for episode five is, apparently, awesome, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Paris isn’t known for her acting aptitude, and if her new documentary, Paris, Not France, is any indication, she doesn’t have aptitude for a whole lotta things. Except maybe shopping. And fake-talking on her mobile phone.

The fifth season of Supernatural premieres at 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 10 on the CW channel.

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Can’t get enough of the new Australian drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities? Then check out the sneak peek of episode 7, before it airs on Channel 9 later tonight.

To view the sneak peek, click here.

Looking to piggy back on the success of novel-turned-blockbuster-movie, Twilight, U.S. network The CW has just announced that it’s developing a pilot for a potential new series about a young high school student caught in a love triangle with two vampires.

If the plot sounds familiar, it’s because it is – but no, it’s not a cheap Twilight rip-off. In actual fact, the series is based on The Vampire Diaries, a quartet of young adult books written by Ljane Smith and first published in 1991.

The stories revolve around young Elena Gilbert, an American high school student who comes back from France and falls in love with two vampire brothers, one good, and one evil. Kinda makes Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight seem even less original that it already was.

The television series of the same name will be produced by the people behind cult series Gossip Girl, Alloy Entertainment, and run by Dawson’s Creek’s own Kevin Williamson, and with pedigrees like that running the show, there’s no doubt the pilot will be a killer hit.

With adaptations of Twilight and now The Vampire Diaries making it onto television and movie screens, I guess we can all expect the vampire craze sweeping through tweens across the globe to last well into the forseeable future.

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The American version of hit Australian comedy Kath & Kim has failed abysmally, with advance reviews labelling the remake as “jaw-droppingly awful”.

TV commentator Tim Goodman told the San Francisco Chronicle that the much-hyped NBC version of the show was possibly the worst remake America has ever produced.

“The first two episodes of Kath & Kim… were jaw-dropping in their awfulness,” Goodman said.

“[The show is] a fantastically funny Australian comedy that goes into the record books on these shores as a contender for worst remake ever.”

“(The show is) a fantastically funny Australian comedy that goes into the record books on these shores as a contender for worst remake ever.”

He added: “The American version misses the mark so badly that it’s barely recognisable as a distant cousin to the original.”

Goodman also had criticism for the show’s lead actresses, Molly Shannon [Kath] and Hellboy’s Selma Blair [Kim], who he said “lacked the well-drawn humour” of the show’s original portrayers, Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

“Shannon is able to get down some of the tackiness, translated to American mall culture,” Goodman said, “but misses pretty much all the other Kathisms.”

“Blair’s Kim is merely stock poutiness and insincere anger, it all goes nowhere.”

Another reviewer, Glen Walker from the website Welcome to Hell, had something slightly more scathing to say about Shannon and Blair’s performances.

“The three leads are at best uninteresting and at worst annoying and nerve-grating, I hated this,” Walker said.

Kath & Kim, the US version, premieres in the States on NBC Thursday, and on the Seven Network in Australia this Sunday. But with reviews like that, I wouldn’t expect many people would be bothered to tune in, if only to laugh hysterically at how extraordinarily LAME it all is.

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Australian ex-pat Melissa George has signed on to play a lesbian intern in the upcoming sixth season of hit U.S. medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy.

The 32-year-old, who’s had a number of television guest appearances in the States of late, has snagged herself her very first “regular spot” on a  U.S. sitcom since moving  there in the late 90’s.

According to a source, George’s spot on the show could be the ticket she needs to make the big time in tinseltown.

Her character, a “budding medico”, will fall for one of Grey’s established female leads. Rumour has it that her lesbian partner will be either Callie (played by Sara Ramirez) or Erica (Brooke Smith).

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MTV’s hit show, Total Request Live, has been canned after 10 years on the air.

Executive producer Dave Sirulnick made the announcement earlier today, saying that the music video countdown show would conclude “in a two-hour special” on an as yet unspecified Saturday in November. Sirulnick was quick to point out that the show “wasn’t ending for good,” it was just taking an indefinite break.

TRL debuted on MTV in September 1998 and fast became one of pop culture’s hottest show, hosting famed acts such as Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync.

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After initially admitting that she was “uneasy” about working with Shannen Doherty again, actress Jennie Garth has revealed that her first day on the job with her former, fiery 90210 co-star “wasn’t as bad” as she’d thought.

Garth told TV Guide: “It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

“I’m not much of a small talker, and I don’t think she is either. I was a little nervous because I hadn’t seen or talked to her in 14 years. Everyone was making it out to be such a big deal that I think we both fell prey to having that affect us.”

Back in their 90210 heyday, Garth and Doherty were notorious enemies on the set, and even got into a fistfight once. However, Garth says that they’ve put their past tensions behind them, and are now working quite well together.

“I think it will be ok,” she said. “We’re both grown women, both professionals. Once we were working, it felt like a good fit.”

Ryan Eggold, who plays Kelly’s new love interest on the show, admitted that “everybody was on pins and needles and sort of waiting to see how [Garth and Doherty would] react.”

“They started off kind of tentative,” he explained, “but by the time we were five takes in, they were giggling and seemed to be reconnectiong.”

While things with Doherty are better than she thought they would be, Garth is still upset that fellow 90210 co-star, Tori Spelling, isn’t going to be a part of the spinoff show.

“I know Shannen probably doesn’t share the feelings that I have for Tori, but I love Tori like my sister,” a teary Garth professed to TV Guide.

Garth added that she’s still trying her best to get Spelling back on board, and hopes that fans of the show will launch a “Bring Back Donna Martin” campaign to put the pressure on the show’s producers.

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It looks like Dr. Izzie’s time is almost up at the County General Hospital, with a possible death scene coming up in her storyline.

According to several sources from the set of the hit ABC series, Grey’s Anatomy, the actress who plays Izzie, Katherine Heigl, has annoyed the show’s producers so much that they want to take her out in the most spectacular way, and killing her off seems to be high on their list of priorities.

Creator Shonda Rhimes is said to be so “pissed off” over what Heigl said in the lead-up to this year’s Emmy Awards that she wants her off the show for good. Heigl infamously took herself out of the running for this year’s awards – despite winning a ‘Best Supporting Actress’ gong last year – because she felt the writers on Grey’s “failed to give her enough good material to work with last season.” Ouch.

The animosity towards Heigl has added unneeded stress to the set.

“It’s not good there,” a source said of the Grey’s Anatomy set. “Shonda is pissed. They’re thinking of killing [Izzie] off. They want Izzie dead.”

However, killing off Heigl’s character, Dr. Izzie Stevens, may be giving the actress just what she wants. Other sources have claimed that Heigl wants to ditch the hospital drama in favour of her budding film career, and would welcome the axing of her character with open arms.

“I haven’t heard anything about that,” a rep for Grey’s producer, Rhimes, said.

When contacted, reps for both Heigl and ABC refused to comment.

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The U.S. version of Kath & Kim is almost upon us, and NBC has released a special preview to get everyone excited.

It didn’t work. While I’m a fan of the two female leads in their own right – I’m thinking of Selma Blair’s bang-up job in Cruel Intentions when I say that – neither of the actresses really manages to capture the essence of what their characters are about.

I mean, it’s Americans attempting to pull off Australian humour. Enough said.

To see for yourself whether this latest version does the original justice, follow the jump to check out a preview of both for comparison.

The American version, with Molly Shannon as Kath and Hellboy II’s Selma Blair as Kim.

The original Kath & Kim, as portrayed by Aussies Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

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If the rumours are to be believed, Shannen Doherty is set to return to 90210!

A source close to the producers behind the remake of the hit 90’s show has revealed today that Doherty will more than likely reprise her role as Brenda Walsh, after her character was axed from the original in 1994.

The source said Doherty was definitely interested in the offer to return to the infamous zipcode, but “she wants to know what the story is going to be first.” Fair enough.

However, the storyline isn’t the only thing that’s been holding the former Charmed starlet back from signing on the dotted line. The money that’s currently on offer is apparently “not enough” to warrant a return, and Doherty is said to be holding out for a better deal — something she’s sure to get, as the producers are desperate to get her on board.

But what do her scorned 90210 co-stars – particularly bitter rival Jennie Garth – think of Doherty’s possible return?

“There’s still some animosity there,” a source revealed, hinting that the other stars also returning for the remake (like Garth and Spelling heir, Tori) weren’t exactly jumping for joy when they heard the news of Doherty’s potential hiring.

Yet Garth, who is set to reprise her role as the lovable Kelly, was adamant that having Doherty back would not bother her at all. “A lot of time has passed, and I’m a big girl. I’d have no problem with her coming on the show,” Garth said.

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