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Top actresses exit new series
Thursday May 26 8:42 AM ET


Several high-profile actresses have been let go from shows freshly picked up by UPN, Fox, NBC and the WB, days after the networks unveiled their fall lineups to advertisers.

Shannen Doherty, star of UPN's new comedy "Love, Inc.," will not be on the show when it premieres in the fall.

"Shannen is a terrific actress," a UPN spokeswoman said. "We simply decided to take the show in a different creative direction." Doherty's "Love, Inc." co-star, Holly Robinson Peete, will continue on the show.

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"Love, Inc." was going to be Doherty's first series since the WB's "Charmed," which she left after three seasons. Before that, she was fired from Fox's "Beverly Hills, 90210."

At Fox, Rachael Leigh Cook is departing the new drama series "Head Cases." The show stars Chris O'Donnell as a successful lawyer with a nervous breakdown who teams up with a lawyer with an anger problem (Adam Goldberg).

Two actresses, Sarah Clarke of "24" fame and Leonor Varela, are said to be leaving NBC's high-profile new drama, the Pentagon-set "E-Ring." In the pilot, which stars Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Hopper, Clarke played the wife of Bratt's character, while Varela played a lieutenant colonel. Both roles are now being reconceived, sources said.

At the WB, Laura San Giacomo ("Just Shoot Me") is no longer part of the cast of the "Related," a drama that revolves around four adult sisters in New York. The other actresses are Jennifer Esposito, Lizzy Caplan and Laura Breckenridge.

At UPN, Sara Foster, who co-starred in the pilot for "South Beach," will not continue on the midseason drama.

Additionally, the female lead on Fox's upcoming comedy series "The Loop" is now vacant. The role in the pilot was played by Becki Newton.

The ongoing shuffling of female characters is not limited to new series. Sasha Alexander is leaving the CBS crime drama "NCIS," while Monica Potter and Rhona Mitra are departing ABC's "Boston Legal."

Julie Bowen ("Ed") will join David E. Kelley's "Boston Legal" when the drama returns for a second season in the fall. "Boston Legal" is said to be looking to add another female character.

Also on a lookout for possible new female cast additions are NBC's new comedy "Four Kings" and CBS' returning drama "Numbers," sources said.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Shannen's really batting 1000 nowadays isn't she?

Shannen's really batting 1000 nowadays isn't she?

To be honest, with her track record, I'm more shocked that she was hired for another show.

Shannen was also fired from Sci-Fi's Scare Tactics since she was fired from Charmed.... in shocking news, she was HIRED on the show North Shore and Fox cancelled it within weeks after she came onboard.

I like Shannen, but it's a shame that she is such a pain to work with she can't stick to a show through the entire run. I thought the first three seasons of Charmed were excellent, ALMOST a good as Buffy, about on par with Roswell, and better than Angel, but without Shannen, it's been on a downward spiral, even though I liked the first season with Rose. Shannen had creative imput in the show, and refused to let them do certain storylines that she felt belittled the audience... many of these Shannen-refused storylines popped up in season 5, which many fans (including myself) consider the worst year.

Shannen was also fired from Sci-Fi's Scare Tactics since she was fired from Charmed....


She was fired from Scare Tactics too? I thought that show was just cancelled.

She was fired from Scare Tactics too? I thought that show was just cancelled.

I'm not sure if Scare Tactics is still on or not, but Sci-Fi let her out of her contract after the second season and replaced her with Stephen Baldwin for the third season.

I'm not sure if Scare Tactics is still on or not, but Sci-Fi let her out of her contract after the second season and replaced her with Stephen Baldwin for the third season.

I see that show went for the A list talent! :lol:

Boy - there's a shocker! :eek: :rolleyes:

I still laugh when I think of that "Scare Tactics" meets "Boy Meets Boy" skit "Mad TV" did. "Your freakishly uneven eyes are freaking me out!!"

"hi, I'm Shannen Doherty"
"you're messing with me, who'd hire you!!!"

lol

I joked to a friend before that Shannen would be great if The Donald was to do a "Celebrity Apprentice", people who don't even watch Apprentice would tune in every week to see Shannen hear the words that aren't new to her.