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| | Variety.com - Fox alum on 'Shore' leave |
 | | Net has signed former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Shannen Doherty to join the cast of its Monday sudsersudser "North Shore." Starting with the Sept. 20 episode, she'll play Alexandra Hudson, the bitchy -- er, "ambitious" -- long-lost sister of series star Brooke Burns. |
 | | By recruiting Doherty, net clearly is pulling a Heather -- that is, recruiting a familiar face to play a diva-like character in a bid to add some spark to a struggling first-year serial. |
 | | "North Shore," from 20th Century Fox TV, is exec produced by Chris BrancatoChris Brancato and Bert Salke. |
| www.variety.com /article/VR1117908824?categoryid=14&cs=1 (449 words) |
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