Expect the Unexpected.

Fans of One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected can breathe a huge sigh of relief. That's because CW honchos have renewed both fan favorites for next season. One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected were on the bubble to return, but the network has given the go ahead for orders of at least 12 episodes of each series.

The news was not so good for fans of Melrose Place. That show is officially kaput!

The network has also ordered at least two new series for the fall:

Hellcats, the college cheerleading drama from Smallville's Tom Welling (starring Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale) and Nikita, an updated take on the movie and TV series Le Femme Nikita and Point Of No Return, starring action film star Maggie Q.

A formal announcement and the rest of the CW fall schedule will be presented to advertisers on Thursday morning at Madison Square Garden.

Tonight's the night you've been waiting for if you've been missing 90210 and Melrose Place. Both shows are back with uninterrupted strings of first-run episodes, the first since last year. Check out some previews below:

90210 airs tonight at 8pm followed at 9pm by Melrose Place!

The 2009-2010 season is almost over. The network has announced the season finale dates for all of its current series. Here they are!

Life Unexpected - Monday, April 12
Melrose Place - Tuesday, April 13
High Society - Wednesday, April 28
Fly Girls - Wednesday, May 5
America's Next Top Model - Wednesday, May 12
The Vampire Diaries - Thursday, May 13
Supernatural- Thursday, May 13
Smallville - Friday, May 14
One Tree Hill - Monday, May 17
Gossip Girl- Monday, May 17
90210 - Tuesday, May 18

Set your DVR's now!

When are your favorite CW shows returning with original episodes and how many can you look forward to? I have the scoop. Here are the dates you're going to want to remember followed by the number of episodes left for the season:

January 18:

One Tree Hill (10 episodes)
Life Unexpected (13 episodes)

January 21:

The Vampire Diaries (12 episodes)
Supernatural (12 episodes)

January 22:

Smallville (12 episodes including the 2-hour movie, Absolute Justice.)

March 8:

Gossip Girl (10 episodes)

March 9:

90210 (10 episodes)
Melrose Place (6 episodes)

March (Date TBA)

America's Next Top Model: Cycle 14 (13 episodes)
Fly Girls (8 episodes)
Tinsley Mortimer (8 episodes)

Keep the faith. They'll be here before you know it!!

Happy Holidays to all!!

Stephanie Jacobsen, who plays surgical resident by day/call girl by night Lauren Yung on The CW's Melrose Place sat down with Jill Nicolini on The PIX Morning News earlier today to dish the dirt about her character, Heather Locklear and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. Check out her interview. And don't be thrown by Stephanie's accent. While her character Lauren is from Cincinnati, Stephanie is actually from Hong Kong by way of Australia.

Here are some tidbits about your favorite CW shows:

Gossip Girl

Dan and Vanessa will become an item.
Nate and Serena will get together.
Serena's father will cause problems for Rufus and Lily.

Melrose Place

Four original castmembers of Melrose Place will appear together in episode 16 (tentatively scheduled to air in early March 2010). Apparently, Heather Locklear's Amanda will be joined by Josie Bisset's Jane Mancini, Thomas Calabro's Michael Mancini and Daphne Zuniga's Jo Reynolds when the four get together to attend an event at their old apartment complex.

Smallville:

Chloe will get a love interest later this season in the name of Steven Swift (AKA Warrior Angel).
Steven Swift will be played by Carlo Marks who appeared as Chloe's fiancé in the "It's A Wonderful Life" themed Smallville episode titled Apocalypse in 2008.

90210

Naomi finally learns the truth about Liam and Jen in episode 11 airing on December 1st.
Someone attempts suicide.
Dixon's biological mother returns.
Debbie flirts with Kai, her yoga instructor.

Supernatural

Anna goes back in time to kill Mary & John Winchester and prevent Sam from being born.

Here are 3 clips from next week's episode of Melrose Place. Each feature Heather Locklear's Amanda:

The nominees for the People's Choice Awards have been announced and it's time to show your love by voting for your favorite CW stars and shows!

Favorite TV Drama Actress

Blake Lively/Gossip Girl
Anna Paquin/True Blood
Jennifer Love-Hewitt/Ghost Whisperer
Katherine Heigl/Grey's Anatomy
Mariska Hargitay/Law & Order: SVU

Favorite TV Obsession

Gossip Girl
Dexter
The Hills
The Secret Life Of The American Teenager
True Blood

Favorite New TV Drama

Melrose Place
Vampire Diaries
Eastwick
Flash Forward
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
Mercy
NCIS: LA
Three Rivers

Favorite TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
Heroes
Lost
True Blood

Favorite TV Talk Show

The Tyra Banks Show
Chelsea Lately
Live With Regis & Kelly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show

Favorite Music Collaboration

Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester
I'm On A Boat - The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Live Your Life - T.I. & Rihanna
Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Click here to vote! Vote early and vote often!! :)

The People's Choice Awards airs on CBS on January 6th.

Heather Locklear will be all over the airwaves this week and next to promote her November 17th return to TV as Amanda Woodward on The CW's Melrose Place. Here are a bunch of places you can find her:

The Insider - November 9th
Extra - November 9th and November 17th
Access Hollywood - November 10th
The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien - November 11th
ET Weekend - Weekend of November 14th
The Jay Leno Show - November 16th

In this newest of promos for Heather Locklear's November 17th return to Melrose Place we get a slightly longer glimpse of things to come.

Stop the presses! Jessica Simpson has called Melrose Place, 'crap!'

Earlier this week, Jessica came to the defense of little sis Ashlee who was recently dismissed from her short-term role as Violet on The CW's Melrose Place. In a short diatribe, the elder Simpson sister Twittered her dissatisfaction.

CW catching up on MP.who writes this crap?i have had bad scripts to work with,but this?thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press...Watch til Jan.. :).

Can you say, "sour grapes?"

In fairness, she was defending her little sister, so kudos to her for that (anyone of us would probably do the same).

On the other hand, it is galling to be called out as 'crap' by someone who's crowning achievement as an actor came as Daisy Duke in the Dukes Of Hazzard remake. Or perhaps her starring role as Private Megan Valentine in Major Movie Star (a straight to DVD masterpiece which got a brief theatrical release in Bulgaria -- I kid you not) qualifies her to make such grand pronouncements.

Let's remind ourselves why Jessica Simpson is a leading authority on acting and quality scripts.

Here's a first look at Heather Locklear on Melrose Place in a new promo for the show's November 17th Amanda debut!

Here are some juicy tidbits on all of your favorite CW programs!

One Tree Hill:

A character on One Tree Hill will attempt suicide in an episode coming soon.

Gossip Girl:

Bart Bass returns to Gossip Girl in December. Is he back from the dead? According to E! Online, that might very well be the case. On the other hand, Entertainment Weekly says Bart is not alive nor is he appearing in flashback. So, what gives? Keep watching to find out!

90210:

Dixon will welcome another older woman into his life, someone older than Sasha. This character has already appeared on the show.

After Ryan's impending break up with Jen, he'll find a new woman to date. Imagine his surprise when he learns that he is bedding the mother of one of his students!!

Naomi tells a lies that has major ramifications!

Melrose Place:

The murder mystery wraps in episode 12 (scheduled to air December 8th).

Nick Zano (who's wrapping up a stint as Courteney Cox' young boyfriend on Cougar Town) is reportedly in the running to join Melrose Place as a new resident at the hospital where Lauren and Michael work.

Heather Locklear's storyline involves some sort of mystery involving Sydney -- so Laura Leighton "may be staying on in some form," according to Jessica Lucas who plays Riley on the show.

America's Next Top Model:

Tyra Banks chooses America's Next Top Model in the Cycle 13 finale scheduled to air on November 18th.

Eddie Murphy will be in the audience for the final runway show on the season finale of Top Model!

The Vampire Diaries:

A series regular of the female persuasion will bite the dust.

Supernatural:

Thursday's night of death continues as two supporting cast members of Supernatural die in an episode titled "Abandon All Hope" (tentatively scheduled to air November 19th).

Also in this episode, the brothers battle it out with Lucifer.

Sam & Dean switch bodies in episode 12 (which will air in late December or early January).

Smallville:

Phil Morris will return to the show as a Martian Manhunter in a 2-part episode titled "Society," scheduled to air early in the new year. The episode was written by D.C. Comics writer Geoff Johns (best known for his work on The Flash and The Green Lantern). This Justice Society themed episode introduces such characters as Hawkman, Doctor Fate and Stargirl.

Clark and Chloe's friendship will be rebuilt.

Here are the first pics of Heather Locklear from her November 17th debut on Melrose Place!

Colin Egglesfield was told to pack his bags and move out of Melrose Place yesterday.

In spite of Executive Producer Todd Slavkin's claim that his dismissal from the show wasn't a "complete shock," Egglesfield who plays Auggie Kirkpatrick on the nighttime soap was a little surprised and very disappointed at being let go.

Egglesfield who had a multi-year contract and was scheduled to recur in 10 of this season's first 13 episodes told E! Online that he got the bad news from Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, another Melrose producer.

"They were really saddened, and you could tell it was difficult for them to break this news to me. They said it was a network decision, and they said the network thought Auggie was a little too dark, with his alcoholism. They felt like in the landscape of Melrose they wanted to change the tone of the show. So that's the explanation that they gave me. They said that it wasn't anything against me or my talent or anything. There was never any discussion that they weren't sure what they were going to do with me or my character.

But Egglesfield (whose character is NOT being killed off -- "The way in which I'm leaving the show, I'm not being killed off, I'm just leaving. It keeps the door open for, potentially, my character to come back, but who knows?") was careful not to burn any bridges and offered praise to the execs that gave him the boot.

"Todd and Darren are great, I love those guys and they've always been straightforward and straight shooters and just great people to work with. I respect the decision that they had to make creatively to do what they need to do, I'm just frustrated that I'm not going to be a part of the show, because it was such a great job and a fun place to go to work every day," said Egglesfield.

For more Melrose Place, click here.

Ashley Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield have been evicted from Melrose Place.

Melrose Place Executive Producer Todd Slavkin explained the reasons for the changes.

In Ashley's case "we felt that once the murder mystery was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift into a much more fun, romantic, sexy upbeat kind of show, and [her] character would move on...Colin was always meant to be the ultimate suspect. And his brooding alcoholic [character] tonally didn’t fit the paradigm moving into post-murder mystery Melrose Place," Slavkin told Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello in an extensive interview.

"We always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12. And we always knew that [Ashlee's] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin's character of] Auggie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show, Slavkin said.

The two actors took the news in stride. "They’re total professionals and they took it like professionals. When you go into a show you never know what’s going to evolve and what the possibilities are. But because they knew ahead of time, it wasn’t a complete shock, said Slavkin.

So what can we expect from Melrose Place going forward?

I can't believe I am writing about this. Yes, folks, this is what I've been reduced to. It is indeed a very slow news day...

90210's Trevor Donovan is apparently the hottest guy on TV -- or so says Life & Style Magazine (and would they lie?).

Donovan's Southern California surfer dude looks placed him at the top of the list in Life & Style Magazine's annual countdown.

"Coming into a cast that had worked together for a year was a little intimidating, but everyone's so nice. And Teddy's a really fun character," said the 31-year-old (yes, THIRTY ONE-YEAR-OLD) actor who plays golden boy Teddy Montgomery, the guy driving a wedge between Adrianna and Navid.

Also making the list, Daniel Henny of CBS' Three Rivers, Chris O' Donnell of CBS' NCIS: LA, Nick Zano of ABC's Cougar Town and Michael Rady who stars as Jonah Miller on the CW's very own Melrose Place.

For more (if you must), check out the most recent issue of Life & Style Magazine.

Can't say who, can't say why, can't say when.

But I can say that someone big is going to die this season on Melrose Place (and I'm not not talking about Sydney -- who's already dead, but seen in flashbacks), E! Online has reported.

Apparently, this death is tied to a much bigger storyline and everyone is tight-lipped on the character that bites the dust and the circumstances surrounding his/her dispensation to the great beyond.

Who do you think it will be? Who do you want it to be?

For more Melrose, click here!

Check out the first picture of Heather Locklear on the set of The CW's Melrose Place!

As you all know by now, Heather Locklear returns to Melrose Place on November 17th. Now I can tell you for how long.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Amanda Woodward and her short skirts will be at L.A.'s most notorious address for at least seven episodes.

In tribute to Heather Locklear's return, check out these classic Melrose Place videos to remind yourself of why Amanda Woodward will be so much fun!

If you like One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place, get used to seeing them on PIX.

If you don't like One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place, get used to seeing them on PIX.

In a display of confidence, The CW announced today that One Tree Hill has been picked up for an entire 22-episode season, while both Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place have received orders for additional scripts. The CW has committed to 9 additional scripts for The Vampire Diaries and 6 more scripts for Melrose Place!

She's signed, sealed and delivered. Heather Locklear will reprise her role as bitchy ad executive Amanda Woodward on The CW's Melrose Place beginning November 17th!

"We're ecstatic to have the chance to bring Amanda Woodward back to 'Melrose Place,'" said executive producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer. "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."

Amanda will return to town as Ella's boss at the PR firm. Ella, the new resident vixen in town (played by Katie Cassidy) will no doubt be schooled in the art of scheming by Locklear's Amanda!

It has not been announced how many episodes Locklear will appear in.

Locklear is the fifth original castmember to join The CW's Melrose update! She joins, Thomas Calabro (Dr. Michael Mancini), Laura Leighton (Sydney Andrews), Josie Bisset (Jane Mancini) and Daphne Zuniga (Jo Reynolds) who have already signed on.

Heather Locklear joined the original Melrose Place as a "Special Guest Star" at the end of its first season and stayed with the show for the remainder of the series' seven-year run.

Bring on the catfights and the short skirts!!!

Thomas Calabro (Dr. Michael Mancini) made a housecall at WPIX the other day and dished the dirt on the new season of Melrose Place and growing up in Brooklyn.

PIX: You're the only original cast member that was on the entire run of Melrose. That's a pretty good distinction for you.

Thomas Calabro: Yeah, I think it's one of the most surprising ones because it was so much fun everyday, all day for seven years. I don't know why everybody didn't stick around the whole time.

PIX: Was it as fun as it appeared to those of us that were watching - like being on set?

TC: Yeah it did. Mostly 'cause there wasn't as much drama behind the camera (as) there was in front of it. Behind the camera we had a great time.

PIX: Speaking of drama, how much drama can we expect on the new Melrose Place?

TC: A lot. It's beautiful people with major problems again and there's gonna be a lot of stuff. They mix it up pretty good. They seem to be able to juggle a lot more problems than they used to in one episode, so that's good.

PIX: Is Dr. Mancini going to change now that he's kind of the elder statesman or is he going to be as bold as the young people.

TC: Well, I was the oldest character the first time around and I'm the oldest character on the show (and person) the second time around so that doesn't change. What has changed for Dr. Mancini is a lot more money. He's invented a 'heart valve thingybob' (the technical term escapes me at the moment). It's given him a lot of prestige, a lot of power and a lot of money so he can do everything he did before, and then some.

PIX: You also got a chance to direct. Do you have any aspirations to do it again now?

TC: We'll see how it goes moving forward. Certainly I always have my eye to that so we'll see how it goes.

PIX: I didn't realize, but you're a good ol' Brooklyn boy and you worked in your dad's diner on top of a subway.

TC: That's right. It was the LL stop in Williamburg - two stops from Manhattan.

PIX: What did you do?

TC: I did everything. I did everything he told me to do and he told me to do more and more as the years went by. I spent a lot of my childhood there.

PIX: And football.. Stuyvesant High School. You're like a New York success story. It's so great to have you back not only on Melrose but back here on our network.

TC: Thank you so much!

Melrose Place airs Tuesdays at 9pm after 90210 (just like the good 'ol days)!

The CW has confirmed that Rick Fox will join Melrose Place in a recurring role this fall. Fox, who played for both the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers during an extensive NBA career is no stranger to acting. Fox has also appeared on such programs as Ugly Betty, Oz, The Game and One Tree Hill. On Melrose Place, Fox will play the owner of a restaurant where both Auggie (Colin Egglesfield) and Violet ( Ashlee Simpson-Wentz) work.

This fall on Melrose Place, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz portrays Violet Foster, a young woman fresh off the turnip truck - a hick from the sticks who lands at L.A.'s most scandalous address. But don't expect Ashlee's Violet to be of the "shrinking" variety. All is not what it seems. In fact, Simpson-Wentz reveals that Violet will have a dark side -- perhaps one that plays an integral part in the murder mystery storyline that kicks of the inaugural season of the eagerly anticipated new prime time drama! When we first meet Violet she comes off as a sweet innocent, but as the season builds, we'll see her become more manipulative.

"She's a little off. She's got a dark side. She grew up with a foster family and never knew love and family, so people have just come in and out of her life. She just wants to be accepted and loved," Simpson-Wentz told the Los Angeles Times.

Foster (from a "foster" family)? Hmmmmmm. Wonder if that's even her real name?

Ashley Simpson-Wentz will dish about Melrose Place and hopefully give us some more scoop on her character and the new season when she appears LIVE on The PIX Morning News tomorrow morning (Friday, September 4th) at 845am!

In the meantime, enjoy this behind the scenes video of the recent TV Guide cover shoot for Melrose Place!

Multiple media sources are reporting that Heather Locklear is currently engaged in negotiations to reprise her "guest star" role as ad exec Amanda Woodward on the CW's reboot of Melrose Place this season.

According to an inside source with the show, there is a strong chance that Amanda Woodward will make her way back to the show.

There are definitely talks going on," says the insider. "It's better-than-even money that she'll do it. Everyone's optimistic, absolutely. [Heather] saw the pilot and loved it. Hopefully [the producers will] figure out something great for her creatively."

Originally Locklear had passed on the project because she thought "there was [no] way to bring [Amanda] back that made sense," but producers left the door open in case she changed her mind.

No word yet on whether Jack Wagner has been approached to reprise his role of Dr. Peter Burns. Wagner is Locklear's off-screen boyfriend, but also played Locklear's on-screen love interest on the original Melrose Place. Wagner and Locklear have sparked rumors of a real-life engagement, though the couple has denied this.

Producers have also left the door open to Grant Show (Jake Hanson) who has expressed interest in appearing on the program (though perhaps not this season).

If Locklear signs on to do Melrose Place, she will be the 5th original castmember to make the jump. She would join Thomas Calabro, Laura Leighton, Josie Bissett and Daphne Zuniga who have already committed to appearing on the series.

Take a look behind the scenes at The CW's Melrose Place in these NEW videos by click the link below!

Grant Show who played Jake Hanson on the original Melrose Place has said that he would be open to doing a guest turn on The CW's 2009 re-boot. Show who will be appearing opposite Jenna Elfman on CBS' new sitcom Accidentally On Purpose this fall told reporters about the change of heart at the TCA meetings in Hollywood yesterday. However, don't look for him on Melrose this season. We've been talking, but nothing solid," Show says. "I'm not opposed to it... They haven't come up with the writing for me yet. I'm not sure they're even going to need me this year -- maybe next year."

With a little more than a month before its premiere, The CW is pulling out all the stops in a provocative new ad campaign designed to draw old and new fans to L.A.'s hottest address, Melrose Place. The four new steamy print ads featuring cast members of the Melrose re-boot are subtitled with such eye-catching lines as Tuesday's The New Humpday, Tuesdays Are A Bitch and Menage A Tues. The ads feature such actors as Thomas Calabro (Michael Mancini), Laura Leighton (Sydney Andrews), Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (Violet Foster) and Katie Cassidy (Ella Simms) in alluring poses in and around the iconic Melrose Place apartment complex. Take a look at one of the ads below, as well as a cool new promo featuring a couple of familar Melrose residents and one new one I'm sure you'll grow to love!

...and then there were four. Daphne Zuniga is the latest original Melrose Place castmember to join the cast of The CW's re-boot of the 90's favorite guilty pleasure. Zuniga will reprise her character Jo Reynolds, a professional photographer in at least two episodes of the series this fall. Zuniga joins Thomas Calabro, Josie Bissett and Laura Leighton as original castmembers making the leap to the new series. One Tree Hill fans know that Zuniga is no stranger to The CW. Daphne Zuniga appeared in 16 episodes of the drama as Victoria Davis during the 2008-2009 season.

In other CW-related News...

Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick are splitting up. Huh, you say? No...the two were not an item. Until recently the two Gossip guys shared a Chelsea apartment, but Crawford had enough of Westwick's Oscar Madison-like ways and moved into his own pad, a rented penthouse in the luxury Dwell 95 building on Wall Street. For a peek at his new place, click here. Cool!!

What I know about fashion could fit in a thimble, but for those of you who care...

...a Target spokesman has debunked a Daily News story claiming the retail giant was distancing itself from Gossip Girl by pulling Anna Sui's planned fall collection inspired by characters from the hit show. The line is still on and clothes from the collection will hit stores in mid-September. Viewers will get their first glimpse at the collection on September 14th, when Target's Anna Sui Gossip Girl collection is featured in an ad during the program's season premiere. "Whew."

Everyone remembers Thomas Calabro from his starring role as Dr. Michael Mancini on the original Melrose Place. He was also recently seen as Senator Ken Logan, the adulterer father of Zee-Bee-Zee pledge Rebecca Logan on ABC Family's GREEK . On Melrose, Dr. Michael Mancini had an affair with his sister-in-law Sydney Andrews (and at least ten others). So, basically...not much has changed for Thomas Calabro in the last 17 years. Welcome to The CW!

Hey, wait...didn't Sydney die years ago on the original Melrose Place, you say? So what? You've never seen a prime time soap before? Don't worry. All will be explained. ..And it's GOOD! By the way, Laura Leighton is married to Doug Savant who played gay resident Matt Fielding on the original Melrose Place and now stars on Desperate Housewives as Tom Scavo.

Shaun Sipos is a Canadian actor who was last seen as a regular on CBS' Shark. He has also been seen in guest starring roles on such series as Southland, ER, CSI: Miami and Smallville where he was credited as "Chloe's Boy Thing." I'm sure he can act, but with a credit like that, I'm guessing the girls are gonna love him no matter what.

Stephanie Jacobsen was last seen as Jesse Flores on Fox' sci-fi favorite Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In Terminator: SCC, Jesse Flores was the Resistance fighter girlfriend of Derek Reese who was played by Brian Austin-Green who starred as David Silver on the original Beverly Hills 90210, the series that spawned the original Melrose Place. See how it all comes together?

The much better-half of Fall-Out Boy Pete Wentz and the mother of Bronx Mowgli (poor kid), Ashley was last seen on PIX as Cecilia Smith on the long-running WB drama 7th Heaven. Can a Jessica Simpson cameo be on the way? Here's hoping!

Jessica Lucas appeared most recently on 90210 for 4 episodes as Kimberly MacIntyre. You remember her. She was the trouble-making transfer student at West Beverly who turned out to be a 25-year-old undercover-Narc hired by Harry to weed out drugs in the school. Weed out. Get it? Anyhoo...until Kimberly was outed as a cop, she almost cost teacher Ryan his job when everyone thought he was having a sexual relationship with a student. See. You know her. Jessica Lucas also appeared as Lily in the JJ Abrams produced horror flick, Cloverfield.

As Max Tyler on ABC Family's GREEK, Michael Rady currently appears as the boyfriend of the Zeta-Beta's very own Casey Cartwright. Methinks that unless Casey moves to Melrose Place soon, this relationship is SO over. But what do I know? Michael Rady is also remembered as high school teacher Doug Stephens on CBS' 70's era cult favorite, Swingtown.

Currently trying to head off her own death (or is she the serial killer?) on CBS' Harper's Island. Katie is the daughter of the Partridge Family's David Cassidy and the niece of another 70's pop-star heartthrob, Shaun Cassidy. Sharp-eyed PIX viewers will remember Katie Cassidy as the original Ruby on The CW's Supernatural. Welcome back Katie!

Last seen on All My Children as Erica Kane's previously thought to have been aborted (doctor/TV producer/corporate mogul/ bad guy turned good guy turned bad guy) son Josh Madden who was shot to death by his brother-in-law. His heart saved the life of his comatose half-sister. Gotta love the soaps!