Baywatch alumna Brooke Burns is returning to the beach with a starring role in Fox's new drama series The North Shore. Meanwhile, Golden Globe winner Valerie Bertinelli has been tapped to star opposite Stephen Root in Fox's comedy pilot Sorry Charlie, and stand-up comedian Aron Kader has landed a lead role in NBC's comedy pilot Beverly Hills S.U.V. The North Shore, from 20th Century Fox TV, is an Upstairs, Downstairs look at the guests and staffers at a Hawaiian hotel. Burns will play the manager of the hotel. The role has been recast. In addition to co-starring on Baywatch, Burns hosted NBC's reality series Dog Eat Dog. She is repped by Paradigm. Sorry Charlie, from Sony Pictures TV and Jersey TV, centers on parents (Root, Bertinelli) who struggle with the fact that their kids are growing up. Bertinelli's recent credits include CBS' drama Touched by an Angel and the telefilms Crazy Love and Finding John Christmas. Beverly Hills S.U.V., from NBC Studios, is a workplace ensemble comedy set an upscale Beverly Hills car boutique. Kader will play the inept but manipulative nephew of the boutique's globe-trotting Middle Eastern owner, left in charge of the place by his uncle. Kader, who recently performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, is repped by Don Buchwald and Associates and Leviton Management.
- 4/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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