Variety reports that Fox has dusted off 90210 alum Shannen Doherty and signed her to inject some bitch-blood into its moribund North Shore (which some cursory internet research reveals to be a little-watched television show). Doherty is currently on the NS set in Hawaii, and if producers wanted a shake-up, they've got one. Series star Brooke Burns was married to (and has a child by) Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon, whom Doherty worked with on Charmed and dated. [Ed.note—Had sex with.] We're already getting reports that she and series star Brooke Burns are trying to claw out each other's uteruses. Fox would certainly get a much-needed ratings bump if they aired the bikini-rending, hair-pulling, eye-gouging catfights instead of the actual, boring, OC-biting show.

• Fox alum on 'Shore' leave, [Variety, sub. req'd.]

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