You may recall that "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" star Jane Seymour had various bitter things to say about CBS when the network canceled her show last year. You may also recall that she quickly returned to work for CBS on a variety of TV movie projects.
The latest of those is "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie," which is scheduled to air on Saturday, May 22.Virtually all of the original cast will return, with the exception of Chad Allen.
The movie is set two years after the last episode of the series and involves the kidnapping of Mike (Seymour) and Sully's (Joe Lando) 4-year-old daughter.
Gee, what will all those "Dr. Quinn" fans who vowed never to watch CBS again after the cancellation do about this?
OUTING HIM: The WB made sure to let critics know that Ali Hillis -- an unknown actress who happens to be the "real-life girlfriend" of "Dawson's Creek" star Kerr Smith -- will be appearing in an upcoming episode of "Felicity."
Smith plays Jack on "Creek" -- the character who recently came out about his homosexuality.
DESPERATE PEOPLE: They do desperate things, of course. And the producers of UPN's low-rated "Love Boat: The Next Wave" are pretty desperate these days.
How desperate? Well, the Muppet-like alien ALF -- from the 1986-90 series of the same name -- will be guest starring on the April 30th episode of the show.
I am not making this up.
EXPERT ANALSIS: Alexander Haig, Richard Nixon's last White House chief of staff and Ronald Reagan's first secretary of state, has joined the Fox News Channel as a "senior international affairs advisor."
No word on when he will declare himself in charge of the cable network.
TYPE CASTING: In the one-hour season finale of "3rd Rock from the Sun" (Tuesday, May 25, at 7 p.m.), "Star Trek's" William Shatner guest stars as the heretofore unseen alien leader known as the Big Giant Head.
Won't be a stretch for him.
UNUSUAL CASTING: Daytime talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is guest starring in the episode of "Ally McBeal" scheduled to air Monday, April 26.
She'll play a marriage counselor, of all things -- one who's trying to help Billy and Georgia save their marriage.
Of course, given that Tracy Ullman (and, briefly, Bruce Willis) has played Ally's therapist, perhaps this isn't so odd after all.
WRESTLING FOR RATINGS: NBC is about to wrap production on "The Jesse Ventura Story," a made-for-TV movie about the former pro wrestler who was elected governor of Minnesota. It's scheduled to air on Sunday, May 23.
Gee, what took them so long?
MORE "SUSAN": In somewhat of a surprise move, NBC has renewed the Brooke Shields sitcom "Suddenly Susan" for next season.
The ratings don't really merit another year. And, if it were a decision based on quality, the show would never have gotten on the air in the first place.
The fact that "Suddenly Susan" got the pickup order speaks volumes about the current state of affairs at NBC. Apparently, network programmers don't have much of anything that's better than this weak excuse for comedy coming next season.
QUOTABLE: "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien: "The producers of 'Live with Regis and Kathie Lee' announced they are holding a Mother's Day contest to find the best mom in the country. The winner will appear on the show where she'll be beaten in a jealous rage by Kathie Lee."