Jason Priestley and Lacey Chabert Talk about Their New Programs on Lifetime

Originally Published April 26 2007As a woman I believe Lifetime Networks39 slogan should no longer be quotTelevision for Womenquot but quotTelevision that Sucks Women in and Leaves Them No Choice but to WatchquotThus it was almost dangerous for me to attend the Lifetime Upfront and see the upcoming programming because it was only destined to mean I39d have to find the time to watch more shows and movies Well my premonitions were right First there39s the new show Side Order of Life starring Marisa Coughlan Boston Legal and Jason Priestley Beverly Hills 90210 The Side Order of Life clip took two seconds to reel me in portraying a young photographer Coughlan who reevaluates her life and forthcoming wedding to Priestley39s character after finding out that her friend39s cancer has returned Even before watching that clip I knew I was going to at least check out Side Order of Life To me a Beverly Hills alum a mustwatchatleastonce show Priestley told me he doesn39t feel any pressure doing another TV show quotThis is what I do God knows this is my third show since 90210 ended and the last one Love Monkey was unceremoniously kicked off the air They can39t all be huge hitsquotLuckily for fans such as myself Priestley doesn39t mind that he39s still associated with a show he stopped being in almost ten years ago quot90210 was really one of those seminal shows People identified with it so strongly It39s etched in people39s mindsquotOn the subject of Beverly Hills 90210 alumni Jennie Garth was also at the Lifetime Upfront to promote her new movie Girl Positive which is about an HIVpositive teacher who must help her student Andrea Bowen of Desperate Housewives who thinks she may also have become infectedLet me just get this out of my system seeing Brandon and Kelly fine fine Jason Priestley and Jennie Garth in the same room together was absolutely surreal They were both such a huge part of television history and seeing them in person together was pretty iconicSince we39re on a roll with TV icons Lacey Chabert Party of Five will be starring in the Lifetime movie What if God Were the Sun this May Chabert plays an emergency room nurse whose father passes away and as a coping mechanism forms a relationship with a terminally ill patient Gena Rowlands of The Notebook The former child star turned brilliant actress is excited for her Lifetime movie which deals with grief healing and acceptance saying quotIn times like these it39s so important to always find that hopequotChabert became famous at age 11 for her role as Claudia Salinger on the hit show Party of Five Since then she has become quite the TV and movie star Chabert recently finished shooting a pilot for Fox that is currently known as the quotUntitled Liz Meriwether Projectquot which Chabert describes as quota single camera comedy featuring four girls out of college kind of like Sex and the Cityquot Like Priestley Chabert has no negative feelings toward still be linked to her Party of Five roots quotFor some reason people think I39d be embarrassed by itquot she said adding that Party of Five quotmade me the actress I am today There was no better learning experience And on the personal side during those pivotal years of my life I had a great group of people around mequot Chabert still keeps in touch with that great group and in fact she39ll be seeing Neve Campbell and Scott Wolf this coming weekend The Lifetime Upfront was quotvery surrealquot for Chabert who said it39s her first upfront since Party of Five when she was about quota foot shorterquotIn addition to these three new developments there are of course about 9 million other new Lifetime shows and movies hitting the network in the upcoming months Lili Taylor Six Feet Under is starring in a very funnyserious new drama series State of Mind Taylor39s character is a family therapist who not only has to deal with her patients39 problems but also her own when she discovers that her husband is cheating on her with their marriage counselor Side note to all you 3990s TV show fans Devon Gummersall is also in this show Not sure where he39s from Let me remind you My SoCalled Life and the guy who raped Julie on FelicityNext there39s Army Wives which is my least favorite of all the new series because the acting seemed a bit over the top even for Lifetime However I39ll probably still watch the first episode Army Wives stars Kim Delaney NYPD Blue and Catherine Bell JAG and features a group of women and one man who are living with their families on an active army postMy favorite favorite favorite Queer Eye guy Carson Kressley will be hosting a new reality show for Lifetime appropriately titled How to Look Good Naked Kressley teaches women of all sizes how to feel good about themselves in their clothes and naked Yup that39s right Kressley has girls strip down to their bra and underwear and makes them like it In reference to his old times at Queer Eye for the Straight Guy he said quotStraight guys will do anything I say Women WhoaquotAlso during his presentation Kressley asked mediumclairvoyant Lisa Williams Lisa Williams Life Among the Dead if his show was going to get picked up He then said quotIf it doesn39t work out I could go do Army Wives because I look terrific in olivequotThere you have it a small sampling of the abundance of new programming that Lifetime has to offer As a woman who loves television I do like this network a lot But I promise not to go as far as to say that men will enjoy all these new shows as well Two years ago I wrote a column about how Lifetime helps women get over breakups but I39m 99 sure that it won39t work such wonders for men Then again Lifetime only prides itself on being for the female gender and they do a damn good job at delivering that promise

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