Color me gobsmacked: Tori Spelling is appearing on a CW show, and it’s not 90210. At least not yet anyway. (More on that in a sec.)
Sources confirm to me exclusively that Spelling has finalized a deal to return to Smallville as The Daily Planet’s incredibly liquefying gossip columnist Linda Lake. The camptastic character, first introduced in a Jan. ‘07 episode, is unique among Smallville’s long line of villains in one very significant way: She knows Clark’s secret.
Now for the other piece of this story: My Peach Pit mole confirms that after numerous false starts, Spelling is once again engaged in “preliminary talks” to reprise her role as everyone’s favorite ex-virgin, Donna Martin, on 90210: New Flavor.
As you’ll recall, Aaron’s little girl was all set to head back to her former zip code earlier in the season, but she backed out in an alleged dispute over moolah. Or was it because she just had a baby? Depends who you ask!
If the 90210 deal materializes, and that’s still a big if, I’m told Spelling would likely show up in the spring. Her one-episode Smallville return, meanwhile, is set in stone for early ‘09.
What say you, Smallville fans? Excited to see Clark’s liquid nightmare back? Are you, like me, hoping it’s a precursor to a 90210 return later in the season? The comments section awaits your feedback!
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Oh God, who let this over botoxed non acting b*tch back on tv?
Of all the leading ladies, Donna was the least interesting (even Andrea was better), but hey anything is better than the return of Steve Sanders.
Couldn’t care less about her appearing in 90210, but having her back in Smallville sounds promising. Tom Welling should probably direct that episode though. He seemed to be the only one to actually get her to act with her appearance back in season 6, which he directed.
hate her, but her Smallville character is not bad. have to disagree with Corran though, Andrea was NOT better.
Awesome,I am not a big Tori Spelling fan but I enjoyed her character the first time she was on Smallville. Tori played Linda Lake very well and actually made her into a memorable character that was very enjoyable. I hope Tori’s return means that she will be apart of the group Tess has been trying to put together. I’m very surprised that I am so excited for her return.
Michael calling Tori’s Linda Lake “The camptastic character” is so true, that’s why I think I loved her so much. Tori played Linda like a comic book character and it worked. Like Jesse said in an earlier post her first appearance was great and she was in a very good episode, if I recall the episode was “Hydro” which Tom Welling directed and that was the first episode Clark kissed Lois in. Tori’s return sounds sweet to me.
Michelle, rude much? I suppose you look better than she does to make these comments?
great, she will fit right in with all the other horrible actors on the new 90210
I never cared for donna martin on BH90210, but that “tori and dean” reality show is pretty entertaining. The episode where her husband keeps farting on her in bed is pure gold. She may actually be too big for 90210 at this point. seriously.
I never cared for her….until I saw her absolutely hilarious mockery of herself in “So NoTORIous”, I had new respect for her. People, hater, go find the DVD, the complete series (only ten episodes I believe) is genius.
Brilliant! I always wondered what happened to Linda Lake after ‘Hydro’, and I guessed she wasn’t dead.
I hope they do right by the character; her knowing Clark’s secret could make for an awesome episode. And as I recall, she wasn’t too fond of Lana or her former DP colleague Chloe either, so there is lots of juicy beef to go around!
Maybe Linda could drown Lana or Jimmy this time around.
Wow, can we have another Chloe versus Linda smackdown? Those two snarking at each other in the Daily Planet was awesomely fun and I would love to see Chloe and Clark handle her this time around!! LOL!
Loved her on Smallville!!! So yeah I’m pretty excited about that.
But honestly if she inks a 90210 deal I do think them getting Brian Austin Green is necessary!
What’s Donna without David?
Don’t care about 90210, but I’m excited to have her back on Smallville. She was a great villain! I’d love to see her working with Tess, especially with her knowing Clark’s secret!
Are we going to get another Chloe/Linda smackdown? If so, count me in on the people who would love to see her back. But I fear she is only coming back to say how amazing Lois is for Clark and how wonderfully strong she is and how she can handle anything and what an amazing bond Lois and Clark have. I am even willing to bet that one of her lines will be to praise Lois or to comment on how close Clois are or whatever. Who wants to bet that she and Chloe will not even share a scene together?
It will be nice to see Chloe fighting Linda Lake, but I want to know about Kara, will she ever come back? And Martha Kent?
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tori’s better than the new 90210. the show sucks, she’s better off not on it. more 90210 thoughts at sizzling.wordpress.com.
well and if they bring back tori and they will do she will be good doing the show and shw can also do the new 90210 and also bring back martha kant back in the end of the series and have one more justice ep that include kara because she in the group ever she the supergirl and last inn the series finale bring back lex and the justice that includes martha and if you can hoch up lois and clark in the end
Not to excited about her being on the show. But this season is taking its turn. I am ready for Clark to tell Louis his secret. That will get the season going. As far as Cloe I think she helps make the show. Not having Lana around makes the show 10 times better. She was straight drama through and through
Spelling sucked, I hate her character on Smallville and I already wished her first appearance was her last.
Shoot, I thought Lake bit it and that was a one ep horror. Why the heck would they bring her back, to do the blackmail thing? Can we get through one season without someone trying to blackmail Clarke? It was old after the 2nd season and it had happened that 8th time!
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Tori is great!!
The Chloe vs. Linda Lake fight was the best part of her appearance. It was one of the best fights on the show. It lasted more then 20 seconds. LOL. I’m not sure what else they can do with her character, but if they’re bringing her back I hope it is for a Chloe/Linda Lake rematch!
Good Ol’ Shovelface…
Let’s hope she wears a mask.
This is pretty awesome news. I’ve always love the Linda Lake-Chloe Sullivan confrontation. It showed the line between tabloid trash and real journalism. I hope for a rematch because journalistic Chloe is the best. And her dedication to Clark and protecting him, as shown in Hydro, was amazing.
it would be great if Tori Spelling made her way back to the zipcode that made her famous! I know i’m in the minority, thinking that her character’s return should be more important and valued than Doherty’s. Doherty was on the show for the first 4 seasons ONLY. And yes Spelling’s character was somewhat TAME in comparison to alot of the crazier storylines other female characters had to overcome. Donna was the least morally ambiguous character…that’s not a bad thing
I was a HUGE fan of Smallville since the beginning, but now that Lex and Lana are gone – it really sucks. They are trying to make it better by bringing back characters from previous seasons and IT’S NOT WORKING. Spelling’s episode was one of the WORST of the season. Smallville just keeps getting worse
I’m not sure how people can think the show sucks without Lana and Lex. After years of Clark mooning over Lana like an angsty teenager (which, granted, he was) it’s kind of refreshing that she’s gone. I didn’t mind Lana, but toward the end, she annoyed me. As for Lex? Yeah, he wasn’t bad, but I got tired of his ‘I’m so evil and will find you out’ stuff. I realize the character eventually does, but it’s not for awhile. I like the show now and the cast. I’m liking the fact that you can sort of see the budding romance that’ll eventually happen between Clark and Lois. And I love the actress that plays Lois. The fact that she takes no crap from anyone is great.