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Check out the new trailer for The CW's Melrose Place featuring Heather Locklear (above)!

Oh those Simpson sisters are such serious thespians!

J. Simpleton took to her Twitter to express her disdain for Melrose Place and support for her recently-fired sister, Asslee Simpson.

Says Jess:

"CW catching up on MP.who writes this crap?i have had bad scripts to work with,but this?thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press."

Is it bad scripts or bad acting? You've been known to participate in some bombs yourself. Major Movie Star, anyone?

An insider revealed that Ass was fired from Melrose Place because "she was embarrassingly bad. Producers cut her down as much as possible." Another said that "she's the worst actress, but nobody will tell her."

Apparently Ass doesn't want to go back to singing either because she would have to tour and be away from son Bronx Mowgli.

So she can't act and she can't sing? Sounds like someone could fade into obscurity at any moment…

Jess will welcome you with open arms!

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From hot, new, hit show to craptastic TV remake. Put that pretty face to work!

With Asslee Simpson moving out of Melrose Place, there are some vacancies that need to be filled.

Enter Nick Zano, who recently has been starring in Courteney Cox's new show, Cougar Town. Nick will be playing an "irreverent and funny" doctor who moves into the apartment building.

Luckily for him, the role on Melrose Place won't be interfering with his work on Cougar Town, which probably means he won't be staying long on one of these shows (likely MP)!

[Image via WENN.]

Looks like The CW has finally realized that Melrose Place isn't going anywhere but down.

The execs just fired Ashlee Simpson - they're guessing that might actually help increase the ratings.

And in an even better move, the network has now replaced the Wednesday repeats of Melrose Place with repeats of their hit show, The Vampire Diaries.

Starting this Wednesday, repeats of The Vampire Diaries will air through the month of November.

Great news for everyone as they'll get to enjoy their fav show twice.

As for Melrose Place, execs are hoping that with Heather Locklear's return in November the ratings will increase.

Our money is still on The Vampire Diaries making it big. Vampires mixed in with a bit of witchery is always a plus!

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You should never take delight in someone else's misfortune…

Except for right now!!!!

In a shocking turn of a events this afternoon, it was announced that Ashlee Simpson was FIRED from her gig on Melrose Place. (They are also letting go Colin Egglesfield, but we don't know who that is, nor do we care!)

The producers are leading us to believe that this was the plan from the start, but something tells us that isn't the case. Here's what producer Todd Slavkin had to say :

What was behind the decision to let Ashlee and Colin go?

TODD SLAVKIN: Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12. And we always knew that [Ashlee's] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin's character of] Augie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show.

So it was always the plan for Ashlee to leave after episode 12?

SLAVKIN: Yes. Because we felt that once the murder mystery was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift into a much more fun, romantic, sexy upbeat kind of show, and [her] character would move on.

Is it fair to say that if either of those characters clicked you would’ve found a way to keep them?

SLAVKIN: Well, you never know when you go along. But in the end, we felt like it was right [decision].

How did Ashlee and Colin take the news?

SLAVKIN: They’re total professionals and they took it like professionals. When you go into a show you never know what’s going to evolve and what the possibilities are. But because they knew ahead of time [that leaving was a possibility], it wasn’t a complete shock.

We think she was just too expensive to keep around and the producers would much rather filter funds in keeping Heather Locklear on the show than this whacktress!

And a swing and miss for Asslee! At least she got more airtime than Mushy.

What now, hun? Going to go back to that "singing" career of yours?

Or maybe it's time to just GIVE UP!

Looks like the vampire trend isn't going anywhere soon!

The CW ordered a full season of its latest and what seems to be its only hit at the moment, The Vampire Diaries.

The show is currently the most-watched on the network and raked in 3.9 million viewers during last week's episode.

As for the lackluster Melrose Place, the CW has ordered only 5 more episodes and seems to be holding out to see if the ratings will spike at all with the return of Heather Locklear.

And if Heather can't save it, we don't think anyone can.

Asslee Simpson could end up sharing the same fate as Mushy Fartone!

[Image via WENN.]

With the ratings on the new Melrose Place doing so poorly, we're really hoping to get to watch the return of Amanda Woodward!

Heather Locklear was snapped on the set yesterday, looking lovely and yet devious in a red dress as she got into character.

Unfortunately, we have our doubts that her episode will even air as it's set to hit the airwaves in mid November.

If the ratings keep tanking, odds are they'll cancel the show.

Let's hope we get to see Amanda return on TV.

Then they can cancel it!

[Image via Ability Films.]

Don't be fooled by the rocky start, Melrose Place will remain on the CW block.

The network announced that it will be ordering six new scripts for the series, hoping the combination of some warm-up time plus the much anticipated return of Heather Locklear to the Place will boost it's ratings.

Other shows got some happy news this morning, including The Vampire Diaries, which has garnered itself another order of nine scripts, and One Tree Hill was give the green light for an entire seventh season.

Seventh season? Geez, someone shoot down that sinking ship. What could they all possibly still be talking about?