Shannen Doherty

BREAKING up is hard to do. Enter: Shannen Doherty, a Hollywood actress who knows a thing or two about endings and now wants to help you break up with your boyfriend, fire a lousy employee or kick your lazy roommate out the door. On national television. "Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty," which the controversial "Beverly Hills, 90210" star hosts and executive produces, premieres Aug. 22 on Oxygen.

Two four-hour dramas ripped from newspaper headlines go head-to-head Sunday night. Shannen Doherty, Edward Asner, Dixie Carter and Kevin Dillon star in CBS' "Gone in the Night," at 9 p.m. on Channel 2. Doherty and Dillon play a Chicago couple who are arrested for the murder of their missing daughter. When the husband is found guilty, his wife sets out to prove his innocence. The drama concludes Tuesday at 9 p.m. Over on NBC at 9 p.m.

The Television Critics Assn. Press Tour, the semiannual gathering of television journalists from around the country, began at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday. We offer you these dispatches. The deed is done: Not only will Shannen Doherty officially have a role on the new version of "90210," she also will be in the two-hour premiere on Sept. 2. After weeks of speculation, rumors and, presumably, haggling, executive producer Gabe Sachs said Saturday morning at the Beverly Hilton that Doherty's Brenda would join the previously announced returns of Kelly (Jennie Garth)

After all the e-mailing and brain-storming between "90210" producers and Tori Spelling, it looks like viewers won't get to see Donna Martin's fashion line after all. Spelling will not join Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty as they reprise their roles in the CW's spinoff of the 1990s Fox hit, which premieres Sept. 2. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Spelling decided not to be on the show when she learned that her costars would earn $35,000 to $50,000 per episode but the CW wanted to pay her only $10,000 to $20,000.

An attorney for actress Shannen Doherty pleaded not guilty to drunk driving on her behalf Friday. Commissioner Ruben De La Torre set trial for April 30. Doherty, who has yet to show up at the Ventura County courthouse for hearings since her Dec. 28 arrest, will be in court for her trial, said her attorney, Trent Copeland. The 29-year-old Doherty, best-known for her role as Brenda Walsh on the television show "Beverly Hills, 90210," was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers about 3 a.

Actress Shannen Doherty pleaded no contest Monday to drunk driving, acting on the day her trial was scheduled to begin in Ventura County Superior Court. Doherty, a star of television's "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Charmed," entered pleas on misdemeanor charges of driving while under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level higher than 0.08%.

Actress Shannen Doherty on Monday pleaded no contest to drunk driving, shortly before her trial was scheduled to begin in Ventura County Superior Court. Doherty, star of television's "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Charmed," entered pleas on misdemeanor charges of driving while under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of higher than .08.

Television actress Shannen Doherty will avoid jail time for a Dec. 28 drunk driving arrest if she performs community service by lecturing teenagers about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. Doherty, who was not at the hearing, was ordered to serve 48 hours of jail time or participate in six days of a work release program, which includes projects such as picking up freeway trash.

Television actress Shannen Doherty will avoid jail time for a December drunk-driving arrest if she performs community service by lecturing teenagers about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. Doherty, 30, faced 48 hours in jail or six days in a work-release program. But she can instead appear at Mothers Against Drunk Driving events and speak at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center. She also received three years of probation. A judge will review her case Sept. 10.