Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Britney Spears Returns to Television

While we’ve all been waiting for her victorious comeback tour, Britney Spears has been gearing up for a return to television. And the “Toxic” singer will be appearing on the March 24th episode of CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother.”

Brit will play Abby, a receptionist at a doctor’s office who falls for Josh Radnor’s character Ted when he comes in to have a tattoo removed.

“How I Met Your Mother” creator Craig Thomas recently told press he was overjoyed when Spears’ peeps approached him about a guest starring role. “Britney’s people ended up coming to CBS and expressing interest in our show, and we were thrilled: ‘Britney Spears watches our show!’”

And unlike most business decisions, this one happened in mere minutes. “We heard that they read about the part on Thursday. We were literally in the middle of a re-write of that script, and they said, ‘Oh, we’re having dinner with Britney tonight, and she likes the show. Can you get her a script a half-hour from now?’ So we just sort of busted a** for the next 40 minutes, hit print and showed her our in-progress rewrite of the episode. She got in and thought the character was really funny and said yes the very next day.”

According to Thomas, the “Gimme More” singer was an instant hit among the cast and crew. “She seemed to fit right in! She was having a good time. She was laughing. And it’s a very sweet, romantic episode, so the vibe in the room was just very fun. Everyone was having a good time, and I think she had a good time.”

Gossip Girls

Enjoy the pictures of Britney out at SHU sushi last night (March 10).