By 1995 Heather Locklear was sporting figure-hugging Bebe suits on the Fox Network hit Melrose Place.

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" Its story line is much like its ancestors, such as "The Real World" and "Melrose Place.

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The public face of their San Francisco firm, Venture Frogs, is more Melrose Place than Sand Hill Road.

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Courtney Thorne-Smith, formerly "Allison" on nighttime soap "Melrose Place, " finds herself caught in the middle of a love triangle as Billy's wife, and Ally's subsequent friend.

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In a written statement, Spelling Entertainment said the company has offered Tylo a different role on "Melrose Place" for next fall, if the show is picked up for a sixth season.

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Also pulling down the cumulative total was the female-skewing, ratings-light CW, which failed to gain traction with newcomers Melrose Place and the season's first casualty, The Beautiful Life (TBL barely broke the 1 million mark with its second and final episode.) "The prognosis for that network's survival at this point is probably doubtful, " opines Creutz.

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