Go Bayside! Mario Lopez Joins The CW Family

Thanks to his dimples shaking it on Dancing With The Stars 'A.C. Slater' has signed onto a talent holding deal with the CW. From E!Online:

The Dancing with the Stars finalist has inked a talent holding deal with the CW, meaning the network will either develop a starring vehicle for him or cast him in a pilot for the 2007-08 season, Variety reported Tuesday.

While Lopez hasn't exactly been whiling away the years since he called Zack Morris "preppy" for the last time, it was the 33-year-old actor's recent turn on Dancing with the Stars that returned him to household name status.

Now don't get me wrong I love seeing my early nineties tv stars having a comeback, I just hate that Dancing with the Stars is the source of said comeback. I know 15 million people love this show each week but I would rather bathe in a tub filled with curdled milk than sit through an hour of C-listers waltzing. That's just me.

Hey CW Execs-- how about a sitcom version of Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story? Mario in a speedo for thirty minutes wouldn't hurt ratings.

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