Amanda will be back on Melrose Place, as the CW announced Tuesday that Heather Locklear would officially be joining the cast. And just in time for November sweeps, conveniently.

"We're ecstatic to have the chance to bring Amanda Woodward back to Melrose Place," executive producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer told Us. "Heather's involvement in the show is something we've been working on for some time as we couldn't imagine creating and producing this show without the iconic character's inclusion."

She will be joining original Melrose castmates Laura Leighton, Thomas Calabro, Josie Bisset and Daphne Zuniga in the new version. Locklear was apparently "surprised at how much she liked it," a source told the mag. We'll have to see how it's going on Nov. 17 when the evil ad exec returns.

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