For the fifth time,
celebrities are ready to go all in for charity, as Bravo prepares to
launch its fifth season of the popular "Celebrity Texas Holdem Poker
Showdown."
The new season of "CPS"
will premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 5 with a showdown featuring two
"Everybody Loves Raymond" stars (Brad Garrett and Ray Romano),
Catherine O'Hara, Sara Rue and World Series star Curt Schilling. No
word on whether or not Schillings recently repaired ankle will have
to be resutured for the night's round of No Limit Texas HoldEm.
After moving to Sunday in
its last season, "CPS" will air on Tuesdays with its familiar
format. Each of five episodes features a showdown between an
eclectic group of stars, with the winner from each table moving onto
a final game and the chance to donate the lion's share of the
$250,000 prize pool to the charity of their choice.
This season's
mixture of new and veteran
Texas Holdem
players features
Jason Alexander, Nicolas Gonzales, Allison Janney, Chris Kattan and
Mary McCormack (all in Week Two), Lacey Chabert, Bonnie Hunt, J.K.
Simmons, Robert Wagner and Scott Wolf (in Week Three), Brandi
Chastain, Camryn Manheim, Colin Quinn, Tom Verica and Kevin Weisman
(in Week Four) and Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Andrea Parker,
Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Fred Willard.
Dave Foley will be
back as host, joined by expert poker commentator Phil Gordon.
Previous winners
have included Nicole Sullivan ("King of Queens"), Maura Tierney
("ER"), Seth Myers ("Saturday Night Live") and Mekhi Phifer ("ER").
This season's
featured sponsor will be Cadillac, taking over for NetZero.
