What did Shayne Lamas hoping to be the outcome of their TV REality show “Leave it to Lamas”?
‘Leave It To Lamas’: Lorenzo, Shayne, and Co. ain’t no Cleavers by Joseph Brannigan Lynch Categories: Fall TV 2009, Next Big Thing?, PopWatch Previewer, Reality TV, Television, The Bachelor Lorenzo-Lamas_Family_lE! is looking to mine some Lamas drama with its new reality show Leave It To Lamas. The show follows the high-strung lifestyle of Shayne Lamas, who won The Bachelor: London Calling in 2008, and with it, Brit-hunk Matt Grant’s hand in marriage. That made-for-TV romance lasted about two months before the couple split. As she notes in the Oct. 11 (11p.m. ET) premiere: “That one didn’t last.” Shayne shockingly doesn’t seem interested in a rebound boy toy — and on a more (potentially) wholesome note, the debut episode revolves around her efforts to reconnect her brother AJ with their father, who no longer speaks with him. That father, Lorenzo Lamas, is no stranger to TV himself: He was a soap opera heartthrob in the ’80s (Falcon Crest), a bad-ass Renegade cop in the ’90s, and has st
Former Bachelor star Shayne Lamas has a brand new reality TV show; Leave it to Lamas premiered on E! last night. The show follows the Hollywood family around, focusing on daughter Shayne, best known as the winner of The Bachelor: London Calling (she has since since split up with bachelor Matt Grant, after a two-month engagement). The Lamas family’s Hollywood roots go back a long time. Shayne is the granddaughter of Argentine Fernando Lamas his wife Arlene Dahl. Their son (and Shayne’s dad), Lorenzo, followed in their footsteps, and now his whole family is putting their name to shame with their new TV show. The first episode features Shayne trying to reunite her brother AJ and their father, who no longer speak to each other. Lorenzo thinks the show is a good way to reconnect with his family, “because there’s a chance we can make things better through the circumstances of a television show. … I’ve seen A.J. more in the last two weeks than I have in the past three years.” We’re pretty s
“The No. 1 deciding factor in doing this show was that we’d get to spend quality time with each other,” Lamas told The News. “The second factor was my trying to get my brother and father to finally sit down and have a chat. We knew if we were all on board and there were photo shoots that they had to be at together, no matter what. They were going to be in the same room at some point.” “Leave It to Lamas,” which premieres Oct. 11 at 11 p.m. before moving to its regular 10:30 time slot the following Sunday, is a half-hour reality series that follows Shayne and her Hollywood family – younger sister Dakota, older brother A.J., mom Michelle and dad (actor Lorenzo of “Falcon Crest”) – as they juggle busy showbiz schedules as well as reconnect with each other. Sources: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/10/03/2009-10-03_the_lamases__th
