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Spears Returns
Britney Spears will soon return to prime-time television CBS has confirmed. Weeks after she drew glowing reviews and strong ratings as a guest star on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," Spears will return to the show on May 12 to reprise her role
as a sassy office assistant named Abby."We're all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again," series executive producer and co-creator Craig Thomas said in a statement. A network spokeswoman also said the episode would be shot sometime this week in Los Angeles. In her March 24 debut on the series, Spears' character fell for the show's leading man, Ted, played by Josh Radnor, only to end up angry at Ted when he started dating her boss. Spears' first appearance on the show drew 10.6 million viewers, up sharply from the show's season-to-date average audience of 8.1 million. The mostly positive reviews also gave Spears a rare burst of upbeat headlines amid a torrent of highly publicized personal problems in recent years. Her appearance on "How I Met Your Mother" sparked speculation that Spears might branch out further into acting, following a successful guest turn in March 2006 on the NBC comedy "Will & Grace."
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