If you aren’t watching Showtime, you should be. No other cable network has a portfolio of TV series that DEMAND priority when recording conflicts break out on your DVR. From its veteran comedy Weeds to its latest offering The Borgias, Showtime delivers every time. Not even my beloved USA or one-time favorite FX (The amazing Justified is the only show on FX that keeps me coming back) comes close. The quantity of Showtime's quality original programming makes it worth every penny you pay for it each month.

Now, there is another reason to tune in. Showtime is officially the new home of former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell. According to Deadline, Showtime has picked up the comedy House of Lies, starring Bell and Don Cheadle, for twelve episodes.

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This is exciting! Former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has signed on to Showtime’s new comedy pilot House of Lies, according to Deadline. Bell will star opposite Don Cheadle’s Marty as Jeannie Van Der Hooven. Reportedly, Jeannie is a “razor-sharp, Ivy-League graduate who works at Marty’s firm.”

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On a recent episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast, we asked Veronica Mars alum-turned-The Young and the Restless breakout Michael Muhney if he thought a movie version of the cult mystery serial would ever happen. Never fear, Sheriff Lamb, because Veronica herself is on the case! Kristen Bell recently talked to The Hollywood Reporter  at the premiere of You Again revealing she is willing to pony up her own loot to finance a big screen adaptation of the cult hit.

The actress told The Hollywood Reporter at Wednesday's "You Again" premiere that she "absolutely would" finance a "Veronica Mars" film herself -- if the studio would release the property.

"It's a business and the sad truth is that ... they're not going to relinquish the rights to something and let us do it," Bell told THR. "We really have to do it with them because they own it."

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