VH1 announces next 'Surreal Life' cast

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Cable TV's VH1 Tuesday announced the cast of the sixth "Surreal Life" season will include rockers, a former TV star and a Playboy model.

"The Surreal Life," a reality show about seven celebrities living together in a Hollywood mansion, kicks off its new season in January.

The housemates will include Sherman Helmsley, aka George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons;" Smashmouth singer Steve Harwell; Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille; 1980s Whitesnake video vixen Tawny Kitaen; Playboy TV's Andrea Lowell; and actress Alexis Arquette.

Florence Henderson, the matriarch of "The Brady Bunch" joins the show as an "on-call therapist/adviser," VH1 announced.