Kirstie Alley to appear in weight-management ads

Fat Actress star Kirstie Alley has signed a deal to appear in ads for the Jenny Craig weight-management program.

Alley, who has said she wants to lose the weight that prompted her new Showtime cable television series, will star in Jenny Craig’s 2005 advertising campaign. The TV commercials will be shown on January 10, the Carlsbad, California-based company announced. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.