Sci Fi Channel is getting into TV's hidden-camera reality game show buisness with "Scare Tactics," a half-hour show hosted by "Beverly Hills, 90210" alumna Shannen Doherty to launch in the fall. Created by Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey, who served as executive producers of NBC's summer series "Spy TV," the show is billed as a sci-fi version of "Candid Camera." "Scare," which hasn't yet been given a time slot, is part of Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer's strategy to broaden the network audience with shows that will also appeal to the non-sci-fi junkie.

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