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Creator Rockne S. O’Bannon tweeted earlier today that canceled CW drama ”Cult” will resume its run on Friday, June 28, at 8 PM, with the remaining six episodes set to air in three two-hour blocks from 8 to 10 PM over three weeks.
Castings
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In a first for veteran CBS comedy, “How I Met Your Mother” has added a new series regular for its upcoming final season.
Cristin Milioti, who was identified as the titular “mother” in this week’s season finale, will be part of the regular cast when the show returns in the fall, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello reports.
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As soon as the new fall schedules are out, the recasts start.
As it happens every year, several shows that were picked up to series during upfront week will see some actors exit, either because they have to return to their existing regular roles on current shows, or for other reasons that normally don’t get public.
Merely hours after CBS has presented its new fall schedule, word comes per Deadline that new Eye comedy “The Millers” is losing two of its cast.
Michael Rapaport and Mary Elizabeth Ellis have exited the show, for reasons unknown.
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Baelfire aka Neal and Shaw are here to stay.
Per TVLine, Michael Raymond-James, who plays Mr. Gold’s son and father of Henry on ABC’s “Once Upon A Time”, will be a series regular when the show returns in the fall.
Same goes for Sarah Shahi, who will be part of the regular cast of CBS’ “Person of Interest” next season. She plays the mysterious Shaw on the show, who ended up helping Reese and Finch in their struggle against a deteriorating machine. TVGuide tweeted the news first.
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TNT is piling up on its new shows.
After ordering Michael Bay’s action drama “The Last Ship” earlier this week, the cable network has now given a green light to “Legends” from executive producer Howard Gordon (“Homeland”).
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TVLine’s Matt Webb Mitovich reports today that both David Tennant and Billie Piper will be returning to “Doctor Who” for its 50th Anniversary special, which starts filming this week in the UK, written by Steven Moffat and to be directed by Nick Hurran.
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The community is getting a wee-bit smaller.
Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports today that Chevy Chase will be leaving NBC comedy “Community”, effective immediately.
The move comes after the show’s producers and Chase have reached a mutual agreement.
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Some updates in the regular casts have surfaced this week. Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports that Barry Sloane, who plays Aiden Mathis, Emily Thorne’s partner-in-revenge, on ABC’s “Revenge”, has been promoted to the status of series regular. Continue Reading
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Even though Eric Dane and Kim Raver left ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” recently, they won’t be living off welfare anytime soon.
Dane, whose final farewell as Dr. Mark Sloan aka McSteamy on the ABC medical drama aired last Thursday, is set to topline TNT’s drama pilot “The Last Ship”, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello reports.
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Yesterday, it was revealed that Agnes Bruckner would be playing late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith in an upcoming Lifetime original movie. Now we know who’s directing her, and who else will join “The Anna Nicole Story”, as it’s now titled.
And more casting news have appeared.
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- Vanessa Marcil and Tom Arnold have both scored guest parts on CBS’ “Hawaii Five-O”, per TVLine’s Vlada Gelman and TVGuide’s WIlliam Keck. Marcil will appear in a November episode as a therapist Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) suspect of messing with his mind upon her involvement in a murder case. Arnold will guest star in the current season’s ninth episode as the main villain, in a case about a Girl Scout outing that Steve and Danny (Scott Caan) visit.
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Another round of castings, but this time, I don’t have the time do go down to the very last actor being cast, so here are those that mostly include familiar names and faces.
- Per TVLine’s Matt Webb Mitovich, Lisa Edelstein (“House”) has signed on to guest star on the upcoming seventh episode of CBS’ newest crime drama “Elementary”. She will play Heather Vanowen, a charismatic head of a high-end PR consulting firm. She will be involved in a case of a deadly bombing of which her company was the target of.
Additionally, per TVLine’s Kimberly Roots, Callie Thorne (“Necessary Roughness”) will guest star on “Elementary”’s sixth episode, playing Terry D’Amico, a veteran NYPD detective who was Captain Gregson’s (Aidan Quinn) former partner. She gets involved in a case where the question arises if she and the captain might have imprisoned the wrong man for several home invasions with deadly outcome a few years back. Continue Reading
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Well, looks like Captain Hook is, well, hooked for more.
TVGuide’s Natalie Abrams reports today that Irish actor Colin O’Donoghue, who was cast over the summer to play the nefarious Captain Hook on ABC’s fairy tale drama “Once Upon A Time”, has been upped to a series regular on the show – even before we’ve seen him for the first time.
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Revenge is a dish best served… by Michael Trucco.
The former “Battlestar Galactica” alum has been added to the cast of ABC’s “Revenge” for a recurring role, according to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello.
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After Bree Turner has been made a series regular at the start of its second season, NBC’s “Grimm” is now adding another female regular to the fold.
Per Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva, Claire Coffee, who plays mischievous Hexenbiest Adalind on the NBC creepfest, has been upped to full series regular status a few episodes into season 2.
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After an intense news day which was pretty much all about Emmy night, here are some other things that transpired.
- ABC Family has announced that Teri Polo (“The West Wing”) and Sherri Saum (“In Treatment”) have been cast in ABC Family’s drama pilot “The Fosters”, which is executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. It tells the story of Stef and Lena Foster, a mixed race couple who are raising a biological son, along with several adopted children. When Lena decides to take in Callie, a troubled teen with an abusive past, Callie’s disruptive ways threaten to turn the Fosters lives upside down.
Polo will portray Stef Foster, a tough but kind police officer who is not eager to add to their already large brood, but soon realizes her family may be Callie’s best hope for a better life. Saum will portray Lena Foster, an altruistic school principal, who is determined to save as many kids as she can and agrees to take in Callie without Stef’s knowledge.
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And here, before the Emmys really will take over this day, are a few items from the very recent past that need mentioning.
- According to TVLine’s Matt Webb Mitovich, “Treme” co-creator David Simon announced at a screening at the Joy Theater in New Orleans yesterday that the HBO drama was renewed for a fourth and final season, which gives the producers the total season run they had envisioned.
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Matthew Broderick is headed back to TV.
ABC has just announced that the veteran actor (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “The Producers”) will be guest starring in an upcoming episode of its hit sitcom “Modern Family”.
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James Gandolfini is one step closer of coming home to HBO.
Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports today that the cable network has issued a pilot order to “Criminal Justice”, a drama loosely based on a 2008 BBC series of the same name, created by Peter Moffat.
