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Raylan Givens is not going to hang up his hat anytime soon.
FX has announced that it has picked up “Justified” for a fifth season. Continue Reading

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Get ready for some more true American Horror.
FX has announced today that it has officially picked up its scary Ryan Murphy series “American Horror Story” for a third season.
FX is keeping Wilfred around.
The network has announced today that it has ordered a third season of its comedy “Wilfred”.

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Next Tuesday, FX finally premiers its much anticipated second season of “American Horror Story”, titled “Asylum”.
But you don’t have to wait that long to see it – or at least part of it.

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If you were looking for a new dose of FX comedy “Louie” shortly, you’re out of luck.
In a conference call with the media, “Louie” front man Louis C.K. has announced that the show’s upcoming fourth season will be pushed back to Spring 2014.
Here’s a special treat for the weekend.
FX has released a new, longer trailer for the upcoming second season of “American Horror Story”, labeled “Asylum”.
Take a look and then hit the comments with your thoughts!

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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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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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Time for another big casting update.
- Per EW’s Tim Stack, veteran actor F. Murray Abraham (“Amadeus”, “The Name of the Rose”) has been added to the cast of Showtime’s upcoming second season of “Homeland”, where he’ll play the heavily recurring role of Dar Adul, “a brilliant intelligence operative in his 60-70’s. He has worked all over the world for the Special Activities Division of the CIA.”

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FX has put out a press release today, setting the premiere dates for its fall series.

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Finally finding some time to add what has transpired all over the news sites lately.
- Robin Williams might be headed back to the small screen, per Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva. David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal”, “The Practice”) has written a script that CBS is looking to pick up. It’s a single-camera workplace comedy that would have Williams star as a brilliant ad executive who works alongside his daughter.

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And here’s today’s News Pack featuring the most important stories so far.
- MTV has decided to end its successful reality show “Jersey Shore” after its upcoming sixth season, it has announced. The final season will start Thursday, October 4, at 10 PM ET/PT.

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For Charlie Sheen, therapy is nowhere near over.
FX has announced today in a press release that its comedy “Anger Management” has gotten over the ratings threshold and earned an order of 90 additional episodes.

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Over the last few days, several fall shows have issued trailers to promote the coming new season.
Here are six of them. Enjoy after the jump!
Keri Russell is heading back to TV.
FX has announced today in a press release that it has handed out a 13-episode order for “The Americans”, starring Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich, with a tentative air date in early 2013.
And more castings that came through this past week.
According to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, German actress Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”, “The Bourne Supremacy”) has been added to the ever-growing cast of FX’ “American Horror Story”.
It’s FX day at the TCA Summer Press Tour today, and president John Landgraf opened up his executive session with a few announcements worth mentioning.
- FX has officially renewed its comedy “Louie” for a fourth season of 13 episodes. The cable network has also given the go-ahead for a seven more episodes of late-night talk show “Brand X With Russell Brand”.
Clea DuVall, who most of you might remember from “Carnivale” and “Heroes”, has booked a recurring role on FX’s upcoming second season of “American Horror Story, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello reports.
I’m baaaaack!
Yeah, OK, that one will have to wait until Arnie drops that line on “Expendables 2″, but still, after a few days off, this blog is now back in action. And rest assured, it will be very active during the coming days, which will probably offer quite the amount of news, with the TCA Summer Press Tour looming.
But here’s what happened recently, especially casting-wise, and also during Comic-Con in San Diego. It’s quite the massive News Pack this time.
- The executive producers of The CW’s “Nikita” have announced at Comic-Con that Devon Sawa, who plays Owen Elliot on the drama, has been upped to a series regular.