Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Hot Off the Presses! 'Parks and Rec' gets beefed up, plus more TV News!




Just read that Will Arnett ("Arrested Development", "30 Rock") has conifrmed his coming to his wife's show, Parks and Recreation. He will be playing a potential love interest of Leslie, played by his wife Amy Poehler. Also, this episode marks the arrival of Justin Theroux, for a multi-episode arc as a friend of Rashida Jones's Amy, and will be a potential love interest for Leslie as well.

Pilot News:

TNT's pilot Rizzoli is getting a familiar face: Lorraine Bracco of "The Sopranos" will play the mother to Angie Harmon's title character. Bracco gained four Emmy nominations for playing therapist Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos".

NBC's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer just casted Jeffrey Tambor ("Arrested Development") and Abigail Spencer ("Mad Men"). They join David Tennant ("Doctor Who"), who was recently casted as the title character. Tambor is set to play Tennant's lawyer, while Spencer will play his co-worker and fiancee.

Somewhat unrelated, but totally awesome news! According to TV Guide Magazine, Aaron Sorkin is looking to get back in the television game for another series set behind the scenes of a TV show. All he can say is that it's not going to be like "Sports Night" or "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", it's going to be a different kind of TV show. He hopes to reunite with actors he's previously worked with, and will definitely work with frequent collaborator director Tommy Schlamme.


And... is anyone else tired of all this Levi Johnson news?

Some links to follow:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/11/bob-saget-gets-strange-for-ae-lorraine-bracco-joins-tnts-rizzoli.html
http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/news/west-wing-creator-aaron-sorkin-to-return-to-tv--3250.html

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