Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Not Much To Report...

Modern Family- Weeds' uncle Andy Justin Kirk has been cast as the gung-ho new boss of Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson). He has the potential to recur, although as of now he is only signed on for one episode.

Pilot News
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Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights) joins CBS's True Love.

Monday, February 8, 2010

'Chuck', 'Brothers', Lots of Pilot News!

Chuck- A therapist for Chuck has been cast! Chuck will turn to Christopher Lloyd when the pressures of spying get to be a little too much for him.

Brothers & Sisters- There has been a lot of B&S casting news lately, and now the young version of William Walker (Tom Skerritt) has been cast.

Pilot News
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Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) joins CBS's Hawaii Five-O reboot.
Laura Benanti (Eli Stone) joins ABC's Open Books.
Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) joins ABC's Matadors.
Jason Ritter joins NBC's The Event.
Todd Williams joins FOX's Ridealong.
Aisha Hinds (True Blood, Hawthorne) joins ABC's 187 Detroit.

Michael Chiklis joins ABC's No Ordinary Family.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Snowed In on Saturday...

Cougar Town- The ABC comedy has just cast Sheryl Crow as a girlfriend of Grayson (Josh Hopkins) for a multi-episode arc. There is little more information known about this casting.

Royal Pains- This USA summer hit has recruited Henry Winkler to star as the typically out of the picture father of Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and his brother. He will join as a recurring role throughout season 2.

Brothers & Sisters- Joe Jonas- OUT, Cody Longo (Make It or Break It)- IN! Scheduling conflicts caused Jonas to back out of his role as young Tommy.

Pilot News-
Enrique Murciano joins ABC's Off the Map.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

'Blood', 'Brothers', 'House'

True Blood- Former star of ABC Family's short-lived The Middleman Brit Morgan has just been cast as the crazy-bordering-on-psycho ex-girlfriend of the werewolf Alcide (Joe Manganiello). Now all of the major roles for Season 3 have been cast.

House- Former (and current, I guess) Lost star Cynthia Watros has landed a one hell of a role as one of Wilson's ex-wives who comes back into the picture as his new girlfriend.

Brothers & Sisters- A recent recurring hottie just might be joining on as a series regular. Gilles Marini (Sarah's French lover Luc) might be coming on full time for Season 4, and he is confident a deal will be reached.

Pilot News
Gary Cole joins TBS' Uncle Nigel.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Casting News & Pilot News!

Brothers & Sisters- The younger versions of the Walkers have been cast (mostly)- Kay Panabaker will play Kitty (Calista Flockhart), Anna Wood will play Sarah (Rachel Griffiths), Kasey Campbell will play Kevin (Matthew Rhys), and here's a real shocker: Joe Jonas (Yes, the Jonas brother) will take the shape of the younger Tommy (Balthazar Getty).
And there are three women in the running for the younger Nora (Sally Field): Rachel Leigh Cook (most recently seen on Psych), Courtney Ford (Dexter), and Nora Zehetner (Heroes & Grey's Anatomy)

Leverage- The former 90210 star Luke Perry is guesting on an upcoming episode of TNT's Leverage, as a scammer psychic.

Chuck- The NBC show has tapped Fred Willard and Swoosie Kurtz to play a spy couple who are still in the game even though they are over the hill.

Parks and Recreation- P&R is bringing the funny! SNL-er Andy Samberg has signed on and will film his episode this week. He is to play the head of security for Pawnee's parks.

CSI: NY- In an upcoming episode Danica Patrick will play the rival of a racing legend, played by Antonio Sabato, Jr.

True Blood-
Recent Heroes castoff Dawn Olivieri has joined the cast of HBO's hit to play the sister of the werewolf Alcide, played by Joe Manganiello (How I Met Your Mother).

Pilot News-
Virginia Madsen joins ABC's Scoundrels.
Matthew Broderick joins CBS's Beach Lane.
Allison Janney joins ABC's Mr. Sunshine.
Sarah Chalke joins ABC's Freshmen.
Tony Hale and Matt Letscher join ABC's Awkward Situations for Men.
Zooey Deschanel joins an HBO pilot.

Now that Rob Lowe's out of Brothers & Sisters, there is some gossip about him going to the Criminal Minds spinoff... It's just gossip now, but it could develop into something.