May 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Mykelti Williamson is joining Fox’s 24 as a regular. Williamson will be playing Brian Hastings, the new head of CTU’s New York office. Hastings is MBA-schooled and wields a razor-sharp intellect. Also joining the cast next season is Doug Hutchison, in a recurring role as Davros, a dangerous European terrorist.
Casting of the major new characters for 24’s next season, whose production started this week, is almost complete. Williamson and Hutchinson join new cast members Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Westfeldt, John Boyd and Chris Diamantopoulos. 24 kicks off Day Eight in the New York on January 17, 2010.
May 28th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Freddie Prinze Jr. is in talks to join the cast of Fox’s real-time drama 24 for the eigth season. Prinze would playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s footsteps.
Prinze is one of several new cast members on the show, whose upcoming eighth season started production Wednesday. Anil Kapoor plays Arman Hashemi, a Middle East leader who is in the U.S. on a peacemaking mission. Chris Diamantopoulos will play Rob Weiss, President Taylor’s new chief of staff, and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst Jonah Schwartz. All four new cast members are regulars, while Jennifer Westfeldt has joined the show in the recurring role of a Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist who has ties to Arman Hashemi.
Also cast in a recurring role on the series is Nazneen Contractor as Arman Hashemi’s (Anil Kapoor) daughter.
May 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The cast for 24’s eighth season, which is relocating to New York City, is starting to come together.
Jennifer Westfeldt has been cast in the recurring role of Meredith Reed. Westfeldt’s character is described as an ambitious journalist who has ties to Arman Hashemi, a Middle East leader who is in the U.S. on a peacemaking mission. John Boyd will join the cast as systems analyst Jonah Schwartz.
They join Slumdog Millionaire’s Anil Kapoor who will be playing the Middle East leader Arman Hashemi and Chris Diamantopoulos who will play Rob Weiss, President Taylor’s new chief of staff.
May 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Chris Diamantopoulos has been cast as a series regular for the eighth season of Fox’s 24 reports Michael Ausiello. Diamantopoulos will play Rob Weiss, the argumentative and tough new Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones). He replaces Taylor’s current Chief of Staff, Ethan Kanin, who resumed his job back during Day Seven’s finale after the president’s daughter, Olivia, was removed from the position and taken into federal custody.
May 18th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Fox unveiled its new schedule Monday highlighted by summer reality hit So You Think You Can Dance jumping into the fall and J.J. Abrams’ Fringe challenging TV’s biggest shows on Thursday night. So You Think You Can Dance will air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, just as American Idol does during the spring. Fox will use the show’s Wednesday results show to lead into its musical dramedy Glee. Fringe will move from Tuesdays this season to Thursdays at 9 pm, going against ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, NBC’s The Office and CBS’ CSI.
The network’s top-rated scripted show House will remain on Mondays at 8 pm, followed by the second season of Lie to Me. The decision restores a strong lead in to Lie To Me, which saw its ratings drop following a shift to 8 pm on Wednesdays earlier this year. Dollhouse returns on Fridays, but with a modest lead in from new comedy Brothers and Til Death that seem unlikely to reverse its ratings struggles. The Cleveland Show will go into 8:30 pm Sunday nights. Wanda Sykes new talk show is planned for 11 pm Saturday nights.
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May 14th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Welcome to the Spoiler Roundup, the most comprehensive weekly spoiler wrapup on the internet. We scour the web for all the best spoilers on some of the most popular shows on the air.
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