The Casting Call 10.02.09

October 2nd, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.

Damages (FX)
Reiko Aylesworth (24) has been cast in a recurring role. Details about her character are being kept under wraps. The actress joins a season 3 cast that also includes new series regulars Campbell Scott and Martin Short, as well as special guest stars Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine.

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Premiering Tonight 09.30.09

September 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The 2009 Fall Season is upon us and that signals the return of Premiering Tonight. Welcome to Premiering Tonight, highlighting all the new and returning shows premiering on the Fall 2009 schedule.

Premiering tonight on TV are the season premieres of Hank, The Middle and I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant.

Hank – 8:00 PM/ET on ABC
Kelsey Grammer returns to television with a new sitcom. Grammer plays Hank Pryor, a business giant in the sports-retail arena who gets benched in a force-out, and, in the opener, takes his family back home to Virginia to try to rebuild his career and adjust to simply being a father and husband.

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The Casting Call 09.30.09

September 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.

Bones (Fox)
The show has finally cast a grandfather for David Boreanaz’s Seeley Booth. Hank Booth, a former army EMT, will be played by Ralph Waite, who played patriarch John Walton on The Waltons from 1972-81. Ralph, now 81, was cast after James Garner, also 81, proved too ill to take on the role.

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Premiering Tonight 09.27.09

September 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The 2009 Fall Season is upon us and that signals the return of Premiering Tonight. Welcome to Premiering Tonight, highlighting all the new and returning shows premiering on the Fall 2009 schedule.

Premiering tonight on TV are the season premieres of 60 Minutes, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Family Guy, American Dad, Brothers and Sisters, Californication and Cold Case.

The Simpsons – 8:00 PM/ET on Fox
Season 21 opens when Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer (voice of Seth Rogen). It won’t be an easy job.

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ABC Lands Bruckheimer’s Hopscotch

September 25th, 2009 | 0 Comments

ABC has given a pilot commitment to Jerry Bruckheimer’s Hopscotch, a high-concept police procedural from writer Chris Levinson. The show will tell the stories of homicide investigations over several nonconsecutive days, with each act of an episode chronicling a different day. Levinson is executive producing Hopscotch with Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman. KristieAnne Reed is a co-executive producer.

The Casting Call 09.25.09

September 25th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.

24 (Fox)
Stephen Root has joined the show for a multiepisode arc. On the upcoming eighth season of 20th TV’s real-time drama, Root will play Ben Prady, an officer of the Department of Corrections looking into a parolee gone missing.

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