November 18th, 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.
Better Off Ted (ABC)
Eddie McClintock has signed on for a guest role. He will play Ted’s brother, Billy. A fast-talking salesman type, Billy brings chaos into Ted’s life and proves to be a bad influence on Lem and Phil. He is shooting the episode this week.
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October 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments
HBO has renewed In Treatment for a third season. The show will begin production in New York in early 2010 for a premiere later in the year. Gabriel Byrne is set to return as Dr. Paul Weston, with casting on the other roles expected to begin shortly. Anya Epstein and Danny Futterman are joining the therapy-themed drama as executive producers/co-showrunners. That follows the July departure of Warren Leight, who served as executive producer/showrunner on the second season of the show, which earned three Emmy nominations.
Also complicating the pickup decision was the fact the Israeli series on which the HBO show is based only ran for two seasons, so a third season had to be written from scratch.
October 21st, 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.
Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
Jon Tenney (The Closer) has been cast in a guest role. He will play Nora’s (Sally Field) new boyfriend Simon. Tenney is signed on for four episodes begining November 8. Nora meets Simon, who is an oncologist at the hospital where Kitty is getting treated, and they start an affair. Tenney will first make his appearance in an episode that finds Nora and Sarah throwing a wig party for bald chemo patient Kitty.
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Jason Momoa (Stargate Atlantis) has joined the HBO pilot, based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire. He will play Drogo, a powerful warlord who has never been defeated in battle. Moma joins Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sean Bean, Jennifer Ehle, Jack Gleeson, Peter Dinklage and Harry Lloyd.
Glee (Fox)
Jonathan Groff has been cast in the show for a five to six episode arc. He will play the lead male singer of Vocal Adrenaline, the group already seen performing Rehab and Mercy. Groff’s character is a male diva and will also serve as a potential love interest for Michele’s Rachel.
House (Fox)
Sasha Alexander (NCIS) is join the show for a guest role. She will play House and Wilson’s new neighbor when the duo moves to a new place next month. Both doctors will develop a crush on their new neighbor. Alexander is signed on for just one episode, scheduled to air in late 2009/early 2010.
Smallville (The CW)
Hawkman and Doctor Fate will both be joining the Justice Society. Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1) has been cast as Hawkman. Doctor Fate will be played by Brent Stait (Andromeda). A third new member of the Justice Society will be Courtney Whitmore, AKA Stargirl, played by Britt Irvin (Aliens in America).
October 6th, 2009 | 0 Comments
HBO has picked up Bored to Death for a second season. The pickup comes after a series high for the offbeat freshman comedy this past Sunday. Following the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which the cast of Seinfeld reunited with the show’s co-creator Larry David, the third installment of Bored to Death grabbed its largest audience to date, 1.1 million viewers, up 51% from last week.
Bored to Death stars Jason Schwartzman as a mentally blocked writer-turned-private investigator. Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis co-star in the single-camera comedy executive produced by creator Jonathan Ames, Sarah Condon, Stephanie Davis, Dave Becky and Troy Miller.
September 18th, 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.
Chuck (NBC)
Vinnie Jones has signed on guest star on NBC’s Chuck when it returns for a third season. Jones will play Karl Stromberg, an expert hit man with a soft side. Jones is expected for just one episode.
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September 14th, 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.
True Blood (HBO)
Denis O’Hare has joined the cast for the upcoming third season. He will play Russell Edgington, the vampire King of Mississippi. In the third Sookie Stackhouse book, Club Dead, Sookie meets the King while on a mission to Jackson, Mississippi. He will debut early into the show’s third season, slated to air next summer.
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