The Casting Call 02.25.09

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.

Absolutely Fabulous (Fox)
Zosia Mamet and Toni Trucks have been cast in Fox’s Absolutely Fabulous remake. Based on the British series, the show revolves around neurotic fashion publicist Eddie (Kathryn Hahn) and her best friend Patsy (Kristen Johnson), an outrageous fashion editor, who drive Eddie’s sensible teen daughter, Saffron (Mamet), up the wall with their wild behavior. Trucks will play Eddie’s assistant.

Eastwick (ABC)
Lipstick Jungle star Lindsay Price has been cast as one of the three of witches in ABC’s Eastwick. The show, which is based on the 1987 feature whose source was a novel by John Updike, follows three young witches who come into their powers. Price will play one of them, Joanna, a hard-working, shy reporter for the local newspaper. She joins Jaime Ray Newman, who was recently cast as a fellow witch. Lipstick Jungle” has not been canceled, and Price’s role on that show formally takes precedence over her casting on Eastwick.

Gossip Girl (The CW)
Tamara Feldman is joining the cast of Gossip Girl for a four-episode arc as a Gotham socialite.

Happy Town (ABC)
Amy Acker has joined ABC’s Happy Town. In Happy Town, a small-town murder mystery, Acker will play the wife of the lead, cop Tommy Conroy (Geoff Stults).

Inside the Box (ABC)
Jason George and Sarah Drew have joined ABC’s drama pilot Inside the Box. The show revolves around an ambitious female news producer and her colleagues at a Washington network news bureau. George will play an on-camera correspondent. Drew will play a new peon at the network.

Mercy (NBC)
Taylor Schilling has landed the lead in NBC’s drama pilot Mercy. Schilling will play the central role of Veronica Callahan, who works as nurse at Mercy Hospital after a tour in Iraq.

Diego Klattenhoff has been cast as well. Klattenhoff will play a contractor and blue-collar worker who is married to one of the nurses.

The show revolves around three nurses who bond through the ups and downs of their professional and personal lives.

NCIS (CBS)
Paula Newsome, who last starred on ABC’s Women’s Murder Club, will guest-star as Jackie Vance on the CBS drama’s March 17 episode. Khamani Griffin and China Anne McClain, both age 10, appear in the same episode as Leon’s kids. Leon himself, of course, is played by Rocky Carroll.

Gibbs will delve into the director’s past when Vance “borrows” the NCIS team to investigate the death of a boxer buddy of his. Vance’s grief coupled with Gibbs’ snooping ultimately leads to “a sparring match” between the two men, though it’s unclear if CBS was being figurative or literal.

Untitled Daniel Cerone Pilot (ABC)
9-year-old Dakota Goyo and Brad Henke have been cast in ABC’s untitled Daniel Cerone drama pilot. The Cerone project, from ABC Studios, centers on a low-level detective (Jimmy Wolk) whose genius 11-year-old brother (Goyo) helps him solve crimes. Henke will play the detective’s partner and best friend.