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Uncle June’s back!
Beloved Sopranos curmudgeon Dominic Chianese has landed a multi-episode arc on Damages, sources confirm to me exclusively.
Chianese will play a shady associate of the Tobin family, the clan at the center of Patty’s new case. He’ll first appear in the sixth episode of the third season, which premieres Jan. 25.
In other Damages casting news, (Read full post)
Talk about an embarrassment of riches. At NBC’s press tour soiree last Sunday, Joel McHale handed me not one, not two, not three, not four, but five exclusive Community casting scoops. Unfortunately, only this one was real: Lauren Stamile is returning for several episodes as the statistics professor whom Jeff was crushing on in the Halloween outing. What were the fake scoops? And where does McHale stand on Jeff/Britta vs. Jeff/Annie? Watch the below video and find out! And keeping watching for my red carpet Q&As with McHale’s hilarious Community co-stars Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, and Yvette Nicole Brown. (Read full post)
NBC has just unveiled its post-Olympics, Leno-free midseason schedule, and there’s good news for fans of Friday Night Lights who don’t have DirecTV. The drama’s fourth season — the one currently airing on DirecTV — will make its Peacock debut on Friday, April 30.
To see the rest of NBC’s new sked, head over to Hollywood Insider.
And now for some news that will shock no one: CBS has issued early season 2 renewals to its hit freshman dramas NCIS: LA and The Good Wife.
Anyone shocked? Didn’t think so.
In other (less obvious) pickup news, TNT has ordered a second season of the Ray Romano/Andre Braugher/Scott Bakula dramedy, Men of a Certain Age.
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Question: What’s coming up for Sam and Addison on Private Practice? —Lisa
Ausiello: Things will heat up between those two crazy kids in February, but their guilty consciences will prove a major obstacle. There will also be an added complication involving (MAJOR SPOILER ALERT) another doctor who has long been waiting in the wings.
Question: I am drinking a Diet Raspberry Snapple and thinking of you (in a non-stalker sort of way) and am hoping you might give me some Grey’s Anatomy scoop! —Lesley
Ausiello: Mexie is M’over. The lovers will break things off this week, but it doesn’t really become official until next week when word of their respective dalliances comes to light. Interestingly, someone’s not as pissed off as I would’ve thought. (Read full post)
She’s baaaaaaaack!
Sources confirm to me exclusively that Jennifer Morrison is heading back to House later this season. (Read full post)
It’s a showdown 24 fans would no doubt pay big bucks to see see: Jack’s two loves, Audrey and Renee, battling to the death. Winner takes Jack. But according to Annie Wersching, such a duel would quickly turn into a one-sided massacre. “Renee could definitely take Audrey,” she says, “no question.” Them’s fightin words! But as you’ll see in our video interview below (shot Monday night at Fox’s press tour bash), Wersching’s thoughts about Jack/Audrey vs. Jack/Renee are a little more complicated than that… (Read full post)
J.J. Abrams has found his next great heroine.
English actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who) has nabbed the coveted female lead in Undercovers, the new NBC dramedy about married spies from Abrams and Josh Reims, sources confirm to me exclusively. (Read full post)
After spending the last couple years on the sidelines, Jesse Spencer is back in the thick of things on House. In this season’s first four months alone Chase separated from his wife, murdered an African dictator, physically assaulted his boss, and took his sometimes-miserable old job back. And Jesse Spencer has been loving every minute of it. “Season 6 has been awesome,” he told me last night at Fox’s press tour party. “They’ve been writing some really good stuff for me. It’s been pretty dark, but really fun to play.”
In the following video interview, Spencer discusses the the new energy on the set, the loss of his leading lady, Jennifer Morrison, and the possibility that she might return at some point. (UPDATE: JMo’s returning!) And keep watching to see what Spencer’s co-stars, Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson, have to say about the show’s newest couple: Thaub. (Read full post)
Kinky ABC has OK’d a kind of “wife swap,” lending out Desperate Housewives‘ Dana Delany to Castle for two episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively. (Read full post)
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