An Arrested Development scene-stealer. A lesbian foe for Kyra Sedgwick. An acid-tongued Scrubs actress. A Rock star. What do they all have in common? They’re headlining the latest installment of Casting Scoops!
• Oscar winner Anjelica Huston is being summoned back to Medium to reprise her role as Allison’s ex-boss, Cynthia Keener, later this season. Additionally, Arrested Development patriarch Jeffrey Tambor will play a mysterious man who shows up at the Dubois house in a May episode.
• CSI: NY has collared tube legend Ed Asner to appear in a late April episode. He’ll play a clockmaker who’s trying to keep a lid on his mysterious past.
• Seacrest is no longer the busiest guy in showbiz. That title now belongs to Dean Winters. In the coming weeks, the Oz grad will be reprising roles on four shows: 30 Rock, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Life on Mars and Rescue Me. Oh, and he was also just cast in the ABC drama pilot Happy Town.
• The Closer is adding some new blood in its fifth season. Producers are casting the possibly recurring role of Mikki, a lesbian cop who clashes with Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick). And by clashes I mean they make out! (Just kidding. I think.)
• Further proof that this is probably the last season of Scrubs: Bill Lawrence has tapped his real-life wife, Christa Miller, to join the cast of his ABC comedy pilot, Cougar Town. Miller will play Courteney Cox’s BFF. Also coming to Town are Aliens in America‘s Dan Byrd (as Cox’s son) and Busy Phillips (as Cox’s other BFF.)
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Thanks for the CSI:NY scoop!
Not to be greedy, but, any word on how many episodes Lindsay will be gone for Anna Belknap’s maternity leave?
So I guess this means the Seiler is going to kill Dan Byrd’s character on Heroes at any moment…too bad, I liked them together.
Yay Angelica Huston!
Well at least it isn’t another singer on CSI: NY, they’ve had so many young artists on the show it’s about to become a musical
Great news about Anjelica. She was 100% amazing in that part.
When Was The Closer renewed for a fifth season ? I don’t remember an official announcement.
That’s for the CSI NY casting news, he’ll probably be excellent.
Any other CSI NY scoop? Danny /Lindsay baby casting perhaps?
Why are 90% of the gay people on TV women? Weird.
You had me at Busy Phillips. LOVE HER.
The new Bill Lawrence show looks like it could be really good. I’m liking the cast.
Dean Winters: “I’ll be back Dummy”. Please, please tell me Dennis Duffy has a face off w/ Dr. Drew over Liz!!!
Re: The Closer
I guess we know which character is going to CI now; clearly Daniels and not Gabriel. Bummer. I liked Daniels a lot.
Um, since when is Busy Phillips old enough to play a “cougar”?
Wow, Ed Asner, sounds very promising. This season of CSI:NY is just getting better.
Dennis Duffy on 30 Rock is gold, Jerry! Gold!!
a lesbian on The Closer? come ON…adding gay characters to spice up an aging show was hack back in the 90s. writers, please get some new ideas. next you’ll tell us that Brenda will be chasing a serial killer who likes to taunt the police.