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Sep 1 2009 08:59 PM ET

Casting Scoops: 'Numb3rs,' 'NCIS,' 'Scrubs,' and more!

Categories: Casting Scoops, NCIS, Numb3rs, Scrubs

Annie-Potts-Mark-Harmon_l Anyone in the mood for some exclusive casting scoop? No? Too bad, it’s already been written and pasted below.

* Arrested Development‘s Tony Hale will guest star in an October episode of Numb3rs as an erratically brilliant biotech professor with some interesting ethical notions.

* Two and a Half Men has tapped Annie Potts to play Judith’s (Marin Hinkle) fresh-out-of-rehab mother in an episode airing Oct. 5.

* Windell Middlebrooks (The Suite Life on Deck) is checking into Scrubs as one of the med school’s two security guards. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 1 2009 04:21 PM ET

Ratings: ABC's 'CMA Music Festival' special wins with viewers

by Tim Stack

Categories: Gossip Girl, Reality TV, Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

ABC’s three-hour CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock was in tune with viewers last night, according to preliminary overnight ratings. The special averaged 7.9 million eyes, making it the most-watched, non-rerun for the evening. Elsewhere, repeat episodes of CBS’ strong Monday line-up continued to perform well.

Time	Show	Viewers (in millions)
8pm	CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock (ABC) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) House (Fox) One Tree Hill (The CW)	7.9 4.9 4.8 (repeat) 4.3 (repeat) 1.5 (repeat)
8:30pm	How I Met Your Mother (CBS)	4.9 (repeat)
9pm	Two and a Half Men (CBS) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) Lie to Me (Fox) Gossip Girl (The CW)	8.3 (repeat) 5.7 3.8 (repeat) 1.3 (repeat)
9:30pm	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	8.1 (repeat)
10pm	CSI: Miami (CBS) Dateline: NBC (NBC)	7.7 (repeat) 6.2

Sep 1 2009 01:27 PM ET

'Office' exclusive: Meet Pam's mom!

by Michael Ausiello

Categories: The Office

office-fischer-purl_l One of the most high-profile job openings in Office history — the role of Pam’s mom — has been filled. And true to their word, producers resisted the urge to cast Meryl Streep. Or Goldie Hawn. Or Bonnie Hunt. Or… READ FULL STORY »

Sep 1 2009 11:14 AM ET

Exclusive: Debi Mazar books 'Castle' gig

by Michael Ausiello

Categories: Castle

debi-mazar-castle_l Debi Mazar’s Dancing With the Stars debut is still three weeks out, but the actress has already won a pretty nifty prize from ABC: a recurring stint on Castle.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that Mazar is joining the second-year dramedy as Paula Haas, book agent to Nathan Fillion’s modern-day Jessica Fletcher. She’ll first appear in October when she makes Castle an offer he’ll find hard to refuse. Accepting said offer, however, would cause a fair amount of upheaval in his life, particularly his relationship with Detective Beckett.

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