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Nov 12 2012 05:49 PM ET

'90210' books New Kid Joey McIntyre for guest spot -- EXCLUSIVE

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Joey McIntyre’s got the right stuff — for 90210.

EW has learned exclusively that the New Kid on the Block has just scored a guest spot in an upcoming episode of 90210, playing an up and coming music manager who has some business with Dixon (Tristan Wilds). It is scheduled to air in February.

This is far from the first time the boy bander has showed off his acting chops on primetime. Last year, following a NKOTBSB summer tour, he made appearances on CSI: NY and Psych.

90210 airs Mondays on the CW.

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Nov 12 2012 09:00 AM ET

'Hawaii Five-0' to remake 'fan-favorite' episode of original series -- EXCLUSIVE

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Hawaii Five-0 has paid homage to the original series several times in its first few seasons, but the show is about to make what is arguably its biggest nod yet.

EW has learned exclusively that the CBS drama will soon start production on an updated version of “Hookman,” an episode of the original series that was first aired almost four decades ago and won an Emmy in 1974 for Best Music Composition.

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Nov 9 2012 11:29 AM ET

TV Land's 'Happily Divorced': Molly Shannon tapped to guest star -- EXCLUSIVE

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Fran Drescher isn’t the only one who will be Happily Divorced come next year: EW has just exclusively learned that SNL alum Molly Shannon will guest on the TV Land sitcom, in an episode set to air not long after the new year.

Shannon is set to play the Maggie, the sister of Peter (John Michael Higgins), the gay guy who used to be married to — and still lives with — florist Fran (Fran Drescher). Like Fran, Shannon’s character is recently divorced and moves to LA to stay with the odd couple. The casting actually pits Shannon against Drescher, as Drescher’s character doesn’t like Shannon’s Maggie because of an infraction that dates back to the wedding day between Fran and Peter. Some new things come to light about that day after Maggie surfaces in LA.

Shannon is set to tape her episode in the coming weeks.

Happily Divorced returns to TV Land with new episodes on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 10:30 p.m.

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Nov 5 2012 01:04 PM ET

'Criminal Minds': Michelle Trachtenberg stalks guest role -- EXCLUSIVE

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Michelle Trachtenberg is scary good at playing unhinged people (Georgina Sparks, anyone?) and Criminal Minds has taken notice!

The show, currently in its eighth season, has booked Trachtenberg for an upcoming guest spot in which she plays a stalker who goes haywire after being denied a job. Bonus scoop: I’m told this episode will prominently feature Reid’s new love interest. (And no, it’s not Trachtenberg!)

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Nov 4 2012 10:01 PM ET

'Walking Dead' exec producer Robert Kirkman talks about tonight's shock-filled episode

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[WARNING!!! THIS POST CONTAINS 'WALKING DEAD' SPOILERS. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK]

It was only a few weeks ago that Walking Dead executive producer Robert Kirkman spelled out to EW one of the guiding principles of AMC’s zombie saga. “People have to die!” declared Kirkman, who also writes the Walking Dead comic. That idea was doubly — triply? — confirmed in the course of tonight’s show, which featured the demise of Sarah Wayne Callies’ Lori and IronE Singleton’s T-Dog while also replacing the headscarf of Melissa McBride’s Carol with a is-she-or-ain’t-she-zombie-chow? question mark.

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Nov 2 2012 01:39 PM ET

'Touch' to stage a '24' reunion -- EXCLUSIVE

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Jack and Renee will be back together again on Fox!

EW has learned exclusively that Annie Wersching — who portrayed FBI Agent Renee Walker in seasons 7 and 8 of 24 — will guest star in the second season of the Kiefer Sutherland starrer Touch. Wersching will play Dr. Kate Gordon, a smart and caring family therapist specializing in early childhood trauma and behavioral issues. Her episode will air sometime in the spring.

Touch returns to Fox on Feb. 1.

As 24 fans can recall, Wersching’s Annie died from a sniper shot just minutes after she shared an oh-so-intimate moment with Jack…  in bed.

 

Oct 30 2012 07:01 PM ET

'Breakout Kings' alum finds home at 'Graceland' -- EXCLUSIVE

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A Breakout Kings actress is breaking in to USA’s Graceland.

EW has learned exclusively that Serinda Swan, who previously starred on A&E’s Breakout Kings, is set to guest star in three episodes of Jeff Eastin’s (White Collar) new effort at USA about a group of federal agents who live in a beach house together.

She will play Paige, a undercover DEA agent who sets up at Graceland, a live-in home base for a tag team of law enforcement workers. Her character is said to be a hard drinker who likes to play hard, too. According to casting intel: “She uses everything from her sex appeal to her unorthodox resourcefulness to get in deep with the enemy.”

On Breakout Kings Swan played Erika, a member of a task force made up of ex-cons. It was cancelled earlier this year after two seasons.

Graceland, which was picked up in June, is set to debut in summer 2013.

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Oct 29 2012 03:38 PM ET

Pilot casting: Bradley Whitford books 'Trophy Wife'

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Bradley Whitford could be headed back to TV.

The West Wing alum has landed the lead in ABC’s comedy pilot, Trophy Wife, starring alongside Malin Akerman, who plays, well, you know.

This would be Whitford’s first regular TV role since 2010′s The Good Guys.

The actor will play a twice-married father of three (terrible children), who falls in love with reformed party girl, played by Akerman. But the transition is rough to say the least. The single-camera comedy comes from executive producers by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskinswhich.

Since The Good Guys, Whitford has had guest spots on The Mentalist, Parks and Recreation, and appeared in last year’s The Cabin in the Woods.

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Oct 26 2012 05:25 PM ET

'How I Met Your Mother' awesomeness: 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' pair to reunite on screen!

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That sound you hear is my inner nerd crying out in glee.

EW has confirmed news –  first posted on HIMYM’s Twitter account — that Seth Green, who played Alyson Hannigan’s on-screen romance Oz on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will guest in an upcoming episode.

Green will play Daryl LaCoutre, a man who considered Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Hannigan) among his best friends in college. The problem? They barely remember him! That makes things interesting when they cross paths with him 12 years after they last saw him and find that he’s still living in their college town and, according to casting scoop, is “creepily obsessed with having them in his life.”

The news comes just weeks before another highly anticipated guest star, Joe Manganiello, is set to begin his two-episode arc on Nov. 12. Just yesterday, EW had the first look at his appearance, which you can see here.

Green’s episode is tentatively scheduled to air Dec. 10, but until then, let’s just stare at the photo above.

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Oct 26 2012 04:13 PM ET

Rebecca Romjin lands lead in new TNT pilot

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Rebecca Romjin will play one half of the private investigator team in King and Maxwell, a TNT pilot from NCIS: LA executive producer Shane Brennan.

Romjin will play Michelle Maxwell, a former secret services agent who investigates politically sensitive cases along with her partner, Sean King (The Closer‘s Jon Tenney). According to casting intel, Maxwell is a “formidable investigator” who was forced out of the Secret Service and is determined to redeem herself. (And before you ask, yes, there is a romantic element to their story.)

The actress, who has also appeared on Ugly Betty, currently co-stars on NTSF:SD:SUV:: on Adult Swim.

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Oct 25 2012 12:38 PM ET

'Blue Bloods' casting: Chazz Palminteri scores guest spot -- EXCLUSIVE

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From Oogieloves to Blue Bloods? Huge upgrade, Chazz Palminteri!

EW has learned exclusively that actor has scored a plum guest spot on the CBS drama, playing the city’s top mob lawyer in an episode set to air in Jan. 2013. Bonus scoop: We’re told Palminteri’s character has a “long and unusual relationship with Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck).”

Palminteri’s guest spot is one in a few TV appearances he’s made recently. He recently reappeared on TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles as Rizzoli’s father Frank, and he’s also become a frequent guest star on Modern Family as an old friend of Jay’s.

Blue Bloods, currently in its third season, airs Fridays on CBS. It’s most recent installment had 10 million viewers.

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Oct 24 2012 06:44 PM ET

Joss Whedon's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' pilot casts Ming-Na in lead role

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ER alum Ming-Na Wen has just entered the Whedonverse.

The actress has just landed a lead role in the forthcoming Avengers spin-off TV series S.H.I.E.L.D., from cult fave Joss Whedon, EW has confirmed. She will play Agent Melinda May, a kick-ass pilot and weapons expert.

The series, set to focus on superspy operation established in the Marvel universe, received a pilot order from ABC back in August and, as expected, has generated a lot of buzz. Most recently, Avengers nuts were stunned by confirmation that Clark Gregg’s Agent Phil Coulson — thought to be dead after the Avengers film — would return in the show. (Rumors of his return had been swirling.)

Since her days on ER, Ming-Na Wen has contributed to a number of genre projects, including voice work in The Batman animated series, a role on Stargate Universe, and a part on Eureka.

Deadline first reported the news.

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Oct 23 2012 05:04 PM ET

'Louie' actor to guest star on NBC's hospital series 'Do No Harm'

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The NBC medical drama Do No Harm is shoring up its guest-starring roster before bowing sometime in early 2013.

The latest actor to sign onto the series that stars Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) as a doctor who battles Dissociative Identity Disorder is F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus). He will show up in the seventh episode as a ruthless Russian gangster.

Most recently, Abraham has appeared on Louie, Blue Bloods and The Good Wife.

Do No Harm also stars Phylicia Rashad. Here’s a peek at the drama that’s basically a modern-day Jeckyll and Hyde.

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