Friday, August 10, 2012

TV News - 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Chicago Fire,' 'Arrow,' 'The Good Wife,' 'Mistresses' & 'Two and a Half Men'

        Friday, August 10 - Today's casting updates include new roles and upcoming guest stars on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Mistresses; NBC's Chicago Fire; The CW's Arrow; and CBS' The Good Wife and Two and a Half Men.

Grey's Anatomy stars Chandra Wilson and Kevin McKidd will once again serve as episodic directors for the series upcoming ninth season. This will mark Wilson's seventh time stepping behind the camera while it's McKidd's fourth. It is currently unknown which episode each star will helm.

Shiri Appleby will recur on NBC's upcoming new drama Chicago Fire. She will play Clarice, the ex-girlfriend of Shay (Lauren German), who is now pregnant and married to a rich husband. Appleby also recently signed on to appear on the upcoming second season of HBO's Girls.

Emily Bett Rickards has landed a recurring role on The CW's Arrow. She will play Felicity Smoak, a technical expert who works at Queen Consolidated.

Annabella Sciorra (The Sopranos) will guest star on an upcoming episode of CBS' The Good Wife. She will play a tough, smart lawyer who is strikingly similar to Alicia.

Mike Dopud (Smallville) will recur on ABC's upcoming midseason drama, Mistresses. He will play Oliver, a charming European who buys Josslyn's (Jes Macallan) real estate firm.

Singer Michael Bolton will appear in the tenth season premiere of CBS' Two and a Half Men. Bolton will appear and perform during a romantic dinner at a fancy ocean side restaurant in Malibu that Walden (Ashton Kutcher) takes Zoey (Sophie Winkleman) to.