Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Casting News - Kenneth Mitchell Joins 'Astronaut Wives Club' as Series Regular; Rosie O'Donnell Returning to 'The Fosters'

Casting News - April 29, 2014

ABC's Astronaut Wives Club and ABC Family's The Fosters.






ABC's ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
  • Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho, Switched at Birth) has joined the cast of the new drama series as a series regular. He will play Deke Slayton, a Wisconsin farm boy, WWII flyer and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. When a medical condition prevents him from going into space, he becomes a powerful voice in the space program.
ABC FAMILY's THE FOSTERS
  • After appearing in five episodes of the first season, Rosie O'Donnell will reprise her role as foster care worker Rita Henricks in at least two episodes of the drama's second season. Her episodes are expected to air sometime in August.