Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Casting News - Bill Hader Returns to 'Saturday Night Live' as Host; Gloria Steinem to Cameo on 'The Good Wife'; Plus 8 More Updates!

Casting News - September 17, 2014

ABC's Agent Carter & Scandal; BBC America's The Game; CBS' The Good Wife; The CW's Arrow; FOX's The Mindy Project & New Girl; HBO's Veep; and NBC's Grimm & Saturday Night Live.




THE CW's ARROW
  • Nick Tarabay is the latest Spartacus alum to join the superhero drama. He will recur as Digger Harkness aka Captain Boomerang, a former A.R.G.U.S. operative, highly skilled in martial arts and espionage with a deadly thirst for vengeance against his former employers.
ABC's AGENT CARTER
  • James D'Arcy (Those Who Kill) has been cast on the midseason drama starring Hayley Atwell. He will play Edwin Jarvis, the butler to Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) and ally to Agent Carter (Atwell).
ABC's SCANDAL
  • Private Practice star Brian Benben is reuniting with creator Shonda Rhimes for a guest role on the hit drama's upcoming fourth season. He will appear in a mid-October episode but details on his role are being kept under wraps.
NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
  • Former cast member Bill Hader will return to the late night sketch comedy series as host for the October 11 episodes alongside musical guest Hozier.
FOX's NEW GIRL
  • Michael Stahl-David (Person of Interest, My Generation) will guest star in a November episode of the hit comedy. He will play a handsome and normal new guy Jess (Zooey Deschanel) dates who she's hoping will be cool with her living with her ex.
NBC's GRIMM
  • Toni Trucks (Franklin & Bash) and Erick Avari (Warehouse 13) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's fourth season. Trucks will play Deputy Janelle Farris, who requests Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) help with a highway-crime scene that's just a little off. Avari will play a salvage-yard owner whose business attracts Nick's attention in regard to a string of highway disappearances.
HBO's VEEP
  • After appearing in four episodes of the comedy's third season, Sam Richardson has been promoted to series regular on the upcoming fourth season. He plays Richard, who was Selina's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) handler during her book tour in Iowa and later continue to serve as a worker on her campaign.
BBC AMERICA's THE GAME
  • The six-part miniseries created by Toby Whithouse and starring Tom Hughes will premiere on Wednesday, November 5 at 10/9c.
CBS' THE GOOD WIFE
  • Activist and author Gloria Steinem will make a cameo appearance on the sixth season of the hit procedural. She will play herself in the third episode of the season and interact with Julianna Margulies' Alicia Florrick.
FOX's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • The Simpsons star Yeardley Smith will guest on an upcoming episode of the comedy's third season. She will play Dr. Carolyn King, an OB-GYN who Mindy (Mindy Kaling) has to blackmail in order to get Danny's mom (Rhea Perlman) an appointment.