Friday, October 10, 2014

Casting News - Malin Akerman to Topline 'Sin City Saints'; Jason Ritter Returning to 'Parenthood'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - October 10, 2014

CBS' The Good Wife; Comedy Central's Workaholics; NBC's Parenthood; SundanceTV's One Child; Syfy's 12 Monkeys; TNT's The Librarians; and Yahoo Screen's Other Space & Sin City Saints.




NBC's PARENTHOOD
  • Jason Ritter will reprise his role as Mark Cyr in one episode of the family drama's final season. After recurring for the first four seasons as Sarah's (Lauren Graham) love interest, he made one appearance in the fifth season to tell his ex that he is now engaged. He will appear in the ninth episode of the sixth season.
COMEDY CENTRAL's WORKAHOLICS
  • Comedy veteran Ben Stiller will appear in the third episode of the hit comedy's upcoming fifth season. He will play Del, a landlord.
CBS' THE GOOD WIFE
  • David Krumholtz (Numb3rs) has booked a potentially recurring role on the drama's sixth season. He will play Josh, a top campaign specialist hired by Alicia's (Julianna Margulies) manager, Jonathan (Steven Pasquale).
YAHOO SCREEN's SIN CITY SAINTS
  • Malin Akerman (Trophy Wife), Andrew Santino (Mixology) and Tom Arnold (Gardens of the Night) have been cast as the leads on the online service's comedy. Akerman will play Dusty Halford, a lawyer who is the special assistant to the league commissioner. Santino will play Jake Tullus, the Saints' unpredictable and charismatic owner who made his fortune as an Internet disruptor in the field of Big Data. Arnold will play Kevin Freeman, a private casino host who happens to know all the city's secrets.
SYFY's 12 MONKEYS
  • The drama based on the hit feature film of the same name will premiere its first season on Friday, January 16 at 9/8c. The drama stars Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Kirk Acevedo, Barbara Sukowa and Noah Bean, with recurring guest stars Tom Noonan and Emily Hampshire.
YAHOO SCREEN's OTHER SPACE
  • Bess Rous (Murder in the First) has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy created by Paul Feig. She will play Karen, sister to the captain of the ship and the most competitive and sarcastic crew member.
SUNDANCETV's ONE CHILD
  • There has been a change to the air dates for the upcoming miniseries starring Katie Leung, Elizabeth Perkins and Donald Sumpter. The four-hour series will now air on Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 at 9/8c.
TNT's THE LIBRARIANS
  • The drama series continuation of the hit network film franchise will premiere with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, December 7 at 9/8c. The drama stars Rebecca Romijn, John Larroquette, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth and John Kim, with Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin set to reprise their roles from the original movies.