Monday, December 15, 2014

Casting News - 'The Fosters' Expands Family with 'Dallas' Alums; 'Shark Tank' Star to Appear on 'New Girl'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - December 15, 2014

ABC's How to Get Away With Murder; ABC Family's The Fosters; CBS' NCIS; The CW's iZombie; FOX's Gracepoint & New Girl; HBO's Ballers; and TNT's Murder in the First.




THE CW's iZOMBIE
  • Aleks Paunovic (This Means War) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama. No details were immediately released about the character he will be playing.
FOX's GRACEPOINT
  • The limited event series starring David Tennant and Anna Gunn will not return for a second season. The series wrapped its only season last Thursday.
CBS' NCIS
  • Tanner Stine (The Haunted Hathaways) and Steve Harris (Legends) will appear in an upcoming episode of the hit drama. Stine will play a teenage version of Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), who will appear in flashbacks to his time at a military preparatory academy. Harris will play Tony's onetime mentor and basketball coach who's now the provost of the academy.
FOX's NEW GIRL
  • Shark Tank star Lori Greiner will guest star as herself in a February episode of the comedy's fourth season. In the episode, Nick (Jake Johnson) and Schmidt (Max Greenfield) pitch her a new business for their creation, "The Swuit" - aka a business suit made out of sweatshirt material.
HBO's BALLERS
  • Arielle Kebbel (The After, The Vampire Diaries) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's first season. She will play Tracy, a sharp career-oriented woman and sportscaster on a local Miami station and every bit a match for Spencer (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson).
ABC FAMILY's THE FOSTERS
  • Dallas alums Patrick Duffy and Marlene Forte as well as Ugly Betty's Tony Plana will guest star in March episodes of the drama's second season. Duffy will play Robert Quinn Sr., the domineering and abrasive father of Robert Quinn (Kerr Smith). Plana and Forte will play Victor and Elena, newly discovered relatives to the Adams-Foster family.
ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
  • Oscar nominee Cicely Tyson (Sounder) has nabbed a guest role on the drama starring Viola Davis. She will appear in just one episode and the details of her role are being kept under wraps. Her episode will likely air in February.
TNT's MURDER IN THE FIRST
  • Mo McRae (Sons of Anarchy, Ray Donovan) has joined the cast of the drama for its second season. He will play Malcolm "Sugar" Monroe, a gangster boss and unofficial mayor of the projects. Hildy (Kathleen Robertson) and Terry (Taye Diggs) are drawn into Sugar's world, only to discover that he is looking for an exit from the game and even seeking redemption.