Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Casting News - Bruce Greenwood Joins 'American Crime Story'; 'Show Me a Hero' Premieres on August 16; Plus 11 More Updates!

Casting News - May 20, 2015

A&E's Unforgettable; ABC's Quantico; ABC Family's Recovery Road; Comedy Central's Another Period, Drunk History, Key & Peele & Review with Forrest MacNeil; FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson; HBO's Show Me a Hero; Showtime's Masters of Sex; Starz's Ash Vs. Evil Dead; and TV Land's The Jim Gaffigan Show & Impastor.


ABC FAMILY's RECOVERY ROAD
  • The O.C. alum Mischa Barton will guest star on an upcoming episode of the new drama series. She will play Olivia, a patient at another rehab center who befriends Vern (Daniel Franzese).
A&E's UNFORGETTABLE
  • Saturday Night Live vet Rachel Dratch will appear on an upcoming episode of the revived drama's fourth season. She will play Rosie Webb, a former executive assistant to an investor on trial for swindling clients.
  • Skeet Ulrich (Jericho) has been tapped to replace Michael Dempsey in the role of Eddie Martin, a man claiming to be Carrie's (Poppy Montgomery) husband, on the upcoming fourth season.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • The upcoming fall drama is undergoing a cast recast - with Dougray Scott no longer continuing on the series. He played Liam, one of the agents in charge of training at Quantico.
TV LAND's THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW and IMPASTOR
  • The cable network will debut its two new single camera comedies - The Jim Gaffigan Show and Impastor - on Wednesday, July 15 at 10/9c. and 10:30/9:30c. respectively. The Jim Gaffigan Show stars Jim Gaffigan, Ashley Williams, Adam Goldberg and Michael Ian Black. Impastor stars Michael Rosenbaum, Sara Rue, Mircea Monroe, Mike Kosinski, Aimee Garcia and David Rasche.
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
  • Tate Donovan (Damages) and Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul) have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming third season. Donovan will play Graham, a confident scientist whose relationship with Margaret Scully (Allison Janney) brings them to Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson's (Lizzy Caplan) clinic. Emery will play Jo, a woman who seeks help dealing with a unique relationship.
COMEDY CENTRAL's ANOTHER PERIOD, DRUNK HISTORY, KEY & PEELE and REVIEW WITH FORREST MACNEIL
  • The cable network has announced premiere dates for the following series - the debut of Another Period starring Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome on Tuesday, June 23 at 10:30/9:30c.; the fourth season of Key & Peele continues on Wednesday, July 8 at 10/9c.; the second season of Review with Forrest MacNeil debuts on Thursday, July 30 at 10/9c; and Drunk History returns for its third season on Tuesday, September 1 at 10:30/9:30c.
STARZ's ASH VS. EVIL DEAD
  • Mimi Rogers (The Rapture) will appear in the upcoming sequel series starring Bruce Campbell. She will play Suzy Maxwell, Kelly's (Dana DeLorenzo) mother who is reunited with her family and several uninvited guests after a freak accident.
HBO's SHOW ME A HERO
  • Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin, the six-part miniseries written by David Simon & William F. Zorzi and directed by Paul Haggis will debut on Sunday, August 16 at 9/8c. The miniseries stars Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richarson-Jackson, Bob Balaban and Jim Belushi.
FX's AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON
  • Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, Mad Men) has joined the cast of the upcoming anthology series. He will play Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles County District Attorney who prosecuted O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.