Thursday, November 19, 2015

Casting News - Tia Mowry to Recur on FOX's 'Rosewood'; 'Broad City' Season 3 Debuts in February; Plus 8 More Updates!

Casting News - November 19, 2015

CBS' Life in Pieces & The Odd Couple; CMT's Still the King; Comedy Central's Broad City, Idiotsitter & Workaholics; The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Epix's Berlin Station & Graves; FOX's Rosewood; NBC's Aquarius; and TV Land's Teachers & Younger.



CMT's STILL THE KING
  • Madison Iseman and Travis Nicholson will co-star on the upcoming comedy series, with Lacey Chabert, Leslie David Baker, Kevin Farley and Jon Sewell set to recur. Iseman will play Charlotte, Vernon's (Billy Ray Cyrus) daughter who's smart, sarcastic, witty and reluctant to let her absentee father into her life. Nicholson will play Walt, the son of a friend from Vernon's heyday who agrees to help him con the congregation. Chabert will play Laura Beth, the head of the church boosters who considers it her personal responsibility to guide the congregation's new preacher. Baker will play Curtis, the church's blind caretaker. Farley will play Mitch Doily, Vernon's parole officer and biggest fan. Sewell will play Ronnie, Debbie's (Joey Lauren Adams) live-in boyfriend whose one dream is to own a boat.
FOX's ROSEWOOD
  • Instant Mom star Tia Mowry-Hardrict has been cast in a major recurring role on the drama's first season. She will play Cassie, a previously homeless teenage lesbian who has worked her way up to owning her own restaurant through drive and hard work. She is also Pippy's (Gabrielle Dennis) childhood friend from a troubling and mysterious time in her past.
EPIX's GRAVES
  • Harry Hamlin (L.A. Law, Mad Men) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming comedy starring Nick Nolte and Sela Ward. He will play Jonathan Dalton, a billionaire who shares a romantic history with Margaret Graves (Ward).
EPIX's BERLIN STATION
  • April Grace (Sons of Anarchy, Whiplash) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Richard Armitage. She will play Jemma Moore, the sharp-elbowed Deputy Director of the CIA.
NBC's AQUARIUS
  • Andy Favreau (Revenge, The Charnel House) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Dennis Wilson, the Beach Boys drummer who spent time with Charles Manson (Gethin Anthony) and his followers before their Helter Skelter crimes.
COMEDY CENTRAL's BROAD CITY, IDIOTSITTER and WORKAHOLICS
  • The cable network has set premiere dates for its upcoming winter schedule. The sixth season of Workaholics will premiere on Thursday, January 14 at 10/9c. followed by the series premiere of Idiotsitter at 10:30/9:30c. Broad City will return for its third season on Wednesday, February 17 at 10/9c.
CBS' THE ODD COUPLE
  • Garry Marshall - the creator of the original series who serves as a consultant on the reboot - has been tapped to play Oscar's (Matthew Perry) father in an upcoming episode of the second season.
CBS' LIFE IN PIECES
  • Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Masters of Sex) will appear in an upcoming episode of the comedy's first season. He will play Mikey, the nephew of Joan (Dianne Wiest) and a former hero to Greg (Colin Hanks) and Matt (Thomas Sadoski).
THE CW's CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
  • Ground Floor star Briga Heelan is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of the musical comedy's first season. She will play an opposing attorney on a case with Rebecca (Rachel Bloom).
TV LAND's TEACHERS and YOUNGER
  • There has been a change of plans to the premiere dates for the two comedies. Younger will now premiere on Wednesday, January 13 at 10/9c. followed by the series premiere of Teachers.