Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Casting News - Kevin Nealon to Co-Star on 'Man With a Plan'; 'Aquarius' Moves to Saturdays; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - August 2, 2016

Amazon's Sneaky Pete; CBS' Man With a Plan; FOX's Houdini & Doyle & Lethal Weapon; and NBC's Aquarius & This Is Us.





CBS' MAN WITH A PLAN
  • Kevin Nealon (Saturday Night Live, Weeds) has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming comedy starring Matt LeBlanc. He will play Don, Adam's (LeBlanc) older brother and business partner in their contracting business.
NBC's AQUARIUS
  • For the second year in a row, the broadcast network is moving the drama starring David Duchovny to Saturday nights for the remainder of its season. The series will begin airing on its new night on August 27.
FOX's HOUDINI & DOYLE
  • The broadcast network has canceled the drama after one low-rated season. The 10 episode season wrapped its run with 1.77 million total viewers and a 0.4 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The drama starred Michael Weston, Stephen Mangan, Rebecca Liddiard, Adam Nagaitis and Tim McInnerny.
NBC's THIS IS US
  • Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy) and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) will appear in early episodes of the upcoming dramedy from Dan Fogelman. Sagal will play a super agent who is similar to Ari Emanuel. Garrett will play a powerful TV network executive.
FOX's LETHAL WEAPON
  • American Crime star Richard Cabral has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Damon Wayans Sr. and Clayne Crawford. He will play Detective Alex Cruz, an ambitious junior detective who knows both the right and wrong sides of the law. Before he joined the LAPD, he was in one of the city's most dangerous gangs. Now, this reformed hothead kicks down doors in the Gang and Narcotics division. Though a tad green and brash, Detectives Riggs (Crawford) and Murtaugh (Wayans Sr.) see past Cruz's tattoos and hard demeanor and recruit him to Robbery/Homicide where he quickly becomes an intrinsic addition to the team.
AMAZON's SNEAKY PETE
  • Karolina Wydra (True Blood) and Pej Vahdat (Bones) have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Giovanni Ribisi. Wydra will play an exotic, smart and strong woman who used to work with Marius (Ribisi) pulling cons. Vahdat will play Raj Kumar Mukherjee, an educated worldly man who likes to gamble and play cards at Vine's secret games with no issue about spending money.