Monday, October 31, 2016

Casting News - 'The Odd Couple' Sets Garry Marshall Tribute Episode; Ivana Milicevic Joins 'Gotham'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - October 31, 2016

ABC's Modern Family; Amazon's Bosch; CBS' The Odd Couple; CBS All Access' The Good Fight; FOX's Gotham & Orville; Freeform's The Fosters; and NBC's Chicago Med & This Is Us.




CBS' THE ODD COUPLE
  • Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Penny Marshall, Anson Williams, Don Most, Cindy Williams and Pam Dawber will appear in the November 7 episode of the comedy's third season. The episode will serve as a tribute to late executive producer Garry Marshall. In it, Oscar (Matthew Perry) reconnects with many significant people from his father's (Marshall) life when he agrees to carry out his final wish to spread his ashes behind the candy factory he used to own.
FOX's ORVILLE
  • Halston Sage (Crisis) and Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama created by and starring Seth MacFarlane. No details were immediately released about the characters they will be playing.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • Banshee star Ivana Milicevic has booked a recurring role on the drama's third season. She will play Maria Kyle, Selina's (Camren Bicondova) long lost mother. She's a tough-as-nails operator with an arsenal of street smarts and a world-class drifter who is able to hide her true self behind a variety of personas. She is a criminal through and through and is willing to use anything and anyone to get what she wants. Her one weakness is Selina, the daughter she abandoned and the only person in the world she truly loves.
NBC's CHICAGO MED
  • Eddie Jemison (iZombie) has landed a recurring role on the drama's second season. He will play the Chief of Emergency Medicine, who has recently returned to Chicago Med after taking a sabbatical.
FREEFORM's THE FOSTERS
  • Jared Ward (Hit the Floor, Bosch) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's fourth season. He will play a charming new teacher at Anchor Beach.
NBC's THIS IS US
  • Westworld star Jimmi Simpson will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's first season. He will play Andy Fannan, a successful Wall Street trader who works with Randall (Sterling K. Brown).
CBS ALL ACCESS' THE GOOD FIGHT
  • Justified alum Erica Tazel will round out the main cast of the upcoming spinoff of The Good Wife - which now has an official title, The Good Fight. No details were immediately released about the character Tazel will be playing. She joins a cast that includes Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Rose Leslie, Delory Lindo, Sarah Steele, Paul Guilfoyle and Bernadette Peters. Production on the series has begun in New York City today, with Brooke Kennedy directing the premiere.
AMAZON's BOSCH
  • Linda Park (Star Trek: Enterprise) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. She will play Jun Park, a dedicated grade school teacher and a member of the Crisis Response Team. 
ABC's MODERN FAMILY
  • Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) will appear in an upcoming episode of the comedy's eighth season. he will play Keifth, a circus ringmaster whom Cam (Eric Stonestreet) once dated.