Johnny Drama is doing a comedy for CBS. Kevin Dillon, who this year finishes up on “Entourage” (well, everyone does – it’s the show’s final year), has signed to star opposite “How to be a Gentlemen”, a laffer starring David Hornsby as a man who pens a column on how to be a gentlemen. Drama will play the childish best friend. (More…)
Guess we can cross Heather Locklear off that rumoured list of actors vying to replace Charlie Shen on “Two and-a-half Men”. The former “Melrose Place” and “Spin City” star will star in CBS’ “The Assistants”, a comedy about a group of young assistants who work for a celebrity couple. (More…)
An upcoming episode of “Law & Order : LA” will channel the events of the Ronnie Chasen murder. The episode ‘Benedict Canyon’, guest-starring JoBeth Williams (“Poltergeist”) and Jeff Fahey (“Lost”), “centers on the murder of a Hollywood stylist in what appears to be a random robbery gone bad. But, the team soon learns that it was a murder for hire, with dark family secrets from the past as the motive for the killing.” (More…)
Former “Friday Night Lights” star Connie Britton has signed to headline Ryan Murphy’s FX Pilot “American Horror Story”. Britton will play one half of the show’s central couple in what’s been described as a “really complicated, interesting psychological horror show … incredibly ambitious”. (More…)
Annette O’Toole has confirmed that Martha Kent will appear in the series finale of “Smallville”. The actress tweets : “Having a great time with my Smallville family. Thanks to everyone who has loved/supported the show for a decade & to amazing crew behind it.” Michael Rosenbaum, John Schneider and Allison Mack also return for the show’s swan song.
Christina Applegate will return to series television, agreeing to front Lorne Michael’s new NBC comedy about an acerbic working mother (Applegate), along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents. The former “Samantha Who?” star was also being courted for another new series “Good Christian Bitches”. (More…)
