19/02/12 - TV News Weekly Review #55 - Ain’t Love Strange

- Renewed:

• Being Human (US) (for a third season)

• Face Off (for a third season)

• For Better or Worse (for a 35 episode second season)

• Gold Rush (for a third season)

• Key & Peele (for a second season)

- Canceled:

• House - the 8th season will be it's last

Source's: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

- Casting news:

- Matthew Perry is joining The Good Wife in a recurring role. His first episode will air Sunday, March 25. Also Michael J. Fox, Jill Flint and Elizabeth Reaser are set to return! (Source 1, 2)
- Daniela Bobadilla will play the daughter of Charlie Sheen's character on Anger Management. (Source)
- Barry Corbin has been cast as Merle Tucker, the father of Eric Stonestreet’s Cam on Modern Family. (Source)
- Former island dweller Henry Ian Cusick is headed to Fringe this spring. (Source)
- Cristián de la Fuente will reprise his role as Mary’s former fiancé Raph on In Plain Sight. Also Stephen Lang is set to guest star. (Source 1, 2)
- Giancarlo Esposito and John Hodgman will guest star in upcoming episodes of Community. (Source 1, 2)
- Stephen Root landed a recurring role on Boardwalk Empire. (Source)
- Kelli Williams has been promoted to series regular on Army Wives. (Source)
- Jaime Ray Newman returns to CSI: NY. (Source) 
- Peter Mensah and Jacob Hopkins are joining True Blood‘s upcoming fifth season in a recurring capacity. (Source 1, 2)
- Noah Bean has landed a guest stint on Once Upon a Time. (Source)
- David Schwimmer will appear on four upcoming episodes of the Showtime series Web Therapy. (Source)
- Mikaela Hoover will return as Jackie, the sexy (and surprisingly young!) brunette Dave hooked up with immediately after his non-wedding on Happy Endings. (Source)
- Jessica Tuck is set to guest star on Grimm. (Source)
- Chad Michael Murray makes his triumphant return to One Tree Hill this Wednesday at 8/7c. (Source)
- David Marciano (Virgil) and Navid Negahban (Abu Nazir) were both promoted to series regulars on Homeland. (Source)
- Lauralee Bell will guest star on an upcoming episode (March 19) of Castle. (Source)
- Lost alums Jeff Fahey and Kevin Tighe have landed roles on USA's forthcoming cop drama Common Law. (Source)
- Allison Janney is set to guest-star on the upcoming season of The Big C. (Source)
- Kyle Gallner and Madeleine Martin will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Criminal Minds. (Source)
- Bradley Whitford has signed on to guest-star in an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. (Source)

In other news:

- Paget Brewster is leaving Criminal Minds at season’s end to pursue other projects. (Source)
- Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal project just got a direct-to-series order. NBC has picked up 13 episodes of the thriller TV series based on Thomas Harris’ classic cannibal serial killer. (Source)
- How will Peter find Olivia? This exclusive look at an extended promo for next Friday’s Fringe teases the heck out of what’s to come.

Weekly Recommendation:

Spyder is strongly recommending NBC comedy

Parks and Recreation