08/05/12 - TV News Weekly Review #58 - Hot off the Grill

- Renewed:

• 90210 (for a fifth season)

• Being Human (Uk) (for a fifth season)

• Bones (for a an eighth season)

• Fringe (for a fifth and final season)

• Game of Thrones (for a third season)

• Girls (for a second season)

• Glee (for a forth season)

• New Girl (for a second season)

• Raising Hope (for a third season)

• Southland (for a fifth season)

• Supernatural (for a an eighth season)

• The Borgias (for a third season)

• The Client List (for a second season)

• The Lying Game (for a second season)

• The Vampire Diaries (for a forth season)

• Veep (for a second season)

- Canceled:

• Breaking In

Source's: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

- Casting news:

- Eddie Cibrian is joining Rizzoli & Isles for a multi-episode arc. (Source)
- Sara Canning will be returning in the Season 3 finale of The Vampire Diaries as Aunt Jenna Sommers. (Source)
- Elias Koteas will guest-star in the season finale of CBS’ Unforgettable. (Source)
- Former Entourage agent Jordan Belfi is checking into Grey’s Anatomy for a two-episode May sweeps arc. Also Mary Lynn Rajskub and Patrick Fischler will both guest-star in the penultimate episode of Grey’s. (Source 1, 2)
- Daniella Alonso and Rebecca Creskoff landed recurring roles on USA's Covert Affairs. (Source 1, 2)
- Dermot Mulroney is joining the cast of HBO’s Enlightened as a love interest for Laura Dern‘s Amy. (Source)
- Cameron Daddo has booked a pivotal role on The CW’s Nikita, playing President of the United States Charles Grayson. (Source)
- Emmanuelle Chriqui is joining The Mentalist as a major new love interest for Simon Baker’s Jane. (Source)
- The long-running CBS procedural CSI has tapped Frasier alumna Peri Gilpin to join the cast as the wife of Ted Danson’s D.B. Russell. (Source)
- Jimmy Smits has booked a major season-long arc in the upcoming fifth season of the FX hit Sons of Anarchy. (Source)
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio has signed on to guest star in the season finale of Grimm. Also Bree Turner who plays spice shop proprietress and Fuchsbau Rosalee, has been bumped from recurring guest star to series regular. (Source 1, 2)
- Dana Delany will reprise her role as Katherine Mayfair in the Desperate Housewives May 13 series finale. (Source)
- Lauren Cohan has been elevated to a full-fledged series regular on AMC's The Walking Dead. (Source)
- Charlie Sheen has tapped his former spouse Denise Richards to guest star in his new FX comedy series Anger Management, which is set to debut on Thursday, June 28 at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes. (Source)
- Laura Vandervoort has landed a new gig, guest-starring on a Season 4 episode of USA’s White Collar. Also Michael Weston will guest star. (Source 1, 2)
- Amy Acker has booked a guest spot in the CBS Person of Interest first season finale. (Source)
- Taylor Cole will recur in the upcoming third season of A&E’s cop drama The Glades. (Source)
- Ray Stevenson joined Dexter in a major recurring role. (Source)
- Teri Hatcher signed on to recur on ABC Family’s Jane by Design. (Source)
- Bree Williamson has been added as a series regular to the upcoming third season of Syfy’s Haven. (Source)
- Peter Jacobson, Dean Winters, Brooke Smith, Pippa Black and Eric Ladin are set to guest star on Law & Order: SVU season 13 finale.
(Source)
- Anna Hutchison, Jenna Lind and Gwendoline Taylor are joining Spartacus season 3 ensemble as series regulars. (Source)
- French actress Lizzie Brocheré has won the pivotal new series regular role on the FX thriller American Horror Story. Also James Cromwell has joined Season 2 of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s hit anthology series for a big 10-episode arc opposite star Jessica Lange.
Other new faces on tap for Season 2 of the FX hit include Chloe Sevigny, Adam Levine while Golden Globe winner Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe — who in Season 1 played Constance, Chad, Tate, psychic Billie Dean and doctor’s wife Nora — are all set to return but as different characters. (Source 1, 2)
- Matthew Lillard will guest-star on Leverage next season. (Source)
- Judy Greer is set to guest star on Royal Pains' forth season. (Source)
- Former West Wing star Richard Schiff is headed back to Washington D.C. as part of a multi-episode arc on NCIS. (Source)
- William Mapother has been cast in the upcoming sixth season of Burn Notice. (Source)

In other news:

- Take a peek at the first promo for Teen Wolf Season 2, which launches Sunday, June 3 following the MTV Movie Awards.
- Sera Gamble serving as co-showrunner on Supernatural alongside Robert Singer for the past two seasons, will be stepping down and will be replaced by Jeremy Carver executive producer/co-showrunner of Syfy’s Being Human. (Source)
- Netflix has approached CBS about reviving cult fave Jericho— and the network, through its CBS TV Studios production arm, is considering it. (Source)

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