15/05/12 - TV News Weekly Review #59 - Wins and Losses

- Renewed:

• 30 Rock (for a final seventh season)

• America’s Funniest Home Videos (for a 23rd season)

• Bob’s Burgers (for a third season)

• Body Of Proof (for a third season)

• Castle (for a fifth season)

• Community (for a forth season)

• Cougar Town (for a forth season/moved to TBS)

• CSI: NY (for a ninth season)

• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (for a second season)

• Dancing with the Stars (for a 15th season)

• Fashion Star (for a second season)

• Gossip Girl (for a sixth and final season)

• Grey’s Anatomy (for a ninth season)

• Happy Endings (for a third season)

• Hart of Dixie (for a second season)

• Last Man Standing (for a second season)

• Law & Order: SVU (for a 14th season)

• Mob Wives (for a third season)

• Modern Family (for a forth season)

• Nikita (for a third season)

• Once Upon a Time (for a second season)

• Parenthood (for a forth season)

• Parks and Recreation (for a fifth season)

• Private Practice (for a sixth season)

• Revenge (for a second season)

• Scandal (for a second season)

• Shark Tank (for a forth season)

• Suburgatory (for a second season)

• The Bachelor (for a 17th season)

• The Middle (for a forth season)

• The Office (for a ninth season)

• Top Gear(US) (for a third season)

• Touch (for a second season)

• Two and a Half Men (for a 10th season)

• Up All Night (for a second season)

• Whitney (for a second season)

• Wife Swap (for an eight season)

- Canceled:

• A Gifted Man

• Alcatraz

• Are You There Chelsea?

• Awake

• Bent

• Best Friends Forever

• CSI: Miami

• GCB

• Harry’s Law

• Missing

• Napoleon Dynamite

• NYC 22

• Pan Am

• Ringer

• Rob

• The Finder

• The River

• The Secret Circle

• Unforgettable

Source's: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

- Casting news:

- Parminder Nagra joined the cast of Psych as a major new love interest for Dulé Hill's Gus.
(Source)
- Treat Williams is set to join the upcoming fourth season of the USA hit White Collar on a recurring basis. (Source)
- Ian Gomez will guest-star Drop Dead Diva this summer. (Source)
- Maggie Grace has landed a lengthy (and possibly spinoff-launching) arc on Showtime’s Californication. Johann Urb also landed a major recurring role. (Source 1, 2)
- Richard Burgi has landed a villainous guest spot on the upcoming sixth season of Burn Notice. (Source)
- With the exception of Mindy Kaling whose pilot was picked up to a series on FOX, The Office cast will remain intact next season.
- Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to the small screen next fall for the first time since her Sex and the City days via a multiple-episode guest stint on Glee. Additionally, Kate Hudson will join the cast for a six-episode arc. (Source)
- Kat Foster joined the cast of Royal Pains in the recurring role of Harper Cummings, a local pediatrician who is set up with Mark Feuerstein's Hank. (Source)

In other news:

-  Take a spoilery peek at the first promo for True Blood Season 5, which launches Sunday, June 10.
- Community moved from Thursday nights to Fridays at 8:30 for next season.
- Here's a quick List of New Broadcast Network Scripted Shows for the 2012-13 Season courtesy to http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/

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