It's that time of year again, when all the actors in Hollywood gather around casting calls and hope for a lead in one of the 80-something pilots that are ordered for this fall. Others expand their horizon and join running shows in their prime or just swing by for a guest stint. Here's a look at who's going where...
Rachael Harris is joining the cast of My Boys. Harris (Notes From The Underbelly, 'The Hangover') will play Mike's neighbor and love interest, Marcia. She will appear in the latter half of Season 4 and will have an integral part in the season finale. The new season of My Boys premieres Sunday, July 25th on TBS.
Tom Selleck is ready to return to the small screen again. After gainging fame with Magnum P.I., the star was last seen as a regular on the final season of Las Vegas. Now he is nearing a deal to play the lead in CBS' untitled Burgess/Green drama pilot (previously named Reagan's Law). The show centers around a multigeneration family of New York cops, of which Selleck will play Michael, the chief of police who lives with his father, Patrick (Len Cariou), while his son, Brian (Donnie Wahlberg) is a detective.
Michaela McManus, known from her role as Linsey on One Tree Hill and later Kim Greylek on Law & Order: SVU has scored the female lead in The CW's drama pilot Nomads. She'll play a brave and resourceful Army Brat determined to earn a place in the CIA. The show follows a group of young backpakcers who earn extra money working secret missions for the CIA. Ken Sanzel (Numb3rs) wrote and directed the pilot.
Ashley Scott, former Jericho star, caught a guest spot on the ever popular NCIS. Scott will play a missin ZNN reporter who becomes the subject of an NCIS investigation, according to Entertainment Weekly. The episode, which is scheduled for May, Agent DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) will take a special interest in the case.
In other NCIS news, Marco Sanchez joins the CBS' drama as a recurring role. He will play Alejandro Rivera who is with the Justice Department in Mexico and is in DC to help set up an international law enforcement task force. Sanchez most recently appeared in episodes of Bones, The Mentalist and Dollhouse.
Shannon Woodward, who played Di Di Malloy on The Riches, has been cast in the pilot Keep Hope Alive, Variety reports. Which role she'll be playing isn't clear yet.
30 Rock funny guy and impossible star, Tracy Morgan is returning to Syfy to host the fourth season of Scare Tactics. He will also step in as executive producer of the show. "Tracy has his finger on the pulse when it comes to comedy, and having him on board as executive producer just adds another layer to the huge success of our show," exeuctive vp programming Mark Stern said to The Hollywood Reporter.
E.R. alum Goran Visnjic is in negotiations to star opposite Katee Sackhoff in the ABC drama pilot Boston's Finest. Visnjic gained fame with his nine year stint on the medical drama as Dr. Luka Kovac.
Dougray Scott and Molly Parker are set to star in CBS drama pilot Quinn-Tuplets. The show follows the personal and professional lives of the Quinn-Tuplets. Scott will play Michael, the documentary filmmaker who has chronicled the quint's lives. Parker will play their mother, who was single when she had them in-vitro but subsequently married Michael and had another daughter... Sounds messed..up.
In short updates:
- Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives) is leading the cast of CW's Betwixt
- Randall Park has joined the FOX comedy Tax Man
- Omid Abtahi has boarded FOX drama Pleading Guilty
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