Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Let’s get right down to the news for the day, shall we?:

TELEVISION

Rebecca Creskoff (Hung) will guest star in an October episode of Desperate Housewives, but details of her role are being kept under wraps, but it’s believed Creskoff will be playing a new adversary of Susan’s (Teri Hatcher). (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

Stacy Keibler (What About Brian) will guest star in the third episode of Chuck this fall, succeeding Olivia Munn and Isaiah Mustafa as undercover agent Greta, a new recurring character that will be played by a different actor every week. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

Fiona Gubelmann (Knight Rider) has been cast as the female lead in the FX comedy pilot Wilfred, where she will star opposite Jason Gann and Elijah Wood. (Deadline Hollywood Daily and Televisionary)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner will star opposite Tracee Ellis Ross in the BET comedy pilot Reed Between the Lines, where he will play Ross’ character’s husband. (Deadline Hollywood Daily and Televisionary)

Doctor Who WILL be back for a sixth season with Steven Moffat continuing as executive producer, writing five of the 13 episodes when Matt Smith returns. (Blastr)

Billy Dee Williams will guest star in an upcoming episode of White Collar, starring as “Ford,” an old friend of June’s (Diahann Carroll) late husband, Byron. Fresh from a prison stint, Ford shows up on Neal’s doorstep. Immediately, Neal suspects that con man Byron’s equally shifty pal has an agenda and is looking for more than a trip down memory lane. (Fancast)

Actress Sienna Guillory will portray a lab tech named Kacey Monohan on CSI when it returns in the fall. (TV Fanatic)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE

Joe Flanigan (Stargate: Atlantis) is currently filming a new Syfy movie called The Other Side, where he will star as the character Colonel Sam Synn. The premise is that a device has been made to glimpse other realities, but it doesn’t quite work the way it’s supposed to. Instead, it transports the group observing the first presentation to an alternate reality. The group must work together to repair the damaged machine if they have any hope of getting back home, all the while fighting man-eating creatures that inhabit this world. The movie co-stars John Rhys-Davis. (ScienceFantasyUniverse.com)

Q&A SECTION (with Kristin at E! Entertainment Online):

Question: Please tell me you have some leftover Smallville scoop from Comic-Con?

Kristin: Justin Hartley is hopping on the Tom Welling bandwagon and taking a stab at directing an episode later this year. “I’m directing episode 20, I think,” he told us in San Diego. “That may change, but it’s what I’ve been told. It’s really late in the game so I couldn’t really mess things up at that point, right? Or I could ruin it. People might say, ‘What is that?! Oh it’s Justin’s footprint, great. ‘” Um, we doubt that, but it’s cute to know he’s a little nervous. And Tom’s directing another episode this season, too, so good things are happening all around!

Question: Janine in Yucaipa, Calif.: Any word on when we’ll see Clark in the actual Superman suit on Smallville?

Kristin: There’s no exact “when” available at the moment (although Bryan Petersen and Kelly Souders did say during Comic-Con that we will see it in some form in season 10), but Tom Welling tells us this: “Whatever we do, I want to make sure we earn the suit at the end. So expect to see Clark going through some big things before he dons the blue and red.

Question: Hannah in Richmond, VA.: Thanks for all the Castle scoop. Can I get some more goods on the new season?

Kristin: Well, you saw that the “will they/won’t they” aspect of Kate and Castle hits a real snag when Kate arrests him in the season opener. Bummer. But the writers told us at Comic-Con that they definitely love playing with that relationship and all the push pull that comes with it, so prepare for more sexual tension! Hooray!

Question: Jessie in Chicago, Ill.: Castle news, if you got it.

Kristin: Castle’s daughter Alexis will be all up in the dating world next season! And even though she takes care of her dad more than he takes care of her, we’ll get to see somewhat of a father figure from Castle. And how does Nathan think his character will deal with his daughter’s dating life? “I’m sure he’ll take it real well,” he says sarcastically. Can’t wait to see Castle chase off boys with a shotgun!

That’s it. Enjoy!