Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

The weekend is almost here and the sun is shining so it’s a good day, right? Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor D.B. Sweeney (The Event) will guest star in upcoming episode of Castle that finds Castle and Beckett going to LA to investigate a murder. He will play Detective Kyle Seeger, a Los Angeles cop with Robbery Homicide, who questions Castle and Beckett about their rogue investigation. This is the same episode that will include Jason George (Off the Map) and Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) as guest stars. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Chris Vance (Prison Break) has booked a major recurring role on the TNT breakout hit Rizzoli & Isles. He will play Sgt. Major Charles “Casey” Jones, an old flame of Rizzoli’s (Angie Harmon) who comes back into her life just as she’s [SPOILER ALERT] struggling to recover from being shot and nearly killed in the line of duty. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Natasha Henstridge (Eli Stone) will appear in the season finale of CSI: Miami as Renee Locklear, an undercover agent who is about to cause a stir in more ways than one. (TV Guide and Spoiler TV)

Actor Michael Trucco (Fairly Legal and Battlestar Galactica) will guest star in an April episode of How I Met Your Mother as Robin’s (Colbie Smulders) long-time crush. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Scott Grimes (ER and Party of Five) will guest star in the Tony DiNozzo origins episode set for May 3 as Det. Danny Price, an ex-partner of Tony’s. They worked together 10 years ago while serving as cops in Baltimore. (Entertainment Weekly)

FX has canceled its new drama Lights Out, but the final 2 episodes will air. (Twitter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

BBC America will co-produce the new six-part drama series called The Hour, which will premiere in the summer on BBC America. The series is a spy thriller set behind the scenes of the BBC’s news room in London in the mid ‘50s, starring Dominic West (The Wire), Romola Garai (Emma) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star) who are locked in a highly competitive, sharp witted and passionate love triangle. (Deadline)

Actor David Alpay (The Tudors) will star alongside Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) in the FOX drama pilot Weekends at Bellevue, which is based on Julie Holland’s memoir. The pilot centers on Ellie (Ambrose), the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift at Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric unit. He will play Ben, a second-year attending psychiatrist at Bellevue who graduated from an Ivy League school and comes from a family of doctors. He has a history with Ellie and is strongly drawn to her. (Deadline)

Actress Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) has landed the female lead opposite Damon Wayans in the CBS as-yet untitled sports radio show pilot. The pilot is inspired by ESPN personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show with this one centering on Nick (Wayans), an egotistical sports-radio host with a quick wit and cocky likability who is adored by his fans. She will play Nick’s radio cohort Casey, a fun, quick-witted gal who is socially oblivious and pathologically blunt. (Deadline)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Veteran actor Ed Harris has been cast to play John McCain in the upcoming HBO adaptation of the best-selling book Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harris will play the Republican candidate John McCain for the film’s depiction of his 2008 presidential campaign. Julianna Moore will portray Sarah Palin in the film. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Looks like actress Amy Adams (Enchanted and The Fighter) is being courted to join the cast of the upcoming box office movie Rock of Ages, in which she would play the journalist who falls into a bedroom romp with Tom Cruise’s decadent rock star character, Stacee Jax. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with the TV Addict)

Question: Got anything for a WHITE COLLAR fan who is already going through post-finale withdrawal? — Ainsley

The TV Addict: When WHITE COLLAR returns this June, fans will finally get a peek into the private life of Detective Diana Barrigan when Neal meets Diana’s partner, Christie. What’s more, the episode will feature Diana as she goes undercover to protect a powerful newswoman who is about to break a deadly secret that may take down a major corporation. Which, if you ask us, is a nice change of pace from the usual episode of WHITE COLLAR where women are often overlooked and underestimated in lieu of Peter and Neal.

Question: Blood is to vampires as scoop is to me, I need it to survive. Particularly of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES variety, what’cha got? — Mandy

The TV Addict: You know how Bonnie has been somewhat on her own since the death of her grandmother? Well, the good news is that she’ll soon be meeting a relative. Unfortunately, like the majority of the mysterious newcomers to Mystic Falls, said relative has an agenda entirely of her own. Oh, and did we mention she has somewhat of a sordid past with Katherine?

That’s it. Enjoy!