Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today, few though they may be:

TELEVISION

Actor Dylan Baker (The Good Wife and Political Animals) has joined the cast of the mid-season drama on ABC called Zero Hour that will star Anthony Edwards (ER) as a skeptics magazine editor who is pulled into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history after his wife (Jacinda Barrett) is kidnapped. Baker will play FBI Section Chief Terrence Fisk, who has a personal connection to the conspiracy case. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Brian McNamara (Army Wives) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Bones, playing a Steve Irwin-type pet expo proprietor named Eric Neibling. When one of his day laborers is found murdered, Neibling’s secret side business, importing endangered species for sale, is exposed, making him a prime suspect. Bones is back on September 17 on FOX. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Perrey Reeves (Entourage) has been cast in one of the lead roles in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama pilot called The Secret Live of Husbands and Wives that is inspired by the Josie Brown novel. The project is being described as a thriller-dramatic soap that centers on a murder and the secrets and lies within a tightly woven group of three suburban couples and their families exposed in its aftermath. Reeves will play half of one of the three couples. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (the team behind Gossip Girl) have a new project at The CW that will take place in an elite school. The project is called Copeland Prep and is set at the premier secondary school in the nation, which is so fiercely competitive it’s turning its students into monsters — literally — and spreading the disturbing ramifications throughout the town. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!