Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Two more United Kingdom programs will be coming to PBS. The first is The Paradise, which is a rags-to-riches Victorian Era drama set in Britain’s first department store. The second is The Lady Vanishes, which is a 90-minute adaptation of the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a woman who gets caught up in a mysterious and menacing case of a missing person. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Veteran actress Adrienne Barbeau (Maude and Carnivale) will appear as the mother of Victoria Grayson (Madeline Stowe) in ABC’s soap opera Revenge. (Kimberly Roots and Meg Masters at TV Line)

Actor Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town) will guest star in an upcoming episode of CSI, playing the ex-husband of Finlay (Elizabeth Shue). (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor Currie Graham (NYPD Blue) and actor Kyle Schmid (Copper) will both appear in upcoming episodes of the new CW series Arrow. Graham will appear as King, the leader of the Royal Flush Gang while Schmid will appear as Kyle Reston. Arrow debuts tomorrow night (October 10) on The CW. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Sanctuary – the Syfy series that starred Stargate alum Amanda Tapping – is still alive. The series will be back in syndication next year on a weekly basis courtesy of Tricon Films and Television and PPI Releasing. The series follows Dr. Helen Magnus (Tapping), the daring leader of a team of investigators who track down, study and protect strange creatures that secretly populate our world. The series began in early 2007 as an online series that drew nearly 4 million viewers and then it scored one of the highest-rated series launches in Syfy network history when it premiered in October 2008. (Kimberly Nordyke at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor-turned-director Eric Stoltz will guest star on the new legal drama Made in Jersey on CBS, playing Marcus Wheaton, the mysterious and controlling leader of Wheaton Farms in upstate New York. Martina (series star Janet Montgomery) represents the wealthy parents of a teen girl who ran away to live within this farm aka cult. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

The upcoming fifth season of the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager will be the show’s last. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Michaela McManus (Awake and The Vampire Diaries) and actors Charles Parnell (Crash, the TV series), Travis Van Winkle (Dating Rules from My Future Self) and Sam Spruell (Snow White and the Huntsman) will star in the action drama pilot from TNT called The Last Ship that will be executive produced by Michael Bay. The pilot is based on the popular novel by William Brinkley, centering on the crew of a naval destroyer who, after a global catastrophe decimates the earth’s population, are forced to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. McManus will play Lt. Jackie Makena, a crew member who runs the Combat Information Center and is in charge of missile deployment. Parnell will play Hugh Jeter, Command Master Chief aboard the USS Nathan James. Van Winkle will play Danny Green, the leader of a small crew of SEALS aboard the Nathan James and Spruell will play Quincy, a paleomicrobiologist. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actresses Madchen Amick (Twin Peaks and Damages) and Glenne Headly (Mr. Holland’s Opus) have joined the cast of the Lifetime drama pilot Witches of East End, which is based on the best-selling novel by Melissa de la Cruz. The drama pilot revolves around Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond) and her two adult daughters Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) and Ingrid (Rachel Boston), both of whom have no idea that they’re the family’s next generation of witches. They lead uneventful lives in a quiet secluded Long Island town of North Hampton but when Freya becomes engaged to a newcomer Dash Gardner (Patrick Heusinger) a series of events prompt Joanna to admit that her daughters are both powerful and immortal witches. Amick will guest star as Wendy, Joanna’s sister. Headly will play Dash and Killian Gardiner’s (Daniel Ditomasso) mother, Penelope. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Italia Ricci (Unnatural History) has landed the lead role in the ABC Family drama pilot Terminales, which is based on the successful Mexican series of the same name. The pilot centers on April (Ricci), an aspiring young journalist who is trying to impress her unimpressable editor. She’s resourceful, devoted to her family and begins to fall in love when she gets devastating news: she has a terminal illness. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Any Nikita, Once Upon a Time or Boardwalk Empire news, please. – Lisa

Team Watch with Kristin: Three great shows, and we pick…Nikita! For all you Michael and Nikita fans out there, a moment you’ve probably been dreaming about since day one will finally arrive in the season premiere. That’s all we can say, so move along!

Question: Got any Revenge scoop of the non-Emily variety? – Daisy

Team Watch with Kristin: The addictive hit will soon be flashing back to pivotal moments in the lives of both Victoria and Declan. ABC is currently casting a 12-year-old version of Jack’s little bro for an episode entitled “Lineage.” That will also be the same episode where we meet Victoria’s mother. Did it just get colder in here at the mere mention of the evil queen?

Question: It seems like Abby is starting to turn on Olivia on Scandal? Will the whole team begin to question her? – Daphne

Team Watch with Kristin: While Abby may be going off her leash (which will continue in Thursday night’s episode, big-time!), one associate will always stick with Olivia. “I don’t think you’ll ever see Huck question Olivia, he’s just too loyal to her,” Giullermo Diaz tells us. “He’s like a stray dog that you bring in and you give them a better life and they never leave your side no matter what. He’ll do things that Olivia will take note of, like when I think automatically Olivia wants me to cut the pastor’s body. Things like that, when a dog chews your shoe. I don’t think Huck will ever question her.”

That’s it. Enjoy!