Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Aisha Hinds (Detroit 187 and the upcoming CW series Cult) has been added to the cast of this summer’s Under the Dome, based on the Stephen King novel that will focus on Chester’s Mill, a small New England town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Aimee Garcia has been promoted to series regular status on Dexter when it returns this summer for its 8th season. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Castle has been given an additional episode for its current 5th season, bouncing the total number up to 24 episodes. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Chris Pratt (Parks & Recreation and Zero Dark Thirty) has landed the lead role of Peter Quill in the upcoming box office film Guardians of the Galaxy, beating out contenders like Joel Edgerton, Jack Huston, Lee Pace and Jim Sturgess (among others). (First Showing)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: In dire need of some Scandal scoop! – Noelle

Team Watch with Kristin: Do not miss Thursday’s game-changing episode. In fact, watch it live to avoid being spoiled because everything changes. Not only is there a death, but Charlie, Cyrus’ assassin, once again returns to possibly take out someone major. Yikes! Oh, and someone also asks Huck to make a kill on their behalf as well.

Question: Anything on Zoe and George on Hart of Dixie? I haven’t given up on them! – Claudia

Team Watch with Kristin: Though George is currently happy with Tansy, it doesn’t mean he isn’t still looking out for Zoe. When George teams up with Wade for the Battle of the Bands concert, he doesn’t like what he sees when he spots Wade chatting up a groupie. Ruh-roh!

Question: I have a question about the Men of Letters: Will this plot mean that we’re done with the tablet stuff? And is Sam going to tell Dean about his conversation with Larry? He warned him to destroy it all but Sam seems to have done the opposite. Thanks! I love your recaps! – Kat

Sandra: They’re not done with the tablets by any means. In fact, Supernatural consulting producer Ben Edlund, who wrote this week’s episode, says Sam feels finding this information center is just what they needed. “He leaps into the library and the data banks of this place,” says Edlund. “It for him represents a kind of well because he’s convinced it’s going to give them leads and information…[so while] it doesn’t directly affect the tablet story but it builds in on [that] as time passes.” As for Dean, Edlund says, “Sam if anything is a little starry-eyed and voracious like he was at Stanford…But it may come to pass later as thorns start to grow down there that Dean will bring up that point independently but not [this week].”

Question: Would love some NCIS scoop! Any great Feb sweeps teases you can share about Tony and Ziva? I have been loving this season so far! – Cheryl

Sandra: “There’s definitely more Tony/Ziva stuff that’s coming down the road,” Glasberg tells me. But patience will continue to pay off. We’re currently in the midst of some pretty classic episode of NCIS, but it’s building. “It will be little bits and pieces here and there and some more significant stuff as well. And Ziva’s continued desire and interest in revenge for her father will continue and hopefully that will dovetail into something toward the end of the season as well,” he says.

That’s it. Enjoy!