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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

When Major Crimes returns for its second season this summer, Captain Raydor’s (Mary McDonnell) estranged, not-quite-ex-husband Jackson Raydor will be showing up. There has been no casting announcement made yet, but his character is being described as a charming and devilish rascal on hiatus from his career as a lawyer to pursue his main passion: gambling. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actors Sam Page (Switched at Birth and Mad Men) and Sinqua Walls (Friday Night Lights and Teen Wolf) as well as actress Kate Miner (Hellcats and Persons Unknown) have joined the cast of Necessary Roughness. Miner will appear in at least four episodes in the recurring role of Sheera Kane, an up-and-coming model with a wild streak who catches TK’s (Mehcad Brooks) eye. Walls will in at least one episode as basketball player Devon Langer, the son of Lana (who will be played by guest star Garcelle Beauvais). Page will appear in at least two episode, playing Sam Conte, a V3 agent who represents one of Dani’s (Callie Thorne) clients. A talented agent, Sam would love to mix business and pleasure with Dani. He will appear in two episodes, the first of which will be episode four. Necessary Roughness will be back on the USA Network on June 12. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

NBC has given the following dramas renewals for this fall: Parenthood, Revolution, Chicago Fire, Grimm and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. (Variety)

The short-lived NBC drama Do No Harm that was pulled after only two episodes earlier this year will actually get a chance to burn-off the rest of its episodes this summer. It will start airing those remaining episodes on NBC starting on Saturday, June 29 at 10 PM. (The Futon Critic)

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Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line and Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Welcome to your new email address! I’m still reeling from the NCIS cliffhanger. What else can you tell us about the upcoming episodes? –Cheryl

Mitovich: And congrats to you, Cheryl, for being the one of 100-plus NCIS emails I chose. This much I can share: Next Tuesday’s episode picks up right where we left off, with Tony and Ziva in the crashed car; no time-jump into a hustling-bustling hospital ER room here. Also, viewers won’t have to wait long to find out who it was that Michael Vaughn’d their vehicle.

Question: Tell us Castle and Beckett are not breaking up in the finale! OK, I know you can’t answer that, but give us something to make us feel better? –Rida

Mitovich: Hmm. Would it make you feel better to have insight into how Andrew W. Marlowe decided wherever it is that Kate and Rick end up at 10:55 pm on May 13? When first planning a finale, the series creator explains, “You have a great map, but it’s like driving through fog a little bit – the closer you get, the clearer it gets. So about seven or eight episodes out, I knew ballpark where I wanted to land.” And versus yet another capper tied to Beckett’s mother’s murder, “I wanted a quieter, more emotional finale, without the fireworks,” he says. “In this one, something comes out of left field that both characters have to wrestle with, something that would be a challenge to any relationship.”

Question: Got any scoop on Once Upon a Time? –Mundo Magico

Mitovich: In an upcoming TVLine Q&A, Lana Parrilla has plenty of wonderful things to say (and tease) about the final three episodes, including how the May 12 finale features “a very sobering moment, where the audience will be very surprised to see some characters have to come together, to work together, to save one another.”

Question: How will Royal Pains handle Hank’s medical situation when the show returns in June? Last we saw, he had suffered a stroke-like emergency from the explosion at Shadow Pond. Will the show pick up with his recovery? –Laura

Mitovich: I have four words that may point you in the right direction: Five. Month. Time. Jump.

Question: The Nikita writers wouldn’t do anything as obvious as killing off Michael in a finale titled “Til Death Do Us Part…” would they? –Lora

Mitovich: “We have some pretty big deaths coming up,” EP Craig Silverstein spilled in out May Sweeps/Finales Scoopapalooza. And the finale itself, he added, uncorks “one of the most WTF shocks” of the season.

Question: Can you please get info on Vikings? –Lyn

Mitovich: Oh, I’ve got tons, and it’s all coming your way soon. But until then, I shall taunt you with this context-free quote from series creator Michael Hirst, that despite what happens in Sunday’s finale, “I’m very happy to reassure audiences that Lagertha will continue to be a very, very important and major character in the show, for a very long time.”

Question: I love the dynamic between Defiance’s Amanda and Nolan, they make such a good pairing. Any scoop you could share about them? – Lily

Team Watch with Kristin: Absolutely! When we talked with Grant Bowler and Julie Benz about their characters’ arcs for the season, they remained pretty coy. But we managed to drag one thing out of them: Fans of Amanda and Nolan’s chemistry will not be disappointed by the final episodes of the season.

Question: Awkward is better than ever this season! Any scoop to share? – Conor

Team Watch with Kristin: Awkward is getting its election on! Things will get pretty crazy at Palos Hills High School when it’s time for student council elections and the competition will be fierce. Expect to see one freshman girl encounter the wrath of a certain upper classman when she tries to run for treasurer. Poor girl, she’s going to be eaten alive!

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

British actor and musician Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon) has landed a major recurring role on Suits, which will be back for its third season on the USA Network on July 16. Beesley will play Stephen Huntley, Edward Darby’s (recurring guest star Conleth Hill) charismatic right-hand man and Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) British counterpart, who arrives in the New York office following the merger. The existence of two Harveys will complicate the already precarious personal dynamics at Pearson/Darby. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Erika Alexander (Living Single) will have a recurring role in this summer’s new AMC drama Low Winter Sun that focuses on the aftermath of a cop murder by fellow Detroit detective Frank Agnew (Mark Strong). Alexander will play Louise “LC” Cullen, a strong and intimidating cop who is matter-of-fact and straightforward in everything she does. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Actor Armie Hammer (who will be seen this summer in The Lone Ranger) will star alongside Tom Cruise in the remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The original version of the classic 1960’s TV series starred Robert Vaughan and David McCallum, who played Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement. Hammer would play the Kuryakin role in the remake. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Anything for Grimm-sters? — Jordan

Sandra: Chew on this like a hungry Wesen: “It’s insane,” David Giuntoli says of the cliffhanger. “Let’s just say, one of the main characters might be dead.”

Question: I’m SO happy Supernatural is back this week. Can you give me any new info on the finale? — Anna

Sandra: Well, the description for the finale released today let it slip that the boys will indeed go into “one last play” against Crowley, who is “poised to undo allthe good they’ve ever done as hunters.” So how will it all play out? “I think you owe your fans and your audience a sense of resolution and while we know we’re coming back, we’re leaving certain things open,” reveals Jeremy Carver. “That’s sort of a generic way of saying s–t gets resolved and s–t gets cliffhanged.”

Question: NCIS was wild. Please more on Tony and Ziva. — Lisa

Sandra: Here’s what de Pablo told me about Tony and Ziva in the following episode. “Let’s say this is one of the sweetest moments we’ll see because then things get messy again — as things do between these two characters,” she says. “They get really nice and mushy and then they get really messed up.”

Question: Anything on Revolution? — Jim

Sandra: Executive producer Eric Kripke is the king of the tease, so I present his comment on the upcoming season finale, uninterrupted: “There’s a pretty huge — I don’t want to give anything away — but there’s a series of fairly massive, seismic events that happen that will change everything for season 2. So I think it’ll obviously have its same DNA and same characters but there will be new quests, new adventures, new problems and really an entirely new landscape that they have to deal with.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Marilu Henner (Taxi and Evening Shade) will appear in at least three episodes of the A&E drama The Glades, playing Detective Jim Longworth’s mother. The Glades will be back for the start of its new season on May 27. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Singer Brad Paisley will appear in the season finale of the new ABC drama Nashville that is set to air on May 22. Ironic or not, he is married to recurring guest star Kimberly Williams-Paisley. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy) will guest star in the May 16 season finale of the new CBS drama Elementary, playing Christos Theophilus, a Greek shipping magnate with a criminal past whom Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) believes is in league with the mysterious Moriarty. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

ABC Family has given a series order to the new drama called Chasing Life (formerly known as Terminales). It is set to debut in early 2014 with a 13-episode order. The series is an adaptation of the successful Televisa Spanish-language Mexican television series that will star Italia Ricci (Unnatural History) as April, an ambitious young newspaper reporter who tries to balance her career aspirations with her family – her widowed mom Sara (Mary Page Keller), rebellious little sister Brenna (Haley Ramm) and her grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic (Richard Brancatisano), April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online, Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: What’s the deal with Gabe on Beauty and the Beast? I really hope he isn’t trying to steal Cat away from Vincent! – Allie

Team Watch with Kristin: No, no, no. The ADA has more important things on his mind than wooing Cat, although executive producer Jennifer Levin says the duo has “a legitimate connection. Gabe knows more about Muirfield than Catherine ever anticipated, and not in the way that you would imagine,” Levin teases. “His connection to Muirfield is really surprising to Catherine and to us.”

Question: Need my Arrow fix! – Carson

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare for pre-island flashbacks! Yes, we’ll get to see Oliver and Laurel when they were together and contemplating taking a big step in their relationship before he decided to run off with her sister. Also, fans can expect major developments in the following relationships: Laurel and Tommy, Oliver and Moira and Oliver and Diggle.

Question: Once Upon a Time scoop would be great! – Keegan

Team Watch with Kristin: Of the two-part finale, titled “Second Star to the Right” and “And Straight On ‘Til Morning,” Edward Kitsis tells D23.com, “We are going to be finding out a bit about Baelfire, and Captain Hook. There’s no coincidence with those titles.” Adam Horowitz adds, “Baelfire/Neal and Hook have a connection that we’ve already hinted at, and that’s something that’s explored in the final two hours of the season. And that may involve a second star to the right.

Question: Got any more scoop on the Once Upon a Time finale? —Michelle

NATALIE: “This season has been about this reluctant family who has been torn asunder and pulled in 15 million different directions by circumstance, who at the end of the season must find some way to come together,” executive producer Adam Horowitz says. You all know what those beans that Regina found do, right? Well, if/when they do their thing, there will be many painful choices to be made.

Question: Thanks for the scoop on the Arrow finale. Will everyone survive the season? — Jonah

NATALIE: Unfortunately, no. In fact, someone we’ve known since the beginning will meet their maker before the season finale. I’ve been sworn to secrecy, but I can reveal that the death will not be… Oliver!

Question: Will Elena get her humanity back this season on The Vampire Diaries? She really sucks! — Tanya

NATALIE: That remains to be seen, but in next week’s episode, Damon will put one of Elena’s friends in extreme (aka life-or-death) danger in order to get some emotion — maybe even tears! —out of her. But who’s the pawn in Damon’s plan? Hint: He’s a dying breed on the series.

Question: I’m so excited about Irene Adler on Elementary. Got any scoop? — Harold

NATALIE: Elementary’s version of Sherlock’s true love works in art restoration, which is how Mr. Holmes will first meet her when he enlists her to consult on a case. “For the first time, we’re going to see actual moments from his past,” executive producer Rob Doherty says. “It’s really about how he came to meet and fall for Irene Adler. So we will tell the story of their courtship, and take the flashbacks all the way up to her demise in the U.K.” If a guy like Sherlock could fall for her, it makes us question whether she’s trustworthy. Hm.

Question: I can’t believe Evan died before the Beauty and the Beast finale. Is something even bigger coming? —Heather

ADAM: Here’s a hint from executive producer Jennifer Levin: “We had seen in the pilot that what [Muirfield did to Vincent] had been done to other people, so we had talked about there being another survivor.” Could another Beast be lurking around?

Question: Is it too early to ask for scoop on Major Crimes scoop? — Marc

ADAM: Never! After doing some digging, I landed some exclusive casting intel. Ben Feldman, who most recently grew a wicked mustache as copy writer Ginsberg on Mad Men, will guest-star in a Season 2 episode as Jason Andrews, a budding television writer who goes on a ride-along with Tao and Sanchez. Naturally, things go sideways when the cops make a discovery they’d rather not have Jason around to witness. (If he’s anything like Ginsberg, I hope they bring earplugs!)

Question: Any NCIS: LA scoop? —Kria

Ausiello: The May 14 finale will be a veritable Big Badapalooza. “It’s like a supervillains episode,” teases Barrett Foa. “Basically, every bad guy we’ve ever done battle with [is] coming back for the finale.” The returning evildoers include traitorous CIA vet Isaak Sidorov (played by Sons of Anarchy‘s Timothy V. Murphy) and “The Chameleon” (Highlander‘s Christopher Lambert). “Big nuclear things are going down,” the actor adds. “It leaves you on the edge of your seat [and] is, of course, a great cliffhanger.”

Question: Will Tommy discover his father’s Dark Archer identity on Arrow before the season ends? —Jacob

Ausiello: Barrowman was a skosh more forthcoming about that. “He’s desperate to tell Tommy,” shares the actor. “But anytime he goes to do it, something happens. We already had one of those moments when Malcolm was almost assassinated in his office. But I’m sure there will be others.” Speaking of the finale, Annie Ilonzeh (Charlie’s Angels) is confirmed to return in the May 15 season ender, as Laurel’s colleague Joanna. “We’re very excited to have her back,” says EP Andrew Kreisberg. “She’s a big part of the Arrow family.”

Question: I’ll take any Once Upon a Time scoop you can share. —Estée

Ausiello: The prospective spin-off, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, will be — no surprise — “a little more Wonderland-y” than original flavor Once, per consulting producer Jane Espenson. The offshoot, envisioned as an American Horror Story-style 13-episode standalone that would ostensibly bridge the original series’ winter hiatus, will also be “more adventurous” and boast “a lot of humor [and] a lot of spectacle. It’s really going to be gorgeous.”

Question: Have we seen the last of Marco on Revenge? I’m convinced — or at least I was convinced — he’s the Falcon. —Drew

Ausiello: We put your question to departing (sigh) series creator Mike Kelley, who declined to comment on Marco’s role moving forward beyond acknowledging, “He definitely does have knowledge of Nolan and that can come into play at any time.”

Question: Big Vikings fan here. Any news on what is in store for Ragnar and his family in the last episode of Season 1? —Mary

Ausiello: Most simply said, if you ship (Viking humor!) Ragnar and his fiercer half Lagertha hard, Sunday’s season ender will put you to the test. As foreseen by the seer and during Ragnar’s visit to Gotaland, “A new woman comes into Ragnar’s life,” series creator Michael Hirst told Matt Mitovich, “and it is unexpected because so much of the first season has been about this rock-solid relationship between [Ragnar and his wife].” Back home, meanwhile, Lagertha deals with yet another crisis. As for Ragnar’s brother Rollo, if you suspected that Siggy lit a fire under her new honey after the King Horic dis, you’d be right — and in the finale he launches a bold power play.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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