Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Sutton Foster (Bunheads) will guest star in the season 8 finale of Psych entitled “A Nightmare on State Street” (the winning episode voted on by fans) that will follow a sleep-deprived Gus into dream therapy as he attempts to get to the bottom of recent night terrors. After his treatment, however, nothing is what it seems, and he soon learns that “in dreams, no one can hear you scream!” Foster will play a sweet middle school teacher who might be having a fling with a gym teacher. An official air date for season 8 of Psych has yet to be announced, but the much-anticipated Psych musical will air on December 15. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

Actor Justin Bruening (All My Children and Switched at Birth) will appear in a multi-episode arc of the new ABC Family spin-off series Ravenswood, playing a high school teacher. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, is working with Amazon Studios on his first pilot in more than a decade. The pilot is called The After, a thriller that takes place at the moment of apocalypse. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Joshua Jackson (Fringe and Dawson’s Creek) has joined the cast of the Showtime pilot Affair that is already set to star Dominic West (The Hour), Ruth Wilson (Luther) and Maura Tierney (ER). Jackson will play a hard-edged cowboy who manages a ranch on Long Island and is married to a woman who begins an affair with a Gothamite who is spending the summer on the island with his family. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

NBC is developing a supernatural mystery pilot called Conception from writer John Glenn (Eagle Eye) and producer David Janollari. The pilot will track a modern-day immaculate conception on a large scale, following those few children that survived and how they’re destined to change the world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Chadwick Boseman (42) will play the late singer James Brown in an as-yet untitled biopic about the legendary singer. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online)

Question: Nashville is the show I just can’t quit. Will Connie Britton get some lovin’ this season? – Monica

TV Scoop Team: Yup! Rayna is getting a hot new love interest, a guest star who might be all famous and fancy-like. His name will be Luke, and he is extremely charming and can sing and play guitar very well. Expect these two to make some beautiful music, but it probably won’t last more than five episodes. So don’t get your panties in a bunch. Mostly because it’s uncomfortable.

Question: No NCIS: LA spoilers in what seems like ages! Help me! – Gemma

TV Scoop Team: We just chatted with the cast at their 100th episode party, and they shared some scoop that’s actually quite dire. “When we come back Sam and Deeks are being tortured,” Chris O’Donnell tells us, adding that we’ll find out more about Callen’s family and what the hell that “G” stands for. Meanwhile, Daniela Ruah revealed that she heard a character will be leaving at the end of the season!

Question: So how does Peter get out of prison on White Collar? – Andrew

TV Scoop Team: Well, we can’t reveal exact details on that, but we can turn it over to Matt “Blue Eyes That Stare Right Into Our Souls” Bomer to tell us about the Peter-Neal relationship in the new season. “I am really excited about this season! It’s all about this Faustian bargain; a deal that Neil makes with the devil in exchange for Peters freedom and it just creates this interesting dynamic on the show because the show is all about trust,” he tells us. “Once again Neil always has the best intentions but it puts him in a very compromising position.”

That’s it. Enjoy!