Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

ABC has given a second season order to its summer soap opera Mistresses. It will be back with new episodes next summer. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

Actor Andy Mientus (Smash) will recur on the upcoming ABC Family drama series Chasing Life that will follow April, an aspiring journalist (Unnatural History‘s Italia Ricci) who, just as things are starting to go her way, gets some terrible news from her uncle: She has cancer. Mientus will play Jackson, but no other details are available on his character. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a fifth season. (Variety)

Actress Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty and Devious Maids) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Revenge, play Bizzy Preston, a confident, fearless public relations specialist who’s brought in by Conrad to do damage control for the Graysons. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

TNT has ordered a pilot for an untitled project that is being described as National Treasure meets The Bourne Identity, centering on persons called upon in times of extreme crisis, when traditional law and government aren’t in position to help. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS is developing a new drama project with Jerry Bruckheimer called Oasis that would revolve around the inhabitants of a new self-sustaining perfect community who discover there may be danger and mystery to the greater purpose of this Oasis. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS is developing a drama project based on characters in the Anne Rice novel series The Songs of the Seraphim that will be called Angel Time. This project will be set in New Orleans around a soulless assassin with a tragic past who finds himself on a road to redemption. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS is also developing Battle Creek from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House) that will center on two detectives with very different world views who are teamed up. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with E! Online)

Question: Is there any hope for Caroline and Tyler??? – xPepperssPotts

E! Online: Shockingly enough, it’s kind of hard to be in a relationship when only one person actually appears on screen! Tyler doesn’t show up in the premiere, but Caroline still only has eyes for him; she even completely (and hilariously) rebuffs a cute frat guy. But we will tell you Tyler will cause our favorite blonde vamp to cry and we totally want to punch him in his werewolf junk for it.

Question: Only one week until my date with Olivia Pope, so I’m in dire need of Scandal scoop! – Dana

E! Online: Mellie is no longer America’s Sweetheart! Though the First Lady’s approval ratings were always high, it seems outing your husband’s affair on national TV tends to turn people off. Yes, Mellie’s approval rating has plummeted…we are talking double digits, people! Expect to see Mellie get all flustered during a TV interview when she’s pressed about the declining rating.

That’s it. Enjoy!

PS: Day four of the first official week of Fall TV is tonight; make sure you are ready for more programming options.