Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Joel Gretsch (The 4400 and V) has joined the cast of the new Lifetime drama Witches of East End that will debut this Sunday, October 6. He will play Victor, a mysterious doctor who has an unknown connection to the Beauchamp family of witches. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

Covert Affairs has been renewed for a fifth season by the USA Network. (Twitter)

Actress Sherry Stringfield (ER) will make a guest appearance on CSI, playing Dawn, a likable, blue-collar swing shift CSI who joins Morgan (Elisabeth Harnois) in investigating a serial rapist case. When she’s not at work, Dawn is attempting to manage her son’s addiction issues. Stringfield will appear in an episode set to air later this fall. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Sleepy Hollow has only aired three episodes of its debut season and already it has been renewed for a second season by FOX. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis (who played the “Haitian” on Heroes) will appear in a multi-episode arc on Arrow, playing a character called “The Captain”, a mysterious and deadly associate of Professor Ivo (Dylan Neal from Cedar Cove and Blood Ties) who has a connection to a Season 2 mystery called “Amazo”. (Green Arrow TV)

Actor RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad) will have a recurring role on the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, playing Campbell, a pre-med college student paralyzed by a snowboarding accident who works at the free clinic alongside Daphne (series lead Katie Leclerc). (Team TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The CW is developing a new drama project with Tim Kring, the creator of Heroes. The project is called Exp and will explore what happens when a foreign designer drug – engineered to make you faster, smarter, stronger and better in every way – is trafficked illegally into American high schools, weaving a morally and socially complex web that entangles politicians, law enforcement and teenagers looking for an edge in an ever-competitive and fast-paced world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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

Question: I have a Once Upon a Time question. Can you tell us why Peter Pan wants the heart of a true believer? What can belief do? – Thomas

TV Scoop Team: Five points to you, as executive producer Adam Horowitz is glad people are asking that very question. “What we didn’t want to do was do a villain who just wants world domination and wants to do something terrible,” he explains. “What we wanted was someone who had a really character-based motivation for why belief was important to him and why the truest believer was important to him. That’s the story we’re going to unfurl in these first 11 [episodes].”

Question: I’m super-worried about VinCat on Beauty and the Beast! Please tell me there’s hope! – Lee

TV Scoop Team: Just know this: Cat is super-determined and believes in their love. In fact, the words meant to be are used twice, and their love is described as “epic” by someone else. Oh, and there is a VinCat kiss. (Flashback or present day? You’ll have to wait and see!) But it will definitely be a rocky, rocky road in season two as their relationship has one very big adversary: Cat’s real father!

That’s it. Enjoy!