Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Victor Garber (Alias) and Sonya Walger (Common Law and Lost) have joined the cast of the upcoming Starz drama Power that follows James St. Patrick, nicknamed “Ghost” (Omari Hardwick), the owner of a popular New York City nightclub, who is a major player in one of the city’s biggest illegal drug networks. Garber will recur as Simon Stern, a renowned club owner and events guru who has the exact successful, legitimate lifestyle Ghost covets. Walger will play Simon’s wife Madeline Stern. (TV By the Numbers)

Country singer-actor Dwight Yoakam will have a recurring role in the CBS summer series Under the Dome, playing Lyle Chumley, who runs the Chester’s Mill’s barbershop. Under the Dome will return on June 30. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Maggie Q (Nikita and the upcoming box office film Divergent) has joined the cast of the untitled Kevin Williamson-CBS drama pilot that revolves around two detectives, Beth (Maggie Q) and Jack (Dylan McDermott from Hostages and American Horror Story), who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actor Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope) will star opposite Ron Perlman – and the recently announced Alona Tal and Julian Morris – in the Amazon drama pilot Hand Of God that centers on the powerful Judge Harris Pernell (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side who has a religious awakening and starts having visions and hearing voices through his ventilator-bound son that could be God speaking to him. Dillahunt will play KD, a young man who went looking for religion to cure his raging temper. He thinks he’s found God, but he is still a sociopath, and his temper is still raging. Pernell is a godsend for KD, as he gives him an intense singular focus, and an outlet for his violent tendencies. (The Deadline Team)

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Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: I’m so jealous you got to watch Orphan Black already! Please scoop me! — Melissa

Natalie: You may have heard a new clone will be introduced, but the bigger news is that a believed-dead character will make a shocking return. Elsewhere, Sarah will call on an unlikely ally in her quest to get her daughter back

Question: Can’t wait for more Deathstroke on Arrow. What can you tease? — Glenda

Natalie: Now that Slade’s made his intentions known, Oliver will worry that his relationship with Sara is putting her in greater danger. Although they’re able to overcome that speed bump for now, the couple could be parting ways (in more ways than one) down the line. “Where they are right now is not where they will end up by the end of the year,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim teases.

Question: I’m so excited for Royal Pains to come back! What scoop do you have about Season 6? — Ron

Natalie: Divya will be in full mommy mode when the show returns, picking up several months after the birth of her baby. (She’ll even battle a new patient to land the perfect nanny!) But don’t worry: The Season 6 premiere will flash back to her giving birth. And suffice it to say, how — and when — she goes into labor will be surprising.

Question: Any scoop on the Switched at Birth finale? — Chloe

Natalie: It’s a doozy, that’s for sure! The hour is action-packed, literally, with one character getting beat up, another getting physically threatened and a duo — you’ll be squealing! — getting down and dirty.

Question: I’ve heard that Ariel will be back on Once Upon a Time. How will she be involved in the plot? —Ilenia

Ausiello: Without divulging the exact storyline, Colin O’Donoghue says that JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s encore as the Little Mermaid means “You’ll get to see Hook and Ariel interact a bit, which I think will be fun. They have a ‘tricky’ sort of relationship, and I think people will like it.”

Question: I’d love some scoop on what’s coming up for Sam on Supernatural. —Frances

Ausiello: Gadreel’s little stint inside Sam? “We’re not done talking about it,” promises exec producer Jeremy Carver. “There are more layers to it that are going to take a little while for even Sam to understand.” BONUS SCOOP: The stolen grace that Castiel used to become an angel again “is an issue which will not go undealt with,” Carver teases.

Question: I know Louis is Suits‘ love-to-hate character, but is there any chance we’ll learn more about him this season? —Vicki

Ausiello: You shall, though primarily through his ever-scheming actions versus any exposition drop or flashbacks. “Louis is going to be forced to make a lot of tough choices, and [through that] we’re going to learn a tremendous amount about him,” exec producer Aaron Korsh says. “But I don’t know that we’re going to learn a tremendous amount of facts about Louis’ past.”

Question: Wondering if you have any Arrow scoop — especially Olicity-related? —Vanessa

Ausiello: The spark between the partners will “keep popping up,” promises EP Marc Guggenheim. “You haven’t seen the last of ‘Olicity’ moments, for sure. But at the same time, we don’t try to cram them in.” As for the Gal Friday herself, the EP teases that we’ll learn more about her parents in future episodes, with additional back-story coming in Season 3. BONUS SCOOP: Before season’s end, the number of people who know about Oliver’s secret “will go up,” Guggenheim reveals.

Question: I’m loving Reign right now, but I need to know if there’s any hope for us “Mash” fans. —Cora

Ausiello: Never give up hope, Cora. Mary may be married to Francis, but Lola’s extramarital bun in the oven isn’t going to make for wedded bliss. “As long as that secret exists, Mary is going to be lying to her husband,” Anna Popplewell tells TVLine. “It’s not just Lola’s future that’s at stake, but also Mary’s future with Francis.” As for Mary’s future with Bash, Popplewell tells us, “There’s something very exciting that happens in the next few episodes that will alter the balance of that situation.”

That’s it. Enjoy!