Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

TNT has given a 13-episode second season order to their new drama The Last Ship while Major Crimes will be back for a 15-episode fourth season and Falling Skies will be back for a 10-episode fifth and final season. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) will appear in two episodes of The Good Wife this fall, playing Elfman, one of the top campaign managers in the country who Eli Gold (series regular Alan Cumming) is trying to convince to run Alicia’s (series lead Julianna Margulies) possible campaign. The Good Wife will be back starting on September 21. (The Deadline Team)

Veteran actor Ernie Hudson will guest star in an upcoming episode of the new Lifetime drama The Lottery, which is set in a dystopian future where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. Hudson will play Randall Mitchell, a former Attorney General. The Lottery premieres on Lifetime on July 20. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Ryan Sands (The Wire) will guest star in a fall episode of Castle, playing Tagger, a Hamptons police sergeant who helps Beckett investigate the most difficult case of her career. Castle will return to ABC on September 29. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Josie Loren (Make It or Break It) will have a major recurring role on The Mentalist, which is slated to return to CBS sometime during the mid-season of the 2014-2015 TV season. She will play Michelle Vega, the newest addition to Patrick Jane’s (series lead Simon Baker) FBI crew. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) will appear in an upcoming episode of the new CW series The Flash, playing Leonard Snart also known as Captain Cold to comics fans. The Flash is set to debut on October 7. (Chris Harnick at E! Online)

Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Nash Bridges and Hit the Floor) will appear in The Vampire Diaries this fall, playing a doctor named Jo. The Vampire Diaries will return to The CW on October 2. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

TV TRAILER

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Nickelodeon star Alexandra Shipp has taken over the role of Aaliyah in the upcoming made-for-TV movie on Lifetime that will take a look at the late singer who died in a plane crash. She takes over the role from Disney star Zendaya. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

CW SPOILERS (with Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

Beauty and the Beast Bounty: “They’re out in the public, they’re a couple, they have to find a life together,” Pedowitz spilled of Vincent and Catherine in season three, which will pick up “a couple of months later.” He also revealed that Vincent will “get his license back,” and become a medical doctor again. But he wasn’t done: “Spoiler alert: the sister comes back.” He also confirmed Nicole Anderson will be a series regular.

Supernatural Spinoff Saga: Though the network didn’t pick up Bloodlines spinoff last season, the president is still hoping to expand the Supernatural universe. “We have told Jeremy [Carver] and Eric [Kripke] and Bob Singer that we are very open to do another spinoff. We are waiting for them to come in with whatever the new idea or concept is,” Pedowitz said. “I would love to get a Supernatural spinoff done, it’s a great franchise that has a lot of life to it.” Spinoff or not, Pedowitz made it clear he’s not looking at Season 10 as SPN’s final season. “I would love to see Supernatural go beyond Season 10. I am a big fan of the show, I’ve seen every episode…big fan of Jared and Jensen,” he said. “If the show continues the way it’s doing, and the boys want to do it, we’re in.”

Hart of Dixie: Rachel Bilson’s country charmer is set to return at midseason for a 10-episode season, which Pedowitz isn’t currently looking at as its last. “We are looking forward to see what happens,” he said. As for addressing Bilson’s real-life pregnancy on the show, Pedowitz spilled, “[Creator] Leila Gerstein is planning to have a pregnancy eventually happen to the character of Zoe Hart.”

Cancellation Explanation: Pedowitz addressed the net’s decision to ax several shows, including freshman dramas Star-Crossed and The Tomorrow People. “I did receive 90 boxes of pasta,” said of Star-Crossed fans’ attempts to save the show. “We appreciate the fans and everything they do. I gather that they were upset, there just weren’t enough of them to keep the show going forward.” As for The Tomorrow People, he explained, “It did not generate on-air as much as we hoped and it did not generate digitally as much as we hoped.”

That’s it. Enjoy!