Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Almost Family has been cancelled by FOX after only one season. (Variety)

Truth Be Told has been renewed for a second season at Apple. (Variety)

The Syfy series The Magicians will be ending with its currently airing fifth season. The series finale will air on April 1. (Variety)

Showtime has pulled the plug on the series The Rook after only one season. (TV Line and The Futon Critic)

TV CASTING NEWS

Veteran actor Christopher Lloyd (best known for the Back to the Future franchise) will appear in an episode of NCIS, playing Joe Smith, a 95-year-old former Navy sailor who served on the USS Arizona when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Determined to have his ashes laid to rest with his fellow sailors when he dies, the sharp, spry and unapologetic curmudgeon”becomes the focus of an investigation and confounds Gibbs and the entire team, who are not sure if they can believe him. (TV Line)

It’ll be a family affair on the March 23 episode of Supernatural when the actress wives of leads Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki – Genevieve Cortese Padalecki and Danneel Harris Ackles reprise their respectively roles of demon Ruby and Sister Jo/Angel Anael. The two will have a face off in the episode. (TV Line)

Actor Jeff Pierre (Once Upon a Time) has joined the cast of the upcoming reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger on The CW that will star Supernatural star Jared Padalecki and The 100 actress Lindsey Morgan. Pierre will play Trey Barnett, the boyfriend of Micki (Morgan’s character), an Army medic recently back from his deployment. (Deadline)

Actor (and The Good Doctor executive producer) Daniel Dae Kim (Lost and Hawaii Five-0) will recurring on the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam, as new head trauma surgeon Dr. Cassian Shin. (Deadline)

Actor Beau Mirchoff has been promoted to series regular for season 3 of Freeform’s drama Good Trouble. (Deadline)

Actress Kayla Compton, who plays Allegra Garcia, and actor Brandon McKnight, who plays Chester P. Runk, have both been promoted to series regular for season 7 of The Flash. (Deadline)

Mac is back. Actress Catherine Bell (Good Witch and Army Wives) will once again reprise her JAG role of Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie on NCIS: Los Angeles this spring. (TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!