• A former "Friday Night Lights" guest star is headed to NBC's "Life." Brooke Langton, a "Melrose Place" alum who briefly played Tim Riggins' love interest on "FNL," will play a defense attorney [1] who helped free the main character, a cop wrongfully convicted of murder.
• Speaking of "Friday Night Lights," [1] remember those new recurring characters [1] that the cast and producers told me about last week? Actors have been found for two of them. [2] Glenn Morshower will leap from the Secret Service on "24" to the local police force in Dillon as Landry's father, a state champion football player-turned-cop. (Sounds like he's right for the part: According to IMDb, he's played at least 53 law enforcement or military roles. [3]) Daniella Alonso of "One Tree Hill," meanwhile, will play the live-in nurse hired to help Matt take care of his grandmother. No word on who will play the new Panthers coach yet, though.
• Rory Cochrane, whose "CSI" character was (presumably) shot and killed in the line of duty three years ago, will somehow be returning [4] to the show. Spooky!
• In other CBS casting news, Kerr Smith of "Dawson's Creek" and Bess Wohl of "Shark" will jump to "CSI: NY" [5], while "NYPD Blue"'s Esai Morales will be turning up on "Jericho." [6]

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