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TV News: Casting, Recasting, and Some Dream Casting

BuzzSugar — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:30:03 -0700

We now mostly know what shows will be on our TVs come Fall - but who will be starring in them? After pilot season comes a flurry of casting and recasting, as actors whose shows didn't get picked up look for work and networks change up the lineups on some of the forthcoming series. Today, there's word of a big casting, some recastings, and Joss Whedon's dream casting:

The casting: Freddie Prinze Jr.'s ABC comedy pilot wasn't picked up, but the actor didn't have to wait long for a job: He's joining the cast of 24 as a Marine who dreams of becoming a sort of Jack Bauer Jr. He joins a growing number of new cast members for the season, including Anil Kapoor, John Boyd, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Jennifer Westfeldt.
The recastings: A few pilots-turned-series are already searching for replacements for their lead actors. Among those now out of work: Julia Ormond, who was supposed to play the head of surgery in CBS's Three Rivers, and two lead actors in ABC's The Forgotten, Reiko Aylesworth and Rupert Penry-Jones.
The dream casting: Summer Glau is out of work following the cancellation of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, but Joss Whedon might have a job for her. As you read this, he's trying to come up with just the right role to get her onto Dollhouse next season. He doesn't really want her to play an active, though - so what else could you picture her doing on the show?

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TV Tonight: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:30:06 -0700

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which returns to start its second season tonight on Fox, is one of the more interesting stories of last TV season. The show premiered during the doldrums of the writers' strike, got a mixed critical reaction, and somehow by the end of the season became a buzzed-about show.

How? I'm not sure, but I think the show's innovative casting probably had something to do with it. I mean, Brian Austin Green as a badass? (Showrunner Josh Friedman told the very funny story behind that one back at Comic-Con, ending with him asking the onetime 90210 star "When did you get to be so hot?") This year's entry into the Annals of Improbable Casting is Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson, who's playing a technology company CEO.

But choosing interesting actors won't go too far if the story's not good, and Terminator: TSCC seems to be picking things up on that front as well: At the show's Comic-Con panel, producers announced that someone on the stage would die before the end of season two. The cast reacted with relative horror; it seemed they didn't even know which one of them was the goner. I guess that's one of those things we just have to watch and see.

After the jump, you can check out the trailer for the new season, which starts tonight at 8 p.m. EDT and PDT. Will you be watching? To talk about it, just read more.

Photo courtesy of Fox

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BuzzSugar — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:37:38 -0800

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