“Warehouse 13″ has been cancelled by Syfy. [EW]
Shakira and Usher to return to “The Voice” for the reality sixth season. [EW]
Barbara Walters to retire in 2014. [Variety]
The Death Watch: 2013-2014 Score Card
PBS announced the upcoming season of “Downton Abbey” will debut on Sunday, January 5, 2014.
The 56th Annual Grammys will air from Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2014, while the 57th broadcast will go on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.
Watch the official promo of “Dexter’s” finale season below.
Slade Wilson a.k.a. Deathstroke is staying in Starling city.
The Hollywood Reporter reports, Manu Bennett, who plays Slade Wilson on The CW freshman series, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming season 2.
The “Spartacus” actor, Bennett plays Slade Wilson, who appears on the series’ as Oliver’s friend while he was on the Island.
Bennett joins cast members Colton Haynes and Emily Bett Rickards, who were promoted to series regulars recently.
“Arrow” airs Wednesdays on The CW.
“Awkward” season 3 will debut on Tuesday, April 16 at 10/9c p.m., with two back-to-back episodes on MTV. Watch the forthcoming season trailer here.
Syfy “Face Off” has been renewed for a fifth season.
The upcoming season of the anthology series “American Horror Story” is called “American Horror Story: Coven.” Get all the details here.
MTV new series “Girl Code” will premiere Tuesday at 10:30 ET.
Fox is schedule to air a concert documentary of Rihanna’s 777 tour on Monday, May 6 which will showcase a behind-the-scenes look at the pop star’s globetrotting concert tour that hit seven countries in seven days with seven shows to promote her seventh album, Unapologetic.
T.I. and Tiny’s reality series, “T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle” will return for its third season on April 8 at 10 p.m. ET.
Vince Vaughn will host the “Saturday Night Live” for a second time on April 13.
“Veep’s” hilarious season 2 trailer has been released, watch the promo below.
Watch the latest trailer of “Game of Thrones” below.
Following the final rose ceremony, Sean Lowe announced Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” he is joining season 16 of “Dancing With the Stars.”
Desiree Hartsock is the new Bachelorette. [Huffington Post]
Melissa McCarthy will host “Saturday Night Live” on April 6.
The Ellen DeGeneres talk show has been renewed through 2017. [EW]
“True Blood” new showrunner Mark Hudis, has been replaced by writer/co-executive producer Brian Buckner. [TVLine]
Check out “Mad Men” season 6 poster and video below.
Joy Behar is leaving the ladies of “The View.”
Behar told Deadline, she is departing the talk show after sixteen seasons to pursue other ventures.
“It seemed like the right time. You reach a point when you say to yourself, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ There are other things on my plate I want to do — I’ve been writing a play, I’ve been neglecting my stand-up.”
Behar, the host of HLN, ABC’s contract expires in August.
“Joy Behar has been instrumental in the success of “The View” from the very beginning,” according to an ABC statement. “We wish her all the best in this next chapter, and are thrilled that we have her for the remainder of the season.”
Will you miss Joy Behar?
The “Carol Burnett Show” alumnus Carol Burnett and Tim Conway are heading to ’Cleveland.’
Burnett has been cast to play Victoria’s (Wendie Malick) mother Penny, a local TV legend and puppeteer on a children’s program. Meanwhile, Conway will reprise his role as Nick, Elka’s (Betty White) ex-boyfriend, who has his eyes on Penny.
The TV legends will guest star on “Hot in Cleveland” in a forthcoming episode, which is set to air in August.
More casting news…
Allison Janney joins “Masters of Sex.” The “West Wing” alum is set to play Margaret Scully, the wife of Beau Bridges’ character, University Provost Barton Scully, in five episodes of the Showtime drama.
Mary Kay Place has been cast to play Bryan’s (Andrew Rannells) estranged mother on “The New Normal.” [TV Guide]
Andrew Rannells, who stars as Bryan on “The New Normal” will return for the upcoming season of “Girls,” as Elijah, Hannah’s roommate/ex-boyfriend.
Siobhan Finneran is leaving “Downton.”
Finneran, who played O’Brien, Lady Grantham’s maid for three seasons is leaving the British series.
“I’m not doing any more,” the actress told UK’s Mirror. “O’Brien is a thoroughly despicable human being — that was great to play.”
A rep for the show told the site, O’Brien would not be featured in the fourth season, “but it is understood the door could be left open for a return.”
Finneran is leaving the series on the heels of Dan Stevens, who played Matthew Crawley and left the show after three seasons.
Will you miss O’Brien and her antics?
“Six Feet Under” alumna has been cast as Agent Booth’s mother on “Bones.”
According to TVGuide, Joanna Cassidy will portray Marianne Booth, Seeley Booth’s (David Boreanaz) mother, who abandoned her sons 24 years ago.
“Bones” airs Mondays on Fox.
Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates is joining “American Horror Story.”
The “Harry’s Law” alumna will play a dark character, who is Jessica Lange’s new character’s best friend turned enemy in the anthology series, TVLine reports.
“Kathy’s never [played] someone this bad,” “AHS” co-creator Ryan Murphy told TVLine.
Murphy also informed the site that Bates was shocked when he talked about Season 3 because it was a real historic event.
So how did the casting come about?
“Jessica told me in Season 1 that Kathy was a huge fan of the show, so I just put that in the back of my mind,” Murphy said. “When we were crafting this season, I found this character — a true-life character — so I called Kathy and said, ‘I don’t know if you want to do TV again, but I’ve got this character …’ She said, ‘I love you and I love the show. Lemme think for two weeks’ — and then she called me in an hour and said, ‘I love it! I’ll do it!’ It was great.”
The actors confirmed for “American Horror Story” season 3 including Lange and Bates are Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Lily Rabe and Taissa Farmiga.
Ron Livingston is heading to “Boardwalk Empire.”
According to Entertainment Weekly, the “Sex and the City” actor has been cast as a series regular on the HBO series.
Livingston will be playing a wealthy businessman who comes to town and gets attention from Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol).
More casting news…
Melinda McGraw (“Mad Men”) will play the “smart and ambitious” wife of Hollis Doyle (Gregg Henry) on “Scandal.” [TVLine]
“Entourage” alum Rhys Coiro has been tapped to play a bail jumper in the upcoming season of “Dexter.” [THR]
Susan Misner has been cast to play a vet in a multiple episode arc in “Nashville.” Misner’s character is also a love interest for Deacon (Charles Esten) . [TVLine]
Christine Ebersole will guest star as herself on an upcoming episode of “Smash.” [BroadwayWorld]
