“Shameless,” “House of Lies” and “Californication” will return in 2014.
Showtime has renewed “Californication,” for a seventh season; “Shameless” for a fourth season; and “House of Lies” for a third season, David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc announced Tuesday.
“Californication, House of Lies, and Shameless possess highly distinctive comedic voices, and given that all three continue to grow their audience season after season – the pick-up decision was easy,” said Nevins. “I am incredibly excited to see what each of these series has in store for their next seasons.”
According to Showtime, all three series’ ratings are exceeding those of their previous seasons.
“Arrow” has recruited Alex Kingston for a mother role.
The “ER” veteran has been cast to guest star in a recurring role on The CW’s freshman drama. Kingston will play Dinah Lance, Laurel’s (Katie Cassidy) mother.
According to EW, Dinah is set to return to Starling City to make amends with the family she abandoned after the death of her other daughter.
More casting news….
“Shameless” actor Steve Howey is heading to “New Girl.” Howey has been cast to guest star as Jax McTavish, an intense professional football player, who is interviewed by Winston. [TVLine]
Hip-hop star 2 Chainz is guest star as himself on “2 Broke Girls.” The girls will meet the rapper while taking a rare flight on a private plane. [EW]
“My Name is Earl” alums stop by “Raising Hope.” Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Velazquez and Abdoulaye N’Gom will appear in the Fox comedy for an upcoming episode. Lee, Pressly and Suplee will reprise their Season 1 roles as aging rocker Smokey Floyd, and Burt and Virginia’s crazy neighbors Donna and Andrew, respectively. [TVLine]
Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel have joined A&E’s upcoming series “Bates Motel.”
“Lost” alum Carbonell, who played a FBI agent on The CW’s short-lived “Ringer” has joined “Bates Motel” in a recurring role. Carbonell will play Sheriff Royce Romero.
Meanwhile,”Pan Am’s” handsome pilot Vogel will play Deputy Zach Shelby, an intelligent sociopath.
The duo join the growing cast of Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz and Olivia Cooke.
In other casting news…
Ellen Greene (“Pushing Daisies”) is set to recur as Mrs. Komeda, a novelist and member of Boston’s cultural elite in NBC’s “Hannibal.” [TVLine]
Stephen Collins (“7th Heaven”) has been cast as “Falling Skies” pre-alien president. Collins will play Benjamin Hathaway and will appear in the fourth episode of the upcoming third season. [TV Guide]
Colin O’Donoghue has been bumped up to a series regular on “Once Upon A Time.” O’Donoghue plays Captain Hook on the series. [EW]
Pamela Adlon (“Californicatiom”) has joined “Parenthood” in a two-episode arc. Adlon has been tapped to play Marlana, a rude woman who moves into the building next to the Braverman brothers’ music studio. [TVLine]
Eric Edelstein and Maile Flanagan have been cast on Showtime’s “Shameless.” Edelstein has been tapped to play Bobby Mallison, a seemingly polite manager of a grocery store who makes absurd demands of his female employees. While, Flanagan will play Connie, a Mid-Western co-worker at a company where Fiona works. [Deadline]
Bradley Whitford has been cast to guest star on “Shameless.”
The paid cable network announced today, “The West Wing” alum will appear in multi-episode arc on “Shameless’s” upcoming season.
Whitford will star as Abraham, “a powerful, well-dressed, sophisticated gay man who is a political activist.”
“Shameless” third season premieres Sun., Jan. 13.
In other casting news…
“The View” co-host, and movie veteran Whoopi Goldberg has been cast in the seventh episode of “666 Park Avenue.” Goldberg will guest star as Drake’s longtime resident who uses hypnosis to help Jane understand the building’s supernatural nature. [EW]
Lisa Edelstein has been tapped to guest star on CBS’ “Elementary.” The “House” alum will appear on the seventh episode of the Sherlock drama as Heather Vanowen, the confident and charismatic CEO of a high-end PR consultancy, TVLine reports. Additionally, Callie Thorne, who stars on “Necessary Roughness,” has been to guest star as Terry D’Amico Gregson’s former partner, on the series. Thorne is set to appear in the drama’s sixth episode. [TVLine]
Daniel Henney (“Three Rivers”) will play Michael Noshimuri, Adam’s brother, who was just released from Penitentiary after serving 15 years on “Hawaii Five-0.” [TV Guide]
“King Of Queens”‘ alum Patton Oswalt has been booked to appear in “Justified’s” forthcoming fourth season. Oswalt will play Bob Sweeney, a local constable who attended high school with Raylan and has been hired by the lawman to watch Arlo’s house. [TVLine]
Robbie Amell (“Revenge”) heads to “1600 Penn” in a recurring role. Amell joins the cast as D.B., a handsome, sweet young man. [EW]
“Up All Night” has booked “Alphas” actress Azita Ghanizada to star as Ava’s new-found best friend. TVLine reports. In addition, Tony Hale, who starred on “Veep” will play Dr. Welborn, Reagan’s flirty dentist. [TV Guide]
Three “Supernatural” guys are stopping by NBC’s “Revolution.”
Mark Pellegrino, Todd Stashwick and Colin Ford have each booked a guest star role on NBC’s Revolution, TVLine reports.
Todd Stashwick will portray a drug lord in the sixth episode of “Revolution”‘s freshman season. Meanwhile, Pellegrino, who recently appeared on “Grimm” will play a militia officer in the third episode.
Colin Ford will guest star as the brother of a boy who has been kidnapped by the militia.
“Revolution” airs Mondays at 10/9c on NBC.
More casting news…
Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender) has been tapped to play Norman Bates’ love interest in A&E’s forthcoming series “Bates Motel.” [THR]
“Greek” alum Jake McDorman has landed a recurring role on Showtime “Shameless.” McDorman joins the drama as Fiona’s new charismatic, and fun boss. “Shameless” premieres Jan. 13 at 9/8c. [THR]
“Person of Interest” has a new villain. English actor Julian Sands of “24″ and “Smallville” alum will play Alistair, a diabolical man who gives Reese (Jim Caviezel) a run for his money. Also, stopping by “POI” is “True Blood”‘s star Carrie Preston as Finch’s former fiancée Grace. [TV Guide]
Andrew Leeds “Bones”‘ big bad Wolf is stopping by Seattle Grace. Leeds has booked a potential recurring role in “Grey’s Anatomy”‘s upcoming season, however details about his role are being kept under lock and key. [TVLine]
“Breaking Bad” star Dean Norris will guest star as Whitney’s boyfriend’s (Chris D’Elia) father in an upcoming episode of the forthcoming season of “Whitney.” [EW]
Stephen Colbert has booked a guest star role on the final season of “The Office.” Colbert will guest-star in a Halloween-themed episode as Broccoli Rob, a former member of Here Comes Treble, Andy’s a cappella group. [EW]
Beginning January 13, Sundays are going to be very sinful.
Showtime has announced the premiere date of ”Shameless,” “House Of Lies” and “Californication.” Kicking the night off is “Shameless” which premieres at 9/8c, “House Of Lies” premieres at 10/9c and “Californication” debuts at 10:30/9:30c.
“Shameless” picks up several months after the previous season ended with Jimmy (Justin Chatwin) moving in with the Gallaghers, and Fiona (Emmy Rossum) realizes that a GED will only get her so far and that a long-term relationship with Jimmy isn’t as fulfilling as she expected. Meanwhile, Frank (William H. Macy) reappears south of the border with no idea as to how he got there.
On the upcoming season of “House Of Lies” Marty and Jeannie must deal with the fall-out from the big merger showdown.
David Duchovny returns as Hank Moody in the sixth season of “Californication.” Joining the season are “Lost” veterans Maggie Grace as a rock groupie who forms an unconventional bond with Hank. Jorge Garcia will also stop by the upcoming season as an old contact of Grace’s character.
“Falling Skies” season 3 doesn’t premiere until 2013 below are some interesting casting news.
According to EW, Doug Jones has been tapped to play the new humanized alien who was introduced at the second season finale of “Falling Skies.”
Also joining the cast of TNT’s Sci-fi drama are “ER” alums Gloria Reuben and Robert Sean Leonard. Deadline reports, Leonard will portray Roger Kadar, PhD, a genius also know as “The Rat King.” Kadar runs Charleston’s power grid and lives underground with his pet rats.
Meanwhile, Gloria Reuben will play an intelligent woman with “political knowledge and experience [that] could prove extremely helpful to Tom.”
Both actors will recur in a five-episode arc of “Falling Skies”‘s upcoming season.
In other casting news…
Maulik Pancholy, who starred as Neal on “Whitney” will reprise his role as Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) assistant Jonathan on NBC comedy series “30 Rock.” [TV Guide]
Mädchen Amick will guest-star in The CW new series “Beauty and Beast.” The “Twin Peaks” vet will play Lois, a wealthy polo-club president. [TVLine]
Denise Richards has been cast as Gwen in “90210″‘s 100th episode. Gwen is described as a ”sexy West Beverly High School Alum turned wealthy socialite.” [EW]
“Tank Girl” vet Tori Petty will cross paths with Fiona and Steve as Valerie in Showtime’s “Shameless.” [TV Guide]
The Campaign star, Thomas Middleditch has been cast as Jeb, Dwight’s younger brother on “The Office, TVLine reports. In addition, Matt Jones has been tapped to play Dwight’s mysterious cousin Zeke. [THR]
“The West Wing” alum, Timothy Busfield has landed a guest role on Fox’s new crime drama, “The Mob Doctor.” Busfield is set to guest star as John Ellis, s a dirty congressman. Joining the TV vet in a guest role is ”Friday Night Lights” alum Jurnee Smollett. She will play a pregnant prostitute. [TV Guide]
“Men at Work” has tapped Maz Jobrani (Better Off Ted) to appear as an owner of a Lebanese chicken restaurant who becomes Gibbs’ friend. [TVLine]
Brooklyn Silzer is set to Lucy, Danny and Lindsay’s daughter on “CSI: NY.” Twins Nadia and Talia Hartounian previously played Lucy. [TV Guide]
It is that time of year, the time when we all hold our breath while TV networks make the big decisions about our favorite series. May is almost upon us, time to check the status of all broadcast shows. Well, some shows have been given the green light while others the red light.
Below are the shows cancelled or renewed.
Renewed:
Two and a Half Men
Private Practice
Body of Proof
Apt. 23
Scandal
Nikita
Happy Endings
Rules Of Engagement
Gossip Girl
Hart of Dixie
Dancing With The Stars
Fashion Star
The Office
Parks & Recreation
Whitney
Up All Night
The Bachelor
Shank Tank
CSI
Community
America’s Funniest Videos
Grey’s Anatomy
Modern Family
The Middle
Revenge
Once Upon A Time
Castle
Suburgatory
30 Rock
Parenthood
Southland
Law And Order: SVU
Cougar Town
Veep
Girls
Grimm
Touch
Borgias
America’s Next Top Model
The Good Wife
Blue Bloods
Hawaii Five-O
NCIS
CSI
NCIS: LA
Criminal Minds
New Girl
The Vampire Diaries
90210
Supernatural
Mike & Molly
Raising Hope
Fringe
Glee
Survivor
48 Hours
60 Minutes
Jersey Shore
The Real World
2 Broke Girls
The Amazing Race
Undercover Boss
The Mentalist
Person of Interest
General Hospital , renewed
How I Met Your Mother, of course renewed
The Big Bang Theory
Smash
Bones
Shameless
Californication
The Voice
The X-Factor
My Crazy Obsession
American Dad
The Cleveland Show
Family Guy
House of Lies
Spartacus
Sons of Anarchy
Game of Thrones
Justified
Hell’s Kitchen
Conan
Kitchen Nightmares
Psych
Long Island Medium
The Lying Game
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Cancelled:
Unforgettable
A Gifted Man
NYC-22
Rob
CSI: Miami
Ringer
Secret Circle
Harry’s Law
Awake
Best Friends Forever
Are You There Chelsea?
Bent
GCB
Pan Am
Missing
The River
Breaking In
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
The Finder
Alcatraz
Luck
Terra Nova
House
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Prime Suspect
Cash Cab
The Playboy Club
Allen Gregory
Charlie’s Angles
The Revolution
H8R
One Tree Hill
Desperate Housewives
Work It
Man Up
Dog The Bounty Hunter
The Martha Stewart Show
All-American Muslims
The Rosie Show
Make It, or Break It
Flashpoint
How To Be A Gentleman
Free Agents
Man vs Wild
***** This post will be constantly updated as your favorite shows get renewed or cancelled.
Hi guys! A lot of shows are back tonight. What are you watching tonight? There are some of the shows we are watching.
The Good Wife is back from the Winter hiatus. The Good Wife airs on CBS at 9/ET. This episode should be hot considering the cliff hanger we had. I wonder when Peter Florrick is going to realize he is being investigated by Wendy Scott-Carr. You do not want to miss this episode.
Also on tonight with new episodes is Desperate Housewives! It is the last season of the sexy and crazy Desperate Housewives. Desperate Housewives airs at 8 C on ABC. You just gotta tune in.
Shameless is backk! Season two premiers tonight at 9/8 ET.
Once Upon a Time is a new t.v. drama about the fairy tale world and what happens after “happily ever after.” It is a good show so far, a lot of twists and turns. If you ever wondered what happened to Snow White and Prince Charming, you should tune in. The show airs on ABC at 7c.
And finally one of our guilty pleasures, ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ is on tonight. You just have to love these women. The show airs on Bravo at 9/8c.
Hey guys, Happy New Year! Hope you guys are as excited as I am about this blessed year. Remember i had a list of shows I listed to watch that people have hyped, well I started with shameless.
I finished catching up on the first season of “Shameless.” It is a pretty good show; it illustrates what some families are going through in life.Its basically about a dead beat father with six kids abandoned by their runaway mother. Everyone makes money to support the family except the father and the two youngest kids. I like the idea of the family living in a house. One does not have to live in a trailer park, ghetto or on the streets to be classified as poor.
Frank Gallagher, oh my gosh!! What a character! Dude does not care for his kids. He is caught up in his little “world’. All he cares about is his money, his next drink, and his next drink. This guy is a selfish idiot when he is drunk and other times when he is not, he is a good dad.
Fiona Gallagher is the oldest of the Gallagher’s. She is the mother, father, sister, and mentor. She raises her siblings on her own, by working at dead-end jobs.
Phillip Gallagher is the smartest of the Gallagher children, he gets paid by taking test for his mates.
Ian Gallagher is the third Gallagher child. He is homosexual but very few people know about his sexual orientation. He also participates in the Army ROTC.
Debbie & Carl Gallagher! They are so cute. they live in their own little world, well Carl does. Carl is the rebel of the family. A nine years old boy who breaks bones, his friends’ as well as his. I think his best line was “how do I make them cry?” Oh Debbie, Debbie, Debbie, she just wants some stability. She is sweet and very helpful.
Liam Gallagher is a such a cute kid. He is black even though both of his parents are white.
I DECIDED NOT TO GIVE IT ALL AWAY! Watch it and find out who is a half blood sibling/half cousin, why the little one is black. and many more twists and drama to the story.
Shameless returns for its second season on Showtime Jan 8, 2012 at 9 pm. I can actually say i love this show; looking forward to season two. The show has been renewed for season third.
