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Thom Barry

Thom Barry

Here are the casting couch features for this past week:

Actor Thom Barry (Cold Case) has landed a recurring role on the TNT series Perception, playing Special Agent In Charge William Parsons, the skeptical and no-nonsense special agent in command of the Chicago FBI office and Kate Moretti’s (series lead Rachel Leigh Cook) boss. Perception will be back for a new season on TNT starting on June 17.

Michael O'Keefe and Spencer Grammer

Michael O’Keefe and Spencer Grammer

Actor Michael O’Keefe (King & Maxwell and Michael Clayton) and actress Spencer Grammer (Greek and the short-lived Ironside remake) will guest star in upcoming episodes of Royal Pains. Grammer will play an aspiring NASCAR driver who is distracted from an important race by the health issues of her father and NASCAR crew chief (O’Keefe). Royal Pains will air a new episode of its current season on June 17 on the USA Network.

Actor Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) will recur on Suits during its fourth season. He will play Charles Forstman, a titan of finance with a net worth in the billions and an outsized personality to match. Suits started its fourth season on June 11 on the USA Network with its next new episode set to air on June 18.

Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Nicole Gale Anderson

Nicole Gale Anderson

Actress Nicole Gale Anderson (Ravenswood) will be returning to Beauty And the Beast for its third season as a series regular. She plays Catherine Chandler’s (series lead Kristin Kreuk) younger sister, Heather. She will actually make her first reappearance on Beauty And the Beast in the episode set to air on June 16 on The CW.

Marion Ross and Ed Asner

Marion Ross and Ed Asner

Veteran actors Marion Ross (Happy Days) and Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) will appear in the new ABC Family series Chasing Life, playing April’s (series lead Italia Ricci) grandparents. Chasing Life will air its second episode of its debut season on June 17 on ABC Family.

Please come back next week for more casting announcements.

Using her favorite online handle, Rueben is an East Coast-bred gal who is now a permanent Californian and a lifelong tv-oholic. She watches at least 25 TV shows a week, goes to the movies as often as possible, listens to music every waking moment, reads every day and “plays” on the internet every chance she can. Some of her current favorite TV shows are Outlander, Sweet Magnolias, Wednesday, The Mandalorian, The Equalizer, Fire Country, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, The Rookie, Cobra Kai, Virgin River, The Witcher, Leverage: Redemption and School Spirits.  She is looking forward to the season premieres of Hudson & Rex on UPtv and Skymed on Paramount+ as well as the return of fall TV albeit starting in February. Follow her at @ruebenrambling or contact her at rueben@nicegirlstv.com.