The Casting Scoop for July 18 to July 25

Here are the casting scoops for the past two weeks (July 18 to July 25):

Actress Cassidy Freeman (Smallville) will guest star in the season premiere of CSI: NY, playing a bartender whose male co-worker is killed in a robbery gone bad.

Actor Santiago Cabrera (Heroes and Merlin) will appear in an episode of Covert Affairs (alongside former Heroes co-star Sendhil Ramamurthy. There are no details on what role he will play, though.

Actress Odette Annable (Brothers & Sisters and Breaking In) has landed a series regular role on the long-running FOX medical drama House. Producers are keeping the details on her character under wraps, but word has it she meets Dr. Gregory House in prison.

Actor Kenny Johnson (The Shield and Saving Grace) will join the cast of the new NBC drama Prime Suspect, which is an adaptation of the popular British drama starring Helen Mirren. This new version stars Maria Bello as Jane Timoney, a female detective struggling to make her bones in a tough New York precinct dominated by men. Johnson will play Matt Webb, her boyfriend. The series will premiere on September 22 at 10 PM slot.

Actress Mercedes Masohn (Chuck) has landed the female lead opposite Geoff Stults and Michael Clarke Duncan in the new FOX dram The Finder, the upcoming Bones spinoff series, which is slated to launch on Fox in January. She will play Deputy US Marshall Isabel Zambada, a focused, nuclear-powered cop on the rise, who is a brilliant politician using a career in law enforcement to climb to the top of the heap in life. Also cast in the new series is 16-year-old newcomer Maddie Hasson as Willa, a second generation criminal who helps Walter (Stults) and Leo (Duncan) in their investigations.

Actor Jere Burns (most recently seen in Breaking Bad and Justified) will have a major recurring role on the hit USA series Burn Notice. He will play Anson Fullerton, a brilliant but understated clinical psychologist whose specialties in human behavior and experience working with covert agents proves useful in answering many of Michael’s (Jeffrey Donovan) still looming questions. As a psychologist for the Defense Intelligence Agency, Anson has high-level government clearance and security access. But when his wife is held hostage by a brutal criminal, Anson is forced to hand over his access codes to save her life and the team must work to rescue her before it’s too late.

Actor Reed Diamond (Franklin & Bash) will guest star in an episode of the CBS drama The Mentalist, playing Ray Haffner, a confident CBI supervising agent who will lead a group of agents assisting Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and her team with the investigation of a personal trainer’s murder. The series returns for its fourth season on September 22 at 10 PM.

Actress Zoey Deutch (The Suite Life on Deck and daughter of actress Lea Thompson) has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller Ringer that will debut this fall. She is replacing Caitlin Custer in the role of wild child Juliet, the daughter of Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd) and stepdaughter of Siobhan (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Additionally, actress Jaime Murray (Dexter and Warehouse 13) has also joined the cast as Andrew’s business partner. The series will debut on September 13 at 9PM.

Actress Kelly Giddish (Chase) will guest star in one upcoming episode of The Good Wife when it returns with new episodes this fall on CBS. She will reprise her role as private investigator Sophia. The series will return on September 25 at 9 PM.

Actor Jack Coleman (Heroes) will guest star in an upcoming fall episode of The Vampire Diaries, playing Bill, a former resident of Mystic Falls who returns home with a dangerous point of view about vampires.

Legendary actress Lily Tomlin will appear in NCIS playing the part of grandmother to Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray). She will appear early in the show’s ninth season. The show returns for its ninth season on September 20 at 8 PM on CBS.

Actor Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks and Desperate Housewives) and actress Paige Turco (Damages and NYPD Blue) will both guest star in an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU in a story inspired by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. MacLachlan will play Andrew Raines, a powerful politician whose family is embroiled in a headline-grabbing scandal while Turco (The Agency, NYPD Blue) plays his wife Kathleen Raines. The show will be back with new episode starting September 21 at 10 PM.

Actor John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) will guest star on Psych, playing a kooky art museum curator sometime during Season 6, which premieres in October.

Disney Channel star Chelsea Kane will appear in one of the early episodes of the long running CW series One Tree Hill, playing Tara, a rival Café owner to Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) and Brooke (Sophia Bush). The series is expected to return mid-season for its final run.

Actor Liam Cunningham (Camelot) has signed on for a major role in the HBO series Game of Thrones, playing Davos Seaworth, a family man with a checkered past whom fellow Season 2 newcomer Stannis Baratheon (actor Stephen Dillane) will enlist to help steal the series’ central throne from King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). The series is scheduled to return in 2012.

Actress Monica Raymund (Lie to Me) will appear in multiple episodes of the CBS cop drama Blue Bloods, playing the new partner of Jaime Reagan (Will Estes) when his previous partner, Renzulli (Nick Turturro), gets bumped up the ranks to fill in as platoon commander. The series returns for its second season on September 23 at 10 PM.

Actor Rhys Coiro (Entourage) has booked a recurring role on the new medical drama A Gifted Man that will debut this fall on CBS. He will play Dr. Zeke Barnes a family doctor by day and a rock musician by night. The series stars Patrick Wilson as an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is turned upside down when his dead ex-wife starts visiting him from the hereafter. The new series will premiere on September 23.

Actor John Terry (Lost) will appear on the new ABC remake of Charlie’s Angels, playing Victor Sampson, the dad of cat burglar-turned-Angel Abby (Rachael Taylor). A former Wall Street titan, Victor is now behind bars for fraud, thus estranged from his daughter — until, that is, she needs some information from him to crack a case. The series will debut on September 22 at 8 PM.

Actor Dillon Casey (Being Erica and The Vampire Diaries) has landed the recurring role on Nikita when it returns for its second season this fall. He will play Sean Pierce, a badass Army special-ops officer assigned by Oversight to both retrieve the stolen black box from Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West), as well as keep a watchful eye on Amanda (Melinda Clarke) as she navigates her newly implemented duties as head of Division. Of course, observing Amanda also means becoming familiar with her latest protegé, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca), which proves to be quite the task for Pirece once he finds himself intrigued by — and distrustful of — Nikita’s former partner.

Actor Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) has joined the new ABC drama Once Upon a Time in a major recurring role. He will play Sidney/The Magic Mirror. In Storybrooke, he is Sidney: a reporter for the local newspaper The Daily Mirror. In Fairy Tale Land, he is the vaporous visage trapped within the Evil Queen’s Magic Mirror who is always truthful.

Actor Mike Vogel (Miami Medical) is set to star in the new ABC drama Pan Am, which is about a group of pilots and flight attendants working at the iconic Pan Am Airlines in the 1960s. He will play the male lead, the charismatic and confident Dean who had longed to be a pilot since he was a boy and has just been made the captain of the amazing new Pan Am clipper, the Majestic, living every man’s dream, exploring the world and leading the crew.

Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific) will guest star in the season premiere of Blue Bloods when it returns on September 23 for its second season. She will play Lisa, a best friend of Erin (Bridget Moynahan).

Tony winning actress Julie White (Transformers) will appear as Judge Hockett, a straight-taking and (literally) straight-shooting judge who operates the night courts of Las Vegas in the USA Network pilot Wild Card that revolves around lawyers Eliza Evans (Jennifer Finnigan) and Will Garratt (Ben Lawson) who solve people’s problems overnight in Las Vegas. White will be a series regular should the project be picked up to series.

Actor David Ramsey (Dexter) will have a recurring role on Blue Bloods this fall, playing the newly elected Mayor Carter Poole.

Actress Constance Zimmer (Entourage) will appear on Royal Pains as a potential recurring love interest for Hank (Mark Feuerstein). She will play Dr. Abby Burton, a psychiatrist and an old friend of Hank’s who may be able to help an especially important HankMed patient.

Actress Logan Browning (Meet the Browns and Pair of Kings) has joined the cast of the upcoming fall series The Secret Circle that will debut on The CW this fall. She will play Sally Matthews, who befriends Cassie (Britt Robertson).

Two big roles in season 2 of Game of Thrones have been cast. Dutch stage and film actress Carice van Houten (who appeared in the films Valkyrie and Repo Men) will appear as Melisandre, a powerful woman who counsels the late King Robert’s eldest younger brother, Stannis Baratheon, in his quest to claim the Iron Throne. Meanwhile Stannis will be played by British actor Stephen Dillane (HBO’s John Adams mini-series).

Actress Lindsay Sloane and actor Greg Grunberg will guest star on an upcoming episode of Psych when the show returns for its sixth season this October. In a Psych parody of The Bachelorette, Sloane will play Melinda, the star of the pseudo dating show Missed Connections, on which guys she’s crossed paths with — but never met — compete for her love. Grunberg will play the show’s producer, Dimitri, a ruthless, ratings-obsessed mastermind who Shawn (James Roday) suspects may have orchestrated an attack on one of the men.

Actor Mike Doyle (Law & Order: SVU) has joined the cast of the new fall medical drama A Gifted Man that will debut on CBS on September 23. Doyle will appear as Dr. Victor Lantz in what is being reported to be a potential recurring role. The series stars Patrick Wilson as an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is turned upside down when his dead ex-wife starts visiting him from the hereafter.

Actress Alicia Coppola, who has a recurring role on The Nine Lives of Chloe King (and is known for her work on the short-lived but fan-favorite series Jericho) will guest star on an upcoming episode of the USA Network new series Suits as Alexandra Leeds, a woman from Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) past who suddenly appears to stir up some big trouble for the legal eagle. Additionally, she has been promoted to recurring status on the cable network’s recently ordered-to-series buddy cop show, Common Law.

Actor-Comedian Eddie Izzard (The Riches) will have a guest starring role on The Good Wife, playing Abbott Thrush, an upper-class English barrister brought in to fight Lockhart/Gardner in a libel case that finds its way into British court. The Good Wife will return on September 25 at 9 PM on CBS.

Actress Paula Marshall (Cupid and Californication) will play Malificent, the nemesis of Sleeping Beauty on the new ABC series Once Upon a Time, the fairy tale drama that will debut this fall on October 23. Also, actor David Anders (Alias and The Vampire Diaries) will play a doctor in the series which stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Josh Dallas and Lana Parrilla.

Actress Julie Benz (No Ordinary Family) has changed her status on the new fall medical drama A Gifted Man, which is set to debut this fall on CBS. Her character, the sister of Michael (Patrick Wilson), an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed when his dead ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle) starts visiting him, will now be a recurring character rather than a series regular.

Actress Jamie Ray Newman (Eastwick and recurring stints on Drop Dead Diva and Eureka) will guest star in CSI: NY as Claire Taylor, the wife of Mac (Gary Sinise), who was lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. She will appear in flashbacks during the show’s Season 8 premiere which airs on September 23 at 9 PM.

Talk show host Craig Kilborn will guest star in the season premiere of Chuck, which returns for its final season on NBC on October 21. He will play Roger Bale, a charming yet conniving investor who has stolen money from some of the world’s most dangerous people. The twist? Mr. Bale is rather dangerous himself! It’s probably safe to say Kilborn will have a run-in with the episode’s other Big Bad, Star Wars alum Mark Hamill.

Actress Molly Parker (Deadwood) has landed the female lead in the TV adaptation of The Firm – the book by John Grisham that was famously made into a movie starring Tom Cruise. Parker will play Abby who, ten years ago, helped her husband Mitchell McDeere (Josh Lucas from Sweet Home Alabama) bring down a Memphis law firm that was a front for the Chicago mob. The cast of the NBC series – that still has to be given an official air date – will co-star Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers) as Tammy, Mitch’s feisty, sexy receptionist and Callum Keith Rennie (The Killing and Battlestar Galactica) as Ray McDeere, Mitch’s charming yet volatile older brother whose work as an investigator in Mitch’s office is uniquely informed by his past stretch in prison for manslaughter.

Actors Tom Skerritt and Bailey Chase will guest star in an upcoming episode of White Collar with Skerritt playing Alan Mitchell, the discerning dad of Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen), who is a psychiatrist and a protective father. Meanwhile, Chase will step into the role of Bryan McKenzie, a Sterling-Bosch vice president whom Sara (Hilarie Burton) suspects of stealing a Stradivarius. They will appear in the same episode that is slated to air in January when the show returns for its final six episodes of the current season.

Actress Aly Michalka (Hellcats and the box office film Easy A) will guest star in an episode of CSI: NY next fall. She will play a hard rocker named Miranda who explodes onto the stage of New York’s hottest underground clubs. Her character is questioned by the CSI team when the guy she’s been dating is found murdered.