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Here are the casting couch features for this past week:

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Veteran actor Clancy Brown (Sleepy Hollow) will have a pivotal recurring role on The Flash this fall, playing General Wade Eiling, also known as The General, the head of a black ops army team pursuing Plastique (guest star Kelly Frye) in the hopes of using her as a human weapon. The Flash will debut on The CW on October 7.

Alexa Vega

Alexa Vega

Actress Alexa Vega (The Tomorrow People and the Spy Kids franchise) will have a multi-episode arc on Nashville this fall, playing Kiley, Gunnar’s (series regular Sam Palladio) first love and high school sweetheart who is now a struggling single mother. She arrives in Nashville with the intention of providing some stability for her 10-year-old son. Nashville will return for its new season on ABC on September 24.

Danny Masterson and Kyle Hoard

Danny Masterson and Kyle Hoard

Actor Danny Masterson (That 70’s Show) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, playing Danny Van Dyke, a wealthy hedge fund manager who needs a kidney transplant but is reluctant to accept his brother’s organ. His brother? Dr. Paul Van Dyke, returning guest star Kyle Howard from My Boys, a physician at Hamptons Heritage who later joined HankMed as one of Hank’s replacements; but after Hank rejoined the business, Paul eventually left to start his own concierge practice in Miami. The next new episode of Royal Pains will air on August 19 on the USA Network.

Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver

Fan favorite Jim Beaver (Bobby on Supernatural) will join the cast of the online series The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy. He will play George Darling, the father of the Darling clan. (NOTE: The online web series currently has an IndieGoGo campaign happening right now to fund the second season. You can learn more about that here.)

Mary McCormack and Josh Randal

Mary McCormack and Josh Randal

Actress Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) and actor Josh Randall (Ed) will guest star in an early October episode of Scandal, playing a couple. That’s it, no big reveals as to who they will be, but that seems par for the course with any Shonda Rhimes production – no spoilers. Scandal will be back with new episodes on September 25 on ABC.

Jacob Pitts

Jacob Pitts

Actor Jacob Pitts (Justified) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS drama Elementary, playing Paul Ettinger, a brilliant and wealthy mathematician who assembles a team of his fellow math geniuses to help identify a killer that Sherlock Holmes (series lead Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan Watson (series lead Lucy Liu) are tracking. Elementary won’t be back on CBS for the start of its new season until October 30.

Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Ellis

Actress Aunjanue Ellis (The Mentalist and NCIS: Los Angeles) will appear in Sleepy Hollow when the show returns to FOX this fall for its second season, playing Lori Mills, the late mother of Abbie (series lead Nicole Beharie) and Jenny (new series regular Lyndie Greenwood). Sleepy Hollow will return for its sophomore season on FOX on September 22.

Colin Woodell

Colin Woodell

Actor Colin Woodell (Devious Maids) will recur on The Originals, playing a “badass” werewolf named Aiden who is a lieutenant in New Orleans’ leading werewolf pack. The Originals will be back on The CW on October 6.

Lee Tergeson

Lee Tergeson

Actor Lee Tergeson (The Americans) will guest star in The Blacklist this fall, playing opposite recently announced guest star Mary-Louise Parker. They will play husband and wife Frank and Naomi Hyland. The Blacklist will be back for the start of its second season on NBC on September 22.

Connie Nielson

Connie Nielson

Actress Connie Nielson (The Following) will recur on The Good Wife this fall, playing Ramona, a smart, beautiful attorney with far-reaching Cook County connections. The Good Wife will return to CBS on September 21.

Please come back next week for more casting announcements.

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