This week the casting couch focuses on the latest actors and actresses to be promoted on an existing show, cast in a new production and/or cast in guest or recurring roles on current favorites: Actor Chris Carmack (The O.C.) and siblings Lennon and Maisy Stella have been promoted to full-time series regulars on Nashville for its upcoming second season. Nashville …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writer, producer and show developer Gillian Horvath. Gillian started out as a writer on the late 1980’s and 1990’s TV shows such as the original Miami Vice, Quantum Leap, Beverly Hills 90210, Forever Knight, Diagnosis Murder, Baywatch and Xena: Warrior Princess. During this time she also worked on the popular syndicated …

On April 9, 2012 the first episode of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries debuted online. This web series is a modernized adaptation of Jane Austen’s legendary story “Pride and Prejudice”, created for the web by Hank Green, one of the most active and prolific leaders of a new generation of Web entrepreneurs and personalities and Bernie Su, a Streamy Award winner. …

This week’s casting couch is short, but, hopefully, interesting…here goes: Actress Jessica Collins (Zero Dark Thirty and House) will have a recurring role on Revolution this fall, appearing in four episodes as Cynthia, a beautiful young woman of deep faith, whose winning humor and blazing intelligence capture the heart of one of Revolution’s leading characters. Additionally, actor Patrick Heusinger (Royal …

In just a couple of days our nation will celebrate Independence Day – (of course) better known as the Fourth of July. This federal holiday is most commonly known for fireworks, parades, barbeques, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions and political speeches and ceremonies, but how many of us really know the origin behind this national holiday? Unlike …

This week the casting couch focuses on the men and women who have recently been cast in some of our favorite shows: Film Actor Paul Giamatti (Rock of Ages and Sideways) will appear in the fourth season of Downton Abbey as Cora’s (Elizabeth McGovern) maverick and “playboy” brother Harold. Downton Abbey returns to PBS on January 5, 2014. Actor James …

The following list provides the dates of the season premieres for the major and cable network dramas, the burn-off episodes of a failed fall show, the debut of a new online series as well as the mini-series and made-for-TV movies that will air during July: July 5 – The Canadian series King, which ran for two seasons, will make its …

Actor Tom Weston-Jones is our Nice Boy of the Week. Tom was born in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire in England in 1987 but he and his two siblings (sister Bethan and brother Ben) were raised in Dubai where his parents were drama teachers. He later moved back to the UK, earning a degree in drama and theatre from the …

This week’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is put on screenwriter, producer and writer Doris Egan (who also goes by the pen name of Jane Emerson). Doris grew up in New Jersey and attended Barnard College in New York City. She sold her first short story, “Timerider,” to Amazing Stories magazine while working in computer support on Wall Street. Over …

We are already half-way through the year and there is still plenty of new programming on TV – both in the form of new shows and made-for-TV movies – to look forward to on both the major and cable network throughout July. With that thought in mind, let’s take a look at the new programming that TV viewers can expect …