TV Castings For 2/5/14: Lori Petty To Guest Star On ‘Orange Is The New Black’ For Netflix

Pilots

Goran Visnjic, Michael O’Neill and Grace Gummer join CBS’ Extant, about a female astronaut who returns home from a year-long solo mission and discovers that she has become pregnant. Meanwhile, her inventor husband is on the verge of a major breakthrough with his greatest creation: their 10-year-old android son. These events place this extraordinary family at the epicenter of a change in the course of human history, a change that could ultimately tear them apart. Jennifer Carpenter, Jack Davenport, Isabelle Cornish and Lilli Birdsell have signed on as the leads in ABC’s Sea Of Fire, about three teenage girls who star in a pornographic film that tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance, a murder and a host of other secrets boiling under the surface in a small town. Carpenter will play an FBI Agent. Patrick Murney joins TNT’s Public Morals, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them. Matt McGorry is the first to be cast in ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, that centers on ambitious law students and their brilliant and mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot. Mike Colter, will play the Speaker Of The House, and John Shea is set as the President, in TNT’s Agent X, centering on a person called upon in times of extreme crisis, when traditional law and government aren’t in a position to help. Created by the original founding fathers, but hidden from the public, the agent of unknown identity that is trained and ready to serve — deployed only at the careful discretion of the Vice President. Timothy Omundson, will play King Richard, in ABC’s Galavant, that centers on handsome Prince and his quest for revenge over the King who stole his one true love. David Schwimmer lands the lead in ABC’s Irreversible, that centers on a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple, and their trials and tribulations — most of which they bring upon themselves. Scott Bakula, CCH Pounder and Zoe McLellan join CBS’ NCIS: New Orleans, which will handle cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle. Ashley Zukerman has been cast as the lead in WGN’s Manhattan, set against the backdrop of the clandestine mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. Whitmer Thomas, joins Comedy Central’s Crazy House, that revolves around two friends who, after accidentally sending their boss into a coma via an office prank, successfully plead insanity and are sentenced to an asylum. Mather Zickel and John Ducey will star opposite Kate Walsh in NBC’s Bad Judge, that centers on a hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman who plays with the law, and whose life on the edge is constantly in balance as she also happens to be a judge in the Criminal Court system. Ken Marino lands the male lead in NBC’s Marry Me, about a young couple who get engaged, something they quickly realize is harder than it looks. Candice Patton and Carlos Valdes join CW’s The Flash, about a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past. Linda Cardellini and Sissy Spacek have been cast in Netflix’s Untitled Kessler/Zelman Project, that centers on a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home. Franka Potente, Amaury Nolasco, Sebastian Arcelus, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Erik LaRay Harvey, Audrey Esparza and Alex Hernandez round out the cast that will play opposite Shiloh Fernandez in Cinemax’s Blanco, that centers on an uptown gangster who uses his status as a confidential informant to turn the tables on law enforcement and build his criminal empire. Elena Kampouris and Daniella Pineda have joined NBC’s Odyssey, that centers on three families who are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy. David Strathairn is set for the lead in ABC’s Clementine, that centers on a profoundly troubled 28-year-old psychic who sees her life to begin to change in unexpected ways when she decides to stop running from her past. Jake McDorman has been cast opposite Analeigh Tipton on ABC’s My Thoughts Exactly.

Current

Lori Petty will guest star on Neflix’s Orange is the new Black. Dianne Wiest is set to appear on NBC’s The Blacklist. Toni Trucks joins TNT’s Franklin & Bash as a new series regular. Jeremy Davies (Lost), Chris Diamantopoulos (The Three Stooges) and Michael Pitt will guest star on NBC’s Hannibal. Gene Simmons will appear as himself on CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Chevy Chase will guest star on TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland. Willie Garson has landed a guest-starring role on TNT’s Franklin & Bash as a plastic surgeon. Dylan Sprayberry has joined the upcoming fourth season of MTV’s Teen Wolf as Liam, a cocky and handsome new freshman at Beacon Hills High. Max Greenfield will play a ladies’ man on FOX’s The Mindy Project. Eddie Cahill and Karla Crome has joined CBS’ Under the Dome as series regulars for season 2. Newcomer, Grace Victoria Cox will recur. Lauren Cohan will lend her voice as a European socialite on FX’s Archer. Alexandra Daddario is set to guest star on Fox’s New Girl.

New Series

Dora Madison Burge reunites with her former Friday Night Lights co-star, Aimee Teegarden, on CW’s Star-Crossed. Tony Hale will guest star on ABC’s About A Boy. Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco are set to play a lesbian couple on Fox’s Mulaney.

Event Series

Colin Salmon joins Fox’s 24: Live Another Day.