TV Castings For 11/127/13: Rachel Blanchard Set To Recur On ‘Fargo’ For FX

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Pilots

Elizabeth Rohm and J.R. Ramirez have joined Starz’s Power, the story of a New York night club owner who walks the line between legal and illegal activity. Marley Shelton has been set as the lead, and David Alpay will co-star, in Lifetime’s The Lottery, set in a world destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When, remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this important scientific breakthrough unfolds, government interests and power begin to dominate one of the most personal and basic elements of humanity — the right to have a family. Jessica Szohr, Beth Riesgraf, Demetrius Grosse and Lauren Stamile have joined USA’s Complications, about an ER doctor whose life changes after he is involved in a gang shooting and he is forced to explore how active a doctor can be in treating the cause of his patients' medical problems. Aasif Mandvi has been cast in HBO’s The Brink, that focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. The three compromised souls must pull through the chaos around them to save the planet from World War III. Katherine LaNasa is set to co-star in USA’s Untitled Sean Jablonski project, that follows investment banker Neil Truman and his wife Grace. The couple are sifting through their stagnant relationship when Neil discovers that Grace is seeing a male escort - and accidentally gains possession of the escort’s phone. He gains a unique perspective on his life and what motivates women, while Grace contemplates whether her needs are being met and if her marriage is worth saving. Wilmer Valderrama joins El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, that centers on career criminal Seth Gecko and his older, seriously unstable brother Richie - as well as a Texas Ranger who sets out in pursuit of the infamous Gecko brothers. Tom Ellis and Rick Gonzalez have booked USA’s Rush, following a highly-paid, private on- call doctor, who rushes in whenever his clients need immediate medical attention, but because of who they are, what they've done, or what they are hiding, can't seek traditional treatment.

Current Series

Odette Annable has booked a multi-episode arc on CBS’ Two and a Half Men as a possible love interest to Ashton Kutcher’s character. Elizabeth Hurley will lend her voice to CW’s Tomorrow People, playing the voice of Ultra’s computer. Leah Remini will recur on TV Land’s The Exes. Andrew J. West is set to guest and possibly recur on AMC’s The Walking Dead. Jack Davenport has booked a guest star role on CBS’ The Good Wife. Chris Gorham will guest star on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Walton Goggins has landed a guest starring role on NBC’s Community, playing an investigator. Amy Brenneman will play Adelaide Kane’s mother on CW’s Reign. Andrew Rannells is set to guest star on Fox’s How I Met Your Mother. Sprague Grayden and Gregg Henry will appear on Fox’s The Following. Adam Brody has booked a guest star role on Fox's New Girl, playing an ex of Zooey Deschanel's character.