THE HUB

Will Trent has found its new boss, and viewers of The Pitt will recognize her. Alexandra Metz has joined the upcoming fifth season of the ABC crime drama as a series regular, playing Birdie Palmer, the new deputy director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Metz is best known to The Pitt viewers as Dr. Yolanda Garcia. The casting answers one of the biggest questions hanging over Will Trent following the events of Season 4: Who could possibly step into the position previou

James Wolk is officially scrubbing into Grey’s Anatomy, but something tells us his new character may be more interested in the money coming into the hospital than what is happening in the operating room. Wolk has joined the upcoming 23rd season of ABC’s long-running medical drama in a recurring role, and the first details about his character already have us wondering exactly what kind of trouble he is about to bring to Grey Sloan Memorial. Wolk will play Dr. Seth Norton, a su

HBO is already looking ahead to Harry Potter’s second year at Hogwarts, and three characters who will play major roles in the Chamber of Secrets story have officially been cast. Lenny Rush will play Dobby, Billy Barratt has been cast as Tom Riddle, and Bonnie Hill will take over the role of Ginny Weasley beginning with Season 2. The casting news arrives months before HBO’s Harry Potter series even premieres, but with production on the second season expected to begin this fall

The Johnson family is officially getting bigger on Beyond the Gates, and Shanice is about to have some familiar faces around Fairmont Crest. Khiry Walker and Denzell Dandridge have joined the CBS daytime drama as Cedric Johnson and Lamont Johnson, the brothers of Shanice Johnson. The casting became apparent after the actors’ names appeared in the show’s closing credits, giving viewers confirmation that two members of Shanice’s family are headed into the story. Both Walker and

Well, Days of Our Lives fans called this one. When the Peacock soap announced last month that Sydney Malakeh was joining the cast but refused to reveal her character, it didn't take long for viewers to notice the rather convenient first name. Now the mystery is officially over: Malakeh has been cast as Sydney DiMera, the daughter of Sami Brady and EJ DiMera. According to Deadline, Malakeh will make her first appearance as Sydney on Wednesday, September 9, bringing the legacy

Port Charles is getting another new face, and the timing of this arrival definitely has our attention. Alimi Ballard is joining General Hospital in the newly created role of William Baines, with the actor scheduled to make his first appearance on Thursday, September 3. TV Insider broke the casting news on Wednesday, but there is one rather important detail being kept under wraps: Who exactly is William Baines? No storyline information has been revealed about the character, wh

Prime Video is putting together quite the cast for its upcoming action-comedy Danger Money. The six-part series has officially begun production in Malta, with Ray Winstone leading the cast as a former SAS operative who gets pulled back into a dangerous world decades after a botched mission. And now, the series has added several familiar faces who should make this one worth keeping on the radar. Joining Winstone are Alex Kingston, Iain Glen, Mimi Keene, Arian Nik, Kara Tointon

Norman Reedus is getting ready to put the crossbow down and enter the world of international espionage. The longtime Walking Dead star has joined James Marsden in Apple TV’s upcoming action thriller Disavowed. Details about Reedus’ character are being kept under wraps for now, but considering the series involves CIA agents, assassins and a very large bounty, we’re guessing things aren’t exactly going to be peaceful. And really, would we want peaceful Norman Reedus? Disavowed

Oh, Nicky and Morgan really cannot catch a break. Just when you’d think the siblings might get a chance to breathe after everything that went down in Season 1 of Big Mistakes, Netflix is adding two more people to their already complicated lives. Poorna Jagannathan and Lorenzo De Moor have joined Big Mistakes Season 2 in recurring roles, and yes, we are already wondering what kind of trouble these two are bringing with them. Jagannathan will play Dréa, while De Moor has been c

Hinkley Hills is getting a new resident and this one comes with a direct connection to the Fisher family. Elizabeth Hurley has joined Season 2 of Peacock's The ’Burbs as a series regular, adding another recognizable face to the mystery comedy led by Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall. Hurley will play Beverly Fisher, the mother of Whitehall's Rob Fisher, giving the upcoming season an opportunity to dig a little deeper into the family whose move back home helped kick off this enti

After more than two decades of playing one of television's most famous doctors, Ellen Pompeo is staying in the medical field — but she's changing jobs and adding a murder mystery. The Grey's Anatomy star is attached to headline and executive produce Not a Sound, a new drama currently in development at Hulu. Based on Heather Gudenkauf's 2017 novel of the same name, the project will put Pompeo at the center of a mystery that sounds very different from anything Meredith Grey has

Well, this is one way to return from the dead without actually returning from the dead. Brandon Butler is headed back to Days of Our Lives, but viewers shouldn't expect to see him playing Zack Brady again. The actor has been cast as a brand-new character named Mason Whitfield, with his first episode set to stream Tuesday, September 1 on Peacock. It's an interesting bit of soap casting considering Butler appeared on Days just last year as the adult version of Bo and Hope Brady

Beverly Hills just landed one of its most recognizable Housewives yet. Leah Remini is joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 16 as a full-time cast member, bringing the actress, producer and famously outspoken television personality into the Bravo universe. Remini is expected to begin filming in Los Angeles this week, joining a season that's already in production. She becomes the second major newcomer announced for Season 16 following Million Dollar Listing Los A

Chelsea Hamilton might want to keep looking over her shoulder. Sorry girl. Brianna Roberts has returned to Beyond the Gates as Allison Bailey, bringing one of Chelsea's most terrifying chapters back into the picture just as some very suspicious things have started happening around Fairmont Crest. Allison was introduced as someone Chelsea believed she could trust, but that relationship eventually took a disturbing turn. Her obsession with Chelsea was exposed after she kidnappe

Salem is getting another familiar face from the soap world. General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum Brytni Sarpy has officially joined the cast of Days of Our Lives. The Peacock soap announced the casting on August 24, sharing a photo of Sarpy outside her dressing room at the show's Burbank studio. There's just one rather important detail DAYS isn't sharing yet: who she's playing. For now, Sarpy's character is being kept under wraps, leaving plenty of room for sp

Dan Stevens is officially stepping into some very big metallic shoes. The Downton Abbey and Legion star has been cast as Alex Murphy and his cyborg alter ego RoboCop in Prime Video’s upcoming RoboCop series, giving the long awaited television adaptation its first major casting announcement. The casting is a pretty exciting choice for a franchise that has been trying to make its way back to television for years. Stevens has already shown that he can handle drama, comedy, actio

Talk about keeping it in the family! Ben McKenzie is joining CBS’ Sheriff Country Season 2 as a guest star, and his co-star just happens to be his real-life wife, Morena Baccarin. Yep, the former Gotham co-stars are sharing the screen again, but this time they're trading Gotham City for Edgewater. McKenzie will play Sheriff Jim Wade, a neighboring sheriff who arrives to assist Mickey Fox, played by Baccarin, with a dangerous case. Wade's appearance is set for the Season 2 pre

Hogwarts just got a very unexpected new professor. Kit Harington is officially joining HBO’s Harry Potter Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who has exited the series due to scheduling conflicts. And yes, we are talking about Kit Harington of Game of Thrones fame stepping into the shoes of one of the most hilariously self-obsessed characters in the entire Harry Potter story. HBO’s television adaptation has not even premiered its first season yet, but Se

Firehouse 51 might want to start printing some new name tags because Chicago Fire is bringing in even more fresh blood for Season 15. Matthew Daddario is officially joining the NBC drama as a new firefighter candidate, marking a return to television for the Shadowhunters favorite and adding another new face to a season that is already shaping up to look considerably different. Details surrounding Daddario's character are being kept suspiciously close to the vest. We don't hav

Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are officially sharing the small screen again, and somewhere Max Black is probably already making a joke about it. Nine years after 2 Broke Girls ended its six season run on CBS, Behrs is set to guest star alongside her former costar in the Season 3 premiere of ABC’s Shifting Gears. The casting reunites the actresses who spent six seasons playing unlikely best friends Max Black and Caroline Channing, and while this is not the revival fans have spen