Thursday, June 12, 2014

Casting News - 'Chasing Life' Adds Ed Asner & Marion Ross; DirecTV Sets October Premiere for 'Kingdom'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - June 12, 2014

ABC Family's Chasing Life; The CW's Beauty and the Beast; DirecTV's Kingdom; and Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.





DIRECTV's KINGDOM
  • The upcoming 10-episode drama series (previously titled Navy St.) will debut on Wednesday, October 8 at 9/8c. on Audience Network. The drama series was created by Byron Balasco and stars Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker, Nick Jonas and Joanna Going.
ABC FAMILY's CHASING LIFE
  • TV veterans Ed Asner and Marion Ross will guest star on an upcoming episode of the drama. They will play April's (Italia Ricci) grandparents who come to town to visit during the holidays but end up causing trouble instead.
NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
  • Dascha Polanco has been promoted to series regular status for the upcoming third season of the prison dramedy. She has recurred throughout the first two seasons as Daya Diaz.
THE CW's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  • After recurring in the first two seasons, Nicole Gale Anderson has been upped to series regular on the drama for its upcoming third season. She Heather Chandler, Catherine's (Kristin Kreuk) younger sister.