Saturday, July 12, 2014

Casting News - Kerr Smith Books 'Criminal Minds' Role; 'Pretty Little Liars' Casts Mona's Mother; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - July 12, 2014

ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars; CBS' Criminal Minds; The CW's The Vampire Diaries; NBC's State of Affairs; Starz's Survivor's Remorse; and SundanceTV's One Child.




STARZ's SURVIVOR'S REMORSE
  • The premium cable network will debut its newest comedy series starring starring Jessie Usher and RonReaco Lee on Saturday, October 4 at 9/8c. The first season will include six episodes.
SUNDANCETV's ONE CHILD
  • The four-hour miniseries written by Guy Hibbert will air across two nights on Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29. Katie Leung, Elizabeth Perkins and Donald Sumpter star.
THE CW's THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
  • Gabrielle Walsh (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) has booked a recurring role on the veteran drama series. Debuting in the sixth season premiere, she will play Sarah, who comes to Mystic Falls with spunk, street smarts and a shady agenda.
ABC FAMILY's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
  • Sydney Penny (All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful) has been cast in a recurring role on the hit drama. She will play Leona Vanderwaal, mother of Mona (Janel Parrish).
NBC's STATE OF AFFAIRS
  • Veteran producer Ed Bernero (Third Watch, Criminal Minds, Crossing Lines) has been tapped to serve as executive producer/showrunner on the Katherine Heigl-Alfre Woodard-starring drama. Alexi Hawley created the series but exited the project during production on the pilot, which was then rewritten and directed by Joe Carnahan who was unable to commit to the series full-time due to his work on fellow NBC drama The Blacklist. The series premieres November 17.
CBS' CRIMINAL MINDS
  • Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek, The Fosters) will appear on the tenth season premiere of the hit procedural. He will play Frank Cowles, an everyday man who is also an acromotophile (someone who collects limbs).