Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Casting News - 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Adds Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - October 29, 2014

ABC's Agent Carter; CBS' CSI: Cyber;  Comedy Central's Review with Forrest MacNeil; FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show; Hallmark's Cedar Cove; and USA's Sirens.




USA's SIRENS
  • Brian Doyle-Murray (Sullivan & Son) will appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy's second season. He will play Monsignor Sullivan, a priest who lends an ear during a time of emotional turmoil, but still suspects Johnny (Michael Mosley) as the culprit of stealing from the collection box 20 years ago.
ABC's AGENT CARTER
  • Meagen Fay (Murder in the First, Mad Men) has booked a recurring role on the midseason drama starring Hayley Atwell. She will play the woman who runs the boarding house where Peggy (Atwell) lives in New York City.
COMEDY CENTRAL's REVIEW WITH FORREST MACNEIL
  • Max Gail (Barney Miller) has joined the cast of the comedy's upcoming second season. He will play Roger MacNeil, Forrest's (Andy Daly) father, a timid man who is not the brightest of bulbs but admires his son's courage and determination.
CBS' CSI: CYBER
  • Hayley Kiyoko (The Fosters) has been cast as a regular on the midseason drama starring Patricia Arquette. She will play Raven, a rookie working in the Division, whose special skill is youth culture with expertise in social media, cyber trends and international relations.
HALLMARK's CEDAR COVE
  • The cable network has renewed the summer drama starring Andie MacDowell for a 12-episode third season.
FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
  • How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris and his real-life husband David Burtka will appear on the anthology series' current fourth season. Harris will play a chameleon salesman in the final two episodes of the season. Burtka will appear in the finale and share a sexy storyline with Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange).