ABC's Of Kings and Prophets; CBS' Scorpion; The CW's Legends of Tomorrow; FOX's Houdini & Doyle; FX's Tyrant; FXX's You're the Worst; Starz's Outlander; Syfy's Hunters; and WGN America's Underground.
CBS' SCORPION
- Forever co-star Alana De La Garza has been tapped for a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play the smart, tough and driven new Head of Homeland Security who needs the Scorpion team to be successful. She will find a way to summon Cabe (Robert Patrick) back to the team to reassume his old position as a liaison between Scorpion and Homeland Security.
SYFY's HUNTERS
- Nip/Tuck alum Julian McMahon has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama series created by Natalie Chaidez. He will play McCarthy, an unhinged junkie and Hunter cell leader with a predilection for house music and violence.
STARZ's OUTLANDER
- Claire Sermonne (The Rights and Laws) has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Louise de Rohan, a frivolous and animated member of the French court who befriends Claire (Caitriona Balfe). Although the two woman come from completely different worlds, they strike up a genuine friendship.
FOX's HOUDINI & DOYLE
- Michael Weston (House) and Stephen Mangan (Episodes) have been cast in the lead roles on the upcoming mystery adventure drama. Rebecca Liddiard (Between) has also been cast on the series today. Weston will play Harry Houdini, master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker. Mangan will play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, prolific writer, creator of "Sherlock Holmes" and paranormal aficionado. Liddiard will play Constable Adelaide Stratton, the first female constable ever to work for the London Metropolitan Police Force.
THE CW's LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
- Phil Klemmer (The Tomorrow People, Political Animals) has been tapped to serve as executive producer/showrunner on the drama's first season. He will work closely with series co-creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim in shaping the arc of the first season.
FXX's YOU'RE THE WORST
- Mageina Tovah (Hung, Scandal) has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. She will play Amy Cadingle, Paul's (Allan McLeod) nerdy new girlfriend. She's a bespectacled, stringy-haired interpreter for the deaf who is decidedly secure in her oddness. Good-natured and upbeat, she is seemingly impervious to Lindsay's (Kether Donohue) attempts at undercutting her relationship with Paul.
FX's TYRANT
- Melia Kreiling (The Borgias, The Bible) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's second season. She will play a character named Daliyah. All other character details are currently being kept under wraps.
WGN AMERICA's UNDERGROUND
- Jussie Smolett (Empire) and Chris Backus (Deliverance Creek) will appear on the upcoming drama series. Smollett will appear in two episodes as Josey, a wild-eyed runaway who doesn't trust anyone, not even those stationed along the way who would try to help him. Backus will be featured in a major recurring role as Jeremiah Johnson, a well-dressed dandy but a threatening slave catcher.
ABC's OF KINGS AND PROPHETS
- Nathaniel Parker (Wolf Hall, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries) has joined the cast of the midseason drama as a series regular. He will play King Achish, the cagey, shrewd and lethal King of Philistia who has been warring with King Saul (Ray Winstone) for years. The role was played by Mark Ivanir in the original pilot.
