Saturday, March 12, 2016

Casting News - 'Scream Queens' Sets Season 2 Returning Cast; 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Adds Dennis Haysbert; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - March 12, 2016

ABC's Nashville; FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine & Scream Queens; and NBC's Saturday Night Live.





FOX's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
  • 24 alum Dennis Haysbert will appear in the final two episodes of the comedy's third season. He will play Bob Anderson, a FBI Special Agent who is an old college colleague of Captain Holt's (Andre Braugher). He is like Holt in every single way, but with a "slightly less sparkly personality."
ABC's NASHVILLE
  • Singers Kesha, Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett are set to play themselves in an upcoming episode of the drama's fourth season. No details were released about how they'll pop up on the series, though it was announced that both Ballerini and Rhett will perform songs.
FOX's SCREAM QUEENS
  • During the show's PaleyFest panel this evening, it was confirmed that Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Niecy Nash, Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin, Billie Lourd, Glen Powell and Jamie Lee Curtis will all return for the horror comedy's second season - as the same characters from the first season.
NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
  • Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage will make his hosting debut on the late night sketch comedy series on Saturday, April 2. He will be joined by musical guest Gwen Stefani.