TVLine Items: Vampire Diaries Stud Bites Into Castle Role, Awake Adds Alias Fave and More!

Lest fans of Castle‘s “Caskett” worry that Sarah Jane Morris’ character will make a play for Rick, know this: She’s married — and to a hunky Vampire Diaries vet at that.

Sources tell TVLine exclusively that Taylor Kinney, aka Mystic Falls’ erstwhile werewolf, has been cast alongside the NCIS/Brothers & Sisters‘ alumna in an episode of Castle slated to air Feb. 27.

For more exclusive details on the ABC dramedy’s fairytale-flavored installment, click here.

Castle First Look: Rick and Kate Get Dolled Up For a Sumptuous Noir Flashback

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

• Alias fan fave Kevin Weisman (Marshall!) has landed a recurring role on NBC’s still-unscheduled new drama, Awake. Per EW.com, the actor will play Mr. Blonde, a mysterious man who will haunt Jason Issacs’ character in both worlds.

Broadway vet Bebe Neuwirth has nabbed a juicy recurring gig on The Good Wife, EW.com reports. The Cheers alumna will take on the role of Judge Friend, a “sexy woman with a stern manner.”

Casting Updates: Good Wife Welcomes Homeland Hottie

Shawnee Smith, who is best known as the Saw films’ scream queen, will play the soul-searching ex-wife of Charlie Sheen on his upcoming FX comedy, Anger Management, per Deadline.

Fox has picked up a comedy pilot from Shameless producers John Wells and Mike O’Malley. Prodigy Bully, based on the one-minute movies by the same name, centers on a young genius who uses his smarts to get anything he wants.

Which of today’s TVLine Items have you talking?



Comments (10)

  • Listen…that is the sound of millions of Caskett fans cheering! YAY!!!!

    Comment by Nerwen Aldarion – January 27, 2012 01:15 PM PST  Reply To This Post
    • ^THIS. Yep. lol

      Comment by Audrey – January 27, 2012 04:27 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • Same Mike O’ Malley from Glee or different?

    Comment by Mark – January 27, 2012 01:20 PM PST  Reply To This Post
    • Same Mike O’Malley. In addition to Glee, he’s a consulting producer on Shameless.

      Comment by Megan Masters – January 27, 2012 01:31 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • Taylor Kinney was fantastic as hot Uncle Mason. Will have to watch his Castle ep.

    Comment by lorna – January 27, 2012 05:37 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • So many Castle spoilers!! I love it! Thank you!

    Comment by Mari – January 27, 2012 06:02 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • Can’t wait for AWAKE when it debuts soon (still no premiere date yet) but Kevin Weisman was so great on ALIAS as one of TV’s best sidekick Marshall Flinkman and a fan fave from the spy series.

    Comment by kevin – January 27, 2012 06:06 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • Is this the same actor that just played Fiona’s high school crush on a recent episode of Shameless?

    Comment by Bad Breaker – January 28, 2012 01:51 PM PST  Reply To This Post
  • This was probably my least favorite episode of this season so far. Although Hillarie Burton was great, I just didn’t think the writing was quite up to par. Still, this has been a great season and I’m glad I’ve been able to watch it, despite keeping a chaotic schedule lately. Mostly thanks to dishonline(dot)com, a free streaming site run by DISH, my employer. It has a ton of shows and a lot of it is available to both customers and non-customers, so I certainly recommend checking it out. It’s been a lifesaver for me these past six months or so.

    Comment by Nosgoth1979 – February 8, 2012 08:31 AM PST  Reply To This Post

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