Casting News: Will Trent Ups Kevin Daniels To Regular, Strangers With Candy Reunion And More

Will Trent fans will be seeing a lot more of Franklin Wilks when the show returns in January.

Kevin Daniels, who has recurred as the APD detective — and Angie's sponsor — since Season 1, has been elevated to series-regular status ahead of Season 4, Deadline reports. He joins returning regulars Ramón Rodríguez (Will Trent), Erika Christensen (Angie Polaski), Iantha Richardson (Faith Mitchell), Jake McLaughlin (Michael Ormewood) and Sonja Sohn (Amanda Wagner).

As TVLine previously reported, Gina Rodriguez, who joined the ABC drama as a series regular ahead of Season 3, will not return for Season 4.

In other casting news...

* Elsbeth's Season 3 premiere (airing Sunday, Oct. 12) is staging a Strangers With Candy reunion: Per Deadline, Amy Sedaris will guest-star as the head writer of fictional late-night talk show Way Late With Scotty Bristol, whose namesake, as previously reported, will be played by Stephen Colbert. Additionally, Andy Richter will play Bristol's sidekick, while Lindsay Mendez (American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez) will play a police officer/aspiring stand-up comedian.

* Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will write and star in the single-camera comedy Do You Want Kids?, which has received a pilot order at ABC, per Deadline.

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