Ken Olin will be back in front of the camera on ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” as David, Entertainment Weekly reports. David will return sometime after the sixth episode to mend fences with Holly (played by his real-life wife, Patricia Wettig)…
Carol Potter will play a recurring role on the upcoming season of ABC Family’s “Greek,” TV Guide reports. She will play a ZBZ alumna who has a pivotal role in Casey’s future, the magazine says. Potter portrayed Cindy Walsh on…
Lionsgate and Disney-ABC have partnered to distribute titles from the ABC library, beginning with “According to Jim: Season One” on Oct. 21, Media Daily News reports. The agreement also includes DVD releases for “Hope & Faith,” “8 Simple Rules ……
Max von Sydow will join the cast of Showtime’s “The Tudors” as Cardinal Von Waldburg, Daily Variety reports. He will appear in four episodes during the upcoming third season of the drama, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Alex Hardcastle will direct Comedy Central’s “Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire,” Daily Variety reports. Hardcastle will helm all six episodes of the Middle Ages-set comedy, which is being eyed for an early 2009 debut, the newspaper says….
Media Rights Capital has tapped Hunter Ellis to host its upcoming reality show “In Harm’s Way,” which will air on The CW, Daily Variety reports. The company also has added the Canadian series “4Real” to its Sunday night block on…
Time Warner said that its second-quarter net income fell 26% largely because of lower profits at its troubled AOL unit, the Wall Street Journal reports. Profits were up 18% at its TV networks segment which includes Turner Broadcasting and HBO….
Laurence Fishburne is in discussions to replace William Petersen as the star of CBS’s top-rated procedural “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The search for a new character on the series has been kept very hush-hush by CBS…
NBC is planning to air a half-hour special hyping its primetime lineup on the multiple platforms it controls, TelevisionWeek reports. “The NBC Primetime Preview” will appear on cable, on demand, on local stations and on the Web. The network has…