A Bon Temps babe will be
New Girl Jess’ Valentine.
True Blood star Ryan Kwanten is set to drunkenly woo Zooey Deschanel’s character on the Valentine’s Day-themed installment of Fox’s hit freshman comedy.
According to
E! Online, Kwanten is filling the role
TVLine told you about last week: Oliver, a potential one-night stand whom Jess meets at a bar on the romance-centric holiday. Thing is, Jess’ new guy is as dull as his abs are defined.
Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…
• Perfect casting alert! Dean Winters — who in recent years has shined as Dennis, the deadbeat ex of
30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon — will play Will Arnett’s über-competitive brother on NBC’s
Up All Night, per
TV Guide Magazine.
• Showtime has ordered a second season of Lisa Kudrow’s half-hour comedy
Web Therapy. The upcoming run — which set to debut in 2012 — will be made up of
at least 10 episodes and feature guest appearances by Conan O’Brien, Minnie Driver, Rosie O’Donnell, Molly Shannon, Selma Blair and Oscar winner Meryl Streep.
• VH1′s
Single Ladies has officially replaced the departing Stacey Dash with
All My Children alumna Denise Vasi. Season 2 of the primetime soap is set to bow next summer.
• Is everyone ready for a little
Jersey Shore Shark Attack?
EW.com has gotten their hands on the cast list for Syfy’s upcoming original movie (to air next summer), and it includes Tony Sirico (
The Sopranos), Paul Sorvino (
Goodfellas), Jack Scalia (
All My Children), Joey Fatone (‘N Sync), William Atherton (
Die Hard) and, of course, actual
Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino.
• CBS is revamping the names of two of its upcoming series:
¡Rob!, the Rob Schneider family comedy, will now be (less excitedly) known as
Rob, and the midseason cop drama
The 2-2 is now
NYC 22.
This article was written by Megan Masters.
Link to the original article:
Ryan Kwanten to Guest Star on New Girl, Dean Winters Cast in Season 1 Episode of Up All Night
