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TV Castings: Camilla Luddington To Recur On ‘True Blood, Allison Mack On ‘Wilfred’, Constance Zimmer On ‘House Of Cards’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 8:14am PDTTags: Constance Zimmer, House of Cards, True Blood, Wilfred
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EXCLUSIVE: Camilla Luddington, who portrayed Kate Middleton in the Lifetime movie William and Kate, has landed a recurring role on the upcoming season of HBO’s vampire drama True Blood, which will have a special focus on fairies. Luddington will play Claudette, one of Claude’s (Giles Matthey) many sisters, who gives Sookie insight into what it means to be a faerie. The actress, repped by Progressive Artists, Main Title and attorney Scott Whitehead, most recently did a nine-episode on Showtime’s Californication, which wraps up a week from Sunday.

Smallville alumna Allison Mack has been tapped for a major recurring on the FX comedy series Wilfred. On the show, about Ryan (Elijah Wood) and his relationship with his neighbor’s dog Wilfred (Jason Gann), Mack will play Ryan’s new love interest, an attractive and edgy biochemist. This marks Mack’s first television role since Smallville where she also directed 2 episodes. She has since focused on theater, workshopping the Bobby Lopez musical Up Here with Josh Radnor, starring in a couple of off-Broadway productions and participating in The Public Theatre’s Shakespeare Lab. Mack is with Innovative Artists and Anonymous.

Constance Zimmer (Entourage) has booked a major recurring role in David Fincher’s Netflix drama series House Of Cards, a political thriller starring Kevin Spacey as Rep. Frank Underwood, the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives who after being passed over for Secretary of State hatches a plot to bring down the new president. Zimmer, repped by UTA and manager David Sweeney, will play a school journalist who gets involved in a political scandal. She recently wrapped features Baby Makers and St. Sebastian.

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Alan Ball To Step Down As ‘True Blood’ Showrunner

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 27, 2012 @ 5:37pm PSTTags: Alan Ball, True Blood
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If HBO’s hit vampire drama True Blood goes to a sixth season, it will be without its mastermind Alan Ball at the helm. HBO and Ball just confirmed ongoing speculation that Ball would leave the series full-time after the upcoming … Read More »

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Peter Mensah Cast In HBO’s ‘True Blood’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Monday February 13, 2012 @ 2:23pm PSTTags: HBO, True Blood

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Mensah will join True Blood in a recurring role as Kibwe, Chancellor for the Authority. Originally from Africa, Kibwe works toward mainstreaming under Roman’s tenure. In addition to previous and current incarnations of Spartacus on Starz, … Read More »

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‘Twilight’ Co-Star Christopher Heyerdahl Joins HBO’s ‘True Blood’ As Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 18, 2012 @ 8:49am PSTTags: HBO, True Blood, Twilight
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EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Heyerdahl, who plays an ancient vampire in the Twilight Saga movies, will now play one in another screen adaptation of a popular book series — this time on TV. Heyerdahl is joining HBO’s hit vampire drama True Blood … Read More »

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‘Law & Order: SVU’s Chris Meloni Joins HBO’s ‘True Blood’ As New Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 13, 2011 @ 5:40pm PSTTags: Chris Meloni, HBO, True Blood
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Former Law & Order: SVU star Chris Meloni has lined up his next series gig, a regular role on the upcoming fifth season of HBO’s drama True Blood. Series creator/executive producer Alan Ball told TVLine.com, which broke the news, … Read More »

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Two Join HBO’s ‘True Blood’ As Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 6:55pm PSTTags: True Blood
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EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Overton (The Ring Two) and Louis Herthum (The Last Exorsism) have landed major recurring roles on the HBO vampire drama True Blood. Overton has been booked for 6 … Read More »

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Lucy Griffiths Joins HBO’s ‘True Blood’ As New Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 2, 2011 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: HBO, Lucy Griffiths, True Blood, TV Castings
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British actress Lucy Griffiths has landed her first American series. The 25-year-old will join the upcoming season of HBO’s hit True Blood as a new regular. On Alan Ball’s vampire drama, she will play Nora, the centuries-old vampire “sister” of … Read More »

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Trio Of ‘True Blood’ Co-Executive Producers Sign Overall Deals With HBO

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 24, 2011 @ 5:57pm PDTTags: HBO, True Blood
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EXCLUSIVE: Three True Blood veterans, co-executive producers Alexander Woo, Raelle Tucker and Brian Buckner, have signed separate 2-year overall deals with HBO. Under the 2-year pacts, the three will continue as co-executive producers on the vampire drama for the upcoming fifth season. Additionally, the deals call for UTA-repped Woo and … Read More »

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GLAAD Study Lauds Fox, HBO For Programming Diversity

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 28, 2011 @ 5:30am PDTTags: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, Shameless, True Blood

September 28, 2011, Los Angeles, CA – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released the 16th annual Where We Are On TV report, a comprehensive review of scripted LGBT primetime characters in the 2011-2012 television season. After a significant increase last year, the number of regular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on broadcast networks experienced a decrease while the overall LGBT character count remains steady on cable television.

Complete results and report are available here: www.glaad.org/tvreport11. GLAAD uses these results with networks and industry leaders to discuss the state of LGBT images and discuss ways to include more diverse LGBT images.

“While the number of LGBT characters is down, some of the most popular shows with critics and viewers, such as Glee, True Blood and The Good Wife, weave storylines about gay and lesbian characters into the fabric of the show,” said GLAAD Acting President Mike Thompson. “Whether it’s the growing household of Mitchell and Cameron on Modern Family or the recent wedding of Callie and Arizona on Grey’s Anatomy, Americans expect to see the diversity of our country represented in their favorite programs and that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.”

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‘Entourage’ Finale Hits Season High, ‘Curb’ Has Most Watched Season Finale In 7 Years

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 11:12am PDTTags: Cable Ratings, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, HBO, True Blood
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The Sunday series finale of HBO’s Entourage drew 2.6 million viewers at 10:30 PM, a season high in total viewers. For the night, the Hollywood-centric comedy posted a total of 3.2 million for the two airings combined. (For an … Read More »

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It’s Official: HBO Renews ‘True Blood’ For Season 5

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 10:17am PDTTags: Alan Ball, HBO, True Blood, TV Renewal
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HBO just came out with an official release confirming the Season 5 renewal of Alan Ball’s hit vampire drama True Blood. The pickup has been considered a formality as the series’ writers are already working on Season 5 scripts and Ball let slip at TCA two weeks ago that he has signed a deal to return.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2011 – HBO has renewed the hit show TRUE BLOOD for a 12-episode fifth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.  Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes later this year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2012. “I am thrilled that TRUE BLOOD continues to enjoy a phenomenal reception from both subscribers and critics,” noted Lombardo.  “Alan Ball and his gifted team have devised the greatest thrill ride on TV.”

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Hits Ratings High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 19, 2011 @ 10:28am PDTTags: Curb Your Enthusiasm ratings, HBO, True Blood
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Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm climbed in the ratings in the second week of Season 8. On Sunday, the HBO comedy drew 1.9 million viewers at 10 PM, up 12% from the eighth season premiere the week before to log its most watched episode in more than 7 years, since … Read More »

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COMIC-CON: TV Series Will Be Out In Force

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 5, 2011 @ 12:51pm PDTTags: Alcatraz, Allen Gregory, Awake, Comic-Con, Comic-Con TV, Game of Thrones, Grimm, Ringer, Terra Nova, The Big Bang Theory, The Secret Circle, True Blood, Wilfred

Deadline Comic-Con TV Contributor Gary Hodges reports:

While a studio presence for movies is shaping up to be a little thin at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (save for notable exceptions like the Cowboys and Aliens premiere and a rumored Steven Spielberg pop-in), the television side of things doesn’t seem bad at all. In fact, it already is looking pretty meaty, promising to keep small-screen aficionados (and this Deadline writer) hustling if they want to see every panel the convention has to offer. The announcements are still rolling in and the official schedule is probably still a couple weeks away, but here are a few of the juicier tidbits about what to expect at the July 21-24 event that we’ve heard so far.

20th Century Fox has announced that it will be promoting at least 13 shows this year with panels, from the familiar (Bones, Family Guy, The Simpsons and Glee, all with their respective casts) to a handful of new offerings. Probably the one garnering the most interest is Terra Nova, the sci-fi drama that boasts Spielberg as an executive producer and a ballsy commitment from Fox, which has already ordered 13 episodes (said to cost about $4 million apiece). The show should find a receptive audience at the convention, as it tells the story of how Earth in the year 2149 is apparently so bad, time-traveling to 85 million years ago to be chased and eaten by expensive CGI dinosaurs is considered an improvement. Another new Fox offering that’s interesting and destined to be fodder for the talking heads is Allen Gregory, an animated series about the titular precocious 7-year-old boy (voiced by Judd Apatow-darling Jonah Hill) and his gay dads. There’s also an animated Napoleon Dynamite series on the way, with the film’s original cast returning to do the voice work, and Awake, a sci-fi drama about a detective (Jason Isaacs) who, after a car accident, finds he can occupy two parallel realities: one where his wife died in the crash, and a second where it was his son who perished. No word yet on which reality has Fox canceling every other new series because they poured all their money into Terra Nova’s gaping prehistoric mouth.

Warner Bros will also be there in force, with a 3,000-square-foot booth on the show floor and 16 shows in their lineup. Most of the shows are old standbys; then again, most are also beloved by the average convention-goer. The Big Bang Theory cast is always welcomed with enthusiasm, making their scheduled appearance a no-brainer. Likewise Chuck, Fringe, Nikita, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and curiously apostrophe-free Childrens Hospital all will have no problem finding happy, receptive attendees to fill seats for a chance to glimpse their favorite star in the flesh. As for new fare, the enigmatic drama Alcatraz opens present-day with 302 people — wardens and prisoners — suddenly reappearing in the infamous prison, 50 years after their mysterious disappearance. It also stars Lost alumnus Jorge Garcia as a “hippie geek” Alcatraz expert, a challenging-sounding role that I hope he’s up for. Person of Interest is a sci-fi series about a computer program that predicts future crime victims (sounding a bit like Minority Report, but minus the precognitive crack babies who sit in a bathtub all day) and the former CIA agent (Jim Caviezel) who is tasked with trying to solve the crimes. Lastly, WB will roll out The Secret Circle, a young-adult fantasy-horror-romance series based on the book of the same name. In the series, teenaged Cassie (played by Britt Robertson) discovers she comes from a family of witches. Oh, and love; she also discovers love. Read More »

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Comic-Con 2011: HBO Unveils ‘Game Of Thrones’ & ‘True Blood’ Panels

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 3:32pm PDTTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, True Blood

HBO announced its Game Of Thrones will make its debut this year at Comic-Con, just days before production on Season 2 begins in Northern Ireland, and True Blood will make its fourth consecutive appearance in San Diego this July. The Game Of Thrones panel … Read More »

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‘True Blood’s Rutina Wesley Lands Lead In Harrowing Rwanda Tale ‘Left To Tell’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 9, 2011 @ 7:51am PDTTags: True Blood
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EXCLUSIVE: Just as a new season of True Blood returns to HBO, Rutina Wesley has been set to star in Left To Tell, a biopic about Immaculee Ilibagiza that’s based on her betselling memoir. The project is set up at … Read More »

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HBO CASTINGS: Alice Eve To Recur On ‘Entourage’, Ana Ortiz On ‘Hung’ & More

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 20, 2011 @ 4:20pm PDTTags: Alice Eve, Ana Ortiz, Entourage, HBO, Hung, Peter Macdissi, True Blood
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EXCLUSIVE: She’s Out Of My League star Alice Eve has been tapped for a four-episode arc on the upcoming final season of the HBO comedy series Entourage. In a role created for her, she will play a journalist assigned to write a profile piece on Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) who subsequently becomes a possible love interest for the actor. Brit Eve, repped by UTA, U.K’s ARG and Untitled, recently wrapped Men in Black III and next stars in Rogue Pictures’ The Raven and Lionsgate’s ATM.

Ugly Betty alumna Ana Ortiz is set for a multi-episode arc on another HBO comedy series, Hung. She will play a woman with serious anger issues who becomes a client of part-time male prostitute Ray (Thomas Jane). He ends up helping her deal not only with her voracious sexual appetite but also supporting her strong emotional needs. Ortiz, repped by Gersh, manager Geordie Frey and attorney Brad Small, recently starred in the Fox comedy pilot Outnumbered. Read More »

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HBO Sets Premiere Dates For ‘True Blood’, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ And ‘Entourage’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 1, 2011 @ 11:58am PDTTags: Entourage, HBO, premiere dates, True Blood
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HBO has set its original-series summer schedule. The 12-episode fourth season of True Blood will premiere on Sunday, June 26, at 9 PM. The 10-episode eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm will debut on Sunday, July 10, at 10 PM, … Read More »

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“Virtually All” HBO Programming Now Online

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 2, 2011 @ 10:40am PSTTags: Cable TV Online, Entourage, HBO Boardwalk Empire, HBO GO, HBO Online, HBO The Sopranos, Sex and the City, True Blood, TV
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HBO has vastly expanded its offerings online on the site HBO GO. More than 1,400 titles will now be available, up from 600 titles previously. That represents “virtually all” of HBO’s programming inventory, including current and former signature series like True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Entourage, The Sopranos and Sex and … Read More »

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HBO Series ‘True Blood’ And ‘Luck’ Add Recurring Players

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 15, 2011 @ 2:00pm PSTTags: Alan Ball, HBO Luck, HBO True Blood, Luck, Luck Casting, True Blood, True Blood Casting, True Blood Season 4, TV, TV Deals
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Daniel Buran (Level 26: Dark Origins) has joined the cast of Alan Ball’s vampire drama True Blood for a meaty seven-episode arc on the upcoming fourth season. The actor, repped by Rebel and Leverage, will play Raoul, the werewolf packmaster … Read More »

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