Joey McIntyre Heads to Beverly Hills: In today’s ’90s news, former New Kids on the Block-er Joey McIntyre will guest star on The CW’s reboot of 90210. McIntyre will play a music manager who does business with Tristan Wilds‘ character, Dixon. It is scheduled to air in February of 2013, though this probably should have aired in 1993, replacing the words ‘Tristan Wilds’ with ‘Brian Austin Green.’ [EW]
Entertainment Tonight Nabs a Co-Host: Nancy O’Dell can breathe a sigh of relief — she won’t be going at it alone anymore. CNN’s Rob Marciano was named co-anchor of CBS’ Entertainment Tonight today, as Mark Steines ended his 17-year tenure last July. [Deadline]
Michael Bay Gets Some New Neighbors: For once, Michael Bay plus aliens will NOT equal explosions. Bay is set to guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC’s recently picked-up aliens-next-door comedy The Neighbors, as himself. He’ll run into Jami Gertz‘s character (a human) at a club — but we’re sure some extraterrestrial hijinks will ensue. [TVLine]
Matthew Lillard Tries Journalism: FX’s pilot The Bridge keeps sounding better and better. They’ve already cast Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir as American and Mexican agents going after the same killer, and now Matthew Lillard has joined the cast as Daniel Frye, a cocky reporter who likes to paaarrrrtttaaayyy. Homeland‘s Meredith Stiehm and Hawaii Five-0‘s Elwood Reid are set to exec produce the pilot, and if it goes to series, Lillard will heavily recur. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Fringe Alum Gets Arrow-ed: My fellow Fringe-ies and Arrow lovers, rejoice! Lincoln Lee Seth Gabel has joined the Arrow cast as a “scary and nightmarish” super-villain modeled after the DC Comics character Vertigo. Now, Gabel will not be playing Vertigo himself — they’re similar, but don’t have the same name, and TVLine says Gabel’s version will have a dark, Christopher Nolan-esque vibe. However, a new drug called Vertigo will pop up in the Sterling City streets, in Gabel’s early 2013 debut episode. Our money’s on Oliver Queen thinking this drug has failed his city. [TVLine]
Vampire Diaries and Arrow Unite: Well, their showrunners will, anyway. Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti — the showrunners behind TVD and Arrow, respectively — have teamed up for a CW remake of The Tomorrow People, a British cult classic from the ’70s. The original featured several young people who represented the next phase of humanity, all possessing different powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate telepathically with each other. We imagine the CW version will feature more shirtless scenes than the original, and are very excited. [Deadline]
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