Helfer Lands Killer Role: Former Battlestar Galactica badass Tricia Helfer has landed the lead in Killer Women, ABC’s drama pilot about the only female in the male-dominated Texas Ranger Division. Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the project — which counts Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara among its producers — finds Helfer playing Molly Parker, a beautiful and ballsy Ranger who knows how to get the truth and isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there. [TVLine]
Welcome to Nashville, B*tch: Chris Carmack is joining ABC’s country-music drama Nashville for the last six episodes of its first season. The O.C. grad will recur as Will, a new neighbor who befriends Scarlett and her new roommate Gunnar. [TVLine]
The Job Fired After Two Episodes: CBS pulled The Job from its schedule after just two episodes. The competition show about people vying for employment struggled in ratings and Undercover Boss will return to the 8 p.m. Friday time slot this week. [THR]
Doctor Who Origin Movie Casting: Reece Shearsmith has been cast as actor Patrick Troughton in the TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time, which details the creation of Doctor Who. Troughton was the second actor to play the Time Lord in the long-running time travel show, taking over the role from William Hartnell in 1966. [EW]
From Zombies to Rapists: The Walking Dead‘s Lauren Cohan has just been cast in a Law & Order: SVU episode centered around the legitimate rape controversy created by Senate nominee Todd Akin, R-Miss. during the 2012 election. Cohan will play Avery Jordan, a popular sports reporter who accuses her cameraman of raping her. When she learns she’s pregnant from the encounter, she opts to keep the baby. The role of the cameraman has yet to be cast and the episode will air in late March. [THR]
O’Hara Joins Comedy Pilot: Catherine O’Hara has joined Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot To My Future Assistant. Based on the blog and upcoming book To My Assistant by Lydia Whitlock, To My Future Assistant revolves around the assistants at a big New York law firm who band together as a family to help each other cope with the obnoxious overbearing bosses who test their sanity on a daily basis. O’Hara will play Magda, an accomplished, stylish and powerful lawyer, the kind of woman who pretends to be your friend — but isn’t. [Deadline]
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