Once Upon a Time: Jorge Garcia, known to fans as bad luck-addled Lost favorite Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, will join fellow island alum Emilie de Ravin on ABC’s fairy tale drama in its second season. Although details are mum, Garcia will play a character known as ‘The Giant,’ which suggests a possible Jack and the Beanstalk relation in the show’s future. [EW]
Hart of Dixie: The Newsroom supporting player Kelen Coleman, who recently scored a gig on the TV Land pilot Brothers-in-Law, will join The CW’s Rachel Bilson-led doctoral drama in a recurring role as Presley, “a pretty but tomboyish beer distributor who, while at the Rammer Jammer, catches the eye of the newly single George” (Scott Porter). [TVLine]
Nashville: Kimberly Williams-Paisley (According To Jim) is set for a multi-episode arc on ABC’s new musical endeavor this fall. She’ll play Peggy, a former lover of Connie Britton‘s character’s husband Teddy (Eric Close). Will she stir up trouble, or come bearing pleasantries? We assume the former. [Deadline]
666 Park Avenue: ABC’s supernatural semi-thriller will get political when Tessa Thompson joins the cast as a recurring media consultant who tempts Henry (Dave Annable) and threatens Jane (Rachael Taylor). [Deadline]
Royal Pains: Another Lawson has been discovered! Hank (Mark Feuerstein) will treat his overweight cousin Owen when Charley Koontz (Community) shows up on USA’s Hamptons dramedy. Koontz is set for a two-episode arc. [Deadline]
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