TV Bits: The Tonight Show, Hatfields And McCoys, Homeland, Dexter, Zorro, Smash, Justified, Glee, House Of Lies
By Germain Lussier/Dec. 18, 2012 3:15 pm EST
Just to get this out of the way, both TV Line and Entertainment Weekly have some quotes from the cast and crew of Homeland teasing what could happen in season 3. As I have yet to see season 2 (Free Showtime preview in January FTW!!) I’m just going to point you in that direction.
Okay, that’s a load off my mind. Back to your regularaly scheduled TV bits. First up, The NY Daily News reports NBC is quietly grooming Jimmy Fallon to take over The Tonight Show once Jay Leno’s contract runs out in 2014. It’s still a ways off, but this is interesting to say the least.
Adam Brody – best known for his role on The OC but who has also appeared in Cop Out, Jennifer’s Body and more will join the second season of Showtime’s House of Lies with Don Cheadle. Brody will play the owner of an adult-toy company. Kinky news thanks to TV Line.
History Channel had a big hit earlier this year with the Bill Paxton/Kevin Costner mini-series Hatfields and McCoys, based on one of America’s most famous feuds. Now, according to Deadline, the channel has begun to develop a reality show based on the descendants of the two families.
Another comedy returning soon is NBC’s Whitney and, not only is it coming back, it’ll have three extra episodes. According to Deadline the show will now have a 16-episode second season.
The USA Network is reportedly developing a new show called Z, which will take the myth of Zorro and update it for modern day Los Angeles. Executive produced by Naren Shankar and Louis Leterrier the show should know its fate by February. Read more over at Variety.
Back to spoiler territory, TV Line spoke with the stars of Dexter about the season seven finale and what could happen next year. Obviously, we don’t want to spoil anything so head there for more.
Here’s a look at the stars of the second season of NBC’s Smash, which returns February 5. Thanks to TV Overmind.
Finally, TV Line reports that Sam Anderson, best known as Bernard on Lost, has joined the upcoming season of FX’s Justified. He’ll play a “rugged funeral director.”
