Casting News; Comic-Con Tips; Cancellations and Renewals

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

- Farrah from Teen Mom may be the next Charlie's Angel.

- Mike Vogel is taking on a lead role in PanAm.

- Kal Penn, who notably left his role on House to pursue a non-entertainment career for the Obama administration, is returning to television on How I Met Your Mother. I am not thrilled. It's also looking like Season 8 (2012-2013) will be the finale for the show. I'm okay with that.

- on a related note, Neil Patrick Harris is going to be a guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance.

- Speaking of House, Cuddy's been out, but Chase has re-signed. Thirteen is still up in the air.

- Tons of giveaways happen at Comic-Con, one of which are these bags from the WB. Um, and they're giving away a car.

- And, if you can't be at the Con, watch what you can on G4!

- If I wasn't going to the Con, I might've been heading to the San Francisco casting call for The Price is Right contestants! (it's way out in the middle of nowhere and not in the city though!) Other cities follow.

- Netflix won't be streaming any more episodes from NBC.

- Aubrey from 16 and Pregnant was caught shoplifting some makeup.

- Wall $t. Wives is seeking cast members.

- TNT canceled Men of a Certain Age.

- Teen Wolf was renewed. So was Single Ladies.

- The Gosselins went to Mount Rushmore... maybe that'll be seen on a future episode of Kate Plus Eight.

- Season 4 of Merlin will be on SyFy in 2012.

-FX picked up American Horror Story, to premiere in October with 13 episodes.

- Charlie Sheen will be in a show called Anger Management, based on the 2003 film. No network is attached yet.

- And, as a reminder, Doug will be returning to television. I'm excited.

Royal Wedding Info, Renewals, Etc.

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Just in case you wanted to hear more about William & Kate's wedding (you know, since I haven't talked about it since Sunday), there's been a lot of coverage of the Royal Wedding in the past week. And, that makes sense, quite frankly. Some of it has been pretty interesting... on the "50 Things you Should Know about the Royal Wedding," I learned some cool facts, like the fact that it would take Kate four minutes to walk down the aisle at Westminster Abbey. Two of Kate's exes were invited; four of Will's were. The Obamas did not receive invitations. Fergy wasn't invited, either. Kate's ring (formerly Diana's) is an 18-carat sapphire. There are some crazy items out there for the wedding, including a book on knitting replicas of those involved. The wedding is rumored to be costing $30 million, most of which will be the Queen's responsibility, though the Middletons are shelling out $100k, and Prince Charles is covering the evening reception. Diana and Charles' wedding (adjusted for inflation) was $70 million. And, Kate and Will are 12th cousins already, once removed. Oh, and here's the itinerary from the big day.

VH1 has a new hour-long scripted series coming out, entitled, Single Ladies. There will be a movie to premiere the idea on May 30th, and the series begins June 6th.

Two and a Half Men is being rebooted without Charlie Sheen. 

The triple crossover for FOX's Animation Domination didn't happen. In light of the devastating tornadoes across the country, FOX opted to pull the hurricane episodes that linked Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. No new date has been given yet.

USA's Fairly Legal got renewed for another season.

Army Wives also got renewed. 

FOX's Bones did, too. and, it was announced via Twitter.

Jamie OIiver's Food Revolution didn't have as good an outcome... it's been pulled for the month and will burn off Friday nights in June.