here's a couple updates on what may be happening on some of tv's top series. that's right, they're just rumors (well, some are confirmed) but they're big ones. first up? abc's brothers and sisters. this show has always performed strongly in the ratings, but some big changes may be ahead for the show. it's been confirmed that the current season will be star rob lowe's last. apparently lowe felt he was being under utilized on the series and could get more elsewhere. ok, well you're on an ensemble drama - story arcs come and go, you would have been used sometime later on! the other reason for lowe's exit is reportedly that on-screen wife calista flockhart has asked the creative team behind b&s to cut back her hours next season, hopefully from 3-4 days a week to only 1 or 2. now where can i get that gig? producers supposedly turned down flockhart's request as her story line next season is set to be lesser anyway, requiring her to work less without altering her contract. flockhart and lowe's characters will allegedly divorce by season's end after kitty's (calista) recovery from cancer. lowe has reportedly been in negotiations to head up the cast of the criminal minds spin-off set to launch next fall on cbs. the other big rumor surrounding this abc drama is that there will be a complete cast overhaul. well, only technically. the cast will be reintroduced as younger versions of themselves in a multi-episode flashback. the alphabet net is tapping some pretty big starts to fill the roles of the walker family. the biggest? joe jonas. the already-under-contract disney star is set to play a younger version of balthazar getty, who will be returning to the dramedy later this season.
other big names included in the recast include kay panabaker (another sometimes-disney star who was recently featured in the fame remake) as a younger version of flockhart and rachel leigh cook (she's all that - yeah, she's still working!) as matriarch sally field. this should be interesting. it really just seems like a spring sweeps rating attempt, but i'm guessing it will pay off ... now for some fast castings. virginia madsen has signed on to play the head of a family of small town criminals for abc's scoundrels. the show will focus on the family's attempt to go straight after the death of their father ... sarah chalke (scrubs) is returning to abc as the star of freshmen, about three newbie politicians trying to balance their new high powered careers and relationships in d.c. should be good as it comes from one half of the creative force behind how i met your mother, another show chalke has worked on. they're still waiting to cast the two male leads of the series.
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