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TV Casting: CONFIRMATION, MADOFF, Rob Morrow in AMERICAN CRIME STORY

American Crime Story: The People Vs O.J. Simpson (FX)

Rob Morrow (Texas Rising) is the latest to join the cast of FX’s American Crime Story: The People Vs O.J. Simpson. He will play Barry Scheck, the co-founder of the Innocence Project who is called upon by O.J.’s defense team for his DNA expertise.

Confirmation (HBO)

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Current U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was a key player in the explosive 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. He will be portrayed by Greg Kinnear in Confirmation…Also joining the cast of the project are Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright and Alison Wright.

As then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden presided over the Thomas hearings, and there had been speculation over the years that he might have gotten intimidated, cutting the hearings short and not calling additional witnesses while allowing Hill, who had come forward to accuse Thomas of sexual harassment, to be attacked mercilessly by other senators.

One of those additional witnesses who might have changed the outcome of the hearing was Angela Wright (Hudson). Dubbed “the other woman,” Wright was prepared to testify that she too was sexually harassed by Thomas, but she never was called. Jeffrey Wright will play Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who represented Hill at the hearing.

Alison Wright will play Thomas’ wife, attorney Virginia “Ginni” Thomas. She also plays a key part in the saga. It was a bizarre voice message she left for Hill in 2010, asking Hill to apologize to her husband, that thrust the story back into the spotlight.

Suits (USA)

John Pyper-Ferguson has landed a major recurring role in the upcoming fifth season of USA’s Suits. He will play Jack, a partner at the law firm and new head of the firm’s Compensation Committee. He will have to work with the on-going power struggle between Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Louis (Rick Hoffman).

Fuller House (Netflix)

Bob Saget is set to reprise his role as the squeaky-clean patriarch Danny Tanner in Fuller House.

After confirmation that Lori Loughlin and Dave Coulier are going to return and the Olsen twins aren’t, Saget really was the last piece of the puzzle.

Madoff (ABC)

Erin Cummings (The Iceman) has signed on for a lead role opposite Richard Dreyfuss in ABC’s miniseries Madoff. Cummings will play Eleanor Squillari, personal secretary to Bernie Madoff’s (Dreyfuss)

Gotham (Fox)

Nicholas D’Agosto was cast in a recurring role as Harvey Dent/Two Face in the first season of Fox’s Gotham with an option to become a regular in Season 2, and now the network has exercised that option. D’Agosto will return for the second season as a regular in the role.

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Shadowhunters (ABC Family)

Jon Cor (Dark Matter) has been cast in a recurring role on ABC Family’s straight-to-series drama Shadowhunters. He will play Hodge Starkweather, a weapons trainer at the Shadowhunters New York Institute and a former Circle member.

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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