18 Dec 2014 12:05 AM PT
By Matt Webb Mitovich / December 17 2014, 10:48 AM PST
TVLine’s Matt has teases for us on various shows. See below for excerpts.
I missed seeing DiNozzo Sr. during NCIS‘ holiday episodes. Will he be back at all this season? –Diane
You have great timing, because when I asked showrunner Gary Glasberg about it the other day, he and the writers happened to be in the process of breaking the episode that brings Tony’s dad back for another encore, with an eye on a possible March airdate. “We’re actually planning to see Mr. Robert Wagner a couple of times this season,” he added.
Will Laura Allen’s NCIS: New Orleans character become a “love interest” for Agent Pride, now that she is widowed and he is divorced? I thought they had great chemistry and would love to see it develop. –Loretta
Let’s allow the widow to weep just a bit, yes? Exec producer Gary Glasberg allowed that such a match-up is “very feasible” though not on the drawing board, yet. “We’re in the process of figuring out our Back 9 right now,” he said, “but we’ve been so pleased with everybody we’ve had on the guest cast.”
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Any scoop on Nashville? —Suzanne
Will’s about to find out that being gay and a popular country music artist don’t have to be mutually exclusive. The ABC soap is casting the recurring role of Kevin Shay, an openly gay singer-songwriter who is one of the most successful in all of Nashville. Kevin is described as handsome, tough — a “man’s man.” Which we think is code for “Will’s new man.”
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You’re so good to us Hawaii Five-0 fans. Care to be good to us some more? –SCDL
You know how Melina Kanakaredes will be guest-starring in a Spring 2015 episode? Here’s the 411 on her role: The CSI: NY alum is playing Karen, a Special Agent with the ATF who is tracking a serial arsonist with whom, we come to find out, she has a personal vendetta.
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What’s the deal with Mindy Kaling’s mysterious black-and-white photos of her as a nurse and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chris Messina dancing? Can we expect a 1940s dream sequence episode of The Mindy Project? –Amy
I can hereby confirm that… no, those fun photos are from something unrelated to the Fox comedy. But as a consolation prize, I can scoop for you that the role of Danny’s younger half-sister Dani – who was briefly glimpsed last season — apparently is being recast. To that end, the show is seeking a 12- or 13-year-old to play a restless and surly Goth type.