A member of Jason Katims’ Friday Night Lights Repertory Company is headed back to NBC.
Katims has tapped Adrianne Palicki to join the cast of his new Peacock comedy About a Boy, TVLine has confirmed. She will play Dr. Samantha Lake, a love interest for David Walton’s longtime bachelor Will, in roughly seven episodes. Boy is set to bow on Feb. 21.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news.
Palicki will next be seen in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, which premieres on Robert Rodriguez’ The El Rey Network on March 11.
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* ABC Family’s The Fosters this Monday hit series highs in total viewers (with 2.7 million of ’em) and in the 18-49, 18-34 and 12-34 demos.
* Transporter The Series is headed to U.S. soil via TNT. The cabler has acquired rights to air Season 1 of the movie franchise-spawning show beginning next fall. It stars Chris Vance (Rizzoli & Isles).
* HBO is steering clear of next week’s Super Bowl. The cabler announced that the Feb. 2 episodes of Girls and Looking will air one day earlier than usual, on Saturday, Feb. 1. from 10-11 pm, to avoid going up against The Big Game. True Detective, meanwhile, will be pre-empted altogether.
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