One of Juliette Barnes’ former leading men is returning for an encore.

Derek Hough, who appeared in Nashville‘s third season as Juliette’s co-star in a Patsy Cline biopic, is coming back to the ABC drama as Noah West, E! Online reports.

Specific details about Hough’s comeback are being kept under wraps; considering Noah was M.I.A. for the biopic’s big premiere, we’re curious to see what will bring him back into the fold.

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* Rick Eid, who worked as a co-executive producer on Law & Order and a supervising producer on Law & Order: Trial By Jury, has been tapped to succeed Warren Leight as the new showrunner of Law & Order: SVU for its upcoming 18th season, per The Hollywood Reporter.

* American Idol Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks has been cast in Kevin Williamson’s ABC pilot Time After Time, our sister site Deadline reports. Based on the 1979 Karl Alexander novel, the series follows a young H.G. Wells (played by UnREAL‘s Freddie Stroma) in New York City. Sparks will play Jesse Givens, a fashion designer and roommate of Wells’ love interest.

* WGN America has renewed Outsiders for a second season.