The Casting Couch

Amalia Zinser has been cast a surfer chick who will tempt the boys of America’s most famous zip code.

‘Alias’ and ‘Heroes’ favourite David Anders joins the cast of ‘24′, producers have a “contingency plan” incase the show wraps up or is renewed, and rumours of Audrey returning are seemingly put to rest.

John Hawkes and Hiroyuki Sanada are joining the cast of ‘Lost’ in its sixth and final season.

The ‘Alias’ and ‘Firefly’ alum is headed to the New York to appear in The CW’s ‘Gossip Girl’.

The ex-vampire is set to join the cast of the ‘Battlestar Galactica’ prequel, ‘Caprica’.

Magda Szubanski will host Ten’s new pop-culture quiz show, ‘The Spearman Experiment’, set to premiere this September.

Dominic Monaghan joined the producers and cast members of ‘FlashForward’ at Comic-Con for the official announcement.

The ‘Sopranos’ star is joining the cast of ‘Ugly Betty’ as Daniel’s new assistant.

Singer/actor Hilary Duff has joined the cast of The CW’s ‘Gossip Girl’ for a multi-episode arc during the series third season.

Noah Wyle will re-team with Spielberg (whose company was behind ‘ER’) on an untitled alien invasion pilot for TNT.

Jeri Ryan (‘Shark’) is joining the cast of ‘Leverage’ in a recurring role. The heist drama returns for its second season on July 15th on TNT.

Joanna Garcia (‘Privileged’) is returning to The CW next season with recurring role on the hit teen drama ‘Gossip Girl’.

‘Prison Break’ actor Robert Knepper joins the cast of ‘Heroes’ next season as the charismatic but evil new lead villain.

Freddie Prinze Jr. joins the cast of FOX’s hit action series ‘24′ as Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops.

Emmy award-winning actor, John Lithgow (‘3rd Rock from the Sun’), will join the cast of Showtime’s hit drama ‘Dexter’ next season.

Tom Williams will host the new series of ‘Sea Patrol’ premiering soon on the Seven Network.