News Roundup: Frances Conroy to Guest on 'Grey's Anatomy,' Jerry Stiller Visits 'Seinfeld' Home and More
by Chris Harnick, posted Aug 27th 2010 5:00PM
'Six Feet Under' star and Golden Globe winner Frances Conroy is scrubbing in for a guest stint on ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy.'According to TV Guide, Conroy will play Eleanor, a woman who blacks out just as she enters a laundromat to see her husband folding another woman's underwear. "Whether or not she really blacked out is an issue," 'Grey's Anatomy' creator Shonda Rhimes told TV Guide.
TV Guide is also reporting the season 6 DVD set of 'Grey's,' which hits shelves Sept. 14, will feature an extended version of the finale. In the additional 18 minutes, viewers will see Lexie get thrown out of an ambulance, Callie singing to a patient, Bailey giving a monologue to Mary (guest star Mandy Moore) and Mary's husband (Ryan Devlin) giving a speech about Mary.
In other TV news ...
• Investigation Discovery's new series 'Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?' received the network's highest ratings for a series premiere. The Wednesday night premiere was seen by 649,000 people. [Live Feed]
• 'Final Destination' star Devon Sawa will play Nikita's nemesis on the new CW show. Sawa will play Owen, a spy that has skills to match Nikita's. [Zap2It]
• Comedian and 'Louie' star Louis CK's new stand-up special will screen in 8 cities. On Sept. 8, viewers can head to locations in Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia to see it or wait for the special to air on Epix before heading to Comedy Central. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Allison Miller has joined the cast of Fox's 'Terra Nova.' Miller play Skye opposite Jason O'Mara in the prehistoric/time-traveling series from Steven Spielberg. The series has been pushed back until 2011. [Deadline Hollywood]
• Stars of The CW's 'The Vampire Diaries' are vamping it up in the latest promo pictures. Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev don black and white in the two new pictures. [Live Feed]
• Fans of 'Glee', be warned: Rachel Berry has new hair. Fox's promotional campaign for 'Glee' season 2 has the stars throwing slushies at the camera. [Entertainment Weekly]
• William Hurt has been cast as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in the HBO flick 'Too Big To Fail.' The project details what 2008 financial crisis. Curtis Hanson will direct. [Deadline Hollywood]
• 'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara isn't happy she wasn't asked to dub Gloria's lines in Spanish for the Latin American version of the show. Vergara said her friends have called her to complain. [Vulture]
• Lois Lane is getting crucified on 'Smallville.' The act is a reference to the series premiere which found Clark in the same situation. Check out photos of the event and John Schneider's return. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Jerry Stiller went to Queens to find the house that served as the exterior of his fictional home on 'Senifeld.' The results? Absolutely precious. Check out the video from the New York Daily News below.
