TVLine Items: Perry Mason Castings, Last Week Tonight Returns and More
Perry Mason is taking on a new case: Stranger Things vet Sean Astin will recur during Season 2 as Perry and Della’s new client Sunny Gryce, our sister site Deadline reports. The character is described as “a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield that is dueling supermarkets in town, and he’ll make sure he gets his money’s worth out of his fancy new attorneys.”
Additionally, Tommy Dewey (Pivoting, Casual) will appear in the recurring role of Brooks McCutcheon, the scion of the wealthiest oil family in Los Angeles.
The actors join previously cast series regular Katherine Waterston (the Fantastic Beasts movies, Alien: Covenant), who will play Ginny Aimes, a teacher at the private school attended by Perry’s son Teddy.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* NBC has cancelled the Lil Rel Howery-hosted game show Small Fortune after one season, per Deadline.
* Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) has joined Disney+’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast prequel series as Jean-Michel, a talented artist with a quick wit, per Deadline.
* Last Week Tonight With John Oliver will return for Season 9 on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 11/10c on HBO. Watch a trailer:
* Apple TV+ has released a teaser for the second half of Central Park Season 2, premiering Friday, March 4:
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
Jelani Alladin is Josh Gad’s love interest?
I’m still not over the ridiculous casting change in Central Park. The fact that they got rid of Kristen Bell is shameful. I didn’t see the outrage for the fact that Lizzy Caplan is playing a mixed race character on Inside Job.
I don’t think that piece said Mr. Alladin (he’s in the wrong Disney film!) was LeFou’s love interest. He looks like he’s out of LeFou’s league frankly but who knows what the story will reveal?
Yeah, it boggles the mind that LeFou would have stuck with Gaston if he could have dated that guy!
You can’t get over a decision that, by all accounts, was made mutually by the creative team and Kristen Bell? It was shameful to replace her with a Black performer? What an awful thing to have happened to you.