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Casting News: black-ish Star Joins Boston Blue, Carrie TV Series Adds 14 and More
Marcus Scribner has copped a major new role: The black-ish star has joined the cast of Boston Blue, CBS' Donnie Wahlberg-led Blue Bloods offshoot.
Per Variety, Scribner will play rookie officer Jonah Silver, the youngest member of a law enforcement family that also includes his mother, District Attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben); his sister, Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green); and his stepsister, Boston Police Department Superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson). Ernie Hudson also co-stars as Jonah's grandfather, Reverend Edwin Peters.
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Airing Fridays at 10/9c this fall, Boston Blue finds Detective Danny Reagan (Wahlberg) leaving New York City and his family to take a position with BPD. There, he will be partnered with the aforementioned Lena Silver. A premiere date has not yet been announced.
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In other recent casting news:
* Prime Video's Carrie TV series, from executive producer Mike Flanagan, has added the following 14 guest stars, per Deadline: Flanagan vets Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint and Danielle Klaudt, as well as Heather Graham (Chosen Family), Tim Bagley (The Perfect Couple), Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica), Mapuana Makia (Doogie Kamealoha M.D.), newcomer Rowan Danielle, Naika Toussaint (Washington Black), Delainey Hayles (Interview With the Vampire) and Cassandra Naud (Influencer).
* Guest judges for Freeform's Project Runway revival (premiering Thursday, July 31) include Sofía Vergara, Tyra Banks, Nikki Glaser, Sara Foster, Real Housewives of New York City's Jenna Lyons, model Joan Smalls, singer Mickey Guyton, and designers Christian Cowan, Zac Posen, Harris Reed and Michael Kors, E! Online reports.
* D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place) is the latest addition to Peacock's forthcoming series adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend, per Variety. She joins previously announced series regulars Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny and Gemma Chan.
* Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark) is joining J.K. Simmons and Titus Welliver in MGM+'s The Westies. She will play Birdie Polk, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Gambino Task Force, Deadline reports.
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