TV News: happiness edition

More Baby Bumps
Sarah Chalke (Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother), Judy Reyes (Scrubs) and Amy Ryan (The Office) are all pregnant! That bring How I Met Your Mother's count to 3 babies in little more than a year. More new and expecting parents in the TV world include Elizabeth Hasselbeck (The View), Jennifer Hudson (American Idol), Tom Colicchio (Top Chef), Kourtney Kardashian (Keeping Up With the Kardashians), Kendra Wilkinson (Kendra), Rob and Amber Mariano (Survivor, The Amazing Race), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty, Extras), Molly Ringwald (Secret Life of the American Teenager), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters, Six Feet Under), Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl), Holly Marie Combs (Charmed), Parminder Nagra (ER), Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Julie Bowen (Boston Legal), Chyler Leigh (Grey's Anatomy), Jill Scott (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), Josh Holloway (Lost), Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, How I Met Your Mother) and Alexis Denisof (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills 90210), Freddie Prinze Jr. (24) and Sarah Michelle Geller (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Nicole Richie (The Simple Life), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), and David Boreanaz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones)

Super Excellent Casting News

My TV's favourite person in the world, Kate Winslet, is attached to a miniseries that is currently being pitched to all the cable heavy hitters like HBO. I wonder if Ricky Gervais has any tips for Emmy winning!

The Daily Show's Lewis Black is set to appear on The Big Bang Theory in the fall.

Evan Rachel Wood's True Blood guest arc starts August 30. From the pictures, it looks pretty freaking awesome.

The man Felicity should have picked, Scott Foley, will guest star on Law & Order: SVU.

Scheduled guest star Virginia Madsen is planning on bringing some life to Monk's final season.
Ugly Betty's signed a post-idol Paula Abdul for a high-profile guest spot.

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Matt Saracen lives in Dillon a little bit longer: Zach Gilford signs on to extend his character arc in Friday Night Lights' 4th season from 5 to 7 episodes.