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Allison Janney The Big C

Posted: 02/15/2012 1:16 pm

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Allison Janney is stopping by "The Big C." The "West Wing" veteran will guest star in Season 3 of the Showtime series starring Laura Linney as a woman with cancer.

According to Showtime, Janney will play a Hollywood producer who wants to purchase Cathy (Linney) and Paul's (Oliver Platt) life rights to use in a film.

The third season of "The Big C" kicks of on Sun., April 8, 9:30 p.m. EST on Showtime. Other Season 3 guest stars include Susan Sarandon and Victor Garber. Janney recently booked a role in the NBC pilot "Friday Night Dinner."

In other casting news ...

"One Tree Hill" star Sophia Bush will star in a new CBS comedy. The comedy follows two good friends -- Louis, a gay man and Charlie, a straight man. Bush will star as Charlie's girlfriend. [TVLine]

Henry Winkler is coming to "Up All Night." The "Happy Days" veteran will play Ava's (Maya Rudolph) father. [THR]


Daniela Bobadilla will play Charlie Sheen's daughter on "Anger Management." Bobadilla will co-star opposite Shawnee Smith and Selma Blair in the FX comedy. [EW]

"Lost" actors Jeff Fahey and Kevin Tighe will guest star on USA Network's "Common Law." Fahey will play a booze-loving detective and Tighe will play a missing persons detective in the new buddy cop series. [EW]

Zach McGowan is getting a "Shameless" promotion. McGowan will be a series regular on the Showtime series for its third season set to begin production this summer. [THR]

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MikeDu
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02:06 AM on 02/16/2012
Whatever happened to that mid-season show she was on recently, 'Mr. Sunshine'? The show only aired 13 episodes and simple disappeared with 4 episodes still left to air. It was certainly a lot funnier than 'the New Girl'. In one of the last episodes Janney got to sing with James Taylor. She's a better singer than an actress - and she's a good actress.
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devinmcmusters
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03:34 PM on 02/15/2012
She needs to join a network tv show so we can all see her! yum yum
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