Maggie Lawson is getting back into law enforcement. The Psych star is joining the cast of Boston Blue, CBS’ Donnie Wahlberg-led offshoot of Blue Bloods, our sister site Deadline reports.
Lawson is playing Boston Police Department Superintendent Sarah Silver, the “strong-willed” and “decisive” stepsister of Detective Lena Silver (played by Sonequa Martin-Green). Per her official description, “Sarah is well aware of the tightrope she can walk sometimes between her job and her family.”
In addition to Wahlberg, reprising the role of Blue Bloods’ Danny Reagan, the cast of Boston Blue also includes Ernie Hudson (Quantum Leap) as Lena’s grandfather Reverend Peters, an “open-minded and welcoming” pastor of a historic Baptist church in Boston.
Airing Fridays at 10/9c this fall (premiere date TBA), Boston Blue finds Wahlberg’s Danny leaving New York City — and his family — to take a position with the Boston Police Department.
* Cobie Smulders has joined The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 — which is based on the sixth novel in the titular Michael Connelly series, The Law of Innocence — in an undisclosed role, Variety reports.
* Summer Howell (Cult of Chucky) is confirmed to headline Prime Video’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, with Matthew Lillard now set to play Principal Grayle, Deadline reports. Additionally, Samantha Sloyan (The Pitt) will play Carrie’s mother, Margaret, while Alison Thornton (School Spirits), Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), Amber Midthunder (Roswell, New Mexico), Josie Totah (The Buccaneers), Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Joel Oulette (Sullivan’s Crossing) and Thalia Dudek (Doctor Who) will fill other roles.
* Tyner Rushing (For All Mankind) has boarded Hulu’s limited series about the Murdaugh murders, Variety reports, playing Det. Laura Rutland, a lead investigator assigned to the case.
* Season 3 of Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt, still filming in Atlanta, has cast rapper Kash Doll as Nisha, the assistant and close friend of recurring guest star Rumer Willis’ Wendy (Ozzie’s stylist and confident girlfriend).
