TVLine

TV BITES

TV Bites: Daniel Dae Kim Finds Life After Lost

DanielDaeKim225.jpg· Congratulations to Daniel Dae Kim for being the first Lost star to book a new series. The actor will continue his island living with a leading role in the Tiffany network’s Hawaii Five-O remake. Kim will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly, the sidekick role originally filled by Kam Fong. Three Rivers star Alex O’Loughlin is said to be in talks for the part of Detective Steve McGarrett. The remake hails from Fringe co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. [Reuters]

Michael Chiklis exercises his superpowers, Sheryl Crow visits Cougar Town, and more TV Bites after the jump.

· Michael Chiklis will star in ABC’s drama pilot No Ordinary Family, about an American family whose members all have “special abilities.” Dirty Sexy Money writing duo Greg Berlanti and Jon Feldman penned the script. [Reuters]

· Sheryl Crow will stop by ABC’s Cougar Town for an arc in March playing Grayson’s (Josh Hopkins) new girlfriend. [EW]

· In other casting news, ABC has tapped Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) to play a third-generation Chicago defense attorney in its pilot Matadors. Meanwhile, Jason Ritter has scored the lead in NBC’s drama pilot The Event, a thriller chronicled from multiple points of view that centers on a regular guy (Ritter) fighting his way through the mysterious circumstances of a larger conspiracy. [THR]

Related entries

Email this

Comments

I loathe the Kurtzman/Orci duo, but I would definitely watch Kim and O’Loughlin.

Post a comment

By the Numbers: weekend takes every Monday
Shutter Island Paramount
$22.67M
$75.54M
Cop Out Warner
$18.21M
$18.21M
Crazies Overture
$16.07M
$16.07M
Avatar Fox
$13.66M
$706.56M
Percy Jackson Fox
$9.58M
$71.00M
Valentine's Day Warner
$9.06M
$99.92M
Dear John Sony
$4.81M
$72.43M
Wolfman Universal
$4.26M
$57.38M
Tooth Fairy Fox
$3.43M
$53.84M
Crazy Heart Searchlight
$2.46M
$25.01M
Data courtesy of Rentrak