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Check news on ABC’s midseason premiere dates, an Ugly Betty actress visiting How I Met Your Mother, Grimm casting news, Survivor, South Park, Pan Am, Two and Half Men, Showtime’s new show House of Lies, plus more.
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- Here’s the midseason premiere dates for ABC’s new shows. Source
- How I Met Your Mother producers have found a new girlfriend for Barney. gly Betty scene-stealer Becki Newton is joining the CBS sitcom as a potential love interest for Neil Patrick Harris. Newton will recur throughout the show’s current seventh season, with her first episode slated to air in January. Source
- Comedy Central has renewed South Park for three more seasons. Source
- NBC’s freshman thriller Grimm has cast Angel and Dollhouse alum Amy Acker as the fearsome Black Widow. Source
- CBS has ordered two more cycles (No. 25 and 26) of its long-running reality franchise Survivor to air during the 2012-13 season. Source
- Ashley Greene (Alice from the Twilight franchise) has booked a three-episode arc on ABC’s period drama Pan Am. She’ll play a debutante with a past connection to Ted (Michael Mosley). She’ll appear in the episode titled “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” that’ll air Dec. 4. Source
- Check a new exclusive photo of the renovated house on Two and a Half Men on TV Guide.
- Here’s the new trailer of Showtime’s House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. The new comedy series — also featuring Parks and Recreation scene stealer Ben Schwartz (aka Jean-Ralphio) — revolves around a corporate management consulting firm. But these guys aren’t playing by the rules.
