TV Chatting

Former Moonlighting star and four-time Emmy nominee Cybill Shepherd will guest on the season premiere of  Samantha Who? on Monday, Oct. 13. Also on the episode will be Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas. Sam ( Christina Applegate) enters a dance competition with her mom, Regina (Jean Smart), in hopes of beating Regina’s rival Paula, played by Shepherd. Paula, however, has hired a ringer (Ballas) to help her win.

Grey’s Anatomy is adding several new recurring players. L Word alum Janina Gavankar will join the cast as a new intern and Journeyman star Kevin McKidd will play a former Iraq doctor and love interest for Cristina. Also cast is Brandon Scott who will play a "junior McDreamy," according to EW’s Ausiello.

Former LOST actress Tania Raymonde, who played Ben’s dearly departed daughter, Alex, is joining the cast of Cold Case as a lab tech and potential love interest for Danny Pino.

Another Olympian is trying her hand at acting. Gymnast Nastia Lukin will guest on an episode of Gossip Girl. She is set to begin filming in mid-October. 

Gary Cole (Desperate Housewives) has been cast as the Sarah’s con-man father on Chuck. His guest spot will air during November sweeps.

Breckin Meyer will guest star on House later this season as a struggling artist whose disease causes him to get wildly aggressive. Of course, House and his crew set out to solve his medical mystery. Meyer and his buddy Seth Green will also guest star on Heroes as a couple of comic book geeks. They started filming this week.

The first presenters for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards ceremony on September 21 have been announced.

The cast of Desperate Housewives, Marcia Cross, Dana Delany, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria Parker and Nicolette Sheridan, will all present an award together.

Saturday Night Live alums and Baby Mama co-stars, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will also present together. Both are nominated for Emmys this year as well. Fey is recognized for writing and acting on 30 Rock and for her turn as host of SNL. Poehler’s nod is for best supporting actress in a comedy series for her work on Saturday Night Live.

Also presenting together will be House star Hugh Laurie and The New Adventures of Old Christine’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus. They are both nominated in their respective lead acting categories.

“It’s always fun to come up with unique pairings, cast reunions and surprising personalities as presenters on the Emmy show, and this year we’ve got a number of those,” Emmy executive producer Ken Ehrlich says. “And the good news is, we’ve got plenty more to come.”