Terry Kinney has joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot Rookies, an ensemble cop show about six NYPD rookies who balance their personal lives with learning the beat on the streets of Manhattan. Kinney, repped by ICM and Brookside Artist Management, will play Yoda, the Field Training Officer for the rookies. On TV, Kinney, who co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, had a recurring role on The Mentalist.
Touched by an Angel alumna Della Reese has been cast in another drama project with spiritual elements, Marc Cherry's pilot�Hallelujah for ABC. The project is set in the town of Hallelujah, Tenn., where the forces of good and evil are exemplified by hardworking, moral diner owner Rye Turner (Donal Logue), a family man who has had a run of tragic luck, and his longtime nemesis, corrupt millionaire Del Roman (Terry O'Quinn), who is a law unto himself. Del seems to be winning the battle until mysterious newcomer Jared O'Neal (Jesse L. Martin) arrives in town. Reese will play a wicked old conniver who has been the rock of Del's life since his earliest memory. Also cast in the pilot are Robbie Amell as Del's cocky, hunky young son, and Zoey Deutch as Rye's daughter.
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