Channel Surfing: June 18, 2008

Channel Surfing – a place for some stories we may have missed and where you can get a large dose of television news at once. Enjoy!

• The hip media empire of J.J. Abrams expands into comic books this fall when DC Comics offers a prequel to his upcoming TV series on Fox, Fringe. >> More
• William Hurt will join the cast of FX’s Damages for its second season. The Incredible Hulk star joins the series for a season-long arc as a new client of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close). >> More
• Jamie Kennedy is joining the cast of the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer as a regular. The actor will play Eli, a graduate student in psychology at the local university who forms a bond with Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt). >> More
• NBC has picked up a cop-related pilot from ER chief John Wells. Tentatively titled LAPD, the hour long drama will center on police in Los Angeles (as the title suggests). >> More
• NBC’s ER has added four new cast members — Shiri Appleby, Julian Morris, Emily Rose and Victor Rasuk — for its upcoming final season. >> More
• Paul Campbell (Battlestar Galactica) has joined NBC’s Knight Rider reboot. The actor will play the head research tech at Knight Industries. >> More
• Leven Rambin is in talks to come on board Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The All My Children star will play Becky, a potential love interest for John Connor. >> More