Casting Couch: With "Dresden" Dead, Blackthorne Takes Another "Shot"

Despite seeing petitions at Comic-Con last weekend attempting to resurrect the wizard private investigator drama, The Dresden Files is no more.

The final nail in the coffin? Series lead Paul Blackthorne, who played the aforementioned Harry Dresden, an ex-communicated wizard who opens a private detective agency in Chicago, has signed on to a new series.

Blackthorne will join the cast of ABC's new drama Big Shots next season as a recurring player. He'll portray a a "sophisticated, iconic tycoon that the four [CEOs] aspire to be." The series focuses on four CEOs (Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus, and Joshua Malina) who frequent the same posh country club.

Sorry, Dresden fans, but the fight just ended.

In other casting news, Jessica Collins (The Nine) has joined the cast of Heroes next season, where she'll play a character named Sophie, a super-powered operative at the organization that tracks the heroes.

What's On Tonight

8 pm: Ghost Whisperer (CBS); 1 vs. 100 (NBC); WWE Friday Night SmackDown (CW; 8-10 pm); Set for Life (ABC); The Forgotten (FOX; 8-10 pm)

9 pm: Jericho (CBS); Las Vegas (NBC); Greek (ABC)

10 pm: NUMB3RS (CBS); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC); 20/20 (ABC)

What I'll Be Watching

9 pm: Doctor Who on Sci Fi.

On tonight's episode ("Evolution of the Daleks"), it's the continuation of last week's caper, in which the Doctor new traveling companion Martha Jones visit Manhattan in the 1930s. Martha must deal with a critical situation on the top of the Empire State Building while the Doctor reaches out to form a deadly alliance while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

9 pm: Jericho.

On tonight's installment ("Winter's End"), the wind-turbine blade finally arrives while April goes into premature labor, requiring emergency surgery, while Hawkins' past finally catches up with him.