TVLine Items: Lost Reunion in Wonderland, Once Casts a Dad, Walking Dead Ratings Dip and More
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland will reunite Lost frenemies Sayid and Ilana when Zuleikha Robinson guest-stars on the freshman ABC drama.
Robinson, who during Lost Season 5 came onto and then cold-cocked/captured Naveen Andrews‘ alter ego, will appear in the Jafar-centric Nov. 7 episode as Amara, a powerful sorceress from Agrabah. Teases series cocreator Adam Horowitz, “Jafar had to learn magic from someone….”
Robinson’s other après-Lost roles include Homeland, Covert Affairs and The Mentalist. Wonderland airs Thursdays at 8/7c.
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• Speaking of Once Upon a Time, British actor Stephen Lord (EastEnders, Shameless) will guest-star on the mothership as Rumplestiltskin’s father, TVGuide.com reports. His episode will air Nov. 17.
• The Walking Dead this Sunday night drew 13.9 million total viewers, with 9.1 mil landing in the 18-49 sweet spot — dipping 14 and 12 percent from the AMC drama’s record-shattering premiere, but still: HUGE.
• Sleepy Hollow has tapped starlet Amandla Stenberg aka The Hunger Games’ Rue to recur as the daughter of Orlando Jones’ character, per The Hollywood Reporter.
• Syfy has renewed the reality competition series Face Off for a sixth season, to air in January 2014.
• Aimee Carrero (Level Up) has joined Season 2 of The Americans as a smart yet impulsive Sandinista freedom fighter, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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