Casting call: Sheila Kelley gets 'Lost,' Kathy Griffin to 'SVU'

"Lost" has added another guest star to its final season: former "L.A. Law" regular Sheila Kelley.

Kelley, who also starred in "Singles" and is the creator of the pole-dancing workout program S Factor, will have a recurring part in the coming season, ABC confirms. Her character, per EW.com, will be a sharp-witted woman who's "caught committing corporate espionage and has to lie her way out."

Whether that's an accurate description of the character or a bit of disinformation from Dharma HQ remains to be seen (it's looking like "Lost" will return in January). Kelley joins a guest-star roster for season six that also includes William Atherton ("Life," "Die Hard"), Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada and "Deadwood's" John Hawkes.

- The name Kathy Griffin isn't typically followed by "guest star in an intense crime drama," but that changes right here and now.

The comedian and "My Life on the D-List" star will appear on an episode of "Law & Order: SVU" later this season, executive producer Neal Baer told his Twitter followers Tuesday. Her episode is tentatively scheduled to film around the first of the year, but there's no word yet on when it will air or the character she's playing.

Though she's mostly stuck to comedic roles in her career, Griffin does have a handful of drama credits, including guest spots on the early days of "ER" (where Baer was a writer and producer), "The X-Files" and Lifetime's "Strong Medicine." She's also guested on dramedies "Ugly Betty" and "Privileged" in recent seasons.

- Christine Baranski will be pulling down two paychecks on CBS shows early next year.

Baranski, who co-stars in "The Good Wife," has booked a return appearance on "The Big Bang Theory," EW says. She'll be reprising her role as Leonard's (Johnny Galecki) mother, which earned her an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actress in a comedy last time around.

That nomination came as a result of the palpable heat between her character and Leonard (Jim Parsons). Details on the episode aren't available yet, but expecting that piece of business to resume probably isn't out of the realm of possibility.

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