Former "Melrose Place" star Katie Cassidy has found her next regular TV gig: She'll star in ABC's Washington-set drama "Georgetown."

Cassidy, who's coming off a recurring role on "Gossip Girl," will play a White House aide/model in the pilot, Deadline Hollywood reports. Daisy Betts ("Persons Unknown") has also joined the show, which previously cast "Lone Star's" James Wolk.

"Georgetown" follows a group of political staffers in the nation's capital. Wolk plays a presidential speechwriter, and Betts will play another White House staffer who comes from a political family. Will Fetters ("remember Me") is writing the pilot; Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage ("Gossip Girl," "Chuck") are executive producing.

Other casting news, per Deadline:

- "Perfect Couples" star Kyle Bornheimer has been cast in FOX's comedy pilot "Council of Dads," about a widow (Diane Farr) whose late husband asks several of his friends to help her out. The pilot is in second position to "Perfect Couples" (which has posted weak ratings on NBC this winter), meaning FOX would have to recast the role if "Couples" somehow gets picked up.

- Leslie Bibb ("Iron Man 2," "Kings") and Annie Potts ("Ghostbusters," "Men in Trees") have joined ABC's "Good Christian B***hes." Bibb will play the lead role, a divorced mother who moves back to her old neighborhood in Dallas and is set upon by the gossipy women who live there; Potts will play her mom.

- "Off the Map's" Rachelle LeFevre will star in NBC's Civil War-era "The Crossing" as a Confederate widow who becomes involved with a soldier who's just arrived in her Missouri town. The pilot is in second position to "Off the Map," which has struggled in the ratings.

- Jaime King, late of "My Generation," will star opposite Rachel Bilson in The CW's "Hart of Dixie." She'll play a resident of the Southern town where Bilson's New York doctor inherits a practice. King's fellow "My Generation" star Daniella Alonso, meanwhile, has been cast in the NBC drama "S.I.L.A."

- Also at The CW, Alex Breckenridge will be "Cooper" half of its female buddy-cop show "Cooper & Stone." Her credits include "Life Unexpected" and "Dirt."

- Stephen Tobolowsky ("Heroes," "Glee") will co-star with Minnie Driver in CBS' "Hail Mary," playing a private detective who helps Driver's Mary get her own PI license.

- Abigail Spencer ("Mad Men," "Hawthorne") will star in ABC's drama "Grace" as the daughter of Eric Roberts' character. She's a former dancer who's now a lawyer but returns to the family business to help save her dad's dance studio.

- Also: Jennifer Ehle ("The King's Speech") will star opposite Patrick Wilson in CBS' Susannah Grant drama; Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") has joined CBS' comedy "How to Be a Gentleman"; "Rescue Me's" Steven Pasquale will star in USA's "Over/Under"; Jay Paulson ("October Road") has joined the ABC drama "Identity"; and Emily Rutherfurd ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") has joined another CBS comedy, "The Assistants.

Former "Melrose Place" star Katie Cassidy has found her next regular TV gig: She'll star in ABC's Washington-set drama "Georgetown."

Cassidy, who's coming off a recurring role on "Gossip Girl," will play a White House aide/model in the pilot, Deadline Hollywood reports. Daisy Betts ("Persons Unknown") has also joined the show, which previously cast "Lone Star's" James Wolk.

"Georgetown" follows a group of political staffers in the nation's capital. Wolk plays a presidential speechwriter, and Betts will play another White House staffer who comes from a political family. Will Fetters ("remember Me") is writing the pilot; Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage ("Gossip Girl," "Chuck") are executive producing.

Other casting news, per Deadline:

- "Perfect Couples" star Kyle Bornheimer has been cast in FOX's comedy pilot "Council of Dads," about a widow (Diane Farr) whose late husband asks several of his friends to help her out. The pilot is in second position to "Perfect Couples" (which has posted weak ratings on NBC this winter), meaning FOX would have to recast the role if "Couples" somehow gets picked up.

- Leslie Bibb ("Iron Man 2," "Kings") and Annie Potts ("Ghostbusters," "Men in Trees") have joined ABC's "Good Christian B***hes." Bibb will play the lead role, a divorced mother who moves back to her old neighborhood in Dallas and is set upon by the gossipy women who live there; Potts will play her mom.

- "Off the Map's" Rachelle LeFevre will star in NBC's Civil War-era "The Crossing" as a Confederate widow who becomes involved with a soldier who's just arrived in her Missouri town. The pilot is in second position to "Off the Map," which has struggled in the ratings.

- Jaime King, late of "My Generation," will star opposite Rachel Bilson in The CW's "Hart of Dixie." She'll play a resident of the Southern town where Bilson's New York doctor inherits a practice. King's fellow "My Generation" star Daniella Alonso, meanwhile, has been cast in the NBC drama "S.I.L.A."

- Also at The CW, Alex Breckenridge will be "Cooper" half of its female buddy-cop show "Cooper & Stone." Her credits include "Life Unexpected" and "Dirt."

- Stephen Tobolowsky ("Heroes," "Glee") will co-star with Minnie Driver in CBS' "Hail Mary," playing a private detective who helps Driver's Mary get her own PI license.

- Abigail Spencer ("Mad Men," "Hawthorne") will star in ABC's drama "Grace" as the daughter of Eric Roberts' character. She's a former dancer who's now a lawyer but returns to the family business to help save her dad's dance studio.

- Also: Jennifer Ehle ("The King's Speech") will star opposite Patrick Wilson in CBS' Susannah Grant drama; Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") has joined CBS' comedy "How to Be a Gentleman"; "Rescue Me's" Steven Pasquale will star in USA's "Over/Under"; Jay Paulson ("October Road") has joined the ABC drama "Identity"; and Emily Rutherfurd ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") has joined another CBS comedy, "The Assistants.

Former teen heartthrob David Cassidy was arrested for DUI in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Wednesday night after a highway patrolman spotted the ‘Partridge Family’ star weaving between lanes and nearly hitting another car.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the 60-year-old Cassidy told the officer he’d had a glass of wine at lunch and that he also experienced prescription medication and hydrocodone in his program.
When the trooper approached the automobile, he “could smell a slight odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage come from the defendant’s mouth,” based on the report. A half-empty bottle of Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon was spotted in the automobile.
Cops pulled over the former ‘Partridge Family’ star final night following observing him weaving between lanes and almost hitting another automobile. The trooper who stopped him observed a boozy aroma across the onetime teen idol and spotted a half-empty bottle of bourbon in the automobile, which . . . yeah, that’s pretty a lot going to obtain you arrested, proper there. He blew a 0.139 and 0.14 on the breathalyzer.
After Cassidy, described in the report as “unsteady on his feet,” failed several sobriety tests he was arrested and charged with DUI, failure to preserve a single lane and having an open container. The arrest occurred at 8PM, but he was not released on bond until 3:22AM Thursday.
Cassidy’s rep denies the police account, declaring that the actor was not drinking and experienced only taken a pain pill for his back earlier within the day. The actor, who says he was returning from a funeral at the time of the arrest, plans to battle the DUI charges.
“He would never jeopardize anybody on the road and he wouldn’t have been driving experienced he not had to go to a funeral,” Jo-Ann Geffen tells TMZ. “He’s by no means been arrested in his life before for anything.”

Former teen heartthrob David Cassidy was arrested for DUI in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Wednesday night after a highway patrolman spotted the ‘Partridge Family’ star weaving between lanes and nearly hitting another car.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the 60-year-old Cassidy told the officer he’d had a glass of wine at lunch and that he also experienced prescription medication and hydrocodone in his program.
When the trooper approached the automobile, he “could smell a slight odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage come from the defendant’s mouth,” based on the report. A half-empty bottle of Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon was spotted in the automobile.
Cops pulled over the former ‘Partridge Family’ star final night following observing him weaving between lanes and almost hitting another automobile. The trooper who stopped him observed a boozy aroma across the onetime teen idol and spotted a half-empty bottle of bourbon in the automobile, which . . . yeah, that’s pretty a lot going to obtain you arrested, proper there. He blew a 0.139 and 0.14 on the breathalyzer.
After Cassidy, described in the report as “unsteady on his feet,” failed several sobriety tests he was arrested and charged with DUI, failure to preserve a single lane and having an open container. The arrest occurred at 8PM, but he was not released on bond until 3:22AM Thursday.
Cassidy’s rep denies the police account, declaring that the actor was not drinking and experienced only taken a pain pill for his back earlier within the day. The actor, who says he was returning from a funeral at the time of the arrest, plans to battle the DUI charges.
“He would never jeopardize anybody on the road and he wouldn’t have been driving experienced he not had to go to a funeral,” Jo-Ann Geffen tells TMZ. “He’s by no means been arrested in his life before for anything.”

Most red blooded males might greet the opportunity of a kiss from stunning Gossip Girl star Katie Cassidy with rather more enthusiasm.
But Chace Crawford couldn't have looked less bothered as the actress made a move on him on the set of the hit U.S. show.
The pair were pictured sat on a park bench on location in New York yesterday shooting scenes for season four, which premieres later this year.
But when 23-year-old Cassidy - who plays Crawford's character Nate Archibald's new love interest, Juliet Sharp - moved in for the kill, he looked half asleep.
Cassidy, the new sassy student at Columbia University, is seen walking away from Chace in the scene, perhaps unimpressed by his lacklustre efforts.
The former Melrose Place actress looked hot to trot, wearing a a very short grey dress with zip detailing.
Meanwhile, across town a passionate Matt Bomer could have taught 25-year-old Chace a lesson or two as he shared a very steamy kiss with his White Collar co-star Alexandra Daddario - also on a park bench.
With his hands wrapped around her face Boner, 32, who plays FBI consultant Neal Caffrey in the show, certainly appeared to be enjoying himself as he shot scenes for the second season.
Cassidy previously worked with fellow Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg in the remake of Black Christmas and will be starring with Leighton Meester in new movie Monte Carlo.

Most red blooded males might greet the opportunity of a kiss from stunning Gossip Girl star Katie Cassidy with rather more enthusiasm.
But Chace Crawford couldn't have looked less bothered as the actress made a move on him on the set of the hit U.S. show.
The pair were pictured sat on a park bench on location in New York yesterday shooting scenes for season four, which premieres later this year.
But when 23-year-old Cassidy - who plays Crawford's character Nate Archibald's new love interest, Juliet Sharp - moved in for the kill, he looked half asleep.
Cassidy, the new sassy student at Columbia University, is seen walking away from Chace in the scene, perhaps unimpressed by his lacklustre efforts.
The former Melrose Place actress looked hot to trot, wearing a a very short grey dress with zip detailing.
Meanwhile, across town a passionate Matt Bomer could have taught 25-year-old Chace a lesson or two as he shared a very steamy kiss with his White Collar co-star Alexandra Daddario - also on a park bench.
With his hands wrapped around her face Boner, 32, who plays FBI consultant Neal Caffrey in the show, certainly appeared to be enjoying himself as he shot scenes for the second season.
Cassidy previously worked with fellow Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg in the remake of Black Christmas and will be starring with Leighton Meester in new movie Monte Carlo.