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The Simpsons’ voice cast and Fox have a deal for four more years. The cast will, reportedly, get $400,000 plus an episode, and Dan Castellanata (aka Homer) has been added as a consulting producer.

Time-Life’s The Real Ghostbusters on DVD this fall. (Thanks to Drew)

SciFi Channel has announced summer premiere dates for: Scare Tactics (July 9 at 10 pm ET/PT), Ghost Hunters International (July 9 at 9 pm), Stargate Atlantis (July 11 at 10 pm), and Eureka (July 29 at 9 pm).

Brandon Routh, Jessie Bradford, Sophia Bush, Jennifer Morrison, Johnny Galecki, and Lisa Lapira will be in Michael Samonek’s Table for Three. An ensemble comedy for Starz, a young man regrets inviting a “perfect couple” to share his apartment when they star meddling in his love life.

The Independent Film Channel and Henry Rollins for three hour long documentaries: Uncut from New Orleans, Northern Ireland and South Africa. They “will pair Rollins with a local host as he explores each of the three areas -- a post-Katrina New Orleans still in turmoil, a divided Northern Ireland and a South Africa facing an AIDS crisis and persistent racial-relations issues.” As part of the IFC News block, they will premiere in October on the video on demand IFC Free.

Shirley Manson will be cast as a regular on the next season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as character Catherine Weaver, the chief executive of a cutting-edge high-tech company.

Tony Hale will have a recurring role on NBC's Chuck as Emmett, the new assistant manager of the Buy More Store where Chuck works.

Jimmi Simpson has joined Fox's backdoor pilot Virtuality.

Yara Martinez is cast in NBC's science fiction drama series My Own Worst Enemy.

Frank Mastromauro on Heroes’ "e-graphic-novel": "We just received a whole bunch of new mini-scripts for this [project]. Just in the last couple weeks, [artist and Aspen vice president] Peter Steigerwald designed 12 new characters for Heroes. All these characters are debuting online at NBC.com throughout the summer, and then, towards the end, characters who get the most votes [from fans] will probably wind up making it onto the show this fall."