Tyra Banks Returns to Bel-Air, Jimmi Simpson Joins The Walking Dead Spinoff and More

Tyra Banks is booking a return trip to Bel-Air . Banks, who originally played Jackie Ames on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, will guest-star in an episode of the dramatic Peacock reboot’s fourth and final season, TVLine has learned. Per the streamer, “Banks has been cast as a former college classmate with a big personality who Viv is reluctantly reunited with.” Bel-Air returns to Peacock for its final run of episodes on Monday, Nov. 24. A roll-out schedule for the episodes has yet to be announced. In other casting news… * Jimmi Simpson (Pachinko, Star Trek: Prodigy) has joined AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City as a new series regular named Dillard, Deadline reports, though no character details have been revealed. Season 3 is currently filming; a premiere date has not yet been announced. * Kristoffer Polaha has joined MGM+’s American Hostage, whose first season follows a 1970s reporter (Jon Hamm) who’s forced to interview a hostage-taker (Giovanni Ribisi) live on the radio. Polaha will play the series-regular role of Dick Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage who’s taken hostage, Deadline reports. A premiere date has not yet been announced. * Elisha Cuthbert (Happy Endings) will recur in Prime Video’s Every
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