Scoop: Meryl Streep Cast as Shawn's Mom?! Psych!
Sorry, couldn't resist. The coveted role of James Roday's TV mom on Psych has actually gone to Chuck Lorre's BFF ex-Moonlighting P.I. Cybill Shepherd. Not nearly as exciting as Meryl Streep, but, c'mon, still a fun piece of casting. Shepherd will appear in at least two episodes, beginning with the third-season premiere on July 18. According to a USA insider, her character, Madeline, is a private practice psychologist who, after spending a few years abroad, returns to Santa Barbara to pay her ex-hubby (Corbin Bernsen) and son a visit and ends up helping them with a case. She's described as being a free spirit and the source of Shawn's adventurous side. Ma Spencer was actually introduced in the final moments of the Season 2 finale when she showed up unannounced on Shawn's doorstep; viewers, however, did not see her face.Hey, Psych fans — does the idea of a Roday-Shepherd-Bernsen confab give you good or bad vibes? Sound off below!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
The coveted role of
James Roday's TV mom on
Psych has actually gone to
Chuck Lorre's BFF ex-
Moonlighting P.I.
Cybill Shepherd. Not nearly as exciting as Meryl Streep, but, c'mon, still a fun piece of casting.
Shepherd will appear in at least two episodes, beginning with the third-season premiere on July 18.
According to a USA insider, her character, Madeline, is a private practice psychologist who, after spending a few years abroad, returns to Santa Barbara to pay her ex-hubby (
Corbin Bernsen) and son a visit and ends up helping them with a case. She's described as being a free spirit and the source of Shawn's adventurous side.
Ma Spencer was actually introduced in the final moments of the Season 2 finale when she showed up unannounced on Shawn's doorstep; viewers, however, did not see her face.
Hey,
Psych fans - does the idea of a Roday-Shepherd-Bernsen confab give you good or bad vibes? Sound off below!