Former Human Target, Boston Legal and Days of Our Lives star Mark Valley has signed on to the second season of the Kathy Bates NBC series Harry’s Law, according to Entertainment Weekly. Reportedly, Valley will be a series regular and a new member of Harriett’s firm.

Harry’s Law revealed some more good news for fans of Hawaii Five-0 and former Designing Women star Jean Smart. Reportedly, Smart will appear in a multi-episode arc as “the prosecutor going after an accused murderer played by Alfred Molina.”

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Okay, everyone knows how crazy I am about my Matt Ashford. His witty, Shakesperian version of Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives is one of my all-time favorite soap characters, however his replacement, Mark Valley, was also a keeper. Zap2it recently spoke with Valley, who revealed what happened when his Jack went into the shower and was replaced by that awful, awful actor! He was so awful, I refuse to even look up his name.

"Matt Ashford (who would return to the show later) was Jack before me. He's, like, 6'2" with black hair, and he's kind of quirky and funny. Then there was me, 5'10" with blond hair, acting like Mr. Intense.

"Doing that show was fun, but I wanted to try some other things and take risks on doing primetime or movies ... so I went into the shower as Jack, then another actor came out.

"I remember turning down the contract, then they announced that Mark Valley was fired because they wanted to go with somebody younger. I was like, 'OK! Thanks, guys!'" READ MORE

On today’s Pop Confidential podcast Jamey, Luke, Jillian and Melodie dive into Lindsay Lohan’s latest legal problems as the one-time Hollywood "It Girl" fails her drug test. Meanwhile, a The Real Housewives of New Jersey hubby goes to jail. Eddie Cibrian stealer LeAnn Rimes is feuding with talk show host Wendy Williams after Wendy said “It’s all very sloppy.” Speaking of sloppy, Vivid Entertainment offered Octomom Nadya Suleman $500,000 to tape a one-hour porno. ABC is adapting True Lies for its primetime lineup. Pop Confidential’s Craig gave Easy A four out five stars in his review, but Jamey fell asleep watching it in the theatre.

The PC gang then dives into all your favorite returning fall series, such as Glee, Modern Family, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, 90210, The Vampire Diaries, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Desperate Housewives, Castle, Brothers & Sisters, Cougar Town, Parenthood, Community, Chuck, House, Fringe, Bones, Family Guy, Human Target, the CSI franchise, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS: LA, The Good Wife, Survivor, Dexter, The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Luke’s beloved sci-fi series Smallville, Stargate Universe, Caprica and Sanctuary.

Jamey has found another fan of Teen Mom in Melodie and the two discuss the latest Teen Mom twists and turns.

All this and much more in this rambunctious episode of Pop Confidential.

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FOX is the latest broadcast network to release the premiere dates for their fall season. Gleeks on the edge of their seats waiting for the return of their favorite series will have to wait until September 21 for Glee to kick off its second season. Fringe fans, such as myself, will have to wait until September 23rd to find out what will happen to Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), who is being held captive in a parallel universe. Check out Fox’s complete premiere date list after the jump.

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