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• Feb 5, 2010 06:06 PM ET
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  Kate Stanhope

Julie Benz

Julie Benz will stick around Wisteria Lane a little longer: The Dexter actress’ stay on Desperate Housewives has been extended, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

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Benz, who made her Housewives debut on Jan. 31, was originally slated to appear in three episodes but will now appear in an undetermined number of additional episodes. Executive producer Bob Daily told Zap2it that her character, a former stripper named Robin, will be getting very close with one of the housewives.

“Robin will be getting into a friendship,” he said. “That maybe turns into more than a friendship with Katherine [Dana Delany]. Katherine has had kind of a rough year and I think she’s open to new experiences.”

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Benz also hinted about her character’s romantic future. “There’s some very sexy stuff that goes on,” she told TVGuide.com. But Benz said there are speed bumps ahead as well. “Robin meets everyone on Wisteria Lane and her arrival causes trouble on the lane in an indirect manner.”

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• Feb 5, 2010 07:33 PM ET
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  Kate Stanhope

Henry Winkler

Royal Pains has tapped Henry Winkler for a recurring role, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Winkler, best known as The Fonz on Happy Days, will step into the role of Eddie Larson, the absentee father of Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and Evan (Paulo Constanzo). Eddie will shake things up at HankMed as he tries to re-enter his sons’ lives with unknown motivations, according to Entertainment Weekly, which first reported the casting.

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Winkler most recently guest-starred on three episodes of NUMB3RS, which followed his work on the short-lived shows Sit Down, Shut Up and Out of Practice.

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• Jan 30, 2010 01:24 PM ET
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  Kate Stanhope

Allison Janney

Four-time Emmy-winner Allison Janney is returning to television to star in the ABC pilot Mr. Sunshine, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Longtime West Wing star Janney will star alongside Friends alum Matthew Perry. Perry stars in the pilot as the manager of a deteriorating San Diego stadium who begins to reevaluate his life after his 40^th birthday. Janney will play the stadium’s owner, Crystal, an eccentric pill-popper. Perry helped develop the project, which he will also co-write and executive produce.

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Sunshine marks the third pairing for Aaron Sorkin grads Janney and Perry. Perry appeared on three episodes of Sorkin’s The West Wing in the show’s fourth and fifth seasons. Janney then played herself on an episode of Sorkin’s failed 2006 late-night drama, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Janney is also set to appear in Wing executive producer John Wells‘ upcoming Showtime project, Shameless, THR reports.