TV News Update: Faye Dunaway Guesting On 'Grey's Anatomy'

Faye DunawayMeredith, bring me the axe. EW reports that Faye Dunaway will be guest-starring on a least one episode of Grey's Anatomy in February. She will play a renowned doctor at Seattle Grace who butts heads with "the Chief, Cristina and Owen." This will be Faye's first TV appearance since an episode of CSI in 2006.

House executive producer Katie Jacobs responded to TV Guide 's questions about House fans hating Olivia Wilde's Thirteen character by saying that people "hate change, they hate new things" and asked for fans to be patient because it's a "marathon." Spoiler alert! Stop reading if you don't want to know this. Ok? She also hints that House and Cuddy might hit the sheets in an upcoming episode.

The return of Pushing Daisies creator/former Heroes writer Bryan Fuller to Heroes has already resulted in a casting gem. Fuller has brought veteran actress Swoozie Kurtz over from the defunct Pushing Daisies to join the cast of Heroes. TV.com reports that Kurtz will play a "society friend of Angela Petrelli's" in a Fuller-scripted episode.

Yahoo! reports that Hilary Duff will star as an 18-year-old lawyer in the Fox show Barely Legal. The sitcom is based on the true story of Kathleen Holtz, who in 2007 passed the notoriously difficult California bar at age 18 to become the state's youngest lawyer. Numbers actor Rob Morrow will serve as executive producer.