Look, I know that his years on NYPD Blue redeemed him from a crash course with the child star curse of reality shows and cultural irrelevance, but he'll always be Ricky Schroeder to me. Ricky Schroeder - Silver Spoons star, friend to "Tap Dance Kid" Alfonso Riberio and owner of the racing car bed. Fortunately for Ricky, he overcame the 80s with the aforementioned three seasons on NYPD Blue, a comedic turn as Nurse Paul Flowers on Scrubs and his latest outing as Dr. Dylan West on Lifetime's Strong Medicine. Ricky has made another great career move - further distancing himself from that plucky young lad in The Champ. He'll be joining the cast of 24 as CTU operative Mike Doyle. Expect to see Schroder team up with Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in executing "key field ops." 24 is really pulling out all the stops with its latest casting decisions. Schroder is just one of a list of fancy new cast members including Chad Lowe, Regina King, Powers Boothe, Peter MacNicol, James Cromwell, Kal Penn and David Hunt. That's right - Deadwood's Cy Tolliver meets Babe's Father Hoggett meets The Boondocks' Huey Freeman meets Kumar. Who doesn't want to see that?
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12-04-2006 @ 8:30PM
sdm said...
I cannot friggin wait for this season to start!!! Jack Bauer for President!!
sdm
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12-04-2006 @ 11:05PM
Missy said...
Wow! What a list! I'm looking forward to the new season; I they can keep the momentum going and not let me down.
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12-05-2006 @ 12:51AM
Diane said...
I heard that the producer and writers interviewed and wanted one of the guys for this part, who was in that "70's Show". Do you know who the actor was that turned down this part in "24".
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12-05-2006 @ 9:12AM
Gordy said...
That's a LOT of dead people. I can't wait!
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12-07-2006 @ 10:04AM
mick said...
I think the media has to get over it. YOU guys may remember Rick well from Silver Spoons but I bet most of us know him better from N.Y.P.D. Blue. And a lot of other roles he had in tv movies, when he was in his late teens and early 20s, were tough, disturbed characters. That's how WE know his work, not from his kid career, 20 years ago.
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1-17-2007 @ 1:30PM
Pat LOveless said...
Rick Schroeder is a very good actor. He can play any part and be believable.About time he came back.
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