TV Jots

Season Two Is Around the Corner

Benjamin Bratt‘s (Law & Order, pictured at right above with co-stars Esteban Powell and Grace Park) intriguing A&E drama The Cleaner returns to the tube tomorrow, June 23, at 10pm ET. If you watched the first season, you already know what the series is all about. If not, gain some insight in the video after jump, which includes brief comments from the show’s cast and crew.

Noteworthy guest stars on tap for the second go-round include The View‘s Whoopi Goldberg in the season opener “Hello America,” as well as — take a deep breath — Jonathan Adams (Bones), Alice Amter (The Big Bang Theory), Joe Don Baker (Strange Wilderness), Raymond J. Barry (Cold Case), Michael Beach (Stargate Atlantis), Noah Bean (Damages), Sterling Beaumon (Lost), Rachel Boston (The Ex List), Tom Bower (Appaloosa), Jeanette Brox (Heroes)…

…Madeline Carroll (Swing Vote), Kate del Castillo (Julia), Gary Cole (The West Wing), Charles Esten (Big Love), Nasser Faris (24), Janina Gavankar (The L Word), Rebecca Gayheart (Vanished), Taylor Handley (Southland), Shirley Jones (The Patridge Family), Mia Kirshner (The L Word), Maxim Knight (Our First Christmas)…

…Christine Lahti (Obsessed), Steve Landesberg (Head Case), Jamie McShane (Sons of Anarchy), Joel McKinnon Miller (Big Love), Lori Petty (House M.D.), Ingrid Rogers (All My Children), Diana Scarwid (Pushing Daisies), Paul Schulze (The Sopranos), Samantha Shelton (Monarch Cove), Jon Sklaroff (The Beast), Brian Van Holt (John From Cincinnati), and Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris). Woot!

I’ll be back tomorrow with an advance review of the new season’s first episode, so enjoy the theatrical preview below in the meantime.