Alan Cumming, famous for his Tony Award-winning turn as the Emcee in Broadway's "Cabaret" revival, will appear on CBS's "The Good Wife" very soon. (So excited!)

According to TV Guide Magazine, the Scottish actor will play an image consultant who works to turn around the career of imprisoned politician Peter Florrick (Chris Noth).

As for TV credits, Cumming has appeared in Showtime's "The L-Word" and Syfy's "Tin Man." He also provided the voice for the Devil in NBC's short-lived (but funny) animated series, "God, the Devil, and Bob." 

"The Good Wife" is doing well in ratings and has already been renewed by CBS for a second season. The show's star, Julianna Margulies, won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award this month for her work on the show. It currently airs on Tuesday nights at 10pm. 

The case at the center of last night's episode of "The Good Wife," had parallels to one of our area's most infamous recent incidents.

Yep, the Duke lacrosse case.

Even the characters on the show acknowledged as much, in explaining their trepidation in accepting the civil suit.

It was a clever way of the writer's noting that they were using the real case as a jumping off point.

I was excited about seeing "The Good Wife" (tonight, 10 p.m.) because it's got Chris Noth, Juliana Margulies, and because living in the age of the wayward political husband (with recent revelations, our own John Edwards now owns the crown of worse husband on the face of the
Earth), the wife at the podium seems great fodder for a dramatic approach.

After all, wasn't that Elizabeth Edwards interview with Oprah both heartbreaking and illuminating?

And what was more dramatic than watching Jenny Sanford fight for and then (wisely) abandon her marriage while her spirit was still in tact?