TV briefs: 'Dawson's Creek' adds four new cast members

Starting with the Oct. 2 season premiere, Sebastian Spence, who starred for three seasons in Sci Fi Channel's "First Wave," joins the cast of WB's "Dawson's Creek," as one of Jennifer (Michelle Williams) and Jack's (Kerr Smith) professors.

Also appearing on "Creek" this season: Oliver Hudson, son of Goldie Hawn, brother of Kate Hudson and star of WB's short-lived "My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star"; former "Days of Our Lives" and "Dark Angel" cast member Jensen Ackles; and soap veteran Roger Howarth ("One Live to Live," "Loving," "Guiding Light").

Sheedy stars in film based on Court TV documentary

Ally Sheedy will star in "The Interrogation of Michael Crowe," to air Dec. 4.

The film is based on Court TV's documentary of the same name, which won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. It probed the interrogation and coerced confession of a 14-year-old California boy.

Sheedy will star as Cheryl Crowe, Michael's mother, who fought tirelessly to prove her son's innocence. The film tells the story of the Crowe family, whose son was forced to endure an excruciating police interrogation into the 1998 slaying of his 12-year-old sister, Stephanie.