Members of the tribe populate the TV landscape this summer, in both returning and new series. You’ll find Eric Dane piloting TNT’s “The Last Ship” (June 21), Mark Feuerstein in USA’s “Royal Pains” (June 2), Rachelle LeFevre in CBS’ “Under the Dome” (June 25), Nat Faxon, Jenny Slate and Paul Reiser in FX’s “Married” (July 16) and Corey Stoll in FX’s “The Strain” (TBA).
Jewish stars of new programs include Michael Rosenbaum posing as a reverend in TV Land’s “Impastor” (July 15), James Wolk as an animal behaviorist in CBS’ “Zoo” (June 30), Shiri Appleby in Lifetime’s reality TV exposé “UnReal” (June 1), Jonathan Silverman and Josh Zuckerman as father and son in the CW comedy “Significant Mother” (Aug. 3), Michael Rapaport in TNT’s ’60s crime drama “Public Morals” (Aug. 25), and Josh Charles, of “The Good Wife,” in a recurring role on Showtime’s “Masters of Sex” (July 12), plus this noteworthy quartet:
Jack Black
Paula Abdul
Caroline Rose Kaplan
 and Matthew Modine (“Weeds”), has made Kaplan ponder the life-after-death issue. “My father passed a few months before the show began so it was on my mind, but it has expanded my knowledge base. There’s a part of quantum physics that deals with a dimension that we’re not aware of and can’t access,” she noted. “Like my character, I’m asking questions.” </p>
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