Díaz’s “Scandal” Headed to BET

Guillermo Díaz is bringing some serious scandal to BET

The network has licensed rights to air current season episodes of ABC’s Scandal, which stars the scene-stealing 38-year-old Cuban-American actor.

Guillermo Díaz

The agreement calls for each episode to air on BET no earlier than eight days after its original broadcast on ABC, exclusively starting in the fall.

BET also will debut the first two seasons of the series this summer and is also licensing exclusive off-network cable rights to the series starting in fall 2014.

Scandal, created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, has been a hit for ABC, posting a series-high 9.1 million viewers for its second season finale on May 16.

It’s a big attraction among BET’s core audience, averaging 2.8 million African American viewers per week to rank as broadcast’s top series in the demo.

Diaz’s Character to Experience Torture on ABC’s “Scandal”

Guillermo Díaz is about toexperience torture like he’s never experienced it before…

In the latest preview clip for an upcoming episdoe of ABC’s Scandal, the 37-year-old Cuban-American actor is featured in a graphic torture scene. In the teaser, Diaz’s character Huck is being interrogated after he was arrested under the Patriot Act in the last episode. Accused of attempting to assassinate President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn), he’s forced to admit to the crime he didn’t actually commit during the brutal interrogation.

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“His past has prepared him for what’s coming – but I can’t say what is,” Diaz previously teased about what’s coming for him next. “It’s not going to be good.”

With Huck being held under the Patriot Act, Kerry Washington‘s Olivia and her team get unexpected assistance from an old friend. Meanwhile, Olivia helps First Lady Mellie (Bellamy Young) out of a very compromising situation that could affect Fitz’s (Goldwyn) future, and her relationship with Senator Edison Davis (Norm Lewis) reaches a boiling point.

The new episode titled “One for the Dog” will air this Thursday, January 10 at 10:00 pm ET on ABC.

Díaz Returning to “Weeds” For Three-Episode Arc

Guillermo Díaz is about to get into the weeds

The 37-year-old Cuban-American actor will be reprising his role as Guillermo Garcia Gómez in the final three episodes of Weeds, beginning with the Showtime series’ 100th episode, according to TVGuide.com.

Guillermo Diaz

“I love Guillermo,” says Weeds creator Jenji Kohan of Díaz, who forms part of the cast of ABC’s Scandal.Shonda [Rhimes] called me and was like, ‘You want my boy back?’ I’m like, ‘I love him!’ and she says, ‘I love him too!’ She was generous enough to let us have him for a little while.”

Díaz’s character was last seen being arrested outside the airport in Season 6 when he planned to kill Nancy (Mary-Louise-Parker). But his return to the series shouldn’t be as dramatic; Kohan says the rocky relationship between Guillermo and his favorite Blanca may have turned around.

“I just think Nancy and Guillermo have circled each other for so many years,” she says. “It’s time that they just accept the fact that they’re going to be in each other’s lives.”

“Nancy Botwin has this power over Guillermo that he, once again, doesn’t kill her when he pops up in front of her again,” Diaz adds. “They just go right back to how they were. We see that Guillermo ends up being a friend.”

Meanwhile, the 100th will see the series head back to its roots.

“The 100th episode is a return to Agrestic,” Kohan teased. “It’s a visit. It’s now Regrestic.” Kohan also said the 100th episode will address Nancy and Andy’s perpetual will-they-won’t-they tension.

As for the final episodes, Díaz’s Guillermo may not be the only fan-favorite character returning for a last hurrah. “Everyone who came back was important to me,” notes Kohan. “Those we couldn’t get back, it was a big disappointment.”

Weeds airs Sundays at 10:00 pm ET on Showtime.

The two-part series finale airs Sunday, Sept. 16.

Zúñiga to Guest Star on “Burn Notice”

José Zúñiga is about to get burned

The Honduran-born American actor is set to appear on an upcoming episode of USA’s Burn Notice, according to TVLine.

José Zúñiga

Zúñiga will play Vasquez, a “clever and sadistic” cocaine smuggler who doesn’t shy away from torture. Zúñiga’s character will be introduced in Episode 11 of the sixth season.

It’s the latest television role for Zúñiga, who has appeared on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the short-lived NBC series The Event and Desperate Housewives.

He most recently appeared as General Benicio Flores on ABC’s new Shonda Rimes series Scandal.

In addition, Zúñiga has appeared on the big screen in Alive, Con Air and Twilight.

Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 9/8c on USA.