Excited for Season 2 of "Under the Dome?" Well you're about to get a lot more excited because we have a Boatload of news for you cats from CBS' upfronts!

First up Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the CBS summer thriller has cast Brett Cullen (pictured; "Person of Interest," The Dark Knight Rises) as Barbie’s father Don Barbara on the show. We’ll meet Don in season two. He runs a multi-national corporation and is described as powerful, smooth, and charming. Executive producer Neal Baer teased: “Barbie is shocked to find himself face to face with his father in an unforgettable turn of events.”

Next up Deadline just chimed in with the following details... Though the second season will move past King’s book, storyline-wise, King is giving it his blessing by writing the first episode and making a cameo, Baer said. “So he’s certifying” it. In a trailer for that first,...