Preview of The Good Wife Season 6: Taye Diggs a Recurring Guest Star, True Blood Star Carrie Preston May Also Appear, and Other New Spoilers!

By Kara Michelle Jul 11, 2014 06:58 AM EDT

Taye Diggs will be a recurring guest star in Season 6 of the acclaimed hit CBS TV legal and political drama, "The Good Wife," according to E!News. He will play the character of "Dean Levine-Wilkin," an equity partner at Lockhart/Gardner who joins Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) at Alicia's (Julianna Margulis) and Cary's (Matt Czuchry) Florick/Agos new law firm. Diggs describes his character as "meticulous" and "talented."

Co-creators Robert and Michelle King welcomed the addition of Diggs to the cast of "The Good Wife." In a statement, they said, "We couldn't be more excited to have Taye on the show. We've been huge fans for years, and love his ability to play comedy and drama with equal ease." Diggs is best remembered for his roles in the Broadway musical "Rent," the movies "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "The Best Man" and the TV series "Private Practice."

"True Blood" star Carrie Preston, who won a Prime time Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of "Elsbeth Tascioni," a deceptively ditzy but brilliant lawyer, may once more guest in next season of "The Good Wife." She told TVLine, "Right now they are talking to me about coming back for another two episodes. I would love to go back. I would love to be there full-time. If it were up to me, I would."

On what may happen next season, Robert King, in another TVLine interview, said, "We love changing the status quo. But there were two big status quo changes this year. One is the breakup of the firm, then Will's death. And you never know, when you change it to a new world, into a new status quo, whether its going to hold up to the old one."

"The Good Wife" premiere episode for Season 6 will air September 21, at its regular 9:00-10:00 PM Sunday time slot on CBS.