Katie Cassidy Haunts Ruby & The Rockits

Yesterday, I spent the day on the set of the new ABC Family series Ruby & the Rockits. Despite the vaguely spacey name, this isn’t a sci fi series. It’s a family comedy loosely based on the lives of the Cassidy family — David, Shaun, Patrick, Ryan and even Katie!

As you may recall, Katie Cassidy, David’s daughter, was the original Ruby on Supernatural so it was really funny to hear that she was also the inspiration for the Ruby of the new series.

In the show, David plays an aging rock star who is trying to keep his career alive singing in an Indian casino. Enter Ruby, the 15 year-old daughter he never knew he had. With no place to go, David convinces his brother (played by real brother Patrick) to take Ruby in and a whole new family dynamic is born.

Throughout the day, several of the Cassidy brothers spoke fondly of Katie and David seemed quite the proud papa when he mentioned that she was joining the cast of Melrose Place in the fall.  When asked if she would make an appearance on Ruby & the Rockits, David said that she wanted to do it, so brother Shaun (who is the creator and executive producer) was working on the coming up with an idea.

If it does happen, it will be in one of the last two episodes of the run as the show is close to wrapping its first season.

Ruby & the Rockits premieres this Tuesday, July 21 on ABC Family.

“No Rest For The Wicked” — Katie Cassidy as Ruby and Jared Padalecki as Sam in SUPERNATURAL, on The CW Network. Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW © 2008 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.