BECKETT AND CASTLE ARE FORCED TO PLAY A DANGEROUS GAME OF RUSSIAN POLITICS, ON ABC'S "CASTLE"

"Dead Red" - When the son of a Russian diplomat turns up murdered, Beckett and Castle find themselves in a dangerous game of international crime and punishment, with Castle having to entertain a jovial Russian security officer who winds up more involved than anyone planned, on "Castle," MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.

"Castle" stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle with Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers. For Season Eight, Toks Olagundoye ("The Neighbors") joined the series as Hayley.

Guest cast: Ann Cusack as Rita, Nikita Bogolyubov as Grigory Mishkin, Endre Hules as Pavel Oborin.

"Dead Red" was written by Jim Adler and directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

"Castle" is produced by ABC Studios. Executive producers are Terence Paul Winter, Alexi Hawley, Rob Bowman, Rob Hanning and Armyan Bernstein.

"Castle" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.