FX's award-winning legal thriller "Damages" is adding four superior actors to its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine joining as special guest stars for the upcoming season premiering in January. Production of the show's 13-episode third season begins tomorrow in New York.

"Damages" is produced by Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions. Damages is executive produced by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman, co-executive produced by Aaron Zelman, and produced by Mark A. Baker.

Over its first two seasons, "Damages" has featured what is arguably the most impressive casts and guest stars of any series on television Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson, eljko Ivanek, Anastasia Griffith, Noah Bean, Tom Aldrege, Philip Bosco, Nichael Nouri, Peter Facinelli, Peter Reigert, Mario Von Peebles, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Timothy Olyphant, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Kevin Corrigan, Paige Turco, Tom Noonan, and Garret Dillahunt.

"Damages" has earned seven Emmy Award nominations in each of its first two seasons. Close became the first actress from a basic cable series to win the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama; eljko Ivanek became the first actor from a basic cable series to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Drama Series, and "Damages" was the first basic cable series to take home the Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. "Damages" has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series two consecutive years. "Damages" and AMC's "Mad Men" were the first basic cable series to be nominated in for Outstanding Drama Series. In its first season, "Damages" earned the most Golden Globes nominations of any series in television with Glenn Close winning for Best Actress in a TV Series Drama.