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Today's News: Our Take - Exclusive: NCIS Gets Real U.S. Secretary of the Navy for a Cameo

Adam Bryant — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:46:00 -0500

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The United States Secretary of the Navy will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of NCIS, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

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Secretary Ray Mabus will appear in the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving episode entitled "Child's Play," a rep for the show tells us. Mabus will play an NCIS agent.

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In the episode, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the team have to put their Thanksgiving plans on hold when the investigation of a dead Marine leads them into the life of a 12-year-old prodigy (Madeline Carroll), who may be the killer's next target. Lisa Sheridan (Invasion) and Francis Capra (Veronica Mars) will also guest-star.

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Although Mabus won't be playing himself...

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Today's News: Our Take - Exclusive: Mad Men Creator Discusses the Kennedy Assassination

Adam Bryant — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:23:00 -0500

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Before Mad Men's third season, fans wondered when, as in what year, series creator Matthew Weiner would resume the story.

There was reason for the anticipation: In the Season2 finale, Betty (January Jones) revealed to reformed womanizer Don (Jon Hamm) that she was pregnant, and viewers were curious how that would play out. But more significantly, everyone wondered whether or not Weiner would skip over the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After all, Weiner said more than a few times that he didn't think he had anything to add to the historical landmark.

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But Weiner changed his mind. "My attitude about the assassination changed as I got deeper and deeper into the period and after I wrote the first two seasons," he tells TVGuide.com "I thought it was a melodramatic trope the way it had been treated...

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Today's News: Our Take - Exclusive: Elliott Gould Signs On to Law & Order

Mickey O'Connor — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:00 -0500

Elliott Gould will go all vigilante for a guest spot on Law & Order, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

The veteran film star will play a disgruntled business owner who takes the law into his own hands after...

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Today's News: Our Take - Exclusive: Lost's Naveen Andrews to Guest on Law & Order: SVU

Mickey O'Connor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:14:00 -0500

Lost star Naveen Andrews has signed on to film a guest spot on an episode of Law & Order: SVU, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

The details of his role are being kept under wraps for now, but the episode starts filming in the next week or so in New York.

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Andrews, 40, plays Sayid Jarrah on ABC's Lost, which is still shooting its final season in Hawaii. (A source tells us they're on Episode 6 of 18.)

Let's not jump to any conclusions though...

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Today's News: Our Take - Exclusive: JoAnna Garcia to Guest-Star on How I Met Your Mother

Joyce Eng — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:26:00 -0500

JoAnna Garcia has landed a guest spot on How I Met Your Mother as yet another potential conquest of Ted's, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

The Privileged alum will play ...

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