Jun 7 2010 11:56 AM ET

Casting Scoops: 'Burn Notice,' 'Parks and Rec,' and more!

dillahunt-holly-sedaImage Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Albert L. Ortega/PR Photos; Jason La Veris/FilmMagic.com* Burn Notice: John Seda (Homicide, The Pacific) will guest star on the USA smash later this season as Cole, a disgruntled ex-Marine who now works as a killer for hire. Elsewhere, Tim Matheson and Garrett Dillahunt have signed on to reprise their respective roles as “Dead” Larry Sizemore and jailbird Simon.

* Covert Affairs: The forthcoming USA thriller has tapped Friday Night Lights‘ D.W. Moffett to play a magnetic and powerful senator and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Annie (Piper Perabo) is assigned to investigate the Senator after a leak is suspected in compromising a number of overseas military operations. Lauren Holly (NCIS) will appear as the senator’s refined and graceful wife.

* Parks and Recreation: Carlo Mendez (brother to Eva) has booked a multi-episode arc on the unfairly-benched-till-mid-season comedy. He’ll play a love interest for [major spoiler alert].

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  • Kiki

    Holy misleading headline Batman! Way to make me scramble – and have a heart attack when I see “NCIS star headed…”. Good for her but Lauren Holly has been off of NCIS for a few seasons now! Excuse me while I go breathe….

    • Annie

      I nearly fainted!

      • Petra

        My first thought was:
        Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly. Please, don’t let it be Michael Weatherly.

      • Tego Livi

        I literally vomited up my lungs at all the hyperbole in these comments!

    • tahonia

      That’s exactly what I did! I knew that weatherly and murray hadn’t signed deals and that’s exactly what I was thinking~~~~~

  • Stef

    Let it be a love interest for Donna!! :)

    • Michael

      I was thinking/hoping the same thing.

    • elena

      That would be amazing. I want more Donna. and more Tom. and more Jerry. Actually, just the whole damn show. Parks and Rec is brilliant!

  • Joe Bua

    Carlo Mendez doesn’t belong on P & R, he belongs on True Blood.

    Or somewhere on cable.

  • Callie

    Whoa. Lauren Holly has had a lot of work done. She didn’t need to.

    • Cookie

      no kidding…I almost didn’t recognize her

      • gah

        i DIDN’T recognize. i had to go back up and stare for awhile after reading this.

      • Lina

        Same here. I didn’t recognize her and I’ve been a fan of hers since All My Children. She didn’t need any work…

    • erin

      no kidding – it’s hard to be “refined and graceful” when you can’t move your face and look like a washed-up stripper.

    • Sophie

      It looks like she had fillers injected, which will go away in four to six months.

      I have yet to see someone NOT look puffy and horrible using fillers. Christine Lahti looked terrible on Law and Order: SVU. Christine Baranski had them in the beginning of the season of The Good Wife. It appears to have worn off before the end of the season and she looks lovely again.

  • Nick

    I hope this ex-Marine character gets the snot beaten out of him, is tortured, and dies. That will only begin to rectify the damage to network television Jon Seda caused as Paul Falzone.

    • laylagalise

      LMAO! When I saw that picture the first thing I thought was “Uh-oh. What’s Falzone doing back on television?”

  • Nick

    I hope this ex-Marine character gets the snot beaten out of him, is tortured, and dies. That will only begin to rectify the damage to network television Jon Seda caused as Paul Falzone.

  • EveatEden

    That is like one of the worst pics of Lauren Holly, you couldn’t get a better one?

  • EveatEden

    That is like one of the worst pics of Lauren Holly, you couldn’t get a better one?

  • ThatDUDE

    Those are 3 very ugly people right there folks.

  • ThatDUDE

    Those are 3 very ugly people right there folks.

  • Stanislava

    ^That’s not Carlo Mendez,it’s Jon Seda.

  • Stanislava

    ^That’s not Carlo Mendez,it’s Jon Seda.

  • Allen

    Lauren Holly is a sexy cougar.

  • Allen

    Lauren Holly is a sexy cougar.

  • John

    What happened to Lauren Holly, she looks like the The Joker? Looks like she got cheek inplants? Been noticing this on another women actress Joan Allen?

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