Casting News: Two and a Half Men, Scrubs, NCIS

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we can report the following trio of casting scoops...

• Annie Potts (pictured) is coming aboard Two and a Half Men as Judith’s mother, who is newly out of rehab. The guest-starring stint will take place on the October 5 episode.
• Windell Middlebrooks has signed on to Scrubs as one of the medical school’s two security guards. He has very big, Janitor-like shoes to fill.
• No specific casting news for NCIS, but the show is looking for someone to play the  potentially recurring role of Agent Ruiz, an attractive, female jock of a federal agent.