Jaime Ray Newman, who played Mac's wife on CSI: NY, is now headed to NCIS.

The actress, also familiar from Eureka and Eastwick, will appear on a major November sweeps arc as Melanie Burke, a Navy Lieutenant Commander who is a chaplain at the Navy Yard.

The first of Newman’s two episodes airs November 8, when Burke meets the NCIS team and starts to work closely with their investigation of a military plane crash, according to TV Line.

Melinda McGraw is also coming to the hit procedural this November as Gibbs' former wife Diane.

Meanwhile, Jamie Lee Curtis' forthcoming story arc has reportedly been pushed back until spring.

Jaime Ray Newman comes to NCIS three weeks from tomorrow.

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