Scoop: George Wendt, Kurt Fuller Heading to Franklin & Bash

Cheers alum George Wendt and character actor Kurt Fuller have signed on to guest-star on an upcoming episode of TNT's Franklin & Bash, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, has been cast as Henry Shea, a food inspector with the Health Department whom Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) accuse of downgrading a health inspection rating at their client's diner.

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Fuller will play Eckhart Smits, a successful yet suspiciously sincere restaurateur who offers to buy a diner that Franklin and Bash frequent. He claims to be making the purchase out of lasting affection for the deceased owner, but seems to have more interest in the land than the restaurant. 

Fuller currently stars as CIA director Graydon Osborne on Scandal, and his other TV credits include The West Wing, Psych and Supernatural.

 Franklin & Bash kicks off its fourth season on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 10/9c on TNT.