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Portia de Rossi joining "Scandal" for a "top secret" arc

By Jessica Derschowitz

July 23, 2014 / 4:03 PM EDT / CBS News

Portia de Rossi is headed for a "Scandal"-ous return to TV.

The "Arrested Development" alumna has booked an arc on the hit ABC drama's fourth season.

The news was announced Wednesday via Twitter by de Rossi's wife, Ellen DeGeneres, who said the actress' role is a "top secret" one:

So annoying when people brag on twitter & that's why I'm not tweeting that Portia just signed on to do a top secret arc on "Scandal". Oops.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) July 23, 2014

Multiple media outlets also confirmed the casting news.

"Scandal" returns on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET, sandwiched between "Grey's Anatomy" and the new series "How to Get Away with Murder."

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