Stacy Keach has been cast to play Special Agent Dwayne Pride’s father in a Mardi Gras-themed episode of “NCIS: New Orleans” to air on Fat Tuesday (Feb. 17). Gary Glasberg, executive producer of the series and the mothership “NCIS,” described the episode, which begins production in New Orleans this week, as “a fun story.”

“We’re doing parade stuff, and yes it will air on Fat Tuesday,” he said. “It’s a big, fun, action-packed story that we’re excited about, and I think the network is excited about it, too.”

Reached by phone a few hours after CBS announced at the Winter TV Tour that the series would be picked up for a second season, Glasberg said the early renewal order was “a terrific thing.”

“It means that for one, your cast and crew, which is down there and working really hard and making all this happen, can now plan vacations and family time during hiatus, and know they’ve got a terrific job to come back to,” he said. “That’s a fantastic thing for people working as hard as this crew has been working down there.

“It means we can start to look ahead on stories. It means we can book the directors we want and not have to worry about schedule conflicts.”

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I’ve added to the NCIS New Orleans Fan Gallery with stills for the next week’s episode.