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'Covert Affairs' is the latest pickup from the highly-rated USA Network.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the the show, starring Piper Perabo, has received an 11-episode order. In it, Perabo will play Annie Walker, an inexperienced CIA field operative who is hung up on her mysterious ex-boyfriend (Eion Bailey). Her ex, we learn, is of special interest to the CIA.

Joining Perabo and Bailey will be 'Ugly Betty''s Christopher Gorham, Peter Gallagher of 'The OC' fame, Kari Matchett and Ann Dudek.

Piper Perabo's most recognizable roles have been in the Cheaper by the Dozen films, as well as a turn in Coyote Ugly. And yet, hers is one of those names unique enough to remember. Someone at USA recalled Perabo well enough to cast her in Covert Affairs, a pilot about a young CIA trainee abruptly called up as a field operative. While she thinks it's because she's so awesome and all, it turns out that it has more to do with some secret in her past.

In other words, she may be woefully unprepared for the cases she finds herself involved in. At least she'll have Christopher Gorham (Harper's Island) on hand to help her navigate, though I wouldn't trust him. Plus, he's blind which limits his abilities in the field.

For those of you tracking which of the Harper's Island alumni would be the first to land regular work elsewhere, it looks like it was the most unstable of the bunch. I guess that means Gorham won't be available for that Weekend at Bernie's style reunion special.

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