Ron Eldard will play the lead in the CBS drama pilot Demons.
He will play an ex-Jesuit priest/psychologist who performs exorcisms. Eldard's recent credits include the ABC drama Blind Justice and the feature Freedomland.
In other pilot-casting news:
-British actor Lloyd Owen (Miss Potter) has landed the lead in CBS' Viva Laughlin, a musical based on the BBC's Viva Blackpool! Owen will play a family man who dreams of opening a casino in Laughlin, Nevada.
-Josh Cooke has joined an untitled CBS drama about a group of public defenders. Cooke will play a newbie to the Public Defenders' office. The project is in second position to Cooke's current series, ABC's Big Day.
-Monica Potter (Boston Legal) has come aboard CBS' drama Protect and Serve, which follows the lives of street cops in suburban Los Angeles. Potter will play the estranged wife of one of the cops.
Religion is one theme that is better left alone on network tv. The sudden cancellatoin of the Book of Daniel should tell CBS execs something.
Any show with a religious theme may find it self in the line of fire regardless of how good it may be - anyone remember the brilliant Book Of Daniel cancelled even before it aired. If you missed it check out the DVD it is amazing.
Monica Potter deserves better than some random cops dramas.