Four on crime scene for CBS, HBO

June 09, 2009 Los Angeles as a regular, while The Wire alum Michael Kenneth Williams, veteran Dabney Coleman and Paz de la Huerta have joined the cast of HBO's Martin Scorsese-directed drama pilot Boardwalk Empire. Los Angeles, a spinoff from NCIS that will launch behind the hit crime procedural on Tuesdays this fall, stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. It's set at the Office of Special Projects, a division of NCIS that's charged with apprehending dangerous criminals. The actor drew the attention of the CBS casting executives this past pilot season with his performance on another CBS/CBS Studios drama pilot, "Washington Field."

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