Emmy and Tony winner David Hyde Pierce joins the cast of “The Good Wife” in recurring role

What a welcome return to series television.

The oh-so gifted David Hyde Pierce is joining the red-hot CBS drama The Good Wife in a recurring role for its sixth season.

The Frazier alum will play a highly respected cable news legal commentator who is so disgusted by the corruption and murder rate in Chicago that he decides to run for office in order to effect change, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Pierce won four Emmys during his nine seasons as Niles Crane on Frasier.

He has since been a smash on Broadway starring in the musical Spamalot and winning a Tony Award for the musical Curtains.