'ER' star Eriq La Salle has booked a recurring role on 'A Gifted Man.'

According to the Hollywood Reporter, La Salle will play Evan Morrison, a physician who treats people with emotional and behavioral problems. He'll appear in at least four episodes and may direct one episode of the new CBS drama.

The role reunites La Salle and former 'ER' executive producer Neal Baer.

"I have very fond memories of our time together on 'ER' and look forward to having Eriq portray another unforgettable character on 'A Gifted Man,'" Baer told THR.

'A Gifted Man' premieres Fri., Sept. 23, 8PM on CBS.

In other casting news ...

ABC Family announced today that it has ordered 22 more episodes of its latest summer hit, 'Switched at Birth.' That'll make 32 episodes total for the show's first season.

The hourlong drama about two 15-year-old girls from opposite sides of the tracks who were -- you guessed it -- switched at birth was the network's highest-rated series debut of all time. After the last of the show's initial 10 episodes airs Mon., Aug. 8, the show will return with new episodes in early 2012, Deadline reports.

(S07E04) Damn you, Dave Rosenthal! You're making me start to like the idea of Christopher and Lorelai together. I can't believe I'm actually thinking it, much less writing it; but tonight's episode showed why that couple has always been so good together over the years. I just wish we didn't have to see those two be cute and laugh and have banter about Snakes on a Plane together at the expense of Luke.

But Luke's OK, sorta. He's got the Tortured Plot Device -- known to most people as April -- in his life.