For Eric McCormack, another role that could broaden minds

LOS ANGELES (MCT) — For eight seasons, Eric McCormack played jovial gay lawyer Will Truman on NBC’s “Will & Grace,” a man surrounded by voices competing for his attention: his neurotic roommate Grace, his flamboyantly peppy friend Jack and boozy socialite sidekick Karen. His latest TV role one-ups the babble: In TNT’s new summer drama “Perception,” which premiered Monday, McCormack stars as Dr. Daniel Pierce, a scruffy neuroscientist and professor who helps the federal government solve difficult cases with the help of his own multiple voices. He is, after all, paranoid schizophrenic.