Eric Roberts Joins 'The Young and the Restless' 7/12

Actor Eric Roberts will join the cast of CBS soap opera 'The Young and the Restless,' TV Guide reports.  Roberts will play Adam Wilson's (Michael Muhney) lawyer and will first appear on July 12. 

Eric Roberts appeared in Broadway in BURN THIS, for which he received a Theatre World Award.  Roberts's screen credits include 'King of the Gypsies,' 'Star 80,' 'Runaway Train,' and television's 'In Cold Blood' and 'Less Than Perfect.' 

'The Young and the Restless,' which first aired in 1973, airs weekdays at 6am and 7pm on SOAPnet.  It follows the adventures of various characters in Genoa City.