Dan Byrd has joined a Louis CK comedy pilot.

The Cougar Town star will play Fred - an intelligent film editor - in the CBS multi-camera project about a group of poor young people looking to achieve their dreams, reports Deadline.

The untitled comedy, written by Louis CK and to be directed by Andy Ackerman, is in second position behind Cougar Town for Byrd, which means the role of Fred will be recast if Cougar Town is picked up for another season.