The Chi has some new company. Deadline reports Armando Riesco has joined the upcoming Showtime series.

From Lena Waithe, Elwood Reid, and Common, the drama “is a coming-of-age story that follows a half-dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago.”

From Deadline:

Riesco will play a seasoned homicide detective working the turbulent streets of Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods. When one of his street informant’s kids gets murdered, he mistakenly gives him information that leads to a senseless death of yet another kid. This detective has a soft spot for some of his regulars and finds himself torn at times between his colleagues and his neighborhood.”

What do you think? Do you subscribe to Showtime? Will you watch The Chi?