He played the role of Colonel Francis Clay Mosby in 42 episodes of the Western television series ' (1994), which was later renamed ' (1995). McCormack commented that it was a "fantastic role". In an interview with "The Guardian" in 2003, McCormack admitted to auditioning "two or three times" for the part of Ross Geller, which ultimately went to David Schwimmer, for the situation comedy "Friends". In 1995, he appeared in the television film "The Man Who Wouldn't Die". He was cast in the 1997 made-for-television movie "Borrowed Hearts", where he portrayed a selfish businessman who learns to love, and in the HBO film "Exception to the Rule", in which he played a cheating husband.