New Roles For Stars Of Cancelled Shows (2019)

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Amy Acker

Past gig: Increasingly badass mom of mutants on The Gifted

New gig: Now that SEAL Team's Mandy has been demoted from field work, let's reunite Acker with Angel star David Boreanaz by having her sub in as a new CIA analyst temporarily assigned to Bravo.

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Cedric Yarbrough

Past gig: Kenneth Clements, the jovial aide who ensured that JJ was never left Speechless

New gig: The Modern Family entrepreneur whose marketing savvy gives Jay's doggy-bed business (four) legs.

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Chris Chalk

Past gig: Gotham's tech-savvy Lucius Fox

New gig: J'onn Jonzz's estranged Martian brother on Supergirl

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Christopher Paul Richards

Past gig: The Kids Are Alright's Joey, the opportunistic playboy in the Cleary family

New gig: A Single Parents transfer student on whom Poppy suspects Rory has a crush.

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Justin Baldoni

Past gig: Jane the Virgin's baby daddy Rafael Solano

New gig: A hotshot surgical resident on The Good Doctor who strikes up an immediate connection with Claire.

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Leslie Jordan

Past gig: The Cool Kids' flamboyant oldster Sid 

New gig: We'd love to see him return to Will & Grace and American Horror Story, of course, but he could also pop in on This Is Us as a kooky nanny for Kate and Toby's new baby. (That storyline could use some laughs.)

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Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Past gig: The Passage father figure Brad Wolgast

New gig: A McCord 2020 political strategist who falls for Daisy on Madam Secretary (unless we can have him back as Pitch catcher Mike Lawson, in which case, batter up!)

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Mary McCormack

Past gig: Peggy Cleary, the no-nonsense mom whose tough love ensured that The Kids Are Alright (well, were alright)

New gig: The kickass attorney hired by Grey's Anatomy's Meredith to keep her from being sent up the river — and a new love interest for the soon-to-be-heartbroken Tom.

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Melissa Rauch

Past gig: The Big Bang Theory's small-but-feisty Bernadette

New gig: A mean-spirited, recovering alcoholic on Mom who is both Bonnie's mini-me and her first-ever sponsee.

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Michelle Mitchenor

Past gig: Lethal Weapon cop Bailey

New gig: A Superstore secret shopper who gets so attached to the Cloud 9 gang, she can't stay away.

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Nik Dodani

Past gig: Murphy Brown's tech-savvy millennial Pat

New gig: Let's introduce this nerd to his native habitat — HBO's Silicon Valley — as a charming new rival for Richard and the Pied Piper gang. 

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Nina Dobrev

Past Gig: Fam's overwhelmed bride Clem

New Gig: A return to bloodsucking as a vampire on the FX comedy What We Do In the Shadows

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Parisa Fitz-Henley

Past gig: Midnight, Texas' resident good witch

New gig: Eddie's fizzy, fun new love interest on A Million Little Things

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Rachel Bilson

Past gig: Take Two's fallen actress-turned-PI

New gig: Angie's sister on Single Parents, who won't stop flirting with Will, much to Angie's displeasure.

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Robert Buckley

Past gig: iZombie's undead commander Major

New gig: Nate's long-lost brother on Legends of Tomorrow. Good looks and muscles run in the family!

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Saniyya Sidney

Past gig: The Passage viral sensation Amy Bellafonte

New gig: Tess' first girlfriend on This Is Us

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Simon Helberg

Past gig: Big Bang Theory Caltech engineer Howard Wolowitz

New gig: Jonah's younger brother on Superstore, a business school graduate who is leading the life that Jonah could have had. 

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Yael Grobglas

Past gig: Jane the Virgin's ice queen with a heart of gold Petra

New gig: A new assassin who steals Villanelle's thunder on Killing Eve. (Thanks to Anezka, we already know she can do accents.) 

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Zoe Lister-Jones

Past gig: Jen Short, the Life in Pieces character who was likeliest to leave you in stitches

New gig: Greg's new colleague on American Housewife, a flirtatious intellectual who turns out to be more interested in Katie than her husband.

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Skyler Samuels

Past gig: The Gifted's Esme, Sophie and Phoebe Frost

New gig: Edie, Sammie and Fanny Cole, triplet sisters who each appear on one of the #OneChicago shows

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Vincent Rodriguez III

Past gig: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Josh Chan

New gig: A plucky young cop on 9-1-1: Lone Star whose relentless optimism doesn't sit well with Rob Lowe's cynical New York-born character.

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