New Roles For Stars Of Cancelled Shows

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Aimee Garcia

Past gig: Ella, the fast-talking, hug-giving forensics whiz on Lucifer

New gig: As one TVLine reader brilliantly suggested, simply relocate Ella, potryrayer and all, to the NCIS lab vacated by Abby!

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Alfonso Herrera 

Past gig: The Exorcist priest Father Tomas Ortega

New gig: An acting rival-turned-friend of Kevin's on This Is Us — we're not saying he's Kevin's Miguel, but he'd kinda be Kevin's Miguel.

Great News - Season Pilot

Briga Heelan 

Past gig: Great News producer Katie Wendelson

New gig: A flirty new neighbor on Splitting Up Together who causes tension between Lena and Martin.

JASON RITTER

Jason Ritter

Past gig: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World's unlikely hero

New gig: Ritter can deftly balance both emotional and lighthearted drama, making him a natural fit for ABC's new tug-on-your-heartstrings series A Million Little Things.

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Kristen Schaal

Past gig: The Last Man on Earth's goofy survivor Carol

New gig: The Good Place would only get, um, good-er by adding Schaal as Jane, a peppy new updated version of walking digital assistant Janet. Why not make that Janet-Jason-Tahani love triangle into a quadrangle, huh? 

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Leah Remini

Past gig: Kevin Can Wait's security firm partner Vanessa Cellucci

New gig: We still haven't met Jughead's mom on Riverdale — and Remini has the right tough-cookie edge to play a former Southside Serpent.

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Lucy Hale

Past gig: Life Sentence cancer survivor Stella Abbott

New gig: The newest addition to the nursing team at The Resident's Chastain Park Memorial Hospital — who also happens to catch Conrad's eye.

MAGGIE Q

Maggie Q

Past Gig: Designated Survivor's formidable FBI agent Hannah Wells

New Gig: Not only can we imagine her rocking the bald head of The Walking Dead's Alpha, the leader of comic-book baddies the Whisperers, but the idea of her playing the colder-than-ice villainess gives us chills.

The Brave - Season 1

Mike Vogel 

Past gig: The Brave team leader Captain Adam "Top" Dalton

New gig: Surprise! Chicago Fire's Casey has a half-brother he never knew about!

The Brave - Season 1

Natacha Karam

Past gig: The Brave sniper Jasmine "Jaz" Khan

New gig: A Fed called in to help the Lethal Weapon guys with a case who — unlike many of the other women who've spent time in the precinct — has no time for nor interest in any Riggs-related shenanigans.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA

Priyanka Chopra

Past gig: Quantico's FBI trainee Alex Parrish 

New gig: Batwoman in next season's Arrowverse crossover. C'mon, she was born to play a superhero, right?

ROSE REYNOLDS

Rose Reynolds

Past gig: Once Upon a Time's other Alice (aka Tilly)

New gig: Kirby Anders, the hell-raising daughter of Carrington majordomo Joseph Anders, who arrived (but wasn't seen!) in Dynasty's season finale.

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Albert Tsai

Past gig: 9JKL's lobby-loving Ian

New gig: A new neighbor for Speechless' DiMeos who takes a shine to "older woman" Dylan.

EDEN SHER

Eden Sher

Past gig: The Middle's relentlessly optimistic middle child Sue Heck

New gig: A fellow astrophysicist who catches Raj's eye on The Big Bang Theory. 

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January Jones

Past gig: Last Man on Earth's gun-toting, Shawshank Redemption-obsessed survivor Melissa

New gig: A new inmate on Orange Is the New Black who makes Piper seem tolerable by comparison.

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John Laroquette

Past gig: Playing the future Bobby Moynihan, er, Alex Riley on CBS' Me, Myself & I

New gig: A network lawyer who has his hands full trying to keep Murphy & Co. out of trouble on Murphy Brown

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Judd Hirsch

Past gig: Arthur Przybyszewski, the ornery proprietor of Superior Donuts

New gig: The new owner of Spencer's mansion on American Housewife — and Anna-Kate's reluctant new bestie.

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Katey Sagal

Past gig: Officer Randy DeLuca on Superior Donuts

New gig: A new work rival for Modern Family's Jay (Ed O'Neill) following the Pritchett's Closets merger — and if it happens to inspire a Married... With Children revival somewhere down the line, so be it.

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Robert Patrick

Past gig: DHS special agent Cabe Gallo on Scorpion

New gig: Blue Bloods' Jamie and Eddie think they've got this partners/lovers thing licked? Wait until they meet their hard-nosed new CO! He just might... terminate... their arrangement.

SERINDA SWAN

Serinda Swan

Past gig: The queen of Marvel's Inhumans, the well-tressed Medusa

New gig: Assuming that NCIS: Los Angeles' Mosley loses her job for the season finale's rogue operation, Swan could step in as the new EAD — and maybe widen the rift between Deeks and Kensi.

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Sofia Black-D'Elia

Past gig: The Mick's bratty teen Sabrina

New gig: A bright-eyed law student who just arrived at How to Get Away With Murder's Middleton University, only to get caught up in the Keating Four's next mess.

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Tom Welling

Past gig: Lucifer's Pierce aka Cain aka The World's First Murderer

New gig: Putting TV's former Clark Kent on Supergirl is a bit on the nose even for us. Instead, it'd be pretty super to see him square off against Arrow's Oliver — either as a Supermax kingpin or a member of the Longbow Hunters.

Taken - Season:2

Jessica Camacho

Past gig: Taken

New gig: Fox's The Gifted plans to introduce the Morlocks in Season 2, and Camacho could be very badass as group co-founder Callisto.

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Boris Kodjoe

Past Gig: Code Black surgeon Dr. Will Campbell

New Gig:A hotshot surgeon on The Good Doctor who tells Reznick to get off her high horse (but also might evolve into a potential love interest).

Rise - Season:1

Josh Radnor

Past gig: Rise's theater dept. head Mr. Mazzu

New gig: Reuniting with former HIMYM costar Cobie Smulders, this time playing her insufferable marriage counselor on Netflix's Friends From College.

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