Dream Roles For Stars Of Cancelled Shows: New Rookie Recruit, Meta Pitt Patient, Will Trent Sibling And More

It's time to reach into the back of our closets, dust off those casting director caps and put 'em on.

Now that the dust has settled from this spring's many TV cancellations, and we await the start of a fresh fall season, we've taken it upon ourselves here at TVLine to find new work for the small-screen actors whose latest gigs have come to a close (whether by abrupt cancellation or pre-planned series finale).

In the list below, we've crafted some hypothetical characters for alumni of 20 concluded series, including The Handmaid's Tale, Night Court, 1923, Found, Andor, The Recruit and The Irrational. We've placed stars on shows spanning broadcast, cable and streaming — and though there's currently zero evidence to suggest these castings will actually happen, we're unironically jazzed about these imaginary scenarios, including an ER reunion on The Pitt, Noah Centineo's presence on a different Alexi Hawley series, and Melissa Rauch's return to the Big Bang Theory universe.

But again: These are dream castings from Team TVLine, not actual news items.

Keep scrolling to review all of our picks, then hit the comments to share the beloved faces you want back on TV ASAP.

Past Gig: Titular CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks on Alexi Hawley's The Recruit

New Gig: Sgt. Lucy Chen's first night shift recruit on The Rookie, who she hopes will follow her example and not pick up on bad "Dream Team" habits

Past Gig: Grosse Pointe Garden Society member Birdie

New Gig: One of Caleb's adult children on Will Trent — the half-sister Will never knew he had

Past Gig: Crisis manager Gabi Mosely on Found

New Gig: The "by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent" who is partnered with Tom Ellis' Hart Hoxton in CBS' CIA

Past Gig: Frasier's bartender love interest, Holly

New Gig: The third ex-wife of Matlock's Senior (Beau Bridges), who was too smart for his liking!

Past Gig: FBI: Most Wanted's Special Agent Ray Cannon

New Gig: On Prime Video's Cross, as Alex's (Aldis Hodge) never-known brother from another mother

Past Gig: Laid's cursed femme fatale Ruby

New Gig: The baby-faced Overcompensating professor with whom Peter is determined to make more than the grade

Past Gig: Étoile's ballet company artistic director Jack McMillan

New Gig: The leader of a group of topside survivors, potentially in the same encampment as Xavier's wife Teri, in Paradise

Past Gig: On Call's no-nonsense Sgt. Lasman

New Gig: The brother of Robby's late mentor, Dr. Adamson, who is admitted to The Pitt as a patient

Past Gigs: Bosch: Legacy, Rescue: HI-Surf, FBI: International and The Sex Lives of College Girls

New Gig: Meet the untested, unpredictable S.W.A.T. EXILES team!

Past Gig: The Irrational's detective Alec Mercer

New Gig: Danny's (Colman Domingo) ex-boyfriend whose return sends Claude (Marco Calvani) into a fit of hot-blooded jealousy on The Four Seasons

Past Gig: The Handmaid's Tale's Commander Nick Blaine

New Gig: Mysterious wizard Sirius Black on HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series

Past Gig: Alert: Missing Persons Unit's unexpectedly deceased Nikki Batista

New Gig: Chicago P.D.'s incoming loose-cannon officer on the ATF Task Force

Past Gig: Night Court judge Abby Stone

New Gig: A return to the Big Bang Theory franchise — not as Bernadette, but as the previously mentioned, but never-before-seen fiancée of Mandy's ex/current boss Scott (played by Christopher Gorham)

Past Gig: 1923's haunted veteran Spencer Dutton

New Gig: Rising NIS star Dwayne Pride, as NCIS: Origins in Season 2 spends an episode or two planting a seed for the Fed 5

Past Gig: Good girl Annie Grover on Cruel Intentions

New Gig: Interview With the Vampire's Akasha, aka the Queen of the Damned, who is awakened by Lestat's music after a centuries-long sleep

Past Gig: Andor's relentless bureaucrat Syril Karn

New Gig: Lumon's chief corporate negotiator sent in to break Innie Mark and Helly's sit-in protest on Severance

Past Gig: EMS captain Tommy Vega on 9-1-1: Lone Star

New Gig: The interim deputy director of the GBI who is brought in while Will Trent's boss Amanda recovers from a nearly fatal gunshot wound

Past Gig: The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh's no-nonsense matriarch Sudha

New Gig: The sardonic director of the residency program in which Grey's Anatomy's Ben is forced to enroll after being let go by Teddy

Past Gig: Aspiring documentarian Damon "Junior" Fulton on Poppa's House

New Gig: A new resident in The Neighborhood who befriends Calvin... and makes Dave (played by Jr.'s former New Girl loftmate Max Greenfield) super jealous

Past Gig: FBI: International tech whiz Amanda Tate

New Gig: Given the transitive property of DWU (Dick Wolf Universe) crossovers, perhaps Amanda Tate could bring her tech skills over to Law & Order: Organized Crime. Maybe she got tired of Budapest life?