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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC
Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova) will play the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. during Season 4.
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D>, ABC
Parminder Nagra will recur during Season 4 as a powerful political figure who is outspoken about her distrust of Inhumans.
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC
Gabriel Luna (True Detective) will recur during Season 4 as Robbie Reyes aka Ghost Rider.
ARROW, The CW
Katie Cassidy is now a series regular across all of the superhero shows exec-produced by Greg Berlanti, including The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
ARROW, The CW
John Barrowman is now a series regular across all of the superhero shows exec-produced by Greg Berlanti, including The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
ARROW, The CW
Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV) will recur during Season 5 as a villain in Oliver’s Russia flashbacks.
ARROW, The CW
Joe Dinicol (Blindspot) will recur during Season 5 as Rory Regan, aka the vigilante Ragman.
ARROW, The CW
Josh Segarra (Chicago P.D.) has been added as a series regular for Season 5, as DA Adrian Chase aka the vigilante known as… Vigilante.
ARROW, The CW
Tyler Ritter (The McCarthys) will recur during Season 5 as the SCPD’s Detective Malone.
ARROW, The CW
Chad L. Coleman (The Wire) will recur during Season 5 as gangster Tobias Church.
ARROW, The CW
Rick Gonzalez (Reaper) will recur during Season 5 as the DC Comics vigilante Wild Dog.
ARROW, The CW
Carly Pope (Popular) will recur during Season 5 as Susan Williams, a Coast City reporter doing a piece on Star City’s Mayor Oliver Queen.
ARROW, The CW
Echo Kellum has been promoted to a series regular for Season 5, as Curtis Holt.
ARROW, The CW
Madison McLaughlin in Season 5 will reprise her role as Evelyn Crawford — and her new superhero persona, Artemis — for multiple episodes.
THE BIG BANG THEORY, CBS
Katey Sagal will play mom to her 8 Simple Rules daughter, Kaley Cuoco (as Penny), in the Season 10 premiere, while Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) will play Penny’s ne’er-do-well brother.
THE BIG BANG THEORY, CBS
Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) will appear in multiple Season 10 episodes as an Air Force representative who's interested in the boys' quantum gyroscope for military applications.
BLACK-ISH, ABC
Peter Mackenzie has been promoted to a series regular for Season 3, as Dre's boss Mr. Stevens.
BLACK-ISH, ABC
Tony winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) will recur during Season 3 as Bow’s hipster brother Johan.
BLINDSPOT, NBC
Luke Mitchell (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)) and Michelle Hurd (Daredevil) have joined Season 2 as series regulars, playing members of the shadowy organization that sent Jane to the FBI.
BLINDSPOT, NBC
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) will recur during Season 2 as the head of a secret division of the NSA.
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE,Fox
Maya Rudolph will appear in multiple episodes as the U.S. Marshal serving as Jake and Holt’s liaison .
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, Fox
Ken Marino (Party Down) will appear in two episodes, starting with the Season 4 premiere, as the precinct’s new captain.
CHICAGO FIRE, NBC
Miranda Rae Mayo, who plays firefighter Stella Kidd, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 5.
CHICAGO FIRE, NBC
Scott Elrod (Grey’s Anatomy) will appear in multiple Season 5 episodes as Severide’s friend, "lifestyle" celebrity Travis Brenner.
CHICAGO MED, NBC
Jeff Hephner will recur during Season 2 as Chicago Firefighter-turned-fourth year med student Jeff Clarke.
CHICAGO P.D., NBC
Brian Geraghty will not return as Roman for Season 4, after two seasons as a series regular.
CHICAGO P.D., NBC
Li Jun Li (Quantico) will recur during Season 4 as Julie Tay, the cop assigned to work with Burgess following the exit of her former partner Roman.
CODE BLACK, CBS
Rob Lowe (The Grinder) has joined the Season 2 cast as Colonel Ethan Willis, a doctor who comes to Angels Memorial from the U.S. Military's prestigious Combat Casualty Care research program.
CODE BLACK, CBS
Bonnie Somerville and Raza Jaffrey, who played Christa Lorenson and Neal Hudson, will not return for Season 2.
CODE BLACK, CBS
Boris Kodjoe, who plays Will Campbell, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 2.
CODE BLACK, CBS
Jillian Murray, who plays Heather Pinkney, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 2.
CODE BLACK, CBS
Noah Grey-Cabey (Heroes), Emily Tyra (Flesh & Bone) and Nafessa Williams (One Life to Live) will “recur during Season 2 as new doctors.
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, The CW
Gabrielle Ruiz, who plays Josh's ex-girlfriend Valencia, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 2.
CRIMINAL MINDS, CBS
Thomas Gibson has been fired from the series, and will last air as Hotch during early Season 12.
CRIMINAL MINDS, CBS
Paget Brewster will reprise her role as Prentiss in multiple Season 12 episodes.
CRIMINAL MINDS, CBS
Aisha Tyler has been promoted to a series regular for Season 12, as Dr. Tara Lewis.
CRIMINAL MINDS, CBS
Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami) has joined the cast for Season 12 as an FBI Fugitive Task Force agent who joins the BAU.
ELEMENTARY, CBS
Nelsan Ellis (>I>True Blood) will appear in a Season 5 arc as a three-episode arc as Shinwell Johnson, a character who first appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1924 story, "The Illustrious Client."
ELEMENTARY, CBS
John Noble will not return as Morland for Season 5.
EMPIRE, Fox
Taye Diggs (Private Practice) will recur during Season 3 as Angelo Dubois, a city councilman hailing from a respected and affluent New York family.
EMPIRE, Fox
Ajiona Alexus and Jeremy Carver will recur during Season 3 as a teenage Cookie and Lucious.
EMPIRE, Fox
Xzibit, who plays Lucious' rival Shyne Johnson, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 3.
EMPIRE, Fox
Sierra McClain will recur during Season 3 as Nessa, a singer that Lucious is determined to sign.
THE FLASH, The CW
Tom Felton (Harry Potter) has been added as a series regular for Season 3, playing CSI Julian Dorn.
THE FLASH, The CW
Susan Walters (The Vampire Diaries) will potentially recur as Caitlin’s mother, Dr. Carla Tannhauser, a world-class biomedical engineer.
THE FLASH / LEGENDS OF TOMORROW / ARROW / SUPERGIRL, The CW
Wentworth Miller is now a series regular across the whole Berlantiverse, as Leonard Snart. (Get details.)
GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE, Bravo
Retta has been promoted to series regular for Seasons 3, 4 and 5, as Barbara.
GOTHAM, Fox
Benedict Samuel (The Walking Dead) will recur as DC Comics' brain-manipulating Mad Hatter, aka Jervis Tetch.
GOTHAM, Fox
Clare Foley is exiting the recurring role of Ivy Pepper after two seasons.
GOTHAM, Fox
Jamie Chung (Once Upon a Time) will recur during Season 3 as reporter Valerie “Aunt of Vicki” Vale.
GOTHAM, Fox
James Carpinello (The Good Wife) will recur during Season 3 as mob progeny Mario Falcone.
GREY’S ANATOMY, ABC
After 10 seasons as Dr. Callie Torres, Sara Ramirez exited the medical drama ahead of Season 13.
GRIMM*, NBC
Chris McKenna (State of Affairs) will appear in at least one Season 6 episode as the "formidable and driven" Lt. Grossante.* Season 6 premiere date TBA
HAWAII FIVE-0
Claire Forlani (CSI: NY) will recur during Season 7 as Alicia Brown, a criminal profiler who works with Five-0 to track a serial killer.
HAWAII FIVE-0,CBS
Michelle Borth and Christine Lahti will reprise their roles as Catherine and Doris in the series’ 150th episode.
HAWAII FIVE-0, CBS
Rosalind Chao (The O.C.) will recur during Season 7 as Governor Mahoe.
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, ABC
Luna (Lauren) Velez (Dexter) will recur during Season 3 as the the president of Middleton University.
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, The CW
Matt Letscher (The Flash) will be a series regular during Season 2 as Reverse-Flash, while Neal McDonough (Arrow), John Barrowman (Arrow) and Wentworth Miller (Legends) will recur as Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn and Captain Cold.
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, The CW
Sarah Grey will potentially recur as the Justice Society of America hero Stargirl.
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, The CW
Nick Zano (2 Broke Girls) has been added as a series regular for Season 2, as Dr. Nate Heywood (aka Citizen Steel).
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, The CW
Maisie Richardson-Sellers (The Originals) has been added as a series regular for Season 2, as Amaya Jiwe aka Vixen.
LIFE IN PIECES, CBS
Hunter King, who plays Clementine, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 2.
LONGMIRE, Netflix
Dylan Walsh (Unforgettable) will recur as a crime boss during Season 5.
LUCIFER, Fox
Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) has joined Season 2 as a series regular, playing Lucifer and Amenadiel's mother, “Charlotte.”
LUCIFER, Fox
Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) will recur as Lucifer and Amenadiel’s brother, the angel Uriel.
LUCIFER, Fox
Aimee Garcia (Dexter) has been added as a series regular for Season 2, playing forensic scientist Ella Lopez.
MASTERS OF SEX,Showtime
Tony winner Kelli O’Hara will appear in multiple Season 4 episodes as Masters’ long-lost love, Dody.
MASTERS OF SEX, Showtime
Erin Karpluk (Being Erica) will recur during Season 4 as a patient seeking advice on her sex life.
MASTERS OF SEX, Showtime
David Walton (About a Boy) will recur during Season 4 as Masters and Johnson's attorney, Abe Perlman.
MASTERS OF SEX, Showtime
Niecy Nash (Scream Queens) will recur during Season 4 as Masters' Alcoholics Anonymous chairperson.
THE MIDDLE, ABC
Greer Grammer (Awkward) will appear in multiple Season 8 episodes as “the love of Axl’s life.”
THE MINDY PROJECT, Hulu
Chris Messina is not a series regular for Season 5, but will recur as Danny.
THE MINDY PROJECT, Hulu
Bryan Greenberg (How to Make It in America) will will recur during Season 5 as Ben, a pediatric nurse forced to deal with Mindy and her child's ever-changing illnesses.
THE MINDY PROJECT, Hulu
Rebecca Rittenhouse (Blood & Oil) will will appear in multiple Season 5 episodes as Anna, a put-together but slightly evil doctor who becomes a foil for Mindy.
MODERN FAMILY,ABC
Nathan Fillion (Castle) will recur during Season 8 as a local weatherman, Rainor Shine.
MOM, CBS
William Fichtner, who plays Bonnie's beau Adam, has been promoted to a series regular for Season 4.
NASHVILLE, CMT*
Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, as well as
Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Clare Bowen, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella and Chris Carmack, are expected back for Season 5 on CMT.* CMT premiere date TBA
NASHVILLE, CMT*
Aubrey Peeples, who played Layla, will not be returning for Season 5 on CMT.* CMT premiere date TBA
NASHVILLE, CMT*
Will Chase, who played Luke, will not be returning for Season 5 on CMT.* CMT premiere date TBA
NCIS, CBS
After playing Anthony DiNozzo for 13 seasons, Michael Weatherly has exited the series — and now stars on CBS' Bull, airing Tuesdays after NCIS.
NCIS, CBS
Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show) has been added as a series regular for Season 14, playing a field agent who resurfaces after disappearing on a cover assignment.
NCIS, CBS
Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods) is is joining Season 14 in the series regular role of Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn.
NCIS, CBS
Duane Henry has been promoted to series regular for Season 14, as MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves.
NCIS, CBS
Sarah Clarke (24), who recurred at the end of Season 13 as FBI agent Tess Monroe, will not be returning.
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, CBS
Original cast member Zoe McLellan, who played Special Agent Brody, will not be returning for Season 3.
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, CBS
Vanessa Ferlito (Graceland) has been added as a series regular for Season 3, playing an FBI Special Agent sent to investigate Pride's team.
NEW GIRL, Fox
Megan Fox will return for a Season 6 arc as Reagan, appearing in as many as eight episodes
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Deniz Adkeniz (South Beach) will recur during Season 6 as Aladdin.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Oded Fehr (Covert Affairs) will recur during Season 6 as Jafar.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Karen David (Galavant) will recur during Season 6 as Princess Jasmine.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Giles Matthey (24: Live Another Day) will appear in at least the Season 6 premiere as Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Sam Witwer (Smallville) will continue to recur in Season 6, as Mr. Hyde.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Hank Harris (Popular) will continue to recur in Season 6, as Dr. Jekyll.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ABC
Raphael Sbarge (Murder in the First) will reprise his role as Archie in at least the Season 6 premiere.
QUANTICO, ABC
South African actress Pearl Thusi has joined Season 2 as a series regular, playing a type-A lawyer named Dayana Mampasi.
QUANTICO, ABC
Aarón Díaz (Tierra de Reyes) in Season 2 will take on the major recurring role of "thrill-seeking photojournalist" León Velez.
QUANTICO, ABC
Blair Underwood (Agents of SHIELD) has joined the Season 2 cast as Owen Hall, an intelligent and inspirational CIA officer.
QUANTICO, ABC
Tracy Ifeachor (The Originals) will recur during Season 2 as Lydia Bates, an accomplished actuary.
QUANTICO, ABC
David Lim (Hollywood Heights) will recur during Season 2 as Sebastian Chen, a confident future agent.
QUANTICO, ABC
Russell Tovey (Looking) has joined the cast for Season 2 as Harry Doyle — “a cross between Thomas Crown and a grown-up Arftul Dodger.”
ROSEWOOD, Fox
Eddie Cibrian (CSI: Miami) has joined Season 2 as a series regular, playing the role of Aaron Slade, East Miami Police's enigmatic newest member (replacing Brian Austin Green).
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC
Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky (not pictured) will not be returning for Season 42.
SCREAM QUEENS, Fox
John Stamos (Grandfathered) has been added as a series regular for Season 2, playing chief surgeon Dr. Brock Holt.
SCREAM QUEENS, Fox
Twilight's Taylor Lautner has been added as a series regular for Season 2, playing Dr. Cassidy Cascade, a suspicious doc who has a strange medical condition.
SCREAM QUEENS, Fox
Jerry O'Connell (Mistresses) and Laura Bell Bundy (Hart of Dixie) will recur during Season 2, in undisclosed roles.
SCREAM QUEENS, Fox
James Earl (Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life) has been added as a series regular for Season 2, playing Candy Striper.
SHAMELESS, Showtime
Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue) will recur during Season 7 as Margo, the "self-made real estate mogul” who owns the diner Fi works at.
SHAMELESS, Showtime
Alicia Coppola will recur in Season 7 as newly-minted EMT Ian's blue collar, no-nonsense supervisor.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
Chris Wood (Containment) has joined Season 2 as a series regular, playing… who/whatever is in the pod Kara found.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
After being a series regular for Season 1, Calista Flockhart will recur as Cat Grant in Season 2.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
Ian Gomez (Cougar Town) will recur during Season 2 as Snapper Carr, the dry, all-knowing journalist appointed by Cat to serve as the editor-in-chief of CatCo Magazine.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
Katie McGrath (Merlin) will recur during Season 2 as incarcerated Lex Luthor’s sister Lena.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
TV's former Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, will recur during Season 2 as the President of the United States.
SUPERGIRL, The CW
Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf) will guest-star as Superman/Clark Kent in at least two Season 2 episodes (now airing on The CW).
SUPERGIRL, The CW
Floriana Lima (The Family) will recur during Season 2 as Maggie Sawyer, a National City Police Department detective who takes a special interest in cases involving aliens.
SUPERNATURAL, The CW
Samantha Smith will reprise her role as Dean and Sam’s mother Mary during Season 12.
SUPERNATURAL, The CW
Elizabeth Blackmore (The Vampire Diaries) will recur during Season 12 as Lady Toni, a member of the Men of Letters’ British chapter.
SUPERNATURAL, The CW
Rick Springfield (True Detective) will appear in multiple Season 12 episodes as Lucifer’s new “rock star” vessel.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Nathalie Kelley (UnREAL) will heavily recur during the final season as Sybil, a dastardly immortal.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, The CW
Allison Scagliotti (Stitchers) will recur during Season 8 as Georgie, an occult reach intern "driven by a horrific darkness in her own past."
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, The CW
Kristen Gutoskie (Containment) will recur during Season 8 as Seline, the harrowed nanny of Alaric and Caroline’s twin daughters.
THE VIEW, ABC
Sara Haines will be a permanent co-host for Season 20.
THE WALKING DEAD, AMC
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (as Negan), Tom Payne ( Jesus), Austin Amelio (Dwight) and Xander Berkeley (Gregory) have been promoted to series regulars for Season 7.
YOU'RE THE WORST, FXX
Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black) will recur during Season 3 as Gretchen's therapist, Justina.147
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