2020 Preview: 7 New Characters Coming to Your Favorite Shows (PHOTOS)
MacGyver adds Henry Ian Cusick
Cusick (The Passage) will help Angus MacGyver (Lucas Till) and gang bring down baddies as ex-military Russ, a wealthy master manipulator.
MacGyver, Season 4, Friday, Feb. 7, 8/7c, CBS
Billions adds Julianna Margulies
Can Margulies hold her own in the drama’s cutthroat world as Catherine Brant, a bestselling author and Ivy League sociology professor? We think yes!
Billions, Season 5, Spring, Showtime
The Crown adds Gillian Anderson
In Season 4, Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) faces off with the formidable Margaret Thatcher (The X-Files‘ Anderson), prime minister from 1979 to 1990.
The Crown, Season 4, TBA, Netflix
Fargo adds Chris Rock
Funnyman Rock gets serious in the anthology’s fourth round, playing the patriarch of a 1950s African-American crime syndicate doing battle with the Kansas City Mafia. Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) costars.
Fargo, Season 4, Sunday, April 19, 10/9c, FX
Killing Eve adds Game of Thrones‘ Gemma Whelan
Details remain hush-hush, but suffice to say bringing Game of Thrones alum Whelan (aka Yara Greyjoy) to this thriller is, in a word, thrilling!
Killing Eve, Season 3, TBA, BBC America
The Sinner adds Matt Bomer
Bomer (American Horror Story: Hotel) joins Season 3 of the drama. His role: schoolteacher Jamie Burns, whose sins involve a mysterious car accident.
The Sinner, Season 3, Thursday, February 6, 9/8c, USA
Westworld adds Aaron Paul
The three-time Breaking Bad Emmy winner appears as Caleb, a blue-collar construction worker with a complicated past who crosses paths with robot Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood).
Westworld, Season 3, TBA, HBO
The holiday season is over, but TV has some new gifts you'll never want to return. Settle in for 12 months of fan-favorite stars (Fran Drescher, Edie Falco), inspiring physical feats (the Olympics), new streaming services, and another must-see season of Outlander.
If you've missed seeing a favorite star on your television screen, you may be in luck in 2020 — and they may be joining one of your must-see series.
2020 Preview: 10 New Shows Based on Page-Turners (PHOTOS)
Quite a few series are getting some new blood for the new year, so click through the gallery above for the scoop on what to expect from their characters.
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8 Reboots & Spinoffs Coming to TV
'Schitt's Creek,' 'The 100' & 7 More TV Shows Ending
'Outmatched,' 'Kimmy Schmidt' & More Laughs on the Way
6 U.S. Athletes to Watch Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
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