2020 Preview: 7 New Characters Coming to Your Favorite Shows (PHOTOS)

Jim Halterman January 12, 9:00 am

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*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

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*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

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*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

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*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**

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*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 - Season 3 — Peter Kramer/USA Network
*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

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*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**

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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)

Book lovers won't want to miss these series premiering throughout the year.

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.