Your favorite TV shows may look a bit different when they return, thanks to new names on the call sheets and some conspicuous absences.
For instance, Fire Country, Chicago Fire, Emily in Paris and Wednesday all will be missing familiar faces when they return from their hiatuses, whereas For All Mankind, House of the Dragon, Euphoria and others have welcomed new members to their respective ensembles.
We also now have a good idea of who will populate the new seasons of adaptations and anthologies such as Reacher, The Night Agent, BEEF and Presumed Innocent.
In this handy, annual Ins & Outs guide, TVLine lists the new series regulars, recurring players and noteworthy guest stars on returning favorites for the Fall 2025 TV season (and beyond). We also note any promotions (yea!) or downgrades (#awkward).
This alphabetical, oft-updated round-up also serves as a refresher on who has gone bye-bye since last you last tuned in to your favorite show.
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Ahsoka Season 2 (Disney+)
Scottish Game of Thrones alum Rory McCann will play Baylan Skoll, filling the role originated by the late Irish actor Ray Stevenson, who died in May 2023. ◼ Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker.
The Artful Dodger Season 2 (Disney+/Hulu)
Aussies Luke Bracey (Little Fires Everywhere), Jeremy Sims (Mr Inbetween) and Zac Burgess (Cruel Intentions the series) will play Inspector Henry Boxer, the new authority in town with eyes for a Lady; Uncle Dickie, the Governor’s charming and disreputable older brother; and Dickie’s handsome aide Phineas Golden.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 (Netflix)
New for Season 2 are Dichen Lachman (Severance) as Yangchen, Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun) as Fei, Dolly De Leon (Nine Perfect Strangers) as Lo and Li, Lily Gao (Letterkenny) as Ursa, Terry Chen (Wild Cards) as Jeong Jeong, and Miya Cech (The Santa Clauses) as the fan-favorite character Toph… Chin Han (Mortal Kombat) as Long Feng, Hoa Xuande (Top of the Lake: China Girl) as Professor Zei, Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun) as King Kuei and Amanda Zhou (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Joo Dee… and Crystal Yu (Doctor Who) as Lady Beifong, Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder) as The Boulder, Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman) as General Sung, Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets) as Amita, and Adam Beach (Government Cheese) as Hakoda, father of Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio).
BEEF Season 2 (Netflix)
Now an anthology, the next ensemble is led by Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Charles Melton (May December) and Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus). Song Kang-Ho (Parasite), Yuh-Jung Youn (Pachinko), William Fichtner (Mom), Seoyeon Jang (Good Partner), Mikaela Hoover (The Suicide Squad) and musician BM also star.
BMF Season 4 (Starz)
Michael Chiklis (The Shield) will play DEA Agent Taylor, a no-nonsense cop.
The Boys Season 5 (Prime Video)
Both Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins will join former Supernatural castmate Jensen Ackles (back as Soldier Boy) in undisclosed roles. Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) also will fill a mystery role.
Chicago Fire Season 14 (NBC)
Daniel Kyri (as Darren Ritter) and Jake Lockett (Sam Carver) will not be returning as series regulars. (READ MORE) ◼ Brandon Larracuente (On Call) has joined the cast in an undisclosed role.
Chicago P.D. Season 13 (NBC)
Toya Turner will not be returning, after one season as Officer Kiana Cook. (READ MORE)
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Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (Disney+)
Krysten Ritter will reprise her role as Jessica Jones, whom she played in the eponymous Netflix series. ◼ Lili Taylor (Outer Range) will play the governor of New York, and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls) will fill an undisclosed role.
Dark Matter Season 2 (Apple TV+)
Amanda Brugel was promoted to series regular, as Blair Caplan. ◼ Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) will fill an undisclosed recurring role.
Dark Winds Season 4 (AMC)
Titus Welliver (Bosch) will appear in multiple episodes as Dominic McNair, a ruthless crime boss who imports/exports drugs and stolen luxury goods into and out of Los Angeles. ◼ Isabel Deroy-Olson (Three Pines) and Luke Barnett will respectively play a Navajo teen anxious to connect with people outside of her boarding school, and an FBI agent.
The Diplomat Season 3 (Netflix)
Bradley Whitford will play Todd Penn, the First Gentleman to West Wing co-star Allison Janney’s newly appointed U.S. President Grace Penn.
Doc Season 2 (Fox)
Emmy winner Felicity Huffman will play Dr. Joan Ridley, Amy’s med school professor and an early mentor in her career — and now the new chief of internal medicine at Westside. ◼ Patrick Walker (as Dr. Theodore “T.J.” Coleman) and Charlotte Fountain-Jardim (Katie Hamda) have been upped to series regulars.
Elsbeth Season 3 (CBS)
Carra Patterson, who since the series pilot has played NYPD Officer Kaya Blanke, has stepped down as a series regular — but will continue to appear on a guest star basis. (READ MORE)
Emily in Paris Season 5 (Netflix)
Camille Razat, who plays Emily’s friend/Gabriel’s ex-girlfriend Cami, will not return as a series regular. (READ MORE) ◼ Lucien Laviscount, who plays Alfie, has returned to series regular status after being downgraded to recurring last season. ◼ Bryan Greenberg (One Tree Hill) will recur as Jake, an American living in Paris; French actress Michèle Laroque (Better Days) will recur as Yvette, an old friend of Sylvie’s; and Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen) will play Princess Jane, a friend of Sylvie’s who married into a royal family.
Euphoria Season 3 (HBO)
Filling undisclosed roles are Oscar-nominated actress Sharon Stone, Kadeem Hardison (A Different World), Spanish pop star Rosalía, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch, Anna Van Patten (Gossip Girl), Darrell Britt-Gibson (Barry), James Landry Hébert (1883), Priscilla Delgado (A League of Their Own), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (His Dark Materials) and Toby Wallace (The Society). ◼ Martha Kelly (as Laurie) and Chloe Cherry (Faye) have been upped to series regulars. ◼ Not returning are Barbie Ferreira (who played Kat) and Storm Reid (Gia), as well as Angus Cloud (Fez), who died of a drug overdose in 2023.
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Fallout Season 2 (Prime Video)
Macaulay Culkin (“Kevin!!!!!”) will fill the recurring role of “a crazy, genius-type character.”
Fire Country Season 4 (CBS)
Original cast members Billy Burke and Stephanie Arcila, who respectively play Vince and Gabriela, will not be returning as series regulars.
For All Mankind Season 5 (Apple TV+)
New cast members include Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty) as an older version of Kelly Baldwin and Alexei Poletov’s son, Alex; Ruby Cruz (Willow) as Lily, the youngest daughter of Miles (Toby Kebbel) and Amanda Dale (Shannon Lucio); Ines Asserson (Heirs of the Night) as A.J. Jarrett, a U.S. Marine training for a space mission; Tyler Labine (New Amsterdam) and Mireille Enos (The Killing) as Fred and Celia, members of Mars’ Peacekeeper Security Force; and Costa Ronin (The Americans) as Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut. Also, Barrett Carnahan (Cobra Kai) will recur as Marcus, a recent high school grad living on Mars.
The Gentleman Season 2 (Netflix)
New for Season 2 are Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli (Baby), Michele Morrone (The Trial), Sergio Castellito (Il nostro generale), Amra Mallassi, Tyler Conti (Hollyoaks), British professional boxer Chris Eubank Jr., and TV host/DJ Maya Jama (Love Island). (READ MORE)
House of the Dragon Season 3 (HBO)
English actor James Norton (Happy Valley) has been cast as Ormund — Otto’s nephew, Alicent and Gwayne’s cousin, and Lord of Oldtown. Additionally, English actor Barry Sloane (Revenge), Welsh actor Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), English actor Joplin Sibtain (Andor), Scotsman Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy) and American Dan Fogler (The Goldbergs) will respectively play Ser Adrian Redfort, Ser Luthor Largent, Ser “Bold” Jon Roxton, Ser Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly.
Industry Season 4 (HBO)
Harry Lawtey, who plays Robert, has left after three seasons (due to scheduling conflicts). ◼ New for Season 4 are Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Haley, an executive assistant at payment processor Tender; Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Whitney, Tender’s Founder/CFO; Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso) as Kwabena, a trader at Mostyn Asset Management; Jack Farthing (Poldark) as Edward, a troublemaker and long-time friend of Kit Harington’s Henry; Amy James-Kelly (Coronation Street) as Jennifer Bevan, the newly promoted Minister in the Labour government; plus Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) and Claire Forlani (NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI: New York).
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Landman Season 2 (Paramount+)
Sam Elliott has joined the cast in an undisclosed, “major” role, while Stefania Spampinato (Grey’s Anatomy) will recur as the wife of Andy Garcia’s cartel boss Gallino.
Law & Order: SVU Season 27 (NBC)
Franchise vet Kelli Giddish will return full-time as Amanda Rollins. (READ MORE) ◼ Octavio Pisano (who has played Det. Joe Velasco since Season 23) and Juliana Aidén Martinez (who joined as Det. Kate Silva in Season 26) will not return as series regulars.
LEGO Masters Season 6 (Fox)
The Masked Singer’s Nick Cannon will succeed Will Arnett as host.
The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 (Netflix)
Neve Campbell, who last season only appeared in two episodes as Maggie McPherson, will return for all episodes of Season 4. ◼ Yaya DaCosta will not be a part of Season 4, seeing as the Michael Connelly novel it’s focused on does not feature the character of Andrea Freeman. ◼ Sasha Alexander (NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles) will recur as FBI Agent Dawn Ruth, Constance Zimmer (UnREAL) will play prosecutor Dana Berg, and Cobie Smulders (HIMYM) will fill an undisclosed role. Guest stars include Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage), Jason O’Mara (Life on Mars) and Kyle Richards (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills).
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 (Prime Video)
Jamie Campbell Bower (Stranger Things) and Andrew Richardson (The Last O.G.) will fill series regular roles, while Zubin Varla (Holby City), Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) and Adam Young (EastEnders) will recur.
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A Man on the Inside Season 2 (Netflix)
Mary Steenburgen will play Mona Margadoff, a former musician who factors heavily in the case Ted Danson’s Charles is trying to solve. Also appearing will be Gary Cole (NCIS), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), Michaela Conlin (Bones), Sam Huntington (Being Human), Constance Marie (Switched at Birth), David Strathairn (Alphas), Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth), Jill Talley (Spongebob Squarepants), Linda Park (Bosch), Lisa Gilroy (Interior Chinatown) and Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun).
The Morning Show Season 4 (Apple TV+)
Julianna Margulies will not be returning as TV news anchor Laura Peterson. ◼ New to the cast are Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) as Celine Dumont, a savvy operator from a storied European family; Jeremy Irons (Watchmen) as Alex’s father, Martin Levy; Rachel Marsh (Unstable) as Alex’s assistant, Remy; William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) as Ben, the network’s head of sports; Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) as a provocative podcaster; and John Hoogenakker (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as an FBI agent.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2 (Prime Video)
Anora breakout Mark Eydelshteyn has been cast as a Mr. Smith. ◼ Season 1 leads Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are not expected to return.
Murder in a Small Town Season 2 (Fox)
Four-time Emmy nominee Marcia Gay Harden will fill the series-regular role of Mayor Christie Holman.
NCIS: Origins Season 2 (CBS)
Kathleen Kenny (The Sex Lives of College Girls) will presumably return in some capacity as the Diane. As far as Mariel Molino as Lala… 🤷🏻♂️?
The Night Agent Season 3 (Netflix)
Ward Horton, Fola Evans-Akingbola and Albert Jones have been promoted to series regulars, as Governor Richard Hagan, Secret Service agent Chelsea Arrington, and FBI deputy director Aiden Mosley.
◼ New to the cast are Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), David Lyons (Revolution), Genesis Rodriguez (Lioness), Suraj Sharma (How I Met Your Father) and child actor Callum Vinson (Chucky). (READ MORE)
9-1-1 Season 9 (ABC)
Original cast member Peter Krause, whose Captain Bobby Nash was tragically killed off late in Season 8, is not expected back.
Nobody Wants This Season 2 (Netflix)
Jackie Tohn, who plays Esther, has been promoted to series regular. ◼ Arian Moayed (Succession) and Alex Karpovsky (Girls) will respectively recur as Dr. Andy, “a charming, highly regarded psychotherapist who might just be the perfect match for Joanne’s sister Morgan,” and Big Noah, “an overly confident rabbi at Noah’s temple.” ◼ Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) will guest-star as the middle-school nemesis of Kristen Bell’s Joanne.
Only Murders in the Building Season 5 (Hulu)
Appearing in undisclosed roles will be Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Logan Lerman (Hunters), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), Jermaine Fowler (Superior Donuts), and Oscar winners Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds) and Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain). ◼ Recurring guest stars Meryl Streep (Loretta Durkin), Jane Lynch (the late Sazz Pataki), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Detective Williams) and Richard Kind (Vince Fish) all will be back, as will Tea Leoni, whose Sofia Caccimelio was introduced in the Season 4 finale. ◼ James Caverly, last seen in Season 3 as Theo Dimas, will appear in three episodes.
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Paradise Season 2 (Hulu)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) will play a prominent survivor connected to Agent Xavier Collins’ (Sterling K. Brown) mission. ◼ Brown’s real-life wife Ryan Michelle Bathé (The Endgame), Raymond Cham Jr. (Sort Of), Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl), Michael McGrady (Ray Donovan) and Timothy Omundson (Psych) will fill undisclosed roles.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 (Disney+)
Rosemarie DeWitt (The Boys) will guest-star as style guru C.C., Aleks Paunovic (Snowpiercer) will play blinded cyclops Polyphemus, and Beatrice Kitsos (iZombie) and Kevin Chacon (Jessica Jones) will recur as demigods.
The Pitt Season 2 (Max)
Sepideh Moafi (The L Word: Generation Q) will fill the series regular role of a new attending physician in emergency medicine. Additionally, Charles Baker (aka Breaking Bad’s Skinny Pete), Irene Choi (Insatiable), and relative newcomers Lucas Iverson and Laëtitia Hollard will recur in undisclosed roles.
Presumed Innocent Season 2 (Apple TV+)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) will star in and executive-produce Season 2, which is inspired by Dissection of a Murder, the debut legal thriller by Jo Murray (due in book stores July 2026).
Reacher Season 4 (Prime Video)
The Season 4 cast includes Sydelle Noel (GLOW) as Philadelphia PD detective Tamara Green; Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette (Barry) as small-town policeman Jacob Merrick; Kevin Weisman (Alias) as Washington, D.C. journalist Russell Plum; Marc Blucas (My Life With the Walter Boys) and Kathleen Robertson (Boss) as U.S. Congressman John Samson and his wife Elsbeth; Kevin Corrigan (Godfather of Harlem) as Tamara’s partner, Detective Docherty; and Indonesian singers Anggun and AGNEZ MO as Amisha Hoth and her daughter Lila.
Reasonable Doubt Season 3 (Hulu)
Morris Chestnut (Watson) will return in a guest star capacity, as lawyer Corey Cash. ◼ New recurring cast members include Kyle Bary (Ginny & Georgia), Rumer Willis (Empire), Brandee Evans (P-Valley), Richard Brooks (9-1-1), April Parker Jones (Bel-Air) and Keith Arthur Bolden (Cobra Kai). ◼ Joseph Sikora, who plays Tommy Egan in the Power universe, will fill the series regular role of Bill Sterling, Jax’s (Emayatzy Corinealdi) coworker at her law firm. (READ MORE)
The Rookie Season 8 (ABC)
Deric Augustine has been promoted to series regular, as LAPD rookie Miles Penn. ◼ Seth Ridley claims he is now the mayor of Los Angeles!
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Scrabble Season 2 (The CW)
Comedian Craig Ferguson is taking over as host, replacing Raven-Symoné,
Silo Season 3 (Apple TV+)
Aussie actor Ashley Zukerman (Designated Survivor) will play Daniel, a young and ambitious congressman, while English actress Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones) will play Helen, a whip-smart reporter. (Both characters were featured in the Season 2 finale’s closing scene, which took us back some 300 years to a near-future Washington. D.C.)
Sistas Season 9 (BET)
Darone Okolie (All American, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Walnette Marie Santiago (Doom Patrol, BMF) and Sullivan Jones (Elsbeth, The Guilded Age) will all fill recurring roles.
Shōgun Season 2 (FX)
Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis will reprise their respective roles as Lord Toranaga and John Blackthorne.
Shrinking Season 3 (Apple TV+)
Emmy winner Jeff Daniels will play Jimmy’s estranged father, Emmy winner Michael J. Fox will appear in multiple episodes in an undisclosed role, and Sherry Cola (Good Trouble, Nobody Wants This) and Isabella Gomez (One Day at a Time) will recur. ◼Cobie Smulders will return/recur as Sofi, a love interest for Jimmy.
Sugar Season 2 (Apple TV+)
New series regulars include Jin Ha (Pachinko), Laura Donnelly (The Nevers, Outlander), Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul, Hawkeye), Shea Whigham (Perry Mason), Raymond Lee (Quantum Leap) and Sasha Calle (The Young and the Restless). (READ MORE)
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Ted Lasso Season 4 (Apple TV+)
The acclaimed comedy will be recasting the role of Henry, Ted’s young son who was played by Gus Turner in all three previous seasons.
The Terminal List Season 2 (Prime Video)
Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us) will fill the pivotal role of Freddy Strain, a character who factors heavily into Jack Carr’s second James Reece novel, True Believer. Costa Ronin (For All Mankind, The Americans) will recur as billionaire media mogul Vasili Adrenov.
Tulsa King Season 3 (Paramount+)
New series regulars include Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as FBI Special Agent Musso; Robert Patrick (1923) as Jeremiah Dunmire, a powerful man with deep pockets in the liquor business; Beau Knapp (SEAL Team) as Jeremiah’s trust-fund son, Cole; and Bella Heathcote (The Man in the High Castle) as Cleo Montague, the daughter of a distillery owner.
The Voice Season 28 (NBC)
Snoop Dogg will be back in his red chair, alongside Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire and Niall Horan.
Wednesday Season 2 (Netflix)
Cast additions include Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) as Barry Dort, Billie Piper (Doctor Who) as Capri and Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) as Dr. Fairburn, while Evie Templeton (Return to Silent Hill), Owen Painter (The Handmaid’s Tale), Noah Taylor (Law & Order: Organized Crime), Anthony Michael Hall (Reacher) and recording artist Lady Gaga also will appear. Season 2 guest stars include Joanna Lumley (Fool Me Once) as Grandmama, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, Addams Family film franchise vet Christopher Lloyd in an undisclosed role, Frances O’Connor (The Missing), Haley Joel Osment (The Kominsky Method), Heather Matarazzo (The Princess Diaries) and Joonas Suotamo (the Star Wars franchise).◼ Percy Hynes White (who played Xavier Thorpe) and Naomi J. Ogawa (Yoko Tanaka) will not return.
Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2 (Apple TV+)
James Marsden (Paradise) will play the series regular role of a guy who comes from money and has a relationship with Olivia Munn’s Samantha.
