Adam Rodriguez
Cancelled Series: CBS's "CSI: Miami" where he played a cop.
Why We Loved His Character: He was the handsome, lighthearted, Latino charmer that the series needed to set it apart from the other "CSI" incarnations, I guess. I'm not a CSIer.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the Steven Soderbergh stripper dramedy Magic Mike with several other incredibly hot, half-naked people.
Adrianne Palicki
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" where she played the sassy hot girl.
Why We Loved Her Character: She may have been thought of as a skank, but she owned her sex appeal and used it to her advantage.
Upcoming Role: She'll star in the sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation and the remake Red Dawn.
Aidan Quinn
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Prime Suspect" where he played the lieutenant.
Why We Loved His Character: His stodgy support of the old boys' club was grating at first, but he gave credit where credit was due and owned up to his mistakes when the time came.
Upcoming Role: He'll show some range by playing the captain on the upcoming CBS's Sherlock series "Elementary."
Aimee Teegarden
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" where she played the daughter of the coach.
Why We Loved Her Character: She kept the coach and his wife on their toes and helped Matt believe in himself.
Upcoming Role: She'll costar in the romantic war drama Love and Honor with Liam Hemsworth (Hunger Games) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four).
Amanda Peet
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Bent" where she played an uptight single mother.
Why We Loved Her Character: Her nervous reactions to being romanced by her manwhore contractor were hilariously embarrassing, yet totally relatable. What strong woman wouldn't pretend to not be easily flustered by dimples and a cute smile? I mean, besides one who wants to get laid.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the romantic drama To the Wonder with Rachel McAdams, Jessica Chastain, and Ben Affleck, and the comedy Identity Thief with Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, and John Cho.
Amaury Nolasco
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Work It" where he played the unemployed, desperate, cross-dressing, prescription drug salesman.../woman.
Why We Loved His Character: His thick accent and seemingly uncontrollable attraction to the opposite sex.
Upcoming Role: He'll play a friend of John McClane in the Die Hard sequel A Good Day to Die Hard.
Amber Heard
Cancelled Series: NBC's "The Playboy Club" where she played the newest bunny.
Why We Loved Her Character: In spite of her tawdry ambition, she seemed to want more out of life than to be lusted after. She wanted to be known.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in Robert Rodriguez's action massacre Machete Kills with Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Sofia Vergara, and Michelle Rodriguez, and the crime drama Motor City with Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman.
Annie Ilonzeh
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Charlie's Angels" where she played a crime-fighting private detective.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was a third of a badass trio.
New Series: She'll play the Black Canary's co-worker on the CW's upcoming Green Arrow superhero series "Arrow."
Ben Schwartz
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Undercovers" where he played a tech wiz and sidekick.
Why We Loved His Character: His dorky eagerness.
New Series: He'll play a sleazy businessman in SHO's "House of Lies."
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the dramatic thriller Runner, Runner with Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, and Gemma Arterton.
Boris Kodjoe
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Undercovers" where he played a spy.
Why We Loved His Character: His cocky and suave attitude.
New Series: He'll play an attorney on ABC's upcoming mystery drama "Scruples."
Upcoming Role: The sequel Resident Evil: Retribution.
Brenda Strong
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Desperate Housewives" where she was the suicidal narrator.
Why We Loved Her Character: She provided the "moral of the story" each episode with great wisdom.
New Series: She'll play the matriarch in TNT's "Dallas" revival.
Cancelled Series: The CW's "The Secret Circle" where she played a dark witch.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was a sweet orphan swayed by the dark side because she was driven to protect the people she loved. She represented the fight between good and evil that's within all of us.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the teen rom-com The First Time with Dylan O'Brien ("Teen Wolf") and Victoria Justice ("Victorious").
Brittany Snow
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Harry's Law" where she played a spunky, fashion-obsessed assistant.
Why We Loved Her Character: In a rather dull series, she was the jovial sprite.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the comedy Misfits Christmas with Ashley Tisdale ("Hellcats" and High School Musical) and Evan Ross ("90210" and ATL), and the music comedy Pitch Perfect with Anna Kendrick (50/50 and Up in the Air), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fright Night and Kick-Ass), and Rebel Wilson (What to Expect When You're Expecting and Bridesmaids).
Chad Michael Murray
Cancelled Series: The CW's "One Tree Hill" where he played an outcast turned author.
Why We Loved His Character: He was the boy-next-door who inspired his friends to do better and want more with his potent words.
New Series: He'll play a creative director in the upcoming scandalous ABC period drama "Scruples."
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the indie music bio drama Renee with Kat Dennings ("2 Broke Girls") and Rupert Friend (The Young Victoria).
Cancelled Series: The CW's "The Secret Circle" where he played a reformed witch hunter.
Why We Loved His Character: He was the quintessential bad boy who feared never living up to the expectations of any girl he adored, and vowed to avenge the death of his family.
Upcoming Role: He'll play Flash Thompson, Peter Parker's high school bully, in the superhero saga's reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.
Clark Duke
Cancelled Series: ABC Family's "Greek" where he played a religious, obnoxious dork.
Why We Loved His Character: He was a nice contrast from everyone else who wasn't so reluctant to have fun.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the comedies Identity Thief with Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, and A.C.O.D. with Jessica Alba, Amy Poehler, and Adam Scott ("Parks and Recreation").
Connie Britton
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" where she played the coach's wife and the hardworking principal.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was a tough cookie and the perfect match for the stubborn coach.
New Series: She'll star in the upcoming ABC drama "Nashville" as a country star struggling to compete with young starlets.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the dramatic thriller By Virtue Fall with Armie Hammer (Mirror Mirror) and Eric Bana.
David Krumholtz
Cancelled Series: NBC's "The Playboy Club" where he played the manager.
Why We Loved His Character: His heavy New York accent and sleazy, self-important endeavors added the right amount of authenticity to the period drama.
New Series: He'll costar with Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") in CBS's new buddy comedy "Partners," which is about a straight and gay man who own an architect business together.
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Bent" where he played a gambling-addicted contractor.
Why We Loved His Character: His charming nature and overconfidence made up for his slacker reputation.
New Series: He'll star in the upcoming CBS series "Oh Fuck, It's You" about a guy who realizes his best friend is "The One" after a near-death experience.
Felicity Huffman
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Desperate Housewives" where she played the overworked and under-appreciated mother-of-many.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was probably the cleverest of the housewives, and she helped her family survive to the very end.
Upcoming Role: She'll costar with her husband, William H. Macy, in a drama he directed called Rudderless.
Hank Azaria
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Free Agent" where he played a recently divorced ad exec.
Why We Loved His Character: It was easy to empathize with him. He was a well-meaning hopeless romantic who just wanted someone to share his life with, but instead had to endure the bizarre practices of modern dating.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the bio drama Lovelace with Amanda Seyfried and James Franco, and the sequel The Smurfs 2.
James Lafferty
Cancelled Series: The CW's "One Tree Hill" where he played a bully turned pro basketball player.
Why We Loved His Character: He was easy to hate until he fell in love with Haley and slowly transformed into the man she deserved.
Upcoming Role: He'll star in the indie rom-com Sam opposite Anna Chlumsky ("Veep" and In the Loop).
Jason Clarke
Cancelled Series: FOX's "The Chicago Code" where he played a brash detective who didn't play by the rules.
Why We Loved His Character: Even though there were plenty of reasons why he should've backed down, he never did.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the crime drama Lawless, the adaptation The Great Gatsby, and the upcoming Kathryn Bigelow war drama Zero Dark Thirty.
Jason George
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Off the Map," where he played a cocky doctor with a drug addiction.
Why We Loved His Character: He had a certain bravado that was a nice contrast to all the do-gooding going on.
New Series: He'll play Alyssa Milano's lover in the upcoming ABC drama "Mistresses."
Jason Isaacs
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Awake" where he played a detective trying to figure out which reality he lived in was real after a car accident split his world apart.
Why We Loved His Character: We were sympathetic to his trauma. Honestly, what would you do if you had to choose between the person you're in love with and your child? And what would you sacrifice to keep them both?
Upcoming Role: The thriller A Single Shot with Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, and Melissa Leo, and the sequel Resident Evil: Retribution.
Jason O'Mara
Cancelled Series: FOX's "Terra Nova" where he played a cop in a new civilization.
Why We Loved His Character: He was brave in the face of new and unexpected dangers in spite of dinosaurs and rebel warriors packing futuristic weapons in an analog world.
New Series: He'll play a deputy in the upcoming 60s CBS drama "Vegas."
Cancelled Series: FOX's "Alcatraz" where she played the coroner.
Why We Loved Her Character: Even though she had maybe 15 minutes of screen time in the entire season, she made an impression. She was tough, but gorgeous. You can tell she was meant for a larger role.
New Series: She'll play a detective on FOX's new serial killer drama "The Following" opposite Kevin Bacon.
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Bent" where he played an apprentice contractor.
Why We Loved His Character: It's the same reason we love all of Plemons' characters: He's that adorkable, nervous spaz that deserves the girl but often gets so tongue-tied he acts as his very own cockblocker. He's the underdog you can't help but root for.
New Series: He'll be in the religious drama The Master with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams.
Jesse Spencer
Cancelled Series: FOX's "House M.D." where he played a doctor.
Why We Loved His Character: Anybody who can put up with House as long as he did deserves a medal.
New Series: He'll play a firefighter on NBC's new firefighter drama "Chicago Fire."...one more time: fire.
Jorge Garcia
Cancelled Series: FOX's "Alcatraz" where he played an expert of the prison and a comic book nerd.
Why We Loved His Character: He's a lovable lug eager to help out in spite of the limitations of his size.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the comedy Get a Job with Anna Kendrick, Allison Brie ("Community" and "Mad Men"), Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"), Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Cho, and many more.
Josh Lucas
Cancelled Series: NBC's "The Firm" where he played an attorney.
Why We Loved His Character: It was a classic David & Goliath story.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the action film Stolen with Nicolas Cage and Malin Akerman (Wanderlust and Watchmen), and the indie drama Big Sur with Stana Katic ("The Castle") and Kate Bosworth.
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Pan Am" where she played a French stewardess.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was exotic, but sophisticated and sweet. Every girl wanted to look like her and every guy wanted to sweep her off her feet.
New Series: She'll play a designer on the new scandalous ABC period drama "Scruples."
Kathryn Hahn
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Free Agents" where she played an ad exec.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was quick-witted and unmerciful, but secretly vulnerable and equally as pathetic as her f*ckbuddy slash punching bag.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the adventure dramedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, and Adam Scott (Friends with Kids and "Parks and Recreation").
Kyle Bornheimer
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Perfect Couples" where he played a clueless, clumsy husband.
Why We Loved His Character: He was dorky and relatable.
New Series: He'll play a fuck-up charged with taking over his aging father's business in the upcoming ABC comedy "The Family Tools."
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the star-studded indie comedy The Big Wedding with Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon, and many more.
Kyle Chandler
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" where he played the coach.
Why We Loved His Character: He was an inspirational, caring father figure for so many boys who were in need of guidance and understanding.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the dramatic thriller Broken City with Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the crime drama The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill.
Kyle MacLachlan
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Desperate Housewives" where he played Brie's husband.
Why We Loved His Character: He managed to match Brie's classiness and deviousness perfectly.
New Series: He'll play a law firm founder in CBS's upcoming legal series "Made in Jersey."
Upcoming Role: He'll be in an untitled indie drama with Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones (Like Crazy).
Cancelled Series: FOX's "Terra Nova" where he played the rebellious son.
Why We Loved His Character: He was devoted to bringing his girlfriend to the new world and risked everything to get her there, even when he had simpler, closer prospects available to him.
New Series: He'll play a kid who tries to help solve a girl's murder on Netflix's upcoming mystery horror "Hemlock Grove."
Cancelled Series: NBC's "The Playboy Club" where she played the head bunny.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was catty, vindictive, and manipulative, but also talented and enterprising. Ingredients that when mixed together can be deadly. A true femme fatale.
New Series: She'll play a counselor on NBC's therapeutic comedy "Go On" opposite Matthew Perry.
Laura Prepon
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Are You There, Chelsea?" where she played a slutty waitress.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was unabashedly earnest in her desire for hot guys—a particular breed of modern feminism.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the indie comedy Lay the Favorite with Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall (The Town and Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vince Vaughn, and Joshua Jackson ("Fringe").
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Are You There, Chelsea?" where she played the nerdy, cat-loving virgin.
Why We Loved Her Character: Her goofy voice, expressive facial features, huge eyes, and innocent demeanor were a stark contrast to her free-wheeling roommates, and sometimes hilariously so.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the comedy You Are Here with Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Amy Poehler.
Liza Lapira
Cancelled Series: FOX's "Traffic Light" where she played the hilariously vindictive yet mature half of a married couple.
Why We Loved Her Character: She had THE best lines and delivery.
New Series: She plays an obsessive stalker in the ABC comedy "Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23."
Mamie Gummer
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Off the Map" where she played an uptight surgeon who left traditional medicine because she felt guilty about the death of a child patient.
Why We Loved Her Character: She wasn't prone to taking anyone's shit.
New Series: She'll star in the CW medical series "Emily Owens, M.D.," where she'll play an insecure new doctor who finds her work environment to be very much like high school.
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Pan Am" where she played the naive and wide-eyed stewardess.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was a dreamer who was bold enough to take the leap in a time when women often did what they were told and regretted it every day.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the time travel rom-com About Time with Rachael McAdams, Bill Nighy (Love Actually), and Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest).
Maria Bello
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Prime Suspect" where she played a tomboy detective.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was resilient and badass, and in spite of the macho misogyny of her fellow officers, she stuck it out, earned their respect, and showed them how it's done.
New Series: She'll join FOX's "Touch" next season as the mother of a child similar to Jake.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the indie dramedy Wild Oats with Jack Black.
Mark Valley
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Harry's Law" where he played an attorney.
Why We Loved His Character: It's his chiseled jaw and charming nature.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the action film Stolen with Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, and Josh Lucas.
Matthew Perry
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Mr. Sunshine" where he played an overworked stadium manager.
Why We Loved His Character: The same reason we love all of Perry's characters: they're adorably frazzled, perplexed, and mildly annoyed by everything and everyone.
New Series: He'll play a sportscaster who joins a mandatory therapy group after a loss in the upcoming NBC comedy "Go On."
Cancelled Series: FOX's "The Finder" where she played a U.S. Marshall.
Why We Loved Her Character: She managed to maintain a good balance between being girly and sexy, and being authoritative and formidable.
New Series: She'll play a fashion photographer who lives in a haunted building on ABC's new horror series "666 Park Avenue."
Nathan Corddry
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Harry's Law" where he played a lawyer.
Why We Loved His Character: He has a nervous way about him that makes him endearing.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the comedy Imogene starring Kristen Wiig, Darren Criss ("Glee"), and Matt Dillon.
Naturi Naughton
Cancelled Series: NBC's "The Playboy Club" where she played an ambitious bunny.
Why We Loved Her Character: Her goals didn't stop at making big tips or marrying rich. She wanted to be the first black bunny on the cover of Playboy, and make history.
New Series: She plays a masseuse who gives "happy endings" on Liftetime's "The Client List."
Olivia Munn
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Perfect Couples" where she played an obsessive, micro-managing wife.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was comically psychotic.
New Series: She'll play a financial broadcast reporter with a severe lack of social skills on Aaron Sorkin's upcoming HBO drama "The Newsroom."
Upcoming Role: She'll appear in the stripper dramedy Magic Mike.
Olivia Wilde
Cancelled Series: FOX's "House" where she played a doctor.
Why We Loved Her Character: Not many female docs on TV were this cool.
Upcoming Role: You can see her this summer in the indie drama People Like Us with Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games); some time this year in the dramedy The Longest Week with Jason Bateman and Billy Crudup (Eat Pray Love); next year in the magic-driven comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone with Jim Carrey and Steve Carell; the Ron Howard-directed bio drama Rush starring Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers); the indie dramedy Better Living with Chemistry with Michelle Monaghan (Source Code) and Sam Rockwell; the comedy Relanxious with Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses); and the romantic drama Third Person with Liam Neeson and Naomi Watts.
Patrick Wilson
Cancelled Series: CBS's "A Gifted Man" where he played a reformed doctor.
Why We Loved His Character: We admired his struggle with finally putting his patients before his own ambition.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror Prometheus, and the horror thriller The Warren Files with Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air).
Rachael Taylor
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Charlie's Angels" where she played a crime-fighting private detective.
Why We Loved Her Character: Even though she had a luxurious lifestyle, she gave it all up to do something meaningful with her life.
New Series: A new tenant in a haunted building on ABC's upcoming horror series "666 Park Avenue."
Rob Schneider
Cancelled Series: CBS's "Rob" where he played an uptight white guy trying to adjust to the Hispanic family he married into.
Why We Loved His Character: His frazzled fish-out-of-water anxiety was completely relatable for anyone who marries into a new family.
Upcoming Role: He'll be in the comedy InAPPropriate Comedy with Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, and Adrien Brody, and the sequel Grown Ups 2.
Robert Buckley
Cancelled Series: The CW's "One Tree Hill" where he played a sports agent.
Why We Loved His Character: His loyalty to his best bud Nathan...and, let's be honest, his hotness.
New Series: He'll play a playwright who lives in a haunted building on ABC's new horror series "666 Park Avenue."
Scott Michael Foster
Cancelled Series: ABC Family's "Greek" where he played the slacker fraternity president.
Why We Loved His Character: No matter how many times he screwed up, he always had the best of intentions and always knew how to have a good time.
New Series: He'll be in the upcoming ABC conspiracy theory thriller "Zero Hour."
Sophia Bush
Cancelled Series: The CW's "One Tree Hill" where she played a mean girl turned fashion mogul.
Why We Loved Her Character: She's the popular girl who grew a conscience and became the best friend anyone could ever have.
New Series: She'll play David Krumholtz's love interest in the upcoming CBS comedy "Partners."
Cancelled Series: CBS's "NYC 22" where he played a rookie cop.
Why We Loved His Character: Because of his struggle with using his job to get a girl, and how he handled it like a gentleman.
Upcoming Role: He'll play a young soldier on-leave in the Coen Bros' drama Inside Llewyn Davis.
Taylor Kitsch
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" where he played an alcoholic football player who never had much faith in himself.
Why We Loved His Character: Because he was ruggedly sexy and laidback, and secretly sweet.
Upcoming Role: He'll play a soldier in the Peter Berg war drama Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg and Ben Foster.
Yvonne Strahovski
Cancelled Series: NBC's "Chuck" where she played a secret agent.
Why We Loved Her Character: Because of her badass moves and soft spot for geeks.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the horror thriller I, Frankenstein with Aaron Eckhart, and the comedy The Guilt Trip with Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand.
Zach Gilford
Cancelled Series: ABC's "Off the Map," where he played a slacker plastic surgeon.
Why We Loved His Character: He only pretended to be a jerk to mask his issues, and he made an adorable effort to woo a non-English speaking native.
New Series: He'll play a doctor in FOX's upcoming drama "The Mob Doctor."
Upcoming Role: He'll costar in the drama In Our Nature with John Slattery ("Mad Men"), Jenna Malone (Sucker Punch), and Gabriel Union, and in the action thriller The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, and Johnny Knoxville.
Cancelled Series: The CW's "Ringer" where she played a manipulative teenager.
Why We Loved Her Character: She was a really good liar who was a victim of her parents' neglect.
Upcoming Role: She'll be in the Beautiful Creatures adaptation with Emmy Rossum ("Shameless"), Emma Thompson, and Viola Davis.
Wow! Great write-up.
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