Here Are the New Faces of the 2013 TV Season

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

First of all, I hope that all of our readers are having a wonderful Christmas with their families and friends!!

And now, back to (TV) business. The 2012-2013 TV season will be back with returning and new shows in a few weeks; and it only seemed right to pay a little extra attention to some of the faces that TV viewers will see on some of the new dramas that will debut throughout January, February and March.

Those actors and actresses appear below in no particular order:

Meagan Good

1. Meagan Good – Meagan will star in the new NBC drama Deception, which is set to debut on January 7. The series focuses Joanna Locasto (Good), detective who returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in, as the maid’s daughter, to solve the murder of a notorious heiress who was once her closest friend. Meagan has been seen in the movies Think Like a Man, Biker Boyz, Deliver Us From Eva, Brick, Stomp the Yard and Jumping the Broom and appeared in episodes of Californication.

Jeremy Jordan

2. Jeremy Jordan – Jeremy will appear as one of the new guys on the NBC musical-drama Smash when it returns for the start of its second season on February 5. He will play Jimmy, a Brooklyn-born singer with a self-destructive streak who will be a new love interest for Karen (Katherine McPhee). Jeremy has appeared in the Broadway plays Rock of Ages, West Side Story, Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde.

Annie Parisse

3. Annie Parisse – Annie will star as Debra Parker on the new FOX thriller The Following that will focus on a former FBI agent finds himself in the middle of a network of serial killers, when a diabolical serial killer uses special technology to create them. The series is set to debut on January 21. Annie has appeared in episodes of Person of Interest, Rubicon and Law & Order as well as the films How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Prime, National Treasure and Monster-in-Law.

Tom Riley

4. Tom Riley – Tom will star as Leonardo Da Vinci in the new Starz drama Da Vinci’s Demons that is set to debut next year. He also appeared in the TV movie Lost in Austen and episodes of Inspector Lewis and Agatha Christie’s Poirot.

Rachel Nichols

5. Rachel Nichols – Rachel isn’t a new face to TV viewers, but she is appearing in the new Canadian sci-fi series Continuum that is set to debut on Syfy on January 14. The series follows Kiera Cameron (Nichols), a cop from 2077 who is transported back to present day Vancouver along with a group of convicted terrorists. Stuck in our time she works with the local police department to take them down and find a way home. Rachel has appeared in Alias, Criminal Minds and the short-lived series The Inside as well as the recent reboot of Star Trek.

Mads Mikkelsen

6. Mads Mikkelsen – Mads will star as Hannibal Lecter in the new NBC thriller Hannibal that is expected to debut sometime next year. The series will focus on the budding relationship between FBI criminal profiler Will Graham and Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham’s enemy. While he is well-known in Europe, he is still a fairly new face for American TV viewers. He has starred in the box office films King Arthur, Casino Royale, Clash of the Titans and The Three Musketeers.

Tatiana Maslany

7. Tatiana Maslany – Tatiana will star in the new, which will premiere next spring. The series follows an outsider and orphan named Sarah (Maslany) whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her. She has appeared in the TV series Instant Star, Flashpoint, Heartland, Alphas and Being Erica as well as the made-for-TV movies World Without End and The Nativity.

Theo James

8. Theo James – Theo will play the lead, Walter William Clark, Jr., in the new CBS police drama Golden Boy that will have a special preview on February 26. The series follows the successful, meteoric rise of a cop from his days as an officer to detective to police commissioner from the ages of 26 to 34. His other credits include a memorable role in the first season of Downton Abbey (he was Mr. Pamuk who had the one-night stand with Lady Mary that took his life) and he starred in the U.K. series Bedlam. His movie roles include The Inbetweeners Movie, the Woody Allen flick You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Underworld: Awakening.

Sarayu Rao

9. Sarayu Rao – Sarayu will star as Dr. Sydney Napur in the new TNT drama Monday Mornings from David E. Kelly that will debut on February 4. The series follows the lives of five surgeons as they push the limits of the personal and professional feelings. She has appeared in episodes of TV shows like Bones, Life, Hawthorne, Sons of Tucson, Harry’s Law, In Plain Sight and NCIS: Los Angeles as well as a small role in the box office film Lions for Lambs.

Steven Pasquale

10. Steven Pasquale – Steven will play the dual role of Dr. Jason Cole, a successful neurosurgeon and his alter ego Ian Price, a dangerous alternate personality in the new NBC drama Do No Harm set to debut on January 31. Steven is best known for his work in Rescue Me, but he also appeared in the made-for-TV movies Marry Me and Coma as well as episodes of Up All Night and the box office film AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.

AnnaSophia Robb

11. AnnaSophia Robb – AnnaSophia will star in the new CW series The Carrie Diaries as a young Carrie Bradshaw during her senior year of high school during the early 1980s and part of her life in New York working as a writer. She has appeared in the box office films Because of Winn Dixie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bridge to Terabithia, The Reaping, Race to Witch Mountain and Soul Surfer.

Scott Michael Foster

12. Scott Michael Foster – Scott will appear as Aaron on the ABC drama Zero Hour that will debut on February 14. The series revolves around a bizarre twist of fate that pulls a man (Anthony Edwards), who has spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history. Scott, of course, starred in the fan-favorite series Greek and he has appeared in the short-lived series The River as well as episodes of Californication, Melissa & Joey and Parenthood.

Olivia Cooke

13. Olivia Cooke – Olivia will star in the new A&E thriller series Bates Motel that is set to air sometime this spring. The series is inspired by the classic film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). Olivia is a relative newcomer appearing in the British mini-series The Secret of Crickley Hall and the BBC TV series Blackout.

Sterling Beaumon

14. Sterling Beaumon – Sterling will star as Gabriel Walraven, son of Marta (Radha Mitchell), a suburban housewife who has turned a blind eye to what her husband does (organized crime) until he is killed and she is forced to join in the family business to safe her family, in the ABC drama Red Widow, which is to set to debut on March 3. He is best known for playing young Ben on the ABC juggernaut Lost; but he also had guest roles in episodes of Crossing Jordan, ER, Scrubs, Bones, The Cleaner, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI.

Whether any of these new shows will prosper with the TV viewers is anyone’s guess; but these are certainly the best new (or returning) faces of 2013 for which to keep our eyes on. Of all the new shows that will be debuting over the next few months, which ones are you most looking forward to? Please share your thoughts below.

And, again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!