The 2024 TV schedule is winding down because the temperature continues to drop, and the time is correct to look again at a number of the most notable adjustments to the small display over the previous yr. Whereas there was the standard crop of latest collection premiering and current reveals being cancelled, a number of the greatest shifts within the tv panorama got here with the departures of stars from sure reveals. In reality, Regulation & Order misplaced an actor who had been enjoying their character throughout many years, and that was just one noteworthy exit.
So, forward of the 2025 TV schedule establishing a clean slate, this is a breakdown of reveals that misplaced essential stars over the previous yr who I might actually love to come back again, whether or not full time or for a one-off to tie off unfastened ends.
Tracy Spiridakos – Chicago P.D.
Tracy Spiridakos’ Chicago P.D. exit as Detective Hailey Upton was introduced properly earlier than the eleventh season, so it wasn’t a shock for followers when she determined to go away the Windy Metropolis within the finale again within the spring. Showrunner Gwen Sigan has mentioned that Spiridakos is welcome to return “each time she desires to come back again,” however that hasn’t occurred but. Maybe Upton might at the very least present again up on NBC for the Burzek marriage ceremony?
Katherine Renee Kane – FBI
Katherine Renee Kane was a part of the core 4 subject brokers of CBS’ FBI for 4 seasons, and was anticipated again for Season 7 within the fall till information broke over the summer time that Agent Tiff Wallace could be leaving the present. The choice adopted after some unhinged moments from Tiff to finish Season 6, and he or she left the Bureau (and NYC) to maneuver right down to household in Georgia. Her alternative was lower from the present earlier than she even debuted, making me miss Tiff and need her again all of the extra.
Sam Waterston – Regulation & Order
Sam Waterston was the largest Regulation & Order star to reprise their function from the unique collection for the revival, however he left the present as DA Jack McCoy not too lengthy after his four-hundredth episode. I am truly a fan of Tony Goldwyn as DA Nick Baxter as McCoy’s successor, however Waterston’s character stepped down from the job after taking on a trial to avoid wasting Worth’s job. It was an open ending, and there is no purpose why he could not drop by as a visitor star within the new yr.
Eamonn Walker – Chicago Hearth
Eamonn Walker’s exit from NBC’s Chicago Hearth was arguably the largest since Jesse Spencer’s a pair seasons earlier, as Chief Wallace Boden had been the spine of Firehouse 51 from the very first episode. Boden did not truly go far, although, as he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner and simply works elsewhere within the CFD. Walker hasn’t appeared within the present Season 13 but, although, and it might be nice to see him once more to get his tackle Chief Dom Pascal.
Sierra McClain – 9-1-1: Lone Star
Sierra McClain was a part of Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star for the primary 5 seasons as Grace, and the Grace/Judd relationship was one in all my favourite elements of the collection. Sadly, McClain did not return for the sixth and remaining season, with the in-universe clarification that Grace determined to observe her calling to assist kids in want, alive and properly however off display. Sadly, co-showrunner Rashad Raisani informed TVLine that Grace will not be again earlier than the top, however I would nonetheless love a cameo for one final take a look at Grace and Judd collectively.
India de Beaufort – Night time Courtroom
India de Beaufort was a part of the core solid of NBC’s Night time Courtroom reboot from the beginning as Olivia Moore, the prosecutor who would battle John Larroquette’s Dan Fielding as protection lawyer. She was nonetheless within the combine within the emotional Season 2 finale, however passed by the Season 3 premiere and changed by Wendie Malick’s Julianne Walters. Now, I am loving Malick as a collection common and Olivia leaving Abby’s court docket to take a better paying gig is smart for the character; it might simply be good to see her once more after she did not get a goodbye.
Molly Kearney – Saturday Night time Dwell
SNL truly misplaced three solid members between the top of Season 49 and begin of the milestone Season 50, with the exits of Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast. Whereas all three delivered constant laughs throughout their time on Saturday Night time Dwell, I discover myself lacking Kearney probably the most. The present’s first brazenly nonbinary solid member particularly received my coronary heart as Molly in SNL‘s “American Woman Doll Film Trailer” again in 2023. The NBC staple brings former solid members again regularly; why not Kearney for an episode or two?
Dominic Rains – Chicago Med
Chicago Med entered a brand new period in Season 10 with the arrival of latest showrunner Allen MacDonald in addition to the departure of Dominic Rains as Dr. Crockett Marcel. The tenth season premiere established that Crockett determined to relocate from the Windy Metropolis to Boston, along with his goodbye social gathering taking place off display and with Rains’ remaining episode because the Season 9 finale. It would be nice to see him once more, particularly after Med just lately introduced again Sarah Reese. If she might return after years away for a visitor shot, why not Rains as Crockett sooner relatively than later?
Josh Stewart – Prison Minds
Josh Stewart might not have been a Prison Minds star on par with Paget Brewster or Joe Mantegna, however his function as Will LaMontagne, Jr – a.okay.a. JJ’s husband – was nonetheless an essential a part of the present. He did not return in Prison Minds: Evolution‘s second season regardless of a significant JJ storyline, and the one massive casting information for the upcoming third season is the return of Matthew Grey Gubler as Spencer Reid. If Will is coming making a welcome return, then information of it hasn’t damaged!
Robin Weigert – Tracker
Information broke over the summer time that Robin Weigert wouldn’t be returning for Tracker Season 2, regardless of the Season 1 finale not doing something to arrange a departure. The reason within the premiere was that her character, Teddi, was busy serving to her mother off-screen, and her marriage to Velma was struggling due to it. We’re seeing extra of Reenie and Teddi consequently, which is enjoyable, however Weigert making an look might present some closure.
Camryn Manheim – Regulation & Order
Camryn Manheim spent the primary two seasons of Regulation & Order‘s revival as Lt. Kate Dixon, however left the unit between Season 23 and Season 24. The reason was satisfying sufficient and Maura Tierney’s Lt. Jessica Brady is one in all my favourite new TV characters of 2024, however why not have Riley or Shaw name on their previous lieutenant to seek the advice of on a case? Or fact-check themselves? Or something that might get Manheim again as a visitor?
It stays to be seen if all or any of those actors drop by their previous reveals in 2025, and I believe the percentages are higher for some than others. Most of those reveals even have but to be renewed past the 2024-2025 TV schedule, so it additionally stays to be seen how a lot time is left for them to make one other look.