Fall TV: Veteran actors, new shows

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Ashton Kutcher, 'Two and a Half Men'James Spader, The OfficeTim Allen, 'Last Man Standing'Sarah Michelle Gellar, 'Ringer'Will Arnett, 'Up All Night'Christina Applegate, 'Up All Night'Maya Rudolph, 'Up All Night'Debra Messing, 'Smash'Cheryl Hines,'Suburgatory'James Van Der Beek, 'Apartment 23'Eddie Cibrian, 'The Playboy Club'Christina Ricci, 'Pan Am'Laura Prepon, 'Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea'Henry Ian Cusick, 'Scandal'Sam Neill, 'Alcatraz'Katharine McPhee, 'Smash'Kristin Chenoweth, 'Good Christian Belles'Jonah Hill, 'Allen Gregory'Ginnifer Goodwin, 'Once Upon a Time'Jennifer Morrison, 'Once Upon a Time'Jeremy Sisto, 'Suburgatory'Amber Heard, 'The Playboy Club'Jorge Garcia, 'Alcatraz'Rachel Bilson, 'Hart of Dixie'Minka Kelly, 'Charlie's Angels'Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez, 'Napoleon Dynamite'Anthony Stewart Head, 'Free Agents'Kat Dennings, 'Two Broke Girls'Jason O'Mara, 'Terra Nova'Hank Azaria, 'Free Agents'Michael Emerson, 'Person of Interest'Jason Isaacs, 'Awake'Wilmer Valderrama, 'Awake'

<b>Where you've seen him:</b> He played the ethical yet immoral lawyer (and womanizer) Alan Shore on The Practice and Boston Legal.<br>
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<b>Character on this show:</b> Spader joins the cast as CEO Robert California of Sabre described by NBC as an uber-salesman with the selling powers of a high-class weirdo Jedi warrior.<br>
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<b>Character similarities:</b> Both are self-assured and sexually charged and Shores quirky characteristics (he was afraid of clowns and sometimes jumbled his words) could come in handy on a mockumentary show such as The Office.

James Spader, The Office

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Where you've seen him: He played the ethical yet immoral lawyer (and womanizer) Alan Shore on The Practice and Boston Legal.

Character on this show: Spader joins the cast as CEO Robert California of Sabre described by NBC as an uber-salesman with the selling powers of a high-class weirdo Jedi warrior.

Character similarities: Both are self-assured and sexually charged and Shores quirky characteristics (he was afraid of clowns and sometimes jumbled his words) could come in handy on a mockumentary show such as The Office.