Anna Torv, FringeThis unknown Australian beauty snagged the lead in the fall's most buzzed show, J.J. Abrams' Fringe, alongside former Dawson Creek-er Joshua Jackson.
2 of 8 The CW
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Tristan Wilds, 90210Of 90210's boatload of fresh faces, only one came from HBO's gritty drama The Wire. He's the "Brandon" of the new class.
3 of 8 The CW
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Shenae Grimes, 90210The former Degrassi star plays Annie Mills (the new "Brenda") on the new 90210 and will go toe to toe with the original (Shannen Doherty).
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Justin Breuning, Knight Rider This All My Children hottie crosses over to primetime to play Mike Tracer, a former military stud who heads up an elite, secret investigative team lead by a talking car.
5 of 8 Mitchell Haaseth/NBC
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Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Knight RiderYes, she's Sidney Poitier's daughter, but this accomplished actress (she was mesmerizing in Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse) joins KITT's team this fall as a special operative
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Brea Grant, HeroesGrant, a Friday Night Lights vet, plays a high-speed nemesis to Hiro this fall
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Jason O'Mara, Life on MarsYou may recognize him from when he played a creepy pyro on The Closer. But Irish actor O'Mara plays an NYPD detective who gets hit by a car and mysteriously transported back to 1973 on ABC's remake of the hit British series.
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Lauren Lee Smith, CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationThis Canadian actress was tapped to play Riley Adams, a feisty non-conformist cop whose dad is a shrink