Primetime Stars: The New Faces of Television

See which stars made the cut this pilot season.

Gabrielle Union, Single Black Female (BET) - Out of the new faces we can expect to see on the small screen this fall, the one we're most excited for is Gabrielle Union in The Game and Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil's new BET series Single Black Female. The series will focus on the life of a Black woman (Union) who hosts a popular 24-hour cable news network and marks the actress's return to TV since last starring in 2005's Night Stalker. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)
John Boyega, Da Brick (HBO) - After his star-making turn in last summer's hit creature feature Attack the Block, Boyega was hand-picked by Spike Lee to play the lead in his HBO boxing drama, loosely based on the life of Mike Tyson.  (Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
Edi Gathegi, White Van Man (ABC) - This Kenyan-American actor, whose résumé is already bursting with roles in high-profile projects like Twilight and House, makes his sitcom debut opposite Kyle Bornheimer and J.K. Simmons in this comedy about a man forced to take over his father's handyman business. Gathegi plays one of the workers for the company. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)Michael B. Jordan on playing Oscar Grant in the film Fruitvale Station: - “There’s a lot of similarities between me and Oscar [Grant]. And there are a lot of differences. But [in playing him], I definitely pulled from some personal experiences.”   (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for VF)

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Gabrielle Union, Single Black Female (BET) - Out of the new faces we can expect to see on the small screen this fall, the one we're most excited for is Gabrielle Union in The Game and Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil's new BET series Single Black Female. The series will focus on the life of a Black woman (Union) who hosts a popular 24-hour cable news network and marks the actress's return to TV since last starring in 2005's Night Stalker. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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