13 New TV Characters We Can't Wait To Meet In 2018

3. The Judge - The Good Place

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NBC

The Good Place, TV's smartest sitcom right now, is nearing its endgame, which means it probably has about 500 tricks left up its sleeve.

One of those will be the arrival of the Judge, the overarching power who exists between the Good Place and the Bad Place, and could well grant passage to the former.

The identity of the actor playing the Judge is being kept a secret, but it sounds like it's going to be someone well-known to audiences, and especially Michael Schur fans. Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are just two of the names who've been mooted this far, and whoever it is will no doubt provide one of the most memorable guest turns in a long time, with far-reaching implications for the series alongside the hilarity.

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