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Q: I miss Emily Prentiss on "Criminal Minds." What's the actress been up to since?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Not a lot, to be honest, but that's about to change.

Paget Brewster, who played Prentiss for six years on "Criminal Minds," has been doing a lot of voice work and small roles since leaving the hit crime show in 2012 at the end of its seventh season.

She's done voice work on series such as "American Dad!," "Dan Vs." and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law," as well as brief arcs and guest spots on shows such as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Modern Family."

However, one such guest spot, on an episode of the NBC sitcom "Community," has led to a steadier gig. It was recently announced that she'll join the show's cast for its next season, part of a much larger shakeup that involves changing from a TV show to an Internet show.

"Community's" sixth season will air online on Yahoo! Screen, and Brewster will join the cast as a consultant brought in to update things at Greendale College. It should be noted that this is a different role to the one she played in season 5.

This is part of a trend of canceled TV shows moving online, a move most famously made by Fox's "Arrested Development," which went to Netflix. The "Community" move is seen by many as Yahoo!'s attempt to compete with that online broadcasting giant.

Brewster has actually hedged her online TV bet by also shooting a pilot for an Amazon Studios series called "Down Dog," which will be made available online next year (old-media terms such as "air" and "broadcast" don't really cover it anymore).

 

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