1.   And she plans to lighten up by playing recurring characters in comedy sketches.

2.   And the new season has introduced few new recurring Hispanic characters.

3.   Austin, who has appeared on four episodes of Nash Bridges, may play a recurring character.

4.   -- The serpent, which appears to be all head and long neck, literally devours one student and a recurring character.

5.   But it takes an effort to find recurring Latino characters in prime time.

6.   Dina Spybey, who played nurse Brenda Mikowski as a recurring character last season, also becomes a series regular.

7.   Every racial and ethnic minority, not to mention people afflicted with everything from mental illness to dwarfism, have become sympathetic recurring characters on long-running series.

8.   He played Medavoy as a recurring character during the first season, but has been a regular ever since.

9.   Head will remain a recurring character and will pop up in about six episodes.

10.   Indeed, a sitcom in which one recurring character has a serious illness would be rare.