--- ---  # Josh Charles Books First Major Post-_Good Wife_ Arc on _Masters of Sex_ by [Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter May 5, 2015 8:14 PM UTC  Josh Charles at the 'Inside Amy Schumer' Premiere Party on April 19, 2015 in New York City. Josh Charles at the 'Inside Amy Schumer' Premiere Party on April 19, 2015 in New York City.Brad Barket—Getty Images/Comedy Central by [Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter May 5, 2015 8:14 PM UTC Josh Charles has booked his first major TV arc since leaving _The Good Wife_. The actor will recur on the upcoming third season of Showtime’s _Masters of Sex_, _The Hollywood Reporter_ has confirmed. The Emmy-nominated actor will portray Daniel Logan, a self-made businessman working in the scent industry. Hoping to bottle the smell of sex and market an aphrodisiac to the general publi, Dan seeks out Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson’s (Lizzy Caplan) expertise on desire. A charmismatic salesman, his involvement with the duo becomes complicated. _Read more:_ [_‘Lost’ Alum Maggie Grace Checks Into ‘Masters of Sex’ (Exclusive)_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/masters-sex-maggie-grace-appear-790878) This marks Charles’ first dramatic role on the small screen since he left _The Good Wife_ in the middle of the show’s fifth season, when his character was dramatically killed off. Since then, Charles has made several appearances on _Inside Amy Schumer,_ most recently in the show’s _Friday Night Lights_ parody, and he is set to appear in Netflix’s upcoming _Wet Hot American Summer Revival_. The new season of _Masters of Sex_ will jump ahead to 1966 as Masters and Johnson deal with the national spotlight as their sex study is finally unveiled at the start of the Sexual Revolution. Charles joins previously announced guest star Maggie Grace. Season three of _Masters of Sex_ premieres on July 12 at 10 p.m. on Showtime. _This_ [_article_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/josh-charles-books-masters-sex-793634?) _originally appeared on_ [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/)_._ Josh Charles on 'Masters of Sex': His First Major Post-'Good Wife' Arc ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3847711/josh-charles-masters-of-sex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3847711/josh-charles-masters-of-sex/"},"headline":"Josh Charles Books First Major Post-Good Wife Arc on Masters of Sex","datePublished":"2015-05-05T20:14:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:57:10.089Z","description":"The third season of Masters of Sex premieres July 12","url":"https://time.com/3847711/josh-charles-masters-of-sex/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf74970fe16145cf8/6987ee81e53aba4cb24dbb3b/josh-charles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Stanhope/The Hollywood Reporter"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf74970fe16145cf8/6987ee81e53aba4cb24dbb3b/josh-charles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Josh Charles at the 'Inside Amy Schumer' Premiere Party on April 19, 2015 in New York City.","caption":"Josh Charles at the 'Inside Amy Schumer' Premiere Party on April 19, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Brad Barket—Getty Images/Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3847711/josh-charles-masters-of-sex/","name":"Josh Charles Books First Major Post-Good Wife Arc on Masters of Sex"}}]}] ```