Phew, just managed to avoid the spoiler... haven't read the new one yet.
I think the TV show sounds good, especially as it looks as though each of the books will be spread over a series. I wasn't a fan of the films simply because I'd read the books and had 'got to know' Reacher (and he wasn't Tom Cruise by any stretch of the imagination!). As for the new actor, I'd hate it to be one of the current crop of action heroes. For me, it would have to be someone with an air of quiet menace... maybe a Michael Shannon type.