Entertainment Weekly exclusively reported that Novlan will star in a Hallmark Channel television film Christmas Class Reunion, opposite Aimee Teegarden.

[9] Novlan will portray Austin, the manor's caretaker and Charlotte's (Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes) first love, in a story about three adult siblings returning to their childhood home to fulfill their late grandmother's wishes.

[1][10] In July 2020, Novlan began playing the contract role of Dr. John Finnegan, on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

[16][17] Novlan's departure from the role, caused a major social media firestorm and uproar in which fans and critics alike responded negatively to the show's decision to write off Finn and had begun campaigning for the actor's return to the show, with several online petitions, the use of the hashtag #SaveFinn across various social media platforms, including Twitter, and expression of their devastation in soap opera sites' publications polls.

[22] During a segment episode of The Talk, Novlan reveals that he had known about Finn's revival but was bound by contractual obligations to maintain secrecy regarding this storyline arc.

[23] In May 2015, Novlan became engaged to actress Kayla Ewell whom he met five years prior in 2010 on the set of the Australian band Sick Puppies's music video "Maybe.