The fall television season is almost upon us. Most of the
shows will return in a couple of weeks. Trying seven new shows this year but am
worried that most won’t last too long. Here’s the run down of what I’ll be
watching (by premiere date):
THE GOOD DOCTOR [ABC]
Upcoming Season: 3
Premiere Date/Time: Mon, Sept 23 @ 10pm
Genre: Medical Drama
Starring: Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel, Finding Neverland)
Richard Schiff (West
Wing, I Am Sam, The Affair)
Creator/Showrunner: David Shore (House, Houdini and Doyle)
Why I watch: Freddie Highmore is an amazing
actor
THIS IS US
[ABC]
Upcoming Season: 4
Premiere Date/Time: Tue, Sept 24 @ 9pm
Genre: Drama
Starring: Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember, Saved, Tangled)
Sterling K Brown (ACS:
The People vs OJ Simpson, Black Panther)
Creator/Showrunner: Dan Fogelman (The Neighbors, Grandfathered)
Why I watch: Top notch writing and
performances
MODERN FAMILY [ABC]
Upcoming Season: 11
Premiere Date/Time: Wed, Sept 25 @ 9pm
Genre: Family Comedy
Starring: Ty Burrell (Back to You, Finding Dory)
Julie Bowen (Boston
Legal, Weeds, Lost, Ed)
Creators: Steve Levitan (Just Shoot Me, Frasier, Wings)
Christopher Lloyd (Wings,
Frasier, Out of Practice, Back to You)
Why I watch: Now I’m just waiting for this to
end
[NEW!] STUMPTOWN
[ABC]]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Wed, Sept 25 @ 10pm
Genre: Action Drama
Starring: Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother, Marvel films)
Jake Johnson (New
Girl, Tag, Jurassic World, Let’s Be Cops )
Creator: Greg Rucka (newcomer)
Premise: An arm vet becomes a PI, based on a
graphic novel
Why I’ll give it a chance: Like Smulders and
Johnson together
What could hurt it: Procedurals don’t always
last
YOUNG SHELDON [CBS]
Upcoming Season: 3
Premiere Date/Time: Thu, Sept 26 @ 8pm
Genre: Family Comedy
Starring: Iain Armitage (Big Little Lies, The Glass Castle)
Zoe Perry (Scandal,
The Family)
Creators: Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro (The Big Bang Theory)
Showrunner: Steven Molaro (The Class, The Big Bang Theory)
Why I watch: The kids are pretty darn entertaining
especially Missy
[NEW!] PERFECT
HARMONY [NBC]]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Thur, Sept 26 @ 8:30pm
Genre: Divine Comedy
Starring: Bradley Whitford (West Wing, Get Out, Handmaid’s Tale)
Anna Camp (Pitch
Perfect, The Help, True Blood)
Creator: Lesley Wake (Go On, Life in Pieces, Speechless)
Premise: An Ivy League professor conducts a
rural church choir
Why I’ll give it a chance: I like Whitford and
time placement
What could hurt it: The premise is weak, more
like a movie instead
THE GOOD PLACE [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 4
Premiere Date/Time: Thu, Sept 26 @ 9pm
Genre: Divine Comedy
Starring: Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Frozen)
Ted Danson (Cheers,
Becker, CSI:, Fargo)
Creator/Showrunner: Michael Shur (Parks & Recreation, Brooklyn Nine Nine)
Why I watch: Very funny characters and
interesting twists
[NEW!] SUNNYSIDE
[NBC]]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Thur, Sept 26 @ 9:30pm
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Kal Penn (House, Harold & Kumar films)
Creator: Oz Rodriguez (SNL video segments)
Premise: A councilman helps immigrants in
search of the American Dream
Why I’ll give it a chance: Produced by Michael
Shur (Good Place, etc)
What could hurt it: The premise seems weak and
unable to last
[NEW!] THE
POLITICIAN [NETFLIX]]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Fri, Sept 27 @ 12:01am
Genre: Comedy Musical
Starring: Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, Pitch Perfect)
Jessica Lange (American
Horror Story, Feud, Tootsie)
Creator: Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story, Feud)
Premise: An ambition student needs to become
student president
Why I’ll give it a chance: Like Platt and the
trailer
What could hurt it: Lost in the Netflix
catalogue of the shows
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 45
Premiere Date/Time: Sat, Sept 28 @ 11:30pm
Genre: Sketch Comedy
Starring: Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters, The Spy Who Dumped Me)
Kenan Thompson (Good
Burger, Snakes on a Plane)
Creator: Lorne Michaels (30 Rock, Portlandia)
Why I watch: It’s an institution. Always
something to talk about.
THE SIMPSONS [FOX]
Upcoming Season: 31
Premiere Date/Time: Sun, Sep 29 @ 8pm
Genre: Animated Comedy
Starring: Dan Castellaneta (Hey Arnold!)
Hank Azaria (Smurfs,
Ray Donovan)
Creator: Matt Groening (Futurama)
Showrunners: Al Jean (The Critic) & Matt Selman (newcomer)
Why I watch: I’ve seen every episode, why stop
now?
THE FLASH
[CW]
Upcoming Season: 6
Premiere Date/Time: Tue, Oct 8 @ 8pm
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Grant Gustin (Glee, 90210, Arrow)
Jesse L Martin (Law
& Order, Smash, Rent)
Creators: Greg Berlanti (Dawson’s Creek, Everwood, Eli Stone)
Andrew Kreisberg (Boston
Legal, Arrow) & Geoff Johns (Arrow)
Why I watch: More of a guilty pleasure at this
point
[
NEW!] WATCHMEN [HBO]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Sunday, October 20 @ 9pm
Genre: Drama Action
Starring: Jeremy Irons (Lion King, Die Hard 3, The Borgias)
Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Django Unchained, Nash Bridges)
Creator: Damon Lindelof (Lost The Leftovers, Star Trek into Darkness)
Premise: An alternate history where ‘heroes’ are treated as outlaws
Why I’ll give it a chance: Lindelof and high production value
What could hurt it: Graphic novel purists may revolt
SILICON VALLEY [HBO]
Upcoming Season: 6
Premiere Date/Time: Sun, Oct 27 @ 9pm
Genre: IT Comedy
Starring: Thomas Middleditch (Godzilla: King of Monsters)
Kumail Nanjiani (The
Big Sick, Stuber)
Creator: Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis & Butthead)
Why I watch: Great awkward humour and cast
chemistry
TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN [AMAZON]]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date/Time: Fri, Nov 1 @ 12:01am
Genre: Action Drama
Starring: John Krasinski (The Office, A Quiet Place, 13 Hours)
Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme, Suits, The Odd Couple, Bad Moms)
Creators: Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) & Graham Roland (Fringe)
Why I watch: Like Krasinski and the tension-filled cases
KIDDING [SHOWTIME]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date/Time: Sun, Nov 3 @ 9pm
Genre: Comedy Drama
Starring: Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Yes Man)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon,
Robot & Frank, The Americans)
Creator: Dave Holstein (Weeds, I’m Dying Up Here)
Why I watch: It’s very dark and I enjoy Jim
Carrey
[NEW!] THE
MANDALORIAN [DISNEY+]]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: Tue, Nov 12 @ 12:01am
Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy
Starring: Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones, Kingsman 2, Equalizer 2)
Brendan Wayne (small roles in TV shows and films)
Creator: Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Jungle Book, Lion King, Swingers)
Premise: The adventures of a gunfighter in the
Star Wars universe
Why I’ll give it a chance: Favreau and Star
Wars
What could hurt it: Have to get Disney+ to
watch it
THE CROWN
[NETFLIX]]
Upcoming Season: 3
Premiere Date/Time: Fri, Nov 17 @ 12:01am
Genre: History Drama
Starring: Olivia Coleman (The Favourite, Broadchurch, Fleabag)
Tobias Menzies (Game
of Thrones, Outlander, Rome)
Creator: Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon, The Audience)
Why I watch: Fascinating insight into British
royalty + great acting
[NEW!] THE
MORNING SHOW [APPLE
TV+]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date/Time: TBA
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Jennifer Aniston (Friends, Horrible Bosses)
Reese Witherspoon (Big
Little Lies, Election, Wild, Walk the Line)
Creator: Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights, Bates Motel, Rise)
Premise: A morning anchor faces competition
Why I’ll give it a chance: Stars and behind
the scene stuff
What could hurt it: I don’t plan on getting
Apple TV+
LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 7
Premiere Date/Time: ongoing @ 12:30pm
Genre: Talk Show
Starring: Seth Meyers (SNL, The Awesomes, New Year’s Eve)
Creator: Lorne Michaels & NBC
Why I watch: Mostly just his Closer Looks,
sometimes his interviews
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER [HBO]
Upcoming Season: Still in Season 6
Premiere Date/Time: Sun, still running @ 10pm
Genre: ‘News’ program
Starring: John Oliver (Daily Show, Community)
Creator: John Oliver
Why I watch: Love Oliver’s rants and in depth
stuff
What new shows are you going try this year?
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Emmy Predictions
No comments:
Post a Comment