The fall television season is here. Here’s the run down of what I’ll be watching (by premiere date), I’ve stopped writing times as people can stream or PVR at multiple times now.
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Aug. 18
Genre: Marvel Sitcom
Starring: Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black; Perry Mason)
Ginger Gonzaga (Kidding; I’m Dying Up Here)
Creator: Jessica Gao (Rick and Morty)
Premise: Jennifer Walters is She-Hulk and a lawyer
Why I’ll give it a chance: I’ll watch any Marvel show
What could hurt it: A little too meta at times
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Sun. Aug. 21
Genre: Fantasy Drama
Starring: Paddy Considine (In America, The World’s End)
Matt Smith (Doctor Who; The Crown; Morbius)
Creators: Ryan J Condal (Colony) & George R.R. Martin (GoT)
Premise: Game of Throne prequel about the Targaryens
Why I’ll give it a chance: I enjoyed the production value of GoT
What could hurt it: No Benioff or Weiss as showrunners?
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept. 1
Genre: Fantasy Adventure
Starring: Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)
Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones; The King’s Man, Antebellum)
Creators: Patrick McKay & John D Payne (newcomers)
Premise: Prequel thousands of years before The Hobbit.
Why I’ll give it a chance: Lots of money has been spent
What could hurt it: Might be more Hobbit and less LOTR
Upcoming Season: 39
Premiere Date: Mon. Sept 12
Genre: Trivia Game Show
Starring: Ken Jennings (The Chase)
Creator: Merv Griffin (Wheel of Fortune)
Why I watch: Love testing my knowledge
Upcoming Season: 5
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 14
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, West Wing; Top of the Lake)
Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck; Dexter; 24: Live Another Day)
Creator/Showrunner: Bruce Miller (The 4400; Eureka; The 100)
Why I watch: I’ve come this far with this dystopian drama
Upcoming Season: 4
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept. 15
Genre: Dramedy
Starring: Donald Glover (Community, Solo: A Star Wars Story)
Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train; Eternals; Into the Spider-Verse)
Creator/Showrunner: Donald Glover (Mr. & Mrs. Smith – TV series)
Why I watch: Some gems in the seasons each year
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Tue. Sept. 20
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon!; Key & Peele)
Paul Reiser (Mad About You; Stranger Things; Aliens)
Creator: Steve Levitan (Modern Family; Just Shoot Me!)
Premise: A 2000s family sitcom is disastrously rebooted
Why I’ll give it a chance: Love behind the scenes stuff
What could hurt it: The premise doesn’t seem long lasting.
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept 21
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Quinta Brunson (iZombie; Big Mouth)
Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris; Walking Dead)
Creator/Showrunner: Quinta Brunson (Quinta vs Everything)
Why I watch: One of the few school-related shows that work
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 21
Genre: Star Wars Adventure
Starring: Diego Luna (Rogue One; The Terminal; Milk)
Genevieve O’Reilly (Rebels; Tin Star; Episodes)
Creator: Tony Gilroy (Bourne Legacy; Michael Clayton)
Premise: Pre-Rogue One adventures
Why I’ll give it a chance: Maybe it’ll be like Mandalorian
What could hurt it: Maybe it’s be like Book of Boba Fett
Upcoming Season: 34
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 21
Genre: Reality Competition
Host: Phil Keoghan (Tough as Nails)
Creator: Bertram van Munster (The Quest; Cops)
Why I watch: Love the locales
Upcoming Season: 3
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 21
Genre: Reality Competition
Host: Will Arnett (Arrested Development)
Why I watch: I like the challenging Lego builds
Upcoming Season: 34
Premiere Date: Sun. Sept 25
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?
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept 29
Genre: Mockumentary Comedy
Starring: Sam Straley (The Dropout); Holmes (newcomer)
Seann William Scott (American Pie; Dukes of Hazzard)
Creator/Showrunner: Jenny Bicks (Divorce; The Big C)
Why I watch: Hoping it gets better. I like Shrub.
Upcoming Season: 6
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept 29
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: Missy and Georgie are awesome
Upcoming Season: 48
Premiere Date: Sat. Oct 2
Genre: Sketch Comedy
Starring: Colin Jost (Coming 2 America)
Bowen Yang (Awkwafina is Nora from Queens)
Creator: Lorne Michaels (30 Rock, Portlandia)
Why I watch: It’s an institution. Hope it gets to 50.
Upcoming Season: 6
Premiere Date: Mon. Oct 3
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: Gotta see their ER-copying cliffhanger resolved
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Nov 3
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Randall Park (Fresh off the Boat; WandaVision)
Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine; One Life to Live)
Creator: Vanessa Ramos (Superstore; Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Premise: Trying to survive as the last Blockbuster Video
Why I’ll give it a chance: I used to work at Blockbuster
What could hurt it: The nostalgia could get old
Upcoming Season: 10
Premiere Date: ongoing
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
Upcoming Season: 9
Premiere Date: Sundays
Genre: ‘News’ program
Starring: John Oliver (Daily Show, Community)
Creator: John Oliver
Why I watch: Love Oliver’s rants and the “Now This” segments
What new shows are you going try this year?
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