The fall television season is here. Here’s the run down
of what I’ll be watching or at least trying in the next couple months (sorted by
premiere date).
[NEW!] TASK [HBO]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Sun. Sep. 7
Genre: Crime Thriller
Starring: Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight, The Avengers)
Jamie McShane (Bloodline,
Wednesday, 1923)
Creator: Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown)
Premise: A task force is needed for a family
man doing violent crimes
Why I’ll give it a chance: I enjoyed Mare of Easttown
JEOPARDY [SYNDICATION]
Upcoming Season: 42
Premiere Date: Mon. Sept 8
Genre: Trivia Game Show
Starring: Ken Jennings (The Chase)
Creator: Merv Griffin (Wheel of Fortune)
Why I watch: Love testing my knowledge
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING [DISNEY+]
Upcoming Season: 5
Premiere Date: Tue. Sep. 9
Genre: Detective Comedy
Starring: Steve Martin (The Jerk, Three Amigos)
Martin Short (SNL,
Father of the Bride)
Showrunner: John Robert Hoffman (Grace and Frankie)
Why I watch: It’s a fun mystery with great
chemistry
THE MORNING SHOW [APPLE TV+]
Upcoming Season: 4
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 17
Genre: Workplace Drama
Starring: Jennifer Aniston (Friends, Horrible Bosses)
Reese Witherspoon (Legally
Blonde, Big Little Lies)
Showrunner: Charlotte Stoudt (House of Cards, Homeland)
Why I watch: I’ve gone this far, I’ll stick
with it.
[NEW!] BLACK RABBIT [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Sep. 18
Genre: Crime Drama
Starring: Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes, Closer)
Jason Bateman (Ozark,
Arrested Development)
Creators: Zack Baylin & Kate Susman (The Order)
Premise: A NYC hotspot owner’s brother returns with crime in tow
Why I’ll give it a chance: Looks like Ozark-y
fun.
[NEW!] THE LOWDOWN [FX]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Tue. Sep. 23
Genre: Crime Drama
Starring: Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Before Sunrise)
Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter,
It: Chapter Two)
Creator: Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs)
Premise: A journalist in Tulsa digs into local
corruption
Why I’ll give it a chance: Ethan Hawke is
pretty good.
SLOW HORSES [APPLE TV+]
Upcoming Season: 5
Premiere Date: Wed. Sept. 24
Genre: Dark Comedy Spy Drama
Starring: Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Dark Knight)
Jack Lowden (Dunkirk,
The Gold)
Showrunner: Will Smith (not that one) (Veep, The Thick of It)
Why I watch: Tight, short seasons with humour
and twists
AMAZING RACE [CBS]
Upcoming Season: 38
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept. 25
Genre: Reality Competition
Host: Phil Keoghan (Tough as Nails)
Creator: Bertram van Munster (The Quest; Cops)
Why I watch: Love the locales
ENGLISH TEACHER [FX]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Thu. Sept. 25
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Brian Jordan Alvarez (M3GAN, Will & Grace)
Enrico Colantoni (Veronica
Mars, Just Shoot Me)
Showrunner: Brian Jordan Alvarez
Why I watch: Like the teachers, love the
students
THE SIMPSONS [FOX]
Upcoming Season: 37
Premiere Date: Sun. Sept 28
Genre: Animated Comedy
Starring: Dan Castellaneta (Hey Arnold!)
Hank Azaria (Smurfs,
Ray Donovan)
Creator: Matt Groening (Futurama)
Showrunners: Al Jean (The Critic) & Matt Selman
Why I watch: I’ve seen every episode, why stop
now?
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY [ABC]
Upcoming Season: 5
Premiere Date: Wed. Oct. 1
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Quinta Brunson (iZombie; Big Mouth)
Tyler James Williams (Everybody
Hates Chris; Walking Dead)
Showrunner: Quinta Brunson (Quinta vs Everything)
Why I watch: School-related but sweeter than English Teacher.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 51
Premiere Date: Sat. Oct 4
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. Let’s keep
it going.
[NEW!] THE GOLD [PBS]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Sun. Oct. 5
Genre: True Crime Drama
Starring: Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington)
Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, Slow
Horses)
Creator: Neil Forsyth (Guilt, Bob Servant Independent)
Premise: The 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery and the
aftermath
Why I’ll give it a chance: Heard good things
on Paramount+
THE LINCOLN LAWYER [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 4
Premiere Date: Thu. Oct. 16
Genre: Legal Thriller
Starring: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Jurassic Park Rebirth)
Becky Newton (Ugly
Betty, Divorce)
Showrunner: Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife)
Why I watch: I like courtroom stuff
THE DIPLOMAT [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 3
Premiere Date: Thu. Oct. 16
Genre: Political Thriller
Starring: Keri Russell (The Americans, Felicity)
Rufus Sewell (Dark
City, A Knight’s Tale)
Showrunner: Debora Cahn (Homeland, Grey’s Anatomy)
Why I watch: Getting kinda West Wing-y
NOBODY WANTS THIS [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Thu. Oct. 23
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Starring: Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, The Good Place)
Adam Brody (The OC,
Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Showrunners: Jenni Konner & Bruce Eric
Kaplan (Girls)
Why I watch: Love Bell & Brody’s chemistry
[NEW!] DOWN CEMETERY ROAD [APPLE TV+]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Wed. Oct. 29
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Emma Thompson (Stranger Than Fiction)
Ruth Wilson (The
Affair, His Dark Materials)
Creator: Mick Herron novels (Slow Horses)
Premise: A house explosion leads to more
mysteries
Why I’ll give it a chance: Slow Horses style writing
ST. DENIS MEDICAL [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Mon. Nov. 3
Genre: Mockumentary Sitcom
Starring: Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs)
David Alan Grier (In
Living Color, The Wiz Live!)
Showrunners: Eric Ledgin & Justin Spitzer
(Superstore)
Why I watch: Kind of Scrubs-like with fun characters
[NEW!] DEATH BY LIGHTNING [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Nov. 6
Genre: Historical Drama
Starring: Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire)
Nick Offerman (Parks
& Recreation, Last of Us)
Creator: Mike Makowsky (Beef)
Premise: True story of President’s Garfield’s
assassination
Why I’ll give it a chance: Great cast.
Interesting history.
[NEW!] PLURIBUS
[APPLE
TV+]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Fri. Nov. 7
Genre: Sci-fi Drama
Starring: Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
Creator: Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
Premise: Someone needs to save the world from
happiness
Why I’ll give it a chance: Gilligan and
Seehorn? Sold!
[NEW!] THE BEAST IN ME [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 1
Premiere Date: Thu. Nov. 13
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Starring: Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Claire Danes (Homeland,
My So-Called Life)
Creator: Gabe Rotter (The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen)
Premise: Grieving author finds purpose in
local mystery
Why I’ll give it a chance: Mostly Rhys and
Danes.
A MAN ON THE INSIDE [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Thu. Nov. 20
Genre: Crime Comedy
Starring: Ted Danson (Cheers, The Good Place)
Lilah Richcreek Estrada (Chicago Med)
Showrunner: Michael Schur (Good Place, Parks & Rec)
Why I watch: Quirky fun with Danson with a bit
of mystery
STRANGER THINGS [NETFLIX]
Upcoming Season: 5
Premiere Date: Wed. Nov. 26
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown (Enola Holmes)
David Harbour (Thunderbolts,
Hellboy)
Showrunners: Matt & Ross Duffer (Wayward Pines)
Why I watch: Waiting for them to end this
thing.
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS [DISNEY+]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Wed. Dec. 10
Genre: Fantasy Adventure
Starring: Walker Scobell (The Adam Project)
Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire,
Something from Tiffany’s)
Showrunners: Jonathan E Steinberg & Dan
Shotz (Jericho)
Why I watch: I like Greek mythology.
THE PITT
[HBO]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Thu. Jan. 8
Genre: Medical Drama
Starring: Noah Wyle (ER, The Librarian, Donnie Darko)
Katherine LaNasa (Truth
Be Told, Valentine’s Day)
Showrunner: R. Scott Gemmill (ER, JAG, NCIS:LA)
Why I watch: Such intensity, I can’t look
away.
PARADISE [DISNEY+]
Upcoming Season: 2
Premiere Date: Wed. Jan. 28
Genre: Conspiracy Thriller
Starring: Sterling K Brown (This Is Us, Black Panther)
Julianne Nicholson (Mare
of Easttown, The Outsider, Hacks)
Showrunner: Dan Fogelman (This Is Us, Tangled, Cars)
Why I watch: I like the apocalyptic premise.
LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS [NBC]
Upcoming Season: 13
Premiere Date: ongoing
Genre: Talk Show
Starring: Seth Meyers (SNL, New Year’s Eve)
Creator: Lorne Michaels & NBC
Why I watch: Closer Looks, Day Drinking and
interviews
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER [HBO]
Upcoming Season: 12
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?
