And 'Harry Potter'!
By Kate Aurthur, Emily Longeretta
Peacock, Apple, Netflix, CBS Yes, peak TV is over — but we challenge you even to begin watching all the great shows that will premiere in the coming weeks, or even catch up with the new good ones that came out this summer. Are you all caught up on “Furious” on Hulu and “Sterling Point” on Prime Video and HBO’s “Lanterns” and Netflix’s “My Brilliant Career”? We didn’t think so! (Whispers: Neither are we.)
Just since September started a mere nine days ago, Season 2 of “The Gentlemen” and FX’s “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga” both premiered. What we’re saying is, peak TV or not, there continues to be an embarrassment of riches across television, and that will continue this fall, as you will see below. (Shout out to the actual show “Below,” where Josh Hartnett plays a small-town fisherman battling a sea monster! We’ve been too scared to watch the screeners, but will soon.)
This list doesn’t include everything, of course. There are shows that haven’t been dated, like Netflix’s highly anticipated “Pride & Prejudice” remake, starring Emma Corrin as Lizzy Bennet. And several network shows that typically come out in the fall, such as CBS’ “Matlock” and ABC’s “High Potential,” will be premiering midseason. As for network staples we know you’ll find on your own, there’s Fox’s “Best Medicine” and “Doc” double feature, premiering on Sept. 22; CBS’ “Marshals” and “Tracker” on Oct. 4; “Abbott Elementary” has its Season 6 (six! where does the time go?) premiere on Oct. 7; the One Chicago shows premiere on Oct. 7; “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order” on Oct. 8; ABC’s “9-1-1,” “9-1-1: Nashville” and “Grey’s Anatomy” premiere on Oct. 15; and NBC brings back “St. Denis Medical” for Season 3 and “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” for Season 2 on Nov. 2.
“South America” — the artist formerly known as “South Park” — has already entered the zeitgeist before its Sept. 16 premiere on Comedy Central, with its Emmys win and Trump-mocking name change; the docuseries “Jay-Z in 8” premieres on Sept. 18 (but missed our cutoff for inclusion); Netflix’s Omar Sy-starring series “Lupin: Part 4” returns for the first time since 2023 on Oct. 23, and Season 2 of the streamer’s delightful spy thriller “Black Doves,” starring Keira Knightley, will drop on Nov. 5; Season 4 of “Tulsa King” premieres on Paramount+ on Oct. 16 — and, last but not least, Season 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” returns to Disney+ on Nov. 20.
One last disclosure: Obviously, Christmas will bring the series premiere of HBO’s “Harry Potter,” and that is decidedly … in the winter. This is an inarguable fact! But given that the show is going to be one of the biggest pop culture events of the year, and will also fuel the discourse machine because of J.K. Rowling, we just had to include it. Please don’t place us under one of the unforgivable curses; we only mean to serve.
Enough of these ramblings! Let’s get to the list.
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Last Seen
Image Credit: Courtesy of Apple TV Sept. 9, Apple TV
An Australian thriller led by Patrick Brammall, “Last Seen” is an adaptation of Ryan David Jahn’s book “The Dispatcher” and follows police detective Ian Ridley. He refuses to believe that his daughter is really gone 11 years after her disappearance. Per the logline, “When he receives a distress call from a teenage girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost.”
Cast: Patrick Brammall, Maxine Peake, Brendan Cowell, Daniel Henshall, Zahra Newman, Jessica Wren, Tobias Muhafidin and Chloe Jean Lourdes
