The coronavirus has impacted every corner of our lives, and TV is no exception. As efforts to slow the spread of the pandemic shut down filming, it’s hard to predict when casts and crews will be able to go back to work. Even if we don’t yet know when we’ll see some favorites again, we can try and settle in to watch some familiar faces and promising newcomers in this strange Fall TV 2020 season.
Here are the announced dates for when several new and returning shows are scheduled to premiere in the Fall TV season. We’ll update this list as more decisions are made about what’s coming, and when.
SEPTEMBER 6
“Power Book II: Ghost”: While “Power” may have ended its run, the series was way too popular not to produce spinoffs. This first one begins not long after the original series ended, with Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) dealing with the legacy of his father, and facing new challenges. The cast includes Naturi Naughton, Mary J. Blige and Method Man. (9 p.m. Starz)
SEPTEMBER 7
“American Ninja Warrior”: A new group of super-fit folks test their physical mettle in Season 12. (8 p.m. NBC)
SEPTEMBER 8
“Biography: I Want My MTV”: A special that traces the history of MTV, and the role in played in cable TV and youth culture. Included are interviews with original VJs, journalists, Sting, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Nancy Wilson, Fab Five Freddy, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Billy Idol, and more, along with archival footage. (9 p.m. A&E)
Drew and Jonathan Scott will star in a new season of "Brother vs, Brother." (HGTV)
SEPTEMBER 9
“Brother vs. Brother”: Drew and Jonathan Scott return for a new season of the show in which the twins take on property and renovation challenges in Los Angeles’ historic Hancock Park neighborhood. (9 p.m. HGTV)
“Get Organized With the Home Edit”: Someone must have been paying attention to the splash Marie Kondo’s Netflix series made, because here we have Clea and Joanna, described as “expert home organizers,” who will “help celebrities and everyday clients edit, categorize and contain their clutter to create stunning spaces.” (Netflix)
“Woke”: Lamorne Morris (“New Girl”) stars in a comedy inspired by the life and career of Keith Knight, an African American cartoonist. Though the series was filmed prior to the current national reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality, “Woke” is eerily timely, with its story of a successful artist who is forced to contend with a reality that changes how he sees the world, and his place within it. The series is developed by Marshall Todd and Knight. (Hulu)
SEPTEMBER 10
“Julie and the Phantoms”: A high school student mourning the loss of her musician mother gains a renewed appreciation for creating when she’s visited by the ghosts of hunky musicians from 1995. (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 12
“Coastal Elites”: Playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick wrote this satire, which was HBO’s first production made under quarantine guidelines. The special focuses on five characters, who are all going through their own challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. The terrific cast includes Bette Midler as a New York City public school teacher; Kaitlyn Dever as a nurse from Wyoming who travels to New York to help care for patients during the COVID-19 emergency; Dan Levy as an actor in a video conference with his therapist; Sarah Paulson as a social media personality who is trying to stay focused on her “Mindful Meditations” series; and Issa Rae as a philanthropist whose connections include some unexpected figures involved in the government. Jay Roach directs. (8 p.m. HBO)
SEPTEMBER 13
“Van der Valk”: A “Masterpiece” presentation, the Amsterdam-set series focuses on a Dutch detective, Commisaris Van der Valk, who solves crimes. (9 p.m. PBS)
SEPTEMBER 14
“Dancing With the Stars”: With longtime host Tom Bergeron booted, Tyra Banks takes over as Season 29 premieres, with a new batch of celebrities, who will be paired with pros. I still have no idea how they’ll pull this off with social distancing guidelines still recommended, but we’ll see. (8 p.m. ABC)
SEPTEMBER 14
“The Third Day”: A six-part limited series, this psychological thriller is set on a British island that seems to have more than its share of secrets. Jude Law is featured in the first three episodes, as family man from London who comes to the island and finds himself caught up in past trauma. Naomie Harris also stars in later episodes as a woman who visits the island as a surprise for her daughters, but who also learns there’s more going on than meets the eye. It all sounds a bit confusing, but in a good way. We hope. (9 p.m. HBO)
Jordan Kristine Seamón in "We Are Who We Are." (HBO)
“We Are Who We Are”: Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me By Your Name”) ventures into TV for the first time, with a series about two young Americans who are living on an Army base in Italy, and who experience the challenges of being a teenager, only in a land that’s not their own. Guadagnino’s distinctive, immersive style and tenderness toward his characters make this one of the most promising arrivals of the fall. (10 p.m. HBO)
SEPTEMBER 16
“Sing On!”: Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) hosts an eight-episode series that sounds like a TV version of karaoke, with cash. Contestants in each episode sing songs that are part of that episode’s theme, and whichever amateur belter impresses the “vocal analyzer” most will win prize money. (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 17
“Departure”: A Canadian-made drama starring Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer, about investigators trying to find out what happened to an airplane that disappeared mid-flight, taking its passengers with it – but not all of them, apparently, which is where even more intrigue comes in. (Peacock)
SEPTEMBER 18
“Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous”: An animated series, about teens who think they’re attending a cool camp, but wind up facing something a lot more real (escaped dinosaurs). (Netflix)
“Long Way Up”: Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman reunite for another unscripted series that finds the friends embarked on another motorcycle journey through such destinations as Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. (Apple TV+)
“Pen15”: Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle return for a second season of the not-for-kids comedy, in which play versions of themselves as teen misfits in 2000. (Hulu)
SEPTEMBER 18
“Ratched”: Sarah Paulson plays Mildred Ratched in this sort-of prequel to the late Oregon-based author Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Though readers of the novel and fans of the Oregon-filmed movie know that Nurse Ratched became a frightening figure of merciless authority, in “Ratched,” we find out how she got that way. With a gifted cast that includes Paulson, Cynthia Nixon, Sharon Stone, Judy Davis and Sophie Okonedo, this could be a gripping character study-turned horror story. And with Ryan Murphy (“American Horror Story,” “Pose”) as an executive producer, this may fly over the top. But it’s not likely to be dull. (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 20
“72nd Primetime Emmy Awards”: Jimmy Kimmel hosts, but this won’t be the usual glitzy extravaganza, considering it will need to be filmed remotely, in observance of social distancing guidelines. Then again, the Emmy Awards shows have been kind of a snooze in recent years, so maybe the need to try something different will make this one more fun. (5 p.m. PT ABC)
“Last Tango in Halifax”: The popular comedy-drama returns for a new season, in which Alan and Celia find that marriage is more than just romance. (8 p.m. PBS)
SEPTEMBER 21
“L.A.’s Finest”: This crime drama, inspired by the “Bad Boys” movie franchise, stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba as LAPD detectives. This first season already premiered on the Spectrum cable service, but with new originals in short supply, the series is getting some broadcast time, courtesy of Fox. (8 p.m. Fox)
“Filthy Rich”: Kim Cattrall stars in what’s described as a “southern Gothic family soap, in which wealth, power and religion collide – with outrageously soapy results.” The plot involves what happens when the head of a Christian TV network turns out to have been hiding a secret life (9 p.m. Fox)
SEPTEMBER 23
“The Masked Singer”: With mask-wearing recommended for all, the singing competition’s costumed-and-masked contestants gimmick couldn’t be more timely. (8 p.m. Fox)
“Agents of Chaos”: A two-part documentary from director Alex Gibney looks at ways in which Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. With intelligence indicating the Russians are at it again for the current election, this film, which explores how America’s political process is vulnerable to disinformation, sounds painfully relevant. The documentary includes what is described as “never-before-seen footage inside the Russian troll farms,” along with videos exhumed from the dark depths of the Internet, and reports about Americans who were part of the Russian efforts to derail our democracy. (9 p.m. HBO)
“I Can See Your Voice”: Another competition, this one is hosted by “Masked Singer” panelist Ken Jeong. Here’s the setup, according to Fox: “Each week one contestant will have the chance to win a cash prize if he or she can tell the difference between the good and bad singers, without ever hearing them sing a note.” (9 p.m. Fox)
SEPTEMBER 24
“Celebrity Family Feud”: The game show keeps the laughs coming in Season 6. (8 p.m. ABC)
“Press Your Luck”: New episodes of the game show revival hosted by Elizabeth Banks are heading our way after Season 2 started this summer. (9 p.m. ABC)
“Match Game”: The Alec Baldwin-hosted game show revival also comes back with new episodes for the fall. (10 p.m. ABC)
“Star Trek: Discovery”: The first season of the series aired on CBS All Access streaming service, but in the interest of putting something on the pandemic-affected schedule, CBS is airing it on the broadcast network. (10 p.m. CBS)
“The Chef Show”: Director/actor Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi return for a new season of delicious discoveries. (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 25
“Utopia”: Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) puts her American stamp on a series inspired by a British original, in which a group of comic book nerds discover a conspiracy that has to do with a pandemic – how timely! – and other threats to life as we know it. The cast includes Sasha Lane, Rainn Wilson and John Cusack. (Amazon Prime Video)
SEPTEMBER 27
“The Simpsons”: The animated perennial created by Portland’s own Matt Groening returns for Season 185 – er, Season 32. (8 p.m. Fox)
“Bob’s Burgers”: Live-action series may be tricky to film in the pandemic, but animated shows keep on going. (9 p.m. Fox)
“The Comey Rule”: This two-part, four-hour series stars Jeff Daniels as former FBI Director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump. The limited series is based on Comey’s book, “A Higher Loyalty,” as well as interviews, and tells the story of events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and the conflict that ultimately emerged between Comey and Trump. (9 p.m. Showtime)
“Family Guy”: Another animated staple returns for Season 19. (9:30 p.m. Fox)
“Fargo”: After what seems like forever, a new season of Noah Hawley’s excellent anthology is coming our way. This fourth installment is set in 1950 Kansas City, and focuses on two criminal bosses who, in order to continue their illegal activities, enter into a strange truce, involving the head of each syndicate trading a child to their opposite number. Chris Rock plays the leader of the African American syndicate, and Tomasso Ragno plays the head of the Italian mafia. The fine cast also includes Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, Jack Huston, Jessie Buckley and Timothy Olyphant as a character with the Hawleyesque name of Dick “Deafy” Wickware. (10 p.m. FX)
SEPTEMBER 28
“The Weakest Link”: Jane Lynch hosts yet another game show revival. (10 p.m. NBC)
SEPTEMBER 29
“Little People Big World”: Oregon’s Roloff family returns for Season 20. (9 p.m. TLC)
Related: ’Little People, BIg World’ returns this fall: ’End of an era’ for Oregon’s Roloff family
SEPTEMBER 30
“The Boys in the Band”: The 1968 play by the late Mart Crowley was revived for a short run on Broadway with a starry cast, many of whom return for this film, executive produced by Ryan Murphy, and directed by Joe Mantello (who directed the stage revival). The film keeps the 1968 setting, a birthday party in New York, where a group of gay friends get together and end up revealing and experiencing much more than they bargained for. The cast includes Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto and Andrew Rannells. (Netflix)
OCTOBER 1
“Connecting”: A comedy reflecting the coronavirus era, this new series is about friends who are trying to stay connected via video chats at a time of social distancing. (8:30 p.m. NBC)
OCTOBER 2
“Monsterland”: A new, scary anthology series, with such actors as Kelly Marie Tran, Jonathan Tucker, Kaitlyn Dever, Mike Colter and Taylor Schilling. (Hulu)
OCTOBER 4
“The Walking Dead: World Beyond”: Yet another “Walking Dead” spinoff, this one focuses on young people who came of age during the zombie apocalypse. Stars include Annet Mahendru (“The Americans”). (10 p.m. AMC)
Joshua Caleb Johnson as Onion and Ethan Hawke as John Brown in "The Good Lord Bird."(William Gray/Showtime)
“The Good Lord Bird”: Ethan Hawke cowrote and stars in a limited series adapted from James McBride’s novel about the fiery abolitionist John Brown and those caught up in his cause. Judging from an early look, the tone is outrageous, not ponderous, and the storytelling is flamboyant. The talented Joshua Caleb Johnson costars. (10 p.m. Showtime)
OCTOBER 5
“Soulmates”: Another anthology series, this one is set 15 years in the future, when science has found a way to tell people who their soulmate is. Each of the six episodes in the first season will feature a different cast. Stars include Sarah Snook (“Succession”), Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Malin Akerman, Betsy Brandt and Charlie Heaton. (10 p.m. AMC)
OCTOBER 6
“NEXT”: John Slattery stars in a thriller about an artificial intelligence creation that just may end up destroying civilization. Take that, Alexa! (9 p.m. Fox)
OCTOBER 8
“Supernatural”: The fan-favorite series returns from its coronavirus-mandated shutdown to air the final episodes of its fifteenth and final season. (8 p.m. The CW)
OCTOBER 9
“The Right Stuff”: A new series based on Tom Wolfe’s novel about pioneers in the NASA space program. The cast includes Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn, Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra, and more. (Disney+)
OCTOBER 11
“Fear the Walking Dead”: The zombie apocalypse spinoff returns for Season 6. (9 p.m. AMC)
OCTOBER 12
“One Day at a Time”: Season 4 previously aired on Pop (after Netflix canceled it), and now it’s being re-purposed to air on CBS. (9 p.m. CBS)
OCTOBER 13
“Tell Me a Story”: Another series -- an updated twist on fairy tales -- which originally aired on CBS All Access moves to The CW. (8 p.m. The CW)
“The Bachelorette”: So, apparently they’ve been filming Season 16 in some sort of quarantine situation, and rumor has it that Clare Crawley falls in love with one of her suitors early, which means another bachelorette joins the show. All that and more, as Chris Harrison would say, when the new season premieres! (8 p.m. ABC)
OCTOBER 14
“The Amazing Race”: The long-lasting global competition returns for Season 32. (9 p.m. CBS)
OCTOBER 16
“Shark Tank”: The “sharks” return for Season 12, listening as more hopeful entrepreneurs make their pitches for investment. (8 p.m. ABC)
"David Byrne's American Utopia" brings the critically acclaimed stage show to TV. (HBO)
OCTOBER 17
“David Byrne’s American Utopia”: Anybody who saw the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” tour (I did!), and Jonathan Demme’s subsequent movie recording of it (yep, I did, about a zillion times), knows that David Byrne is a one-of-a-kind artist. Which makes this film version of Byrne’s critically acclaimed Broadway show feel like a very special event. And it’s directed by Spike Lee, the ever-visionary filmmaker. In the show, Byrne is joined by musicians, singers and dancers from around the world, and the production includes performances of some Talking Heads classics, such as “Once in a Lifetime,” as well as commentary on current events. (8 p.m. HBO)
OCTOBER 18
“Supermarket Sweep”: And the game show revivals just keep on coming, Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”) hosts this one, in which teams compete, using their grocery shopping expertise to try and take home cash prizes. (8 p.m. ABC)
“Card Sharks”: The ABC parade of game shows keeps on marching, with a second season of this reboot of an oldie, hosted by Joel McHale. (10 p.m. ABC)
OCTOBER 25
“The Undoing”: Nicole Kidman stars as a successful New York City therapist whose seemingly perfect life with her ideal husband (Hugh Grant) and their young son goes dramatically wrong. David E. Kelley is the writer and an executive producer, and Susanne Bier (“The Night Manager”) directs. Kelley and Kidman both did outstanding work in “Big Little Lies,” which is reason enough to be excited about this series, adapted from a novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz. (9 p.m. HBO)
NOVEMBER 1
“Roadkill”: Hugh Laurie stars in a British-made political drama written by David Hare in this “Masterpiece” presentation. (9 p.m. PBS)
NOVEMBER 10
“This Is Us”: NBC is promising that Season 5 of the hit ensemble drama will premiere in November. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. (9 p.m. NBC)
NOVEMBER 15
“The Crown”: The first three seasons of this dramatization of the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II have been absolutely scrumptious, a feast of drama, wit and superb performances. Season 4 continues to feature the Oscar-winning Olivia Colman as Her Highness, and we’re also set to see the beginning of the tragically ill-fated marriage of Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin). As if that isn’t reason enough to wait impatiently, the season also features Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (Netflix)
More of our coverage:
Fall TV 2020: ’Fargo,’ ‘The Crown,’ “Ratched,’ and 8 more shows we’re excited about
-- Kristi Turnquist
kturnquist@oregonian.com 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist
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