18 New Fall TV Shows You’ll Definitely Want to Watch
It’s that time of year again. Summer may be ending, but that just means the Fall TV season is upon us. Old favorites are returning, but this season is bringing with it a whole host of new shows we’re looking forward to as well.
Here’s a list of 18 new shows premiering this Fall that you should be excited about. Get those DVRs ready, you guys!
1. Atlanta
This new FX comedy is created by Donald Glover, who also stars in the series. It follows two cousins who work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families, or to at least try.
Donald Glover has apparently also said the show will be Twin Peaks for rappers.
Atlanta premieres Tuesday, September 6th at 10/9c on FX.
2. Better Things
Pamela Adlon is bringing some of her own life experiences to this new comedy, also on FX. She’ll serve as Executive Producer alongside Louis C.K., which quite frankly, is reason enough to watch.
Adlon stars as Sam Fox, a divorced mother and actress raising her three daughters on her own, and saying whatever is on her mind.
Better Things premieres Thursday, September 8th at 10/9c on FX.
3. The Good Place
Kristen Bell and Ted Danson? Count me in. The Good Place is definitely a unique concept for a comedy series.
It follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife but is mistakenly sent to the “Good Place” instead of the “Bad Place,” which is really where she belongs. While she’s there, she decides it’s time to make a change and try becoming a better person.
The Good Place premieres Monday, September 19th at 10/9c on NBC.
4. Bull
This new CBS procedural drama stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, a psychiatrist and trial consultant whose character is inspired by Dr. Phil McGraw.
Bull works with his team of meticulous experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to offer insight and help make sure his clients have the best possible chance of being acquitted.
Bull premieres Tuesday, September 20th at 9/8c on CBS.
5. This is Us
This new series follows a group of people who cross paths in a number of ways. NBC is describing This is Us as a “refreshingly honest and provocative series,” and “comes a smart, modern dramedy that will challenge your everyday presumptions about the people you think you know.”
That’s enough to make me want to watch, but add to that the fact that is stars Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls, Heroes), Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember), and Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson), and I’m basically already hooked.
This is Us premieres Tuesday, September 20th at 10/9c on NBC.
Ashley Bissette Sumerel
Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.