Fall TV Preview: 30 Notable Shows
If you think that fall is the time for broadcast networks to introduce the bulk of their new programming while cable and streaming services hold their best shows back for midseason, it may be time to reconsider your assumptions. Critics are already buzzing about September's surprisingly strong new comedy slate, while the coming months will also bring high-profile newcomers like HBO's Westworld and Netflix's Luke Cage as well as the return of the much-loved Gilmore Girls, among other highlights.
We've picked out the most notable fall TV debuts (both new and returning shows) below, ordered by date. For more premiere dates and details on every upcoming show (including those not profiled here), visit our Fall TV Premiere Calendar.
Not every Amazon series goes through the streaming service's rather unusual public pilot process. Example one: the eight-episode Goliath, the latest legal drama from from TV veteran David E. Kelley, here re-teaming with his The Practice colleague Jonathan Shapiro. The serialized drama stars Billy Bob Thornton (a replacement, though not a downgrade, for the originally cast Kevin Costner) as a down-and-out attorney seeking redemption through a major case that finds him attempting to take down a giant aerospace company and its powerful law firm. William Hurt, Maria Bello, Olivia Thirlby, Molly Parker, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Ritter, and Sarah Wynter also star.