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.
Comedian and former Simpsons writer Dana Gould is the creator of this eight-episode horror comedy, which plays like a humorous take on the X-Files formula as well as a spoof of 1970s horror films. Stan centers on a disgruntled former sheriff (Scrubs' John C. McGinley) of a small New England town who teams up with his younger replacement (Janet Varney) to investigate a series of supernatural occurrences—the sort of hauntings that naturally plague any town built on the site of a "massive 17th century witch burning." The first episode will actually have a sneak preview a few days early on Halloween night.