26 TV Shows to Watch This Fall
A new Star Trek, the returns of Stranger Things, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Top of the Lake, and new shows from David Simon, David Fincher, Spike Lee, Errol Morris, and Steven Soderbergh are just a few of the things that have us excited about the coming fall television season.
Below, you can find details on each of the most notable TV debuts this fall (both new and returning shows), ordered by date. For even more premiere dates and information on every upcoming show (including those not profiled here), visit our 2017 TV Premiere Calendar.
The first new Star Trek series since Enterprise launched in 2001 gets a late start following a longer-than-planned production process that saw series co-creator Bryan Fuller depart as showrunner after clashing with the network over the direction of the show. The other co-creator, Alex Kurtzman (who was a writer on both J.J. Abrams-directed Trek films), remains on board as a producer, along with The Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer, while Trek newcomers Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts are running the show.
Discovery is set about a decade before events in the original series (and will share at least one character—Spock's father Sarek, here played by James Frain), though the main focus will be the ship's first officer (The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin-Green) rather than its captain (Jason Isaacs). The cast also includes Maulik Pancholy, Michelle Yeoh, Doug Jones, Rekha Sharma, Rainn Wilson, and Mary Wiseman. After the opener, the series will be exclusive to the CBS All Access streaming service, with seven additional new episodes (including a second new episode on premiere night) arriving weekly this fall, and the second half of the season following in January. A Talking Trek aftershow also streams on All Access after each episode.
Debuts September 24 on CBS All Access
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