26 TV Shows to Watch This Fall

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – September 1, 2017

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.

8 of 28 photo by Andrew Eccles/NBC

73 Will & Grace (2017): Season 1

It went off the air in 2006 after eight seasons, 184 episodes, and 83 Emmy nominations, but NBC's groundbreaking sitcom Will & Grace is back for 16 new episodes, and has already been renewed for another season (its 10th) in 2018-19. The core cast of Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally return—as do series creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and director James Burrows. You'll catch up with their characters a decade after you last saw them, but the new episodes will ignore the events of the original series finale.

Season 9 debuts September 28 on NBC

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