30 TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

“You can expect any spinoff of The Office to garner a ton of interest and immediate fans. The Paper is set at the headquarters of a Toledo newspaper that’s the focus of a documentary. The publication is well regarded but, like much of media, is struggling against dwindling interest. Domhnall Gleeson plays the new editor-in-chief, who decides the best way to cut costs is to staff the editorial department with inexperienced volunteers. The cast is rounded out by Sabrina Impacciatore, Alex Edelman, Melvin Gregg, and Oscar Nuñez, who is reprising his role from The Office.”—Adrienne Gaffney, features editor

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“Four years after Mare of Easttown aired, creator Brad Ingelsby is back with Task. Like Mare, it takes place in Pennsylvania and—with frequent cultural references—makes sure you know it. But it’s also similarly gripping. Tom (Mark Ruffalo) is running a task force focused on a series of dangerous robberies. The robberies, we learn, are being done by Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), a sympathetic dad, making what could have been a clichéd cops-and-robbers story much more interesting.”—AG

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“Our favorite trio returned for a fifth season, solving another case right at home—a much-loved doorman has been killed at the Arconia. As always, this season will be filled with stars, including Beanie Feldstein, Keegan-Michael Key, Dianne Wiest, and Bobby Cannavale. Most interestingly, showrunner John Hoffman has revealed that Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, and Christoph Waltz will play a group of billionaires based on unnamed real-life figures.”—AG

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“Laura (Robin Wright) is a loving mother whose life goes off-kilter when her son (Laurie Davidson) introduces her to his new girlfriend, Cherry (Olivia Cooke). Though she seemingly has no reason to worry, she becomes consumed with the idea that Cherry is taking advantage of Olivia, raising the question of which one of them is trustworthy.”—AG

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“School’s back in session for Prime Video’s The Boys spinoff, Gen V. Godolkin University students Marie, Jordan, and Emma are set to face the fallout of season 1’s mysterious finale. New characters have been added to the cast, including Keeya King, Stephen Kalyn, Julia Knope, Stacey McGunnigle, Tait Fletcher, Wyatt Dorion, and Georgie Murphy. Following Chance Perdomo’s death (Andre Anderson), the series’ production team released a statement that his role would not be recast.”—Erica Gonzales, deputy editor, culture

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“The Morning Show is back for a fourth season and, like always, it’s mirroring real-life drama in the media business. Season 3 ended with a merger between UBA and its rival network that made Alex (Jennifer Aniston) a major executive. Picking up two years later, Alex is dealing with corporate politics and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) is investigating a potential scandal.”—AG

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“Jake (Jude Law) owns the hot New York City restaurant Black Rabbit. When Vince (Jason Bateman)—the trouble-plagued estranged brother he started the business with—gets back in touch, he brings crime, chaos, and danger into Jake’s world.”—AG

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“Ethan Hawke stars as a citizen journalist intent on exposing the secrets of powerful figures in Tulsa in this new series from Sterlin Harjo, creator of Reservation Dogs. Lee Raybon, Hawke’s character, works in a rare bookstore but is consumed by unearthing corruption, even when it puts him in danger. Hawke’s costars include Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tracy Letts, and Tim Blake Nelson—all Tulsa natives—as well as Kyle MacLachlan, Killer Mike, and Reservation Dogs star Kaniehtiio Horn.”—AG

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“In the show’s fifth season, the spies at Slough House are facing another criminal conspiracy with pluck and a little bit of incompetence. This season is based on London Rules, the fifth book in the series, which offers a dark look at England post-Brexit as Jackson Lamb and his team struggle to stop what seems to be a series of terror attacks.”—AG

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“In Wayward, Mae Martin plays a cop who begins to question what’s really happening inside a local school for ‘troubled teens.’ As they dig deeper, the picture grows stranger, with Toni Collette delivering a chilling turn as the woman in charge. The eight-episode series mixes thrills, laughs, and the intensity of teenage life.”—Moriel Mizrahi Finder, editorial and social media assistant

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“Glen Powell is set to star in Chad Powers, a sports comedy about Russ Holliday, a former college quarterback whose NFL dreams crumble due to bad behavior. Determined to make a comeback, he adopts a new identity as Chad Powers and joins a struggling Southern football team in a last-ditch effort to reclaim his career. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the series is based on an episode of ESPN+’s ‘Eli’s Places,’ where Eli Manning ‘disguised himself as a walk-on prospect at Penn State.’ The series also stars Perry Mattfeld, Quentin Plair, Wynn Everett, Frankie A. Rodriguez, and Steve Zahn.”—EG

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“Loot stars Maya Rudolph as Molly, a newly minted billionaire whose life was upended after receiving a massive divorce settlement. After settling in as head of her own foundation, season 3 opens with Molly concerned that her ‘crystologist,’ Dr. Robert Vibes, might be a phony. Season 2 ended with a cliffhanger that had Molly and her assistant, played by Joel Kim Booster, escaping her problems on a private plane. The cast also includes Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Nat Faxon, and Ron Funches, as well as guest stars Adam Scott and Henry Winkler.”—AG

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“Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, the SNL alums who created Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave, are back with The Chair Company. With a similar tone to I Think You Should Leave and Robinson’s film Friendship, the series follows a man who, ignited by an embarrassing moment, becomes consumed with getting to the bottom of a deep conspiracy. Robinson costars with Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, and Will Price.”—AG

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“The Diplomat fans will be thrilled to see Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford back together, as Whitford joins for its third season playing the husband of Janney’s character, Grace Penn. Penn has become president after President Rayburn (Michael McKean) died suddenly in season 2, and Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is in a tough place, having accused Penn of terrorism shortly before she became president.” —AG

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“Martin Scorsese has spent a lifetime behind the camera. Now he steps in front of it for a five-part portrait from director Rebecca Miller. With rare access to his archives and new conversations with longtime collaborators like Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Thelma Schoonmaker, the series traces how his personal history shaped a career that redefined modern cinema.”—MMF

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“After Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody) decided to be together—despite that torpedoing his rabbinical career—season 2 explores what that commitment means. Leighton Meester (Brody’s wife) joins the cast as an influencer, and Arian Moayed plays a love interest for Joanne’s sister Morgan (Justine Lupe).”—AG

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“Set in the same world as Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, Talamasca focuses on the Order of the Talamasca, a secret society that tracks vampires and witches. Elizabeth McGovern, Jason Schwartzman, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers star.”—AG

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“Ruth Wilson and Emma Thompson anchor this moody Apple TV thriller, playing two unlikely partners brought together by a missing child and a neighborhood in shock. Their search soon points to buried conspiracies and the unsettling return of people thought long gone. Adapted from Mick Herron’s novel, the series pairs two magnetic leads in a twist-heavy thriller.”—MMF

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“Brace yourself—Pennywise is back! Bill Skarsgård reprises the killer clown role he played in the films It and It Chapter Two for this new series. (Both the films and the series are based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel It.) The show takes place in 1962, before the events of It, when a family moves to Derry, Maine—don’t mix this up with Derry Girls!—around the time a young boy disappears. In addition to Skarsgård, the cast includes Taylour Paige, James Remar, and Jovan Adepo.”—AG

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“Rachel Sennott is writing, starring in, and executive producing this comedy series where she plays an aspiring talent manager currently working as an assistant. When her now-famous former BFF shows up unannounced, her whole life gets turned upside down. Josh Hutcherson, Jordan Firstman, Odessa A’zion, True Whitaker, and even Leighton Meester are in the cast.”—EG

On HBO November 2.