Fall TV Preview: A Handy Guide to All the Shows You Don't Want to Miss

Saying goodbye to the beach days and glorious sunshine of Summer is never easy, but thankfully the arrival of Fall guarantees one thing: great TV. How else do we counter the chill in the air and the abundance of pumpkin-flavored snacks, but with new shows to get the blood pumping like Netflix's murder drama Unbelievable, or the return of our favorite primetime dramas like Grey's Anatomy? The greatest thing about Fall TV is there's something for everyone; whether you're into musicals, family drama, or a good animated comedy, you've got your pick of the litter! To save you some time scrolling through your TV guide, check out this list of must-see shows that you'll definitely want to keep on your radar this season.

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Styling Hollywood

The Scoop: Are you ready for your Netflix dose of style and flair? Meet celebrity stylist and interior designer Jason Bolden and his husband Adair, a duo that run their up and coming lifestyle company JSN Studios with a motley crue of colorful employees. Blessed with an a-list clientele, viewers will watch as they sprinkle "Black Girl Magic" all over Hollywood!

Release Date: Aug. 30

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Mayans M.C., Season 2

The Scoop: The Reyes brothers ride once again for the next chapter of Mayans M.C.. Things are getting really complicated in the motorcycle club as EZ and Angel search for the truth behind their mother's death and their father tries to lead them down a more righteous path. But as Coco says, "Ain't no fun if it can't kill you."

Release Date: Sept. 3

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Elite, Season 2
Netflix

Elite, Season 2

The Scoop: The sexy Spanish-language murder mystery series set in a top-tier private school is back for a second season and things are getting even more insane. Season one followed the investigation of Marina's death, but season two will explore the truth behind her murder!

Release Date: Sept. 6

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Unbelievable
Netflix

Unbelievable

The Scoop: When teenager Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) files a police report claiming she's been sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, the investigating detectives, as well as the people closest to her, come to doubt the truth of her story. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, detectives Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall (Emmy winners Toni Collette and Merritt Wever) meet while investigating an eerily similar pair of intruder rapes and partner to catch a potential serial rapist.

Release Date: Sept. 13

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American Horror Story: 1984

The Scoop: There's a killer on the loose at Camp Redwood and they're taking everybody out! Clues on the upcoming season of the horror anthology are aplenty, but all we really know is that things are going to get pretty bloody before anything starts to makes sense. We can't wait to see who survives.

Release Date: Sept. 18

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9-1-1, Season 3

The Scoop: Ryan Murphy's Fox procedural explores the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters, and dispatchers who are thrust into frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations.

Release Date: Sept. 23

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All Rise

The Scoop: Created by This Is Us director and producer Ken Olin, this courtroom drama revolves around a cast of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders as they work to get justice for the people of Los Angeles despite a deeply flawed system.

Release Date: Sept. 23

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Bluff City Law

The Scoop: This legal drama follows Sydney Keller, a brilliant lawyer who used to work for her famous Memphis-based father's law firm until their strained relationship forced them to part ways. But after the unexpected death of her philanthropist mother, Sydney and her father, Elijah, (played by L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, and The West Wing's Jimmy Smits) decide to give working together another try.

Release Date: Sept. 23

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The Good Doctor, Season 3
ABC

The Good Doctor, Season 3

The Scoop: Season two of the ABC drama ended with Shaun (Freddie Highmore) getting his old job back at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital and asking out his former pathology coworker Dr. Carly Lever. Season three will have him flexing his suitor muscles and dealing with the consequences of his actions from season two. And of course, the usual insanity that always seems to occur at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital!

Release Date: Sept. 23

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The Conners, Season 2
ABC

The Conners, Season 2

The Scoop: Getting an upgrade from 11 episodes to 19, season two will pick up exactly were the last left off, with Becky's boyfriend getting deported and the love triangle between Darlene, David, and her new boyfriend getting even more complicated.

Release Date: Sept. 24

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This Is Us, Season 4
NBC

This Is Us, Season 4

The Scoop: Season four of the NBC drama will shift the focus from the mystery of Jack Pearson to the Big Three. The family keeps growing, relationships are being tested, and things keep getting complicated as life moves forward. And of course, there's still the mystery surrounding those flash-fowards . . .

Release Date: Sept. 24

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Black-ish, Season 6
ABC

Black-ish, Season 6

The Scoop: The Johnson family returns for a sixth season full of love, laughter, and lots of shenanigans. It's been a serious season of change for the Johnson family and things will definitely take a turn when Pops (Laurence Fishburne) surprises everyone by introducing Lynette (Loretta Devine), his new fiancée!

Release Date: Sept. 24

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Emergence

The Scoop: Allison Tolman stars in this mystery-thriller drama as Jo Evans, a newly divorced police chief on Long Island's Peconic Bay who decides to take in a little girl, Piper, whom she finds at the scene of a mysterious plane crash. Though she finds it odd that Piper has no memory of what happened (or even who she is), the mystery surrounding the girl only continues to develop as Jo investigates the events leading up to the accident.

Release Date: Sept. 24

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The Masked Singer, Season 2
NBC

The Masked Singer, Season 2

The Scoop: The surprise-hit comes back for a second season of celebrity singers donning outrageous costumes and duking it out while remaining anonymous to the panelists, the audience, and each other. Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke, and Nicole Scherzinger return to star as the show's panelists, with Nick Cannon returning as the host extraordinaire.

Release Date: Sept. 25

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Modern Family, Season 11
ABC

Modern Family, Season 11

The Scoop: Our favorite dysfunctional family returns for their eleventh and final season. Season 10 ended with the birth of Haley's twins and the final season will focus on the new additions to the Pritchett-Dunphy clan, as well as how their birth effects the entire family.

Release Date: Sept. 25

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Single Parents, Season 2
ABC

Single Parents, Season 2

The Scoop: The second installment of this ABC comedy will track our favorite single parents as they navigate the new relationships among the group, all while wrangling their wily group of 7-year-old kids.

Release Date: Sept. 25

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Stumptown

The Scoop: In a show inspired by the graphic novels published by Oni Press, How I Met Your Mother actress Colbie Smulders stars as Dex Parios, a savvy army veteran who becomes a private investigator in Portland, OR. Between her love life, her gambling debts, taking care of her brother, and butting heads with the police, Dex's unapologetic demeanor works well for her professional work, but not so much for her personal life.

Release Date: Sept. 25

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Grey's Anatomy, Season 16
ABC

Grey's Anatomy, Season 16

The Scoop: We're heading back to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for another season and there's plenty of loose ends from the last season finale to last us until season 17. Now that Teddy and Owen have welcomed their baby girl, how are they going to go about being parents? They seemed to reconcile, but Teddy is still in a relationship with Koracick, so that's bound to get very messy, very quickly. There's also the fact that the top three senior doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial have been fired (rightly so), and one might even be on her way to prison, so it's safe to say there's more than enough turmoil to go around.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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The Good Place, Season 4
NBC

The Good Place, Season 4

The Scoop: Team Cockroach is back for a final season and everything is on the line. Eleanor is pretending to be the Architect of the new Good Place as the remaining members of Team Cockroach attempt to rehabilitate new residents and prove to Judge Jen that people are capable of becoming good even after they die. Of course, things won't be easy for them since the demons have teamed up to wreak havoc, like planting Chidi's ex Simone and Tahani's former nemesis John in the afterlife.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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A Million Little Things, Season 2

The Scoop: The 19-episode season will pick up right where season one left off, as the friends deal with the secrets wrecking havoc on their convoluted lives. Rome and Gina struggle to find balance in their marriage as they start to want different things, Maggie and Gary move in together, all while Katharine and Eddie tackle the latter's affair and the secret of his child with Delilah.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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Sunnyside

The Scoop: Produced by The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Sunnyside revolves around a disgraced former NYC councilman named Garrett Modi (Kal Penn), who decides to use his skills to help immigrants in search of the American Dream find their way.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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Carol's Second Act

The Scoop: Everybody Loves Raymond's Patricia Heaton stars in this sitcom as the titular Carol, who decides after years of teaching and raising two children that she wants to embark on an unexpected midlife career change: becoming a doctor.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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How to Get Away With Murder, Season 6

The Scoop: The murder mystery drama is drawing to a close with its' final season and things are getting tense. Season six will focus on the infamous Keating Five during their final semester at law school, picking up after season five concluded with Laurel (Karla Souza) and her son going missing. The official synopsis promises that "the deception, fear, and guilt binding Professor Keating to her students will prove deadlier than ever."

Release Date: Sept. 26

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Law & Order: SVU, Season 21
NBC

Law & Order: SVU, Season 21

The Scoop: Olivia Benson and the SVU squad return for another addictive season of everyone's favorite cop show.

Release Date: Sept. 26

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The Politician
Netflix

The Politician

The Scoop: This Netflix series follows Payton Hobart (Ben Platt), a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, who has known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States. But first he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School. To get elected Student Body President, secure a spot at Harvard, and stay on his singular path to success, Payton will have to outsmart his ruthless classmates without sacrificing his own morality and carefully crafted image.

Release Date: Sept. 27

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American Housewife, Season 4
ABC

American Housewife, Season 4

The Scoop: It's never a quiet day in the Otto household! Katy Mixon will return for a third season as Katie Otto, a mother attempting to raise her flawed family in a picturesque Connecticut community while juggling a new job, her hatred for everything her neighborhood represents, and her own machinations.

Release Date: Sept. 27

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Bob's Burgers, Season 10
Fox

Bob's Burgers, Season 10

The Scoop: Bob, Linda, Tina, Eugene, and Louise return for another season of making burgers, causing chaos, and thinking about butts.

Release Date: Sept. 29

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Almost Family

The Scoop: Based on the Australian TV drama Sisters, the Fox series follows Julia Bechley, a woman who reunites with two of her half siblings after it is revealed that their shared fertility doctor father had used his own sperm to conceive at least 100 children throughout his career.

Release Date: Oct. 2

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Peaky Blinders, Season 5

The Scoop: Season five of the period drama finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. Opportunity and misfortune are everywhere. When Tommy Shelby MP (Cillian Murphy) is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realizes that his response will affect not just his family's future but that of the entire country.

Release Date: Oct. 4

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Batwoman

The Scoop: Ruby Rose joins The CW's Arrowverse as Kate Kane, cousin of Bruce Wayne, and new vigilante of Gotham City. After Batman goes missing, Kate takes on the cowl and refuses to hide behind her father's protection as Gotham City's crime wave reaches its peak.

Release Date: Oct. 6

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The Walking Dead, Season 10
AMC

The Walking Dead, Season 10

The Scoop: After the devastating deaths in season nine, season 10 will focus on the united communities as they initiate a fight in order to end the threat of the Whisperers. It will also be the final season of Danai Gurira, who has played Michonne since season three.

Release Date: Oct. 6

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All American, Season 2
The CW

All American, Season 2

The Scoop: According to the season's synopsis, season two of the football drama "finds Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), now a football State Champion, with a tough decision to make. Does he stay in Beverly Hills and play for Coach Billy Baker (Taye Diggs)? Or does he move back home to South LA, reunite with his mother, Grace (Karimah Westbrook), brother, Dillon (Jalyn Hall), and play for his father, Corey (Chad Coleman) – the new head coach for the South Crenshaw Chargers?"

Release Date: Oct. 7

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Black Lightning, Season 3
The CW

Black Lightning, Season 3

The Scoop: After the defeat of Tobias Whale in season two, the Pierce family will continue protecting the streets of Freeland in season three — but it won't be easy. Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking that have created metahumans and addicts while making Freeland a target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. The nation of Markovia and their teleporting assassin, played by Tosin Morohunfola, are planning an invasion with their own army of metahumans and it's up to the Pierces to put a stop to it.

Release Date: Oct. 7

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The Flash, Season 6
The CW

The Flash, Season 6

The Scoop: Season five of the costumed-hero drama ended with Team Flash defeating Cicada, but also erasing Nora's (Jessica Parker Kennedy) timeline and letting Thawne (Tom Cavanagh) slip away. Season six will deal with the aftermath of Nora's disappearance, the growth of Iris's (Candice Patton) newspaper The Central Citizen, and the annual Arrowverse crossover event! The final minutes of season five showed the date of the crisis in the future newspaper changing from 2024 to 2019, which means The Flash could end this season with Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) disappearing for good.

Release Date: Oct. 8

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Riverdale, Season 4
The CW

Riverdale, Season 4

The Scoop: Put down the jingle jangle, folks, Archie and the gang are returning for another season of mystery, murder, and musicals. The final episode of season three acted as a culmination of the show's first three seasons, bringing the stories of Jason Blossom, the Black Hood, and the Gargoyle King together at last. But there's still the mystery of The Farm and Betty's serial killer genes.

Release Date: Oct. 9

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Nancy Drew

The Scoop: The eponymous young female detective is getting a modern take on The CW, played by newcomer Kennedy McMann. Like Riverdale, the series will be much darker than its source material, following 18-year-old Nancy Drew as she finds her college plans put on hold after she and four friends are witnesses to the murder of a classmate.

Release Date: Oct. 9

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Supernatural, Season 15
The CW

Supernatural, Season 15

The Scoop: The Winchesters are down to one final ride and it'll be a doozy of a final showdown for the boys to contend with. Season 14 ended with the trio facing down a horde of the undead as God/Chuck releases all the souls from Heaven and Hell, proving himself to be the ultimate big bad in the process. Meanwhile, Jack is dead and stuck in the Empty having a chat with Death. Things really aren't looking great for Team Free Will going into their final season!

Release Date: Oct. 10

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Charmed, Season 2
The CW

Charmed, Season 2

The Scoop: Season two of the magical family drama will see a focus shift to more supernatural storylines rather than focusing on the sisters themselves. Season one ended with Maggie, Macy, and Mel feeling more secure as witches and sisters and the show's sophomore season will explore the trio working together as the new Elders of the magical community. Cue some seriously witchy chaos!

Release Date: Oct. 11

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Shameless, Season 10
Showtime

Shameless, Season 10

The Scoop: It's time for the Gallagher family to learn how to function without Emmy Rossum's Fiona for the first time ever and it's a sh*tshow. Debbie has assumed the role of head of household, Lip welcomes a baby with his girlfriend Tami, and Ian's still in jail, but at least he has Mickey around! It's going to be a very bumpy ride for the South Side.

Release Date: Nov. 3

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Kidding, Season 2

The Scoop: Season two will pick up moments after season one's cliffhanger, with Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years. In a desperate attempt to communicate with his fans, Jeff Pickles (Jim Carrey) creates a controversial method to talk directly to children across the world and becomes the target of animosity for the first time in his career.

Release Date: Nov. 3

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The Crown, Season 3
Netflix

The Crown, Season 3

The Scoop: The highly-anticipated third season of Netflix's royal drama follows Queen Elizabeth II's (Oscar-winner Olivia Colman wears the crown this season) reign from the late '60s and spanning into the late 1970s. The show will explore Prince Philip's relationship with his children, the dissolution of Princess Margaret and her photographer husband, Lord "Tony" Snowdon's marriage, and the introduction of Camila Parker Bowles.

Release Date: Nov. 17

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Top Boy

The Scoop: Dushane (Ashley Walters) returns from exile to his home in London to reclaim his throne in the highly lucrative drug market. He teams up with Sully (Kane Robinson), his spiritual brother, partner and sometime rival who is also returning to the same streets after his own form of exile – prison – comes to an end. Awaiting them both is Jamie (Micheal Ward), the young, hungry and ruthless gang leader whose ambitions leave no place for Dushane and Sully.

Release Date: Fall

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Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings
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Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings

The Scoop: Netflix brings us Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, an anthology series that showcases the stories, memories, and inspirations behind the singer's most beloved songs. New and classic Dolly music will score every episode, while each story will vary in tone, from love stories and inspirational tales to family dramas, westerns, and revenge comedies.

Release Date: Fall

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The End of the F*cking World, Season 2
Netflix

The End of the F*cking World, Season 2

The Scoop: Season one's ending followed the Charles S. Forsman graphic novel it's based on, which basically implies that James is dead. But things are a bit open to interpretation since the show never actually shows his demise. The plot of season two is up in the air, but we're hoping it picks up right where we left off, with James and Alyssa having to pick up the pieces since they've got quite a list of crimes racked up since they left home.

Release Date: Fall