Fall Preview: That Old Familiar Feeling

Will any of this pull viewers away from streaming services Thatamp8217s the question of the year For now hereamp8217s the list of new network offerings that hope to find an audience in 201920 Those marked with an asterisk are scheduled for midseasonCBSAll Riseamp160 Drama following newly appointed Los Angeles Judge Lola Carmichael Simone Missick and the prosecutors public defenders bailiffs clerks and cops that surrounds her Think Ally McRise Monday September 23 9 pmBob Hearts Abishola Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku lead this comedy about a Nigerian immigrant nurse who finds herself the unreciprocated object of affection from a businessman after he suffers a heart attack Think The Nurse Stalker Monday September 23 8 pmBroke When an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby Jaime Camil is cut off by his father he must move with his wife Natasha Leggero into the home of her estranged sister Pauley Perrette forcing the two siblings to reconnect Think 2 Broke RelativesCarol39s Second Act Retired from teaching and having raised two children Carol Chambers Patricia Heaton pursues her dream of becoming a doctor Think What the Heck Thursday September 26 930 pmEvil pictured above Science vs religion and the origins of evil are explored when a skeptical female forensic psychologist Katja Herbers joins a priestintraining Mike Colter and a carpenter Aasif Mandvi to investigate miracles demonic possessions and unexplained phenomena Think The Exorcist Meets The XFiles Thursday September 26 10 pmFBI Most Wanted Criminals on the FBIamp8217s most wanted list are targeted by the Special Task Force in this spinoff of FBI starring Julian McMahon Think Law ampamp Order SUVsTommy Edie Falco stars as a former highranking NYPD officer who becomes the first female Los Angeles Chief of Police where she uses a mix of hardball tactics and honesty to navigate family social political and national security issues Think amp8220Sopranoamp8221 SquadThe Unicorn pictured below Aided by his friends and family a widower Walton Goggins with two daughters attempts to enter the dating pool where he is pursued as an elusive hot commodity Think 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Widowed Dad Thursday September 26 830 pmThe CWBatwoman pictured at top Ruby Rose stars as Kate Kane aka the title character a lesbian and highly trained street fighter intent on keeping Gotham City safe from a criminal resurgence while dealing with personal challenges Think The BWord Sunday October 6 8 pmKaty Keene Lucy Hale leads this musicaldramedy a Riverdale spinoff that follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters chasing their dreams of making it big in New York City Think Smash Meets the Carrie DiariesNancy Drew pictured below Eighteenyearold Nancy Drew Kennedy McMann puts college on hold due to a family tragedy Soon sheamp8217s embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation Think Veronica Mars Attacks Wednesday October 9 9 pmFoxAlmost Family A woman discovers her fertility doctor father Timothy Hutton used his own sperm to help conceive hundreds of offspring all of them potential instasibs Think Sisters the Australian show this was adapted from not the soapy NBC primetime drama from the amp821690s Wednesday October 2 9 pmBless the Harts pictured below Animated series featuring the voices of Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz about a broke and struggling Southern family Think King of the Harts Sunday September 29 830 pmDeputy Gritty cop drama blending classic Wild West action with modernday LA vibes in which a career lawman who doesnamp8217t suffer fools or pull punches is suddenly appointed Los Angeles County Sheriff Stephen Dorff stars Think Justified 2 The West CoastDuncanville An animated series focusing on 15yearold Duncan his friends family and Annie his highstrung mother featuring the voice talents of Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones Think Modern FamilyvilleFilthy Rich The patriarch Gerald McRaney of a popular Christian television network dies leaving his wife Kim Cattrall to run the business and deal with the three illegitimate children he had that she never knew existed Think PTL and the CityThe Great North Yet another animated series this time about the Alaskabased Tobin family where single dad Beef does his best to keep his family close Think Man in TreesneXt Thriller about a Silicon Valley pioneer John Slattery who teams up with a cybercrime agent after discovering a rogue AI he created Think I Renegade Robot911 Lone Star Rob Lowe stars as a New York City cop who along with his son relocates to Austinamp160 There he must balance saving lives while solving his own problems Think Bizarro McCloudOutmatched Jason Biggs and Maggie Lawson topline this comedy about a South Jerseybased bluecollar couple raising four kids three of whom are certified geniuses Think Jersey Shore Family EditionProdigal Son Tom Payne stars as the son of a serial killer who works as a criminal psychologist and is hot on the trail of a copycat killer Heamp8217s also dealing with serious like fatherlike son issues amplified when he sleeps Think Hannibal Dexter Monday September 23 9 pmNBCBluff City Law pictured below Sydney Strait Caitlin McGee used to work for her celebrated lawyer father Jimmy Smits in Memphis but their tenuous relationship came to an end and they havenamp8217t spoken in years When her mother passes Sydney finds herself back at the firm wanting to change the world and let bygones be bygones Think The Grinder with an actual lawyer Monday September 23 10 pmCouncil of Dads Scott a father of four finds his life derailed after a cancer diagnosis Wanting his kids to have good role models he calls on trusted friends Anthony his oldest friend Oliver his AA sponsor and another Oliver best friend to Scottamp8217s wife Robin to support his family should the unthinkable happen Sarah Wayne Callies Tom Everett Scott Clive Standen and J August Richards star Think A Million Little FriendsIndebted Life takes an unexpected turn for Dave Adam Pally and Rebecca Abby Elliott when his parents played by Steven Weber and Fran Drescher turn up broke and homeless After moving in family boundaries expand contract and selfdestruct Think Schittamp8217s ParentsThe Kenan Show Kenan Thompson plays super dad to two girls while working and navigating a meddling and often inappropriate fatherinlaw Think Everybody Loves KenanLincoln Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme Russell Hornsby meets Amelia Sachs Arielle Kebbel a gifted profiler Inspired by the bestselling book The Bone Collector together they track a serial killer Think Bones Meets the ProfilerPerfect Harmony When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran Bradley Whitford discovers an amp8220outoftuneamp8221 choir its members are ripe to help each other reinvent and rediscover themselves amp160Anna Camp also stars Think Glee Grows Up Thursday September 26 830 pmamp160Sunnyside pictured above Disgraced New York City councilman Garrett Modi Kal Penn moves in with his sister and contemplates where his life went wrong However after a diverse group of American citizen hopefuls hire him to help them he sees a chance for redemption Think The Good Place USA Thursday September 26 930 pmZoey39s Extraordinary Playlist After her terrific turn in the Netflix thriller What If Jane Levy returns to NBC as Zoey Clarke a whipsmart computer coder who starts hearing the thoughts of those around her in songamp160 Think My Crazy ExComputer Programmer or Ms Eli Stone ABCThe Baker and the Beauty Adapted from the Israeli series of the same name Daniel Garcia Victor Rasuk works at the family bakery His life seems wellplanned until a chance encounter with international superstar Noa Hamilton Nathalie Kelley sees sparks fly and family tempers flare Think The Baker and the Beauty streaming on Amazon PrimeEmergence Thriller about a police chief Allison Tolman who gives refuge to a young girl found at the site of a mysterious plane crash With no memory of the incident the investigation into the girlamp8217s identity leads to a larger conspiracy Think Stranger Things Eleven Tuesdays 10 pmFor Life Nicholas Pinnock stars as an innocent prisoner turned lawyer who while fighting to overturn his own life sentence fights for the freedom of other inmates Think Law ampamp Order Prison Breakmixedish Arica Himmel stars as a young version of Rainbow Johnson Tracee Ellis Ross in a prequel to blackish set during the amp821680s The show explores her experience growing up in a mixedrace family from a hippie commune to the suburbs Think youngish Tuesdays 9 pm not to be confused with Freeformamp8217s grownishStumptown pictured above Cobie Smulders stars as Dex a sharpwitted army veteran turned PI complete with a complicated love life gambling debt and a brother to take care of While an adept PI sheamp8217s often in the firing line of criminals and rarely in alliance with the cops Think Magnum Cavalier Wednesdays 10 pmUnited We Fall Family sitcom with Christina Vidal and Will Sasso as parents of two young kids living with his judgmental mother Jane Curtin Think Mamaamp8217s Modern FamilyClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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