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There’s been one thing we could count on over the past year and a half to keep us all connected, no matter how far apart we lived or how separately we worked: TV. It didn’t matter if it was network, cable or streaming. We all wanted to talk about the

Top Picks ANIMATED Monsters at Work (Season finale, Wednesday, Sept. 1, Disney+) The monstrously cute sequel series to the 2001 flick Monsters, Inc. wraps up its first season. Former Scarer Tylor (voiced by Ben Feldman) finally makes it onto the Laug

These days, phones aren’t just for making calls. Smartphones have a wealth of technology, and one of their many uses is for streaming. Even better news: You don’t have to strain your eyes watching video on the small screen of your phone. Instead, you

@TVGMMattRoush Wednesdays, Hulu AFTER THE CABIN fever we all experienced in 2020, who could blame us for wanting to look to TV for a great escape: to the Hawaiian resort in HBO’s buzzworthy The White Lotus, to Fox’s better-than-you’d-think reboot of

PREMIERES Wednesday, Oct. 6, 10/9c, CBS “WE’RE THE DINOSAURS,” a jovial William Petersen says as he sits alongside longtime partner in crime-solving Jorja Fox in Los Angeles. “Billy’s more like a T. rex,” she counters with a laugh. The pair are talki

PREMIERES Monday, Sept. 20, 10/9c, NBC IN EVERY EPISODE of this ultimate “what if?” series, we’ll watch earnest Joe Kimbreau (Watchmen’s James Wolk) live out the three paths he could’ve chosen when he graduated college: What would’ve happened if he’d

PREMIERES Monday, Sept. 20, 10/9c, CBS “I feel like I’m in a movie: Platoon meets Jurassic Park,” says Vanessa Lachey of filming the latest NCIS entry on lush Oahu. She stars as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, a divorced mom who is the first fe

PREMIERES Monday, Sept. 20, 9/8c, Fox FIFTEEN MINUTES IN, this lively, endearing but unsentimental drama about the goings-on at a reality TV show called The Big Leap will have you jumping for joy. Here’s the pitch: Amateur dancers are selected by aud

PREMIERES Tuesday, Oct. 19, 10/9c, ABC THROW ON YOUR bedazzled jean jackets. The (fictional) ’90s rap group Nasty Bitches reunites in this redemption story, which features original music, choice fashion flashbacks and four ladies to root for. “When I

PREMIERES Sunday, Sept. 12, 10/9c, Showtime MURDERS AND SMALL towns make for riveting television (see: Mare of Easttown, Broadchurch), and American Rust, based on the Philipp Meyer novel, is a worthy addition to this very specific genre. Set in ficti

PREMIERES Friday, Oct. 1, HBO Max The great lesson to take from this eagerly awaited prequel to HBO’s landmark crime drama The Sopranos? Tony Soprano never had a clear shot to avoid his brutal destiny. The movie intertwines tales of New Jersey’s hair

PREMIERES Sunday, Nov. 7, 9/8c, Showtime It’s about bloody time! Die-hard Dexter fans who didn’t love the 2006–13 series’ controversial finale—principled serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) faked his death and went into hiding in Oregon—get

PREMIERES Tuesday, Sept. 7, 10/9c, FX ONE OF THE most shocking political scandals of the 20th century started with two work friends on the phone, sharing secrets about their lives. Hmm, secrets? More like bombshells. White House intern Monica Lewinsk

PREMIERES Friday, Oct. 29, Netflix With a bent knee and an outspoken message shining a light on racial injustice, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick became one of the most galvanizing—and polarizing—social activists of our time. This scripted si

PREMIERES Wednesday, Oct. 13, Hulu The birth of the opioid epidemic drives this fact-based eight-part series that’s as fascinating as it is infuriating. Chronicling what showrunner Danny Strong calls “the big lie” of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pha

PREMIERES Sunday, Nov. 28, 9/8c, National Geographic Just a week after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, mysterious letters containing deadly anthrax spores began arriving at news outlets and politicians’ offices. Five people died; 17 were infe

PREMIERES Friday, Oct. 1, Netflix “When I read the memoir, I was like, ‘This is a hero. It’s a herculean task, what she’s doing,’” says executive producer and writer Molly Smith Metzler (Shameless) of Stephanie Land and her 2019 book, Maid: Hard Work

PREMIERES Tuesday, Oct. 12, 10/9c, USA and Syfy HORROR’S MANIACAL DOLL carves a new path in this soapy expansion of the Child’s Play film series. After bullied gay teen Jake (Zackary Arthur) finds a vintage Good Guys toy at a yard sale, the bodies—an

PREMIERES Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8:30/7:30c, ABC “IT’S THE LITTLE things you remember all your life,” says adult Dean Williams (the voice of Don Cheadle) at the start of this reimagining of the beloved 1988–93 family dramedy. Similar to the nostalgia-h

PREMIERES Wednesday, Sept. 8, Disney+ For 16-year-old prodigy Dr. Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), surfing with her chill dad (Jason Scott Lee), trying to ace her driver’s test and jolting a man’s dislocated hip back into place is ju

PREMIERES Thursday, Oct. 7, 9/8c, CBS ROSE McIVER (iZOMBIE) is back working with the undead: In this feel-good comedy based on a British hit, she plays aggressively positive writer Samantha, who plans to turn the Victorian home she’s just inherited i

PREMIERES Friday, Nov. 12, Apple TV+ THREE DECADES OF therapy should lead to emotional breakthroughs—not the drama that unfolds in this dark eight-episode limited series, based on the popular true-story podcast of the same name. Will Ferrell stars as

PREMIERES Tuesday, Sept. 28, 9/8c, NBC L.A.’S HOTTEST SPOT this fall is the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Jurassic Park. That’s the formula for this effects-heavy sci-fi thriller about a massive sinkhole opening up at the site of the famed La Br

PREMIERES Friday, Oct. 22, HBO Max Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 sci-fi saga gets an epic redo in two bigbudget, star-studded films directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival). The first, dropping simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters, covers the openi

PREMIERES Monday, Oct. 25, 9/8c, The CW Throughout the last century, 4,400 people from marginalized groups vanished. On the same night in 2021, they all reappear. So begins this reboot of USA’s 2004–07 drama—told from a Black perspective, which, co-s

PREMIERES Friday, Oct. 22, Apple TV+ “It’s a human drama about people whose lives were broken, or about to be broken, before the aliens showed up,” says cocreator Simon Kinberg (The Martian) of this gorgeously filmed global thriller. “The invasion is

PREMIERES November, Prime Video GAME OF THRONES fans, prepare to trade GoT for WoT as The Wheel of Time—late author Robert Jordan’s 14-book fantasy epic—hits the screen. If you haven’t read even the first title, 1990’s The Eye of the World, here are

PREMIERES Wednesday, Nov. 24, Disney+ Much better than socks! In this holiday tale set in snowy New York City, Clint Barton, aka heroic archer Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), gives a truly great gift, passing the bow and arrow on to a new generation. The re

PREMIERES Sunday, Sept. 19, 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) AMONG HIS MANY filmmaking talents, Ken Burns has a knack for timing. A docuseries in 2021 on Muhammad Ali means telling the tale of “the greatest athlete of the 20th century, who

PREMIERESThursday, Nov. 25, Disney+ What will we see in this long-anticipated treat for Fab Four fans? “A lot of joy,” Beatles drummer Ringo Starr promises of Peter Jackson’s re-edit of the notoriously dour 1970 film Let It Be. But how much joy? Here

PREMIERES Thursday, Sept. 9, Peacock VERY FEW ARCADE games have stood the test of time like Frogger, which was launched in North America by Sega in 1981 and spawned many remakes. The objective: Get a frog to safety by helping it cross a traffic-fille

PREMIERES Sunday, Oct. 10, 8/7c, The CW In just two weeks, 24,000 fans applied to be on this adult-size reboot of Nickelodeon’s 1993–95 kids’ game show. Each hourlong episode sends players racing through the Mayan-themed set, using brains and brawn t

PREMIERES Wednesday, Sept. 22, 9/8c, Fox Fox’s latest hide-the-talent show marries technology with a surprising amount of heart. Aspiring singers (some have never auditioned before, others have had recording contracts) are seen live—as computer-gener

TUESDAY, AUG. 31 HULU ORIGINAL DRAMEDY Talk about a killer property! Selena Gomez, Martin Short and Steve Martin (above) are movin’ on up as a trio of amateur sleuths who join forces to investigate a death in their exclusive New York City apartment c

FRIDAY, SEPT. 10 ORIGINAL MOVIE If you were poisoned and had less than 24 hours to live, what would you do with your remaining day on Earth? In this Tokyo-set action-thriller, assassin Kate (Mercy Street’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead) chooses to get reve

AVAILABLE NOW NEW MOVIE How did an ordinary salesman help prevent nuclear war? Find out in this tense 2021 spy thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch (above) as Greville Wynne, a real-life British national who was asked by the CIA and MI6 to smuggle

Ah, fall: the season of changing leaves, pumpkin spice–flavored everything and a slew of new TV debuts. But before you start seeking out your future obsessions that have yet to air, revisit the excellent first episodes of some of our favorite series

20TH ANNIVERSARY HBO MINISERIES This searing 2001 war drama from executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg isn’t a breezy binge, but it’s a profoundly moving one. Band of Brothers, the Emmy-winning, 10-part docudrama about Easy Company, an A

MONDAY, AUG. 30 ORIGINAL DRAMA The lighthearted whodunit returns for a second season with homicide cop turned police consultant Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless, above) trading Australia for Auckland, New Zealand. Back in her hometown to help her ne’er-do-w

AVAILABLE NOW ORIGINAL DRAMA There’s a good reason messy situations are often referred to as a “train wreck.” Dogged transit investigator Kendra Malley (The Good Wife’s Archie Panjabi, below) has her work cut out for her in Season 2 of the multilayer

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Dr. Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) has a job that bites: She’s a researcher studying genetically engineered sharks. Faster than you can say Jaws, she’s got major problems! High school is hard enough. It gets tougher for Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) w

NBC DRAMA Get to your television, stat! The first five seasons of the pulse-pounding Dick Wolf series about the emergency staff at a Windy City medical center are now streaming on Netflix. Among the excellent cast: Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto and Ol

1 Political thriller that aired on ABC starring Kerry Washington 6 First name of the star of PBS historical drama Poldark 8 Old witch, e.g. 9 Country where Vikings was mostly filmed 10 Hosted The Tonight Show and his own latenight TV show on TBS 13 M

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@damianholbrook Cheers to Heels for delivering a late-summer slam to the gut. In the premiere of Starz’s small-town wrestling drama, Arrow alum Stephen Amell (left) impressively went from superhero to savage when his baddie wrestler Jack Spade intent

PREMIERES Saturday, Nov. 6, 8/7c, Lifetime “Bring out your tissue box!” advises Jonathan Baruch, executive producer of this planned TV movie franchise inspired by the 1984–89 drama series starring Michael Landon as gentle angel Jonathan. Times have c

Jack (Glenn Howerton) is back on A.P. Bio, but in Season 4, the teacher without a syllabus faces new tests, from principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt) and his own dad (Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell). Thursday, Sept.2, Peacock The extraordinary Season 54 prem

PREMIERES Sunday, Sept. 12, 9/8c, HBO “EVERY DAY I was ripping myself open,” says Jessica Chastain, explaining why this remake of Ingmar Bergman’s groundbreaking 1973 Swedish miniseries about a troubled marriage was, emotionally, the most difficult e

PREMIERES Tuesday, Sept. 21, 10/9c, CBS FUN FACT: THE Federal Bureau of Investigation has 93 units embedded in embassies, military bases and other sites around the world. Producer Dick Wolf’s third iteration of his FBI franchise focuses on one specif