TV Series you will like to watch in the fall of 2016

For how much we may love Summer, TV Shows fits perfectly in our routine only in the Fall. Therefore I thought it could be a good idea to present a list of shows that I am expecting, with release dates, comments, etc. Of course, it is a product of my limited time to actually watch such shows, it is not expected to be a comprehensive list. 

Running shows

Let's begin with the easy part, shows that are known and I recommend because they triggered something in me in the past.

The Big Bang Theory, season 10, premiere on September 19, 2016. It has lost a lot of its brightness, but still remains a nice source of fun for 30 minutes a week. It is a show that hooked me up in my early university years, giving me characters to identify myself with, or anyway similar to what my friends are. Thus the affection to the show is strong, even after all these years. The almost complete absence of a main plot, as a sit-com requires, guarantees that until they can make nice jokes and stay away from too many repetitions (harder and harder after so many years), we can have fun with our favorite nerds.

Gotham, Season 3, premiere on September 19, 2016. It is a Series centered on villains, telling the story of commissioner Gordon years before the existence of Batman. It has great cameo, brand new origin stories, a dark, brutal atmosphere mixed with the cartoonesque tone. It moves the plot with decision and good paste, all supported by a good credible acting. If you are not a comic books nazi, this is your show.

The Flash, Season 3, premiere on October 4, 2016. I love the superhero since I was a kid, therefore I am pretty damn biased. Nevertheless, the tone of the show is funny and entertaining, forget about the modern dark comic books, The Flash will not use those shades, without avoiding to deal with tragedy. It has its own epic moments, the first two seasons had a good climax and I have no reason to expect otherwise from this one. If you can survive to a few first episodes usually not so great, you will enjoy it.

The Walking Dead, Season 7, premiere on October 23, 2016. I spent the last 6 months thinking about if it was fitting in such a list, that is remarkable since this blog didn't even exist. It is true that every season AMC is giving us a show substantially made of 3 or 4 breathtaking scenes in an ocean of filler hours where people is essentially walking around for no reason. However, if you got this far, you want to see it, you secretly hate yourself for that, but you want to see this new world that Negan is bringing to the show that, to be honest and considering all the problems mentioned above, still looks pretty fresh to be in its seventh year. We have the ultimate bad guy (he stole the show in only 11 minutes), that just killed one of the main characters (and we don't know who is yet), and we have a group that became really cocky in the last 3 years literally on their knees. And then there is Lucille. 

And.She.Is.Awesome.

New Shows

Now the most difficult (and interesting) part. Shows that will be aired for the first time. It is very difficult to keep up with all the new shows, these are just a few of them that had a trailer that evoked the right emotions in me or captured my attention for the plot. I try to cover both comedy and drama and these are the titles that stepped out.


Better Things, premiere on September 8, 2016. A comedy show on a divorced actress raising her three daughters by herself. It captured my attention mostly because Louis CK, that based a lot of his material on his own similar situation, is one of the creators. Here is the trailer, I am looking forward to this show.

Quarry, premiere on September 9, 2016. The trailer of this series is great, it hooked me up instantly. It is the story of a marine who returns from Vietnam and find himself not accepted by the society and not ready to accept the society as well, therefore we will see his life falling apart on a very bad path.

Kevin Can Wait, premiere on September 19, 2016. It's a sit-com about a retired cop, it is meant to be light and funny, the trailer shows this two aspects so it ended up on this list. I can see myself giving a shot to this series as well as abandoning it because too similar to the dozen of other shows.

The Good Place, premiere on September 19, 2016. As you can see from the trailer, it is a comedy show about a young woman that dies and ends up by mistake in The Good Place, therefore she is now trapped in a world full of good people that cannot curse. It is a premise promising enough for me to give it a shot.

Speechless, premiere on September 21, 2016. A comedy show that will be focused on disability. The trailer is very promising, we have a family full of different personalities that will just collide with the rest of the world, it looks an explosive show addressing in a smart way the difficulty that the society has with respect to dealing with a disability.

Pitch, premiere on September 22, 2016. It tells the story of the first woman in the major league. The trailer reveals that the fictional main character will have, as you may expect, to face the skepticism of the public, and the expectations of her father. Therefore I am curious to see how they will develop the story, how she will deal with such pressure and how they are going to execute all of it.

Marvel's Luke Cage, available on Netflix on September 30, 2016. Introduced in the first season of Jessica Jones, he is another component of the soon-to-be-aired The Defenders TV Series. Netflix has proven itself to be a major player in the Marvel universe, presenting an innovative crossover techniques better explained in this post. I don't know much about him, except what I saw in the trailer and in Jessica Jones, but I have no reason to expect anything less than another good quality product, with the action of superheroes coming from comic books, and the deepness that Netflix usually introduces in its shows. It can also be a good methadone while we wait for the new The Punisher show, coming next year.

Frequency, premiere on October 5, 2016. It is the story of a detective that lost her father 20 years ago, however she ends up speaking with him through time via ham radio. This inevitably changes history, but not her memories, leaving the main character in a life that is not hers, mixing all of that with her professional career. I like the idea, but to be honest I suspect that it will be canceled at the end of the first season. In the meantime, here's the trailer.

Timeless, premiere on October 3, 2016. A series on a similar tone that it is probably going to last longer. A criminal steals a time machine and goes back in time to destroy the USA. As we can see from the trailer, a woman is sent back to save the day, there will be considerations about American history and race issues. If you like time travel stories it should be entertaining.


This is my list, I am well aware of how partial it could be, so please let me know in the comments what did I miss.