September has indeed arrived, and it is bringing the full fall TV season with it. The likes of Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, and many more are creating a buzz with a flood of new series, returning series, as well as a few unexpected releases. Your watchlist is undoubtedly going to be longer. To help you sift through such an abundance of titles, here is an inverse countdown of the 10 most significant premieres hitting the TV screens this month.
10. Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
A fan of theme parks, this is something you should not miss. Peacock’s “Universal Monsters” is a wonderful docuseries that brings the audience to the studio lot for a three-part history of Universal, showing a lot of the old interrupted film with the talking heads of producers, directors, and A-list stars. It is not just reliving the past; it is also finding out how Universal became both a movie and theme park powerhouse, and getting some insight into the new Epic Universe coming soon.
9. Screamboat
What if Steamboat Willie was turned into a slasher film? That is the crazy idea behind Screamboat, a late-night fright voyage on a New York Harbor ferry. Alongside David Howard Thornton portraying the insane cartoon character, this campy-but-supernaturally-creepy flick promises to be equally crazy and frightening. Consider it as your haunted season pre-game.
8. Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU
Some franchises are simply not giving up so easily. Law & Order is back for Season 25, and SVU enters its 27th season with full force, keeping courtroom drama and police procedural alive in their respective shows. Olivia Benson remains the heart of SVU, and the original series is still drawing from current events for those fan-favorite cases.
7. Love Island Games: Season 2
Love Island Games is turning back for the audience that wants their TV to include love, drama, and a little chaos. This new season is bringing back the best-known from all over the globe for challenges, couplings, and a lot of unbelievable eliminations. A mix of Ariana Madix as host and Iain Stirling as narrator makes it such a guilty pleasure that you really won’t be able to stop watching.
6. The Paper
Perhaps The Paper is just what The Office is missing from your heart. This mockumentary comedy is centered on a Toledo newspaper facing hardships and the unlikely team of volunteer reporters who attempt to bring it back to life. Domhnall Gleeson, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Sabrina Impacciatore, and The Office alum Oscar Nuñez are there to bring the awkward laughs and the nostalgic vibes with a newsroom twist to you.
5. Only Murders in the Building (Season 5)
The Arconia trio have come back, and so did Keegan-Michael Key, Renée Zellweger, and Christoph Waltz, among others. The first episode of Season 5 revolves around the suspicious death of Lester, the favorite doorman, inviting the team to plunge into their most personal case ever. If you are a fan of entertaining mysteries, a star-studded cast, and must-watch TV, Hulu’s hit show is still there for you, so don’t miss it.
4. The Morning Show (Season 4)
Apple TV+ once more gets the benefit of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, who will present us a brand-new season of newsroom politics and boardroom wars. Acting heavyweights Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Boyd Holbrook, William Jackson-Harper, and Aaron Pierre have arrived with their brilliant performances to add fresh energy, and with the return of Jon Hamm as tech titan Paul Marks, it is sure to be a wild ride. We can expect a lot of twists, betrayals, and manipulations of power as UBA fights for survival.
3. Wednesday (Season 2, Part 2)
First off, the title of the show cannot be more accurate, as the darkness that is to come seems to be the main premise of the second season of Wednesday at Nevermore Academy. The cast of five is completed by the amazing Lady Gaga, who will be playing a mysterious new character; the family of Wednesday will have more on-screen time, and so forth. The first two seasons of the show were lovable for the weirdness, and the new ones will be even more brilliant thanks to the second set of episodes full of the weirdest of Addams-family-type fun.
2. Survivor (Season 49)
Through all those forty-nine seasons, the show Survivor had been able to keep its original charm, but the writers seem to have found a way to reinvent it completely in the latest season. Spectators are given the news on new twists, new survivors, and all the social drama that makes them stay glued to their screens. The show is going to give away a million dollars, so we are going to see strong partnerships, people being taken by surprise, and undoubtedly, the sweet Jeff Probst at the helm of it all. This is the highest form of reality shows.
1. NFL Sunday Night Football
Seriously, can anything beat the NFL on Sunday nights? The Sunday Night Football on NBC is launching again with a super-hot program that includes the Eagles vs. the Cowboys game, one of the first big encounters of the season. If you are a hardcore fan or if you are a bit indifferent and only here for the halftime show, the reason why SNF is still the most-watched program on TV is that it is a must.
Therefore, just get rid of your evenings, hoard up your munchies, and hold your remote out. TV is full of September gems, and you are not going to save any seconds to take a break.