TV Premieres Countdown

TV Premieres Countdown for October 21, 2016

by Beki Lane and Kerr Lordygan | October 21, 2016 | Comments

It’s time again for our weekly countdown of the Fall TV premieres! Here are the best new shows for the week of Friday, October 21, 2016. See how this week’s shows Chance, Black Mirror, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency stack up against each other on the Tomatometer!

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Season 1 (2016)
71%

Adjusted Score: 71795%

Critics Consensus: Odd and ambitious, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency sometimes overdoses on pure weirdness but offers absurdist rewards to those who stick with it.

Starring: Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Aaron Douglas, Dustin Milligan

Chance: Season 1 (2016)
75%

Adjusted Score: 76050%

Critics Consensus: Chance is an entertaining and profoundly dark thriller primarily kept afloat by Hugh Laurie's outstanding performance.

Starring: Hugh Laurie, Gretchen Mol, LisaGay Hamilton, Paul Adelstein

Directed By: Alexandra Cunningham, Kem Nunn, Lenny Abrahamson, Michael London

Black Mirror: Season 3 (2016)
86%

Adjusted Score: 89167%

Critics Consensus: Black Mirror answers the call for a larger season with a double batch of solid episodes that prove Charlie Brooker remains a masterful dystopian storyteller.

Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Jerome Flynn, Wyatt Russell, Michael Kelly

Directed By: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker, James Watkins, Joe Wright