
FALL 2017 TV SURVEY:
25 MOST ANTICIPATED NEW SHOWS
We asked TV fans, “Which new fall TV shows are you most looking forward to?” See which series our survey respondents chose, ranked by popularity, below. (Respondents were allowed multiple choices.) The winner took top spot with 33 percent of the vote, while second place got 31 percent, third and fourth place were separated by a hairsbreadth of a percent and both rounded to 18 percent, and fifth place got 17 percent. (Click here to see the full results by percentage.)
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55%
77%
Synopsis: Jane Sadler is the overworked producer of a controversial show about law enforcement. Already spread thin between work and a separation from her husband, she's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kick Gurry, Erika Christensen
24%
82%
Synopsis: Driven by a need to find his daughter's killer, Silicon Valley tech innovator Jeffrey Tanner takes crowdsourcing to a new level, creating a digital platform... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Richard T. Jones, Natalia Tena, Blake Lee
99%
88%
Synopsis: Based on the 1996 Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, "Alias Grace" tells the story of young Grace Marks, a poor Irish immigrant and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sarah Gadon, Kerr Logan, Paul Gross, Anna Paquin
21%
81%
Synopsis: A United States Army base serves as home to an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. These highly... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matt Barr, Christina Ochoa, Charlie Barnett, W. Tré Davis
98%
91%
Synopsis: True-crime series are gaining popularity on TV so, of course, there was bound to be a satire of the genre. "American Vandal" takes a look... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Travis Tope, Taylor Dearden
78%
57%
Synopsis: Iconic filmmaker Spike Lee revisits his first feature film with this Netflix original series of the same name. Brooklyn-based artist Nola Darling struggles to stay... View Full Synopsis
Starring: DeWanda Wise, Cleo Anthony, Lyriq Bent, Anthony Ramos
63%
88%
Synopsis: As a 14-year-old boy in 1991, Alex Riley and his mom move from Chicago to Los Angeles when she remarries. In present day, 40-year-old Alex's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Bobby Moynihan, Jack Dylan Grazer, Brian Unger, Jaleel White
63%
95%
Synopsis: Kevin Finn is struggling. Directionless and cluelessly self-serving, he seems to be drifting ever closer to total despair. With his life spiraling further and further... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jason Ritter, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Chloe East
93%
86%
Synopsis: Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, who also collaborated on HBO's "The Wire" and "Treme," the semifictional drama series "The Deuce" tells of the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Margarita Levieva, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
42%
92%
Synopsis: In the dark and complex world of America's elite undercover military heroes, Defense Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Patricia Campbell and her team of analysts wield... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Anne Heche, Mike Vogel, Sofia Pernas, Tate Ellington
81%
60%
Synopsis: After years of toiling away in a small inner-city apartment, making music in his bedroom closet, young rapper Courtney Rose is ready for his big... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Brandon Micheal Hall, Lea Michele, Bernard David Jones, Marcel Spears
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81%
Synopsis: A modernized reboot of the 1980s primetime soap follows two of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Elizabeth Gillies, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley, Grant Show
59%
71%
Synopsis: Former missing persons detective Leroy Wright is a skeptic who doesn't believe aliens exist, unlike true believer Max Jennifer, who is convinced his wife was... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Adam Scott, Craig Robinson, Ally Walker, Adeel Akhtar
97%
95%
Synopsis: Catching a criminal often requires the authorities to get inside the villain's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle
96%
94%
Synopsis: This 10-part, 18-hour documentary series from directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick presents firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War from nearly 80 witnesses, including Americans... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Peter Coyote
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90%
Synopsis: The Olympic SWAT team, a newly formed special unit, strives to overcome challenges and solve dangerous criminal cases.
Starring: Steve Forrest, Rod Perry, Robert Urich, Mark Shera
77%
90%
Synopsis: Set 400 years in the future, Seth MacFarlane's hit space adventure series follows the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson, Scott Grimes
64%
86%
Synopsis: When a wealthy Beverly Hills couple was murdered in cold blood while watching TV in their living room, America was shocked... but it was only... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Edie Falco, Heather Graham, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Gus Halper
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72%
Synopsis: Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join the surgical unit at the prestigious San... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff, Christina Chang, Fiona Gubelmann
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85%
Synopsis: Failure isn't an option for the new Navy SEALs, and that kind of pressure can take a toll on the members of the special operations... View Full Synopsis
Starring: David Boreanaz, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Toni Trucks
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84%
Synopsis: For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Annie Potts
84%
63%
Synopsis: There are times when pretty much every teenager thinks his or her parents are evil -- but what if it was actually true? That's the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer
79%
70%
Synopsis: Produced in association with Marvel Television, and set in the "X-Men" universe, family adventure series "The Gifted" is about an ordinary suburban family whose lives... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung
11%
42%
Synopsis: Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding head of the Inhuman royal family and King of Attilan, possesses a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon, Serinda Swan, Eme Ikwuakor
84%
34%
Synopsis: Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for CBS All Access, the story of "Star Trek: Discovery" begins roughly a decade before Captain Kirk's five-year... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
