
FALL 2017 TV SURVEY:
40 MOST ANTICIPATED
RETURNING SHOWS
We asked TV fans, “Which returning 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 42 percent of the vote, while second place got 28 percent, third and fourth place were separated by a hairsbreadth of a percent and both rounded to 27 percent, and fifth place got 25 percent. (Click here to see the full results by percentage.)
Disagree with the survey results? Tell us in the comments who you think should have made the list or have been ranked higher.
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79%
Synopsis: This all-new version of the vintage Masterpiece series stars Aidan Turner as Capt. Ross Poldark, a redcoat returning to Cornwall after the American Revolutionary War,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ellise Chappell, Beatie Edney
100%
87%
Synopsis: Jane Villanueva, the daughter of a teen mother, grew up determined not to repeat her mom's mistakes. Jane is studying to be a teacher, and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Justin Baldoni, Yael Grobglas
89%
95%
Synopsis: Netflix chronicles the rise of the cocaine trade in Colombia and the gripping real-life stories of drug kingpins of the late '80s in this raw,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Arturo Castro, Kerry Bishé, Michael Stahl-David
84%
48%
Synopsis: Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Trai Byers
92%
90%
Synopsis: "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David plays a version of himself on the improvised series. He faces a constant barrage of life's little annoyances, which in David's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
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79%
Synopsis: Maya DiMeo, a wife and mother, is fiercely protective of her husband, Jimmy, and their three children, Ray, Dylan, and J.J. -- who has a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Mason Cook, Micah Fowler
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Synopsis: Professional dancers pair with celebrities to train and compete in ballroom dancing, receiving guidance from a panel of experts along the way.
Starring: Julianne Hough, Alfonso Ribeiro, Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba
94%
80%
Synopsis: Based on chef Eddie Huang's best-selling memoir of the same name, "Fresh Off the Boat" takes a humorous look at the lives of immigrants in... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler
90%
85%
Synopsis: After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with husband Frank, an MI6... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
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70%
Synopsis: Castaways inhabit a remote destination and attempt to outwit, outlast and outplay each other for a prize of $1 million.
Starring: Jeff Probst, Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Colby Donaldson, Stephenie LaGrossa-Kendrick
97%
90%
Synopsis: When Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife, she's both relieved and surprised that she's made it into the Good Place. But it doesn't take... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil
92%
58%
Synopsis: Dre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) has it all: a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), four kids and a big home in a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner
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62%
Synopsis: America's best undiscovered talent goes head-to-head on teams led by four of today's biggest musical icons, who playfully compete against each other while mentoring these... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Carson Daly, John Legend, Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson
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64%
Synopsis: This animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Endearingly ignorant Peter and his stay-at-home wife, Lois, reside in Quahog, R.I., and have three... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
81%
49%
Synopsis: Archie Andrews starts the school year with the world weighing on his shoulders. He's decided he wants to pursue a future in the music business,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse
85%
76%
Synopsis: This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
93%
88%
Synopsis: Viking Ragnar Lothbrok is a young farmer and family man who is frustrated by the policies of Earl Haraldson, his local chieftain who sends his... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Katheryn Winnick, Moe Dunford, Josefin Asplund, Alexander Ludwig
95%
88%
Synopsis: The detectives of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct -- hotshot Jake Peralta, overachiever Amy Santiago, tough-as-nails Rosa Diaz, sweetheart Charles Boyle, devoted family man Sgt. Terry Jeffords... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero
94%
71%
Synopsis: "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes is the creative mind behind this ABC drama. Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the president, is ready to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kerry Washington, Guillermo Díaz, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes
93%
73%
Synopsis: This haunting series follows the thrilling yet terrifying journeys of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who face an increasingly sinister landscape as they hunt... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert
78%
78%
Synopsis: "Once Upon a Time" tells the story of a new world, one in which fairy-tale legends and modern life collide. Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) is... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, Colin O'Donoghue, Andrew J. West
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84%
Synopsis: This groundbreaking series from executive producer Dick Wolf's "Law & Order" franchise chronicles the ripped-from-the-headlines investigations of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit; led by courageous... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino
88%
85%
Synopsis: Annalise Keating (Oscar- and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis), a brilliant, charismatic and seductive professor of defense law, teaches a class called How to Get Away... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King
81%
92%
Synopsis: Based on an award-winning play ("The Audience") by showrunner Peter Morgan, this lavish, Netflix-original drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West
71%
53%
Synopsis: As a lower-level cabinet member, Tom Kirkman never imagined something would happen that would catapult him to the oval office. When a devastating attack on... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Paulo Costanzo, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci
91%
79%
Synopsis: For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington has been one of the globe's most wanted fugitives. But then he agreed to work with the FBI... View Full Synopsis
Starring: James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq, Harry Lennix
88%
47%
Synopsis: At 12 years old, Kara Zor-El escapes doom on planet Krypton to find protection on Earth with the Danver family, where she grows up in... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood
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82%
Synopsis: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs leads a group of colorful personalities in investigating crimes -- ranging from murder and espionage to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover
86%
59%
Synopsis: When presumed-dead billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home to Starling City after five years stranded on a remote island in the Pacific, he hides the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum
85%
90%
Synopsis: Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Sofía Vergara
77%
66%
Synopsis: "American Horror Story" was created by the co-creators of "Glee," but the shows have little in common besides that. The show revolves around the Harmons,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange
77%
68%
Synopsis: James Gordon is a rising detective in the dangerously corrupt Gotham City, where his late father was a successful district attorney. Brave, honest and determined... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Benjamin McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin
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89%
Synopsis: In the original eight-season run of this groundbreaking sitcom, best friends Will, a meticulous corporate lawyer, and Grace, a neurotic interior decorator, share a New... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally
85%
53%
Synopsis: At 11, Barry Allen's life changed completely when his mother died in a freak accident and his innocent father was convicted of her murder. Now... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Danielle Nicolet
94%
82%
Synopsis: The Pearson family's generational story unfolds in this emotional drama. In moments of love, joy, triumph and heartbreak, revelations emerge from parents Jack and Rebecca's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz
79%
78%
Synopsis: Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, this gritty drama portrays life in the months and years that follow a zombie apocalypse.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Josh McDermitt
81%
85%
Synopsis: Mensa-fied best friends and roommates Leonard and Sheldon, physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology, may be able to tell everybody more than... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
90%
83%
Synopsis: Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s, involving supernatural forces, secret experiments and one strange girl.
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
