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2017 Fall TV Premiere Dates

Have a look at the fall television calendar of shows and movies, including Stranger Things 2, The Walking Dead, Will & Grace, Star Trek: Discovery, and more.

by RT Staff | December 13, 2017 | Comments

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Doctor Who, Stranger Things 2, Walking Dead, Will and Grace, Star Trek: Discovery (BBC America/AMC/NBC/CBS)

It’s that time of year: leaves are falling, football is in season, and your favorite TV shows are headed back to the air after loooong summer hiatuses. Here’s a list of premiere dates for your returning favorites — and new obsessions! Time to get your DVR priorities in order.

September | October | November | December | 2018 Premiere Dates

September

Friday, Sept. 1
Narcos: Season 3 () 97% Netflix

Tuesday, Sept. 5
American Horror Story: Cult () 73% 10 p.m., FX

Wednesday, Sept. 6
You're the Worst: Season 4 () 100% 10 p.m., FXX

Friday, Sept. 8
BoJack Horseman: Season 4 () 97% 10 p.m., Netflix
One Mississippi: Season 2 () 100% Amazon

Saturday, Sept. 9
Con Man: Season 1 () - - 10 p.m., Syfy

Sunday, Sept. 10
Outlander: Season 3 () 90% 8 p.m., Starz
The Orville: Season 1 () 31% 8 p.m., Fox (moves to Thursdays at 9 p.m. beginning Sept. 21)
The Deuce: Season 1 () 93% 9 p.m., HBO
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 () 84% 9 p.m., AMC
Top of the Lake: China Girl () 72% 9 p.m., SundanceTV

Monday, Sept. 11
George Lopez: The Wall, Live From Washington, D.C. (2017), HBO

Tuesday, Sept. 12
The Mindy Project: Season 6 () 92% Hulu
Chrisley Knows Best: Season 5 () - - 10 p.m., USA
According to Chrisley (2017), 10:30 p.m., USA

Wednesday, Sept. 13
South Park: Season 21 () 54% 10 p.m., Comedy Central
Broad City: Season 4 () 100% 10:30 p.m., Comedy Central

Thursday, Sept. 14
Better Things: Season 2 () 96% 10 p.m., FX
Riviera (2017), Sundance Now

Friday, Sept. 15
American Vandal: Season 1 () 98% Netflix
() 9 p.m., NatGeo

Sunday, Sept. 17
Adventure Time: Season 9 () - - 7 p.m., Cartoon Network
69th Primetime Emmy Awards, 8 p.m., ABC
The Vietnam War: Miniseries () 96% 8 p.m., PBS
El Chapo: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., Univision
Vice Principals: Season 2 () 100% 10:30 p.m., HBO

Monday, Sept. 18
Dancing With the Stars: Season 25 () - - 8 p.m., ABC

Tuesday, Sept. 19
Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017) 94% Netflix
Ellen’s Show Me More Show (2017), YouTube

Wednesday, Sept. 20
The Good Place: Season 2 () 100% 10 p.m., NBC (moves to Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 28)
Channel Zero: No-End House: No-End House () 100% 10 p.m., Syfy

Thursday, Sept. 21
Doc Martin, Acorn TV
Gotham: Season 4 () 77% 8 p.m., Fox
American Beauty Star: Season 1 () - - , 10:30 p.m., Lifetime

Friday, Sept. 22
Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017) 72% Netflix
Fuller House: Season 3 () - - Netflix
Neo Yokio: Season 1 () 52% Netflix
Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father: Season 1 () - - Netflix
The Deep, Netflix
Transparent: Season 4 () 91% Amazon
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus: Season 1 () 100% 10 p.m., Cinemax

Sunday, Sept. 24
() 8 p.m., Fox
Star Trek: Discovery: Season 1 () 83% 8:30 p.m., CBS

Monday, Sept. 25
The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 () 75% 8 p.m., CBS
The Voice: Season 13 () - - 8 p.m., NBC
Young Sheldon: Season 1 () 76% 8:30 p.m., CBS (preview)
Kevin Can Wait: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., CBS
Me, Myself & I: Season 1 () 63% 9:30 p.m., CBS
The Good Doctor: Season 1 () 63% 10 p.m., ABC
Scorpion: Season 4 () - - 10 p.m., CBS
The Brave: Season 1 () 42% 10 p.m., NBC
The Opposition With Jordan Klepper (2017), 11:30 p.m., Comedy Central

Tuesday, Sept. 26

Def Comedy Jam 25 (2017) - - Netflix
NCIS: Season 15 () - - 8 p.m., CBS
Lethal Weapon: Season 2 () 100% 8 p.m., Fox
Bull: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., CBS
This Is Us: Season 2 () 92% 9 p.m., NBC
The Mick: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., Fox
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 5 () 100% 9:30 p.m., Fox
NCIS: New Orleans: Season 4 () - - 10 p.m., CBS
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murderers: The Menendez Murders () 64% 10 p.m., NBC

Wednesday, Sept. 27
The Goldbergs: Season 5 () - - 8 p.m., ABC
Survivor () - - 8 p.m., CBS
Empire: Season 4 () 83% 8 p.m., Fox
The Blacklist: Season 5 () 100% 8 p.m., NBC
Speechless: Season 2 () - - 8:30 p.m., ABC
Modern Family: Season 9 () - - 9 p.m., ABC
SEAL Team: Season 1 () 71% 9 p.m., CBS
Lee Daniel's Star: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., Fox
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 19 () 80% 9 p.m., NBC
American Housewife: Season 2 () - - 9:30 p.m., ABC
Designated Survivor: Season 2 () 60% 10 p.m., ABC
Criminal Minds: Season 13 () - - 10 p.m., CBS
Chicago P.D.: Season 5 () - - 10 p.m., NBC
Liar: Season 1 () 54% 10 p.m., SundanceTV

Thursday, Sept. 28
StartUp: Season 2 () - - Crackle
Missions (2017), Shudder
Grey's Anatomy: Season 14 () 94% 8 p.m., ABC
Superstore: Season 3 () 100% 8 p.m., NBC
() 9 p.m., NBC
Great News: Season 2 () 93% 9:30 p.m., NBC
How to Get Away With Murder: Season 4 () 100% 10 p.m., ABC
Chicago Fire: Season 6 () - - 10 p.m., NBC
Nathan for You: Season 4 () 100% Comedy Central
The President Show: Season 1 () 67% , midnight, Comedy Central

Friday, Sept. 29
Big Mouth: Season 1 () 100% Netflix
Real Rob: Season 2 () - - Netflix
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 1 () - - Netflix
Real Rob: Season 2 () - - Netflix
Gerald's Game (2017) 91% Netflix
Long Shot (2017) 88% Netflix
Our Souls at Night (2017) 91% Netflix
Paul Hollywood’s Big Continental Road Trip (2017), Netflix
Tin Star (2017), Amazon
Stories With Kev (2017), Laugh Out Loud Network
Marvel's Inhumans: Season 1 () 11% 8 p.m., ABC
MacGyver: Season 2 () - - 8 p.m., CBS
Hell's Kitchen: Season 17 () - - 8 p.m., Fox
Hawaii Five-0: Season 8 () - - 9 p.m., CBS
Z Nation: Season 4 () - - 9 p.m., Syfy
The Exorcist: Season 2 () 100% 9 p.m., Fox
Blue Bloods: Season 8 () - - 10 p.m., CBS

Saturday, Sept. 30
Versailles: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., Ovation
Saturday Night Live: Season 43 () 9% 11:30 p.m., NBC

October

Sunday, Oct. 1
The Toy Box: Season 2 () - - 7 p.m., ABC
Bob's Burgers: Season 8 () - - 7:30 p.m., Fox
Shark Tank: Season 9 () - - 8 p.m., ABC
The Simpsons: Season 29 () 100% 8 p.m., Fox
Wisdom of the Crowd: Season 1 () 24% 8:30 p.m., CBS
Ghosted: Season 1 () 59% 8:30 p.m., Fox
Family Guy: Season 15 () - - 9 p.m., Fox
Poldark: Season 3 () 100% 9 p.m., PBS
Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2007), 9 p.m., E!
NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 9 () - - 9:30 p.m., CBS
The Last Man on Earth: Season 4 () 92% 9:30 p.m., Fox
Ten Days in the Valley: Season 1 () 55% 10 p.m., ABC
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 9 () 74% 10 p.m., HBO
StarTalk: Season 4 () - - 11 p.m., Nat Geo

Monday, Oct. 2
Total Request Live (2017), MTV
Lucifer: Season 3 () 100% 8 p.m., Fox
9JKL: Season 1 () 19% 8:30 p.m., CBS
The Gifted: Season 1 () 76% 9 p.m., Fox
The Halcyon: Season 1 () 60% 10 p.m., Ovation

Tuesday, Oct. 3
Rodney Carrington: Here Comes the Truth (2017), Netflix
The Middle: Season 9 () 100% 8 p.m., ABC
Fresh Off the Boat: Season 4 () 86% 8:30 p.m., ABC
black-ish: Season 4 () 100% 9 p.m., ABC
The Mayor: Season 1 () 81% 9:30 p.m., ABC
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World: Season 1 () 63% 10 p.m., ABC
Queen Sugar: Season 2 () 100% (returns) 10 p.m., OWN

Wednesday, Oct. 4
Nature: Season 36 () - - 8 p.m., PBS
NOVA: Season 44 () - - 9 p.m., PBS
The Real Housewives of New Jersey, 9 p.m., Bravo
Rehab Addict, 9 p.m., DIY

Thursday, Oct. 5
Rillington Place: Season 1 () 83% Sundance Now
() Crackle
Sex.Right.Now. with Cleo Stiller (2017), 8 p.m., FUSION TV
Scandal: Season 7 () 92% 9 p.m., ABC
Van Helsing: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., Syfy
Ghost Wars: Season 1 () - - 10 p.m., Syfy
Shade: Queens of NYC: Season 1 () - - 10:30 p.m., Fusion

Friday, Oct. 6
Suburra: Blood on Rome: Season 1 () 100% Netflix
Skylanders Academy: Season 2 () - - Netflix
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) 97% Netflix
Once Upon a Time: Season 7 () 43% 8 p.m., ABC
Superstition: Season 1 () 67% 10 p.m., Syfy

Saturday, Oct. 7
Spielberg (2017) 91% 7 p.m., HBO

Sunday, Oct. 8
America's Funniest Home Videos: Season 28 () - - 8 p.m., ABC
Madam Secretary: Season 4 () - - 10 p.m., CBS
() midnight, Adult Swim

Monday, Oct. 9
Supergirl: Season 3 () 78% 8 p.m., The CW
Valor: Season 1 () 21% 9 p.m., The CW
A Haunting, 10 p.m., Destination America

Tuesday, Oct. 10
BET Hip Hop Awards (2017), 8 p.m., BET
The Flash: Season 4 () 80% 8 p.m., The CW
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 3 () 88% 9 p.m., The CW
Terror In the Woods, 10 p.m., Destination America

Wednesday, Oct. 11
Chance: Season 2 () - - Hulu
Lifeline (2017), YouTube Red
Queers: Miniseries () - - 10 a.m., BBC America
Riverdale: Season 2 () 88% 8 p.m., The CW
Dynasty: Season 1 () 49% 9 p.m., The CW
Mr. Robot: Season 3 () 92% 10 p.m., USA
The Shannara Chronicles: Season 2 () 100% 10 p.m., Spike

Thursday, Oct. 12
I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman: Season 1 () 93% Hulu
Supernatural: Season 13 () 100% 8 p.m., The CW
Arrow: Season 6 () 64% 9 p.m., The CW
Home Alone, 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery

Friday, Oct. 13
The Babysitter (2017) 70% Netflix
Kingdom of Us (2017) 100% Netflix
Mindhunter: Season 1 () 96% Netflix
Super Monsters: Season 1 () - - Netflix
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 4 () 80% Netflix
Lore: Season 1 () 69% Amazon
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 3 () 96% 8 p.m., The CW
Jane The Virgin: Season 4 () 100% 9 p.m., The CW

Saturday, Oct. 14
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Season 2 () 100% 9 p.m., BBC America
The Sandman (2017) - - 9 p.m., Syfy
Tokyo Project (2017) - - 10 p.m., HBO

Sunday, Oct. 15
Berlin Station: Season 2 () - - 8 p.m., Epix
The Durrells: Season 2 () 100% 8 p.m., PBS
Good Behavior: Season 2 () - - 9 p.m., TNT

Monday, Oct. 16
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., VH1
Horror at the Cecil Hotel, 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery
Star Wars Rebels: Season 4 () 100% 12:30 a.m., Disney XD

Tuesday, Oct. 17
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017), Netflix
Hit The Road: Season 1 () 14% 10 p.m., DirecTV/AT&T
Dead Silent, 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery
Loudermilk: Season 1 () 93% 10:30 p.m., DirecTV/AT&T

Wednesday, Oct. 18
Car vs America (2017), 8 p.m., FUSION TV
Freakish: Season 2 () - - Hulu

Friday, Oct. 20
1922 (2017) 92% Netflix
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story (2017), Netflix
Haters Back Off: Season 2 () - - Netflix
() Hulu
Red Oaks: Season 3 () 100% Amazon
Wheelman (2017) 87% Netflix
Tracey Ullman's Show: Season 2 () 100% HBO

Saturday, Oct. 21
Too Funny To Fail (2017) 100% Hulu
() 8 p.m., Lifetime
George Michael: Freedom (2017), 9 p.m., Showtime

Sunday, Oct. 22
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson (2017), Fox
The Walking Dead: Season 8 () 65% 9 p.m., AMC
Graves: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., Epix
White Famous: Season 1 () 53% 10 p.m., Showtime
The Jellies: Season 1 () - - 12:15 a.m., Adult Swim
Comic Book Men: Season 7 () - - midnight, AMC

Tuesday, Oct. 24
Wanted: Season 1 () - - Netflix
Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker’s Wild (2017), 10 p.m., TBS
At Home With Amy Sedaris: Season 1 () 100% 10:30 p.m., truTV

Thursday, Oct. 26
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017) 89% Netflix
Andi Mack: Season 2 () - - 8 p.m., Disney
Drop the Mic: Season 1 () - - 10 p.m., TBS

Friday, Oct. 27
Stranger Things: Season 2 () 94% Netflix
Fearless: Season 1 () 73% Amazon
Blindspot: Season 3 () - - 8 p.m., NBC
Michael Jackson’s Halloween (2017), 8 p.m., CBS

Saturday, Oct. 28
Flint (2017) 57% 8 p.m., Lifetime
Black Sabbath: The End of the End (2017) - - 9 p.m., Showtime
The Murder Castle, 10 p.m., Investigation Discovery

Sunday, Oct. 29
Helltown, 10 p.m., Destination America
() 10 p.m., Starz

Monday, Oct. 30
Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States (2017), Netflix
Superior Donuts: Season 2 () - - 9:30 p.m., CBS

Tuesday, Oct. 31
Major Crimes: Season 6 () - - 9 p.m., TNT
Terror in the Woods: Halloween Fright Night, 9 p.m., Destination America

November

Wednesday, Nov. 1
Stan Against Evil: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., IFC

Thursday, Nov. 2
Back: Season 1 () 100% , Sundance Now
Young Sheldon: Season 1 () 76% 8:30 p.m., CBS
Mom: Season 5 () - - 9 p.m., CBS
Life in Pieces: Season 3 () - - 9:30 p.m., CBS
S.W.A.T.: Season 1 () 48% 10 p.m., CBS

Friday, Nov. 3
Alias Grace: Miniseries () 99% Netflix
Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City (2017), 11 p.m., Comedy Central

Sunday, Nov. 5
The Girlfriend Experience: Season 2 () 74% 9 p.m., Starz
The Real Housewives of Atlanta, 9 p.m., Bravo
Shameless: Season 8 () 100% 9 p.m., Showtime
SMILF: Season 1 () 82% 10 p.m., Showtime
Ride With Norman Reedus: Season 2 () - - 11 p.m., AMC

Monday, Nov. 6
Rebecca Martinsson, Acorn TV
The Healer, 10 p.m., TLC

Tuesday, Nov. 7
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Amazon
Fate/Apocrypha, Netflix
The Long Road Home: Miniseries () 77% 9 p.m., Nat Geo
Teachers: Season 2 () - - 10 p.m., TV Land (returning)
Damnation: Season 1 () 64% 10 p.m., USA

Wednesday, Nov. 8
The 51st Annual Country Music Awards, ABC
Hot Date: Season 1 () - - 8 p.m., Pop
() 8 p.m., Epix
Ozzy and Jack's World Detour: Season 1 () - - 10 p.m., A&E
The A Word: Season 2 () 93% 10 p.m., Sundance TV

Thursday, Nov. 9
The Cromarties: Season 1 () - - 10:30 p.m., USA

Friday, Nov. 10
Lady Dynamite: Season 2 () 100% Netflix
Landmarks Live in Concert, 10 p.m., PBS

Sunday, Nov. 12
No Activity: Season 1 () 70% CBS All Access
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics: Season 1 () - - 11 p.m., AMC

Monday, Nov. 13
Ill Behaviour, 10:30 p.m., Showtime

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Future Man: Season 1 () 82% Hulu

Wednesday, Nov. 15
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?, YouTube Red
MythBusters, 9 p.m., Science

Thursday, Nov. 16
Back: Season 1 () 100% Sundance Now
GameFace, Hulu

Friday, Nov. 17
Marvel's The Punisher: Season 1 () 68% Netflix
Mudbound (2017) 97% Netflix
Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters (2017), Netflix
Saving Capitalism, Netflix
Tim & Faith Soul2Soul, 9 p.m., Showtime

Saturday, Nov. 18
Night of Too Many Stars, HBO 30669
Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders: Season 1 () - - 9 p.m., Sundance TV

Sunday, Nov. 19
The American Music Awards, 8 p.m., ABC
The Root 100 (2017), 9 p.m., FUSION TV
Search Party: Season 2 () 96% 10 p.m., TBS
The Problem With Apu (2017), 10 p.m., TruTV

Monday, Nov. 20
Love, Lies & Records, Acorn TV
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2017), 8 p.m., PBS
() 8 p.m., Disney XD
Elizabeth Smart: Questions Answered, 10 p.m., A&E

Tuesday, Nov. 21
Marvel's Runaways: Season 1 () 86% Hulu
Chicago Med: Season 3 () - - 10 p.m., NBC

Wednesday, Nov. 22
Godless: Miniseries () 83% Netflix
Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!, Netflix

Thursday, Nov. 23
She's Gotta Have It: Season 1 () 83% Netflix
A Place to Call Home, Acorn TV

Friday, Nov. 24
Frontier (2016), Netflix

Sunday, Nov. 26
Titanic: 20 Years Later With James Cameron (2017), 9 p.m., Nat Geo

Tuesday, Nov. 28
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (2017), 10 p.m., CBS

Wednesday, Nov. 29
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1 () 94% Amazon
Bruno Mars: 24k Magic Live at the Apollo, 10 p.m., CBS
Vikings: Season 5 () 92% 9 p.m., History

December

Friday, Dec. 1
() Hulu
Dark: Season 1 () 90% Netflix
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 5 () 100% 8 p.m., ABC

Saturday, Dec. 2
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady (2017), 9 p.m., HBO

Sunday, Dec. 3
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special, 8 p.m., CBS

Monday, Dec. 4
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 4, Acorn TV
The Indian Doctor, Acorn TV
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting from President’s Park (2017), 7 p.m., Hallmark
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017) 94% 8 p.m., HBO

Tuesday, Dec. 5
Craig Ferguson: Tickle Fight (2017), Netflix

Wednesday, Dec. 6
Shut Eye: Season 2 () - - Hulu
Knightfall: Season 1 () 57% 10 p.m., History
Happy!: Season 1 () 81% 10 p.m., Syfy

Thursday, Dec. 7
Psych: The Movie (2017), 8 p.m., USA

Friday, Dec. 8
The Crown: Season 2 () 89% Netflix
The Grand Tour: Season 2 () 57% Amazon

Sunday, Dec. 10
Counterpart: Season 1 () 100% 10 p.m., Starz (sneak peek)

Monday, Dec. 11
East of Everything, Acorn TV

Tuesday, Dec. 12
Judd Apatow: The Return (2017), Netflix

Friday, Dec. 15
Wormwood: Miniseries () 90% Netflix
Jean-Claude Van Johnson: Season 1 () 70% Amazon

Sunday, Dec. 17
A Christmas Story (2017), 7 p.m., Fox

Monday, Dec. 18
Gunpowder: Season 1 () 72% 10 p.m., HBO
The Accident Season 1, Acorn TV

Tuesday, Dec. 19
15: A Quinceañera Story: Ashley (2017) - - HBO
The Naked Truth: Wasteland, 8 p.m., Fusion

Wednesday, Dec. 20
Loosely Exactly Nicole, Facebook
The Quest: Season 4 () - - 8 p.m., TNT

Thursday, Dec. 21
Peaky Blinders: Season 4 () 89% Netflix

Friday, Dec. 22
Bright (2017) 26% Netflix
Fuller House: Season 3 () - - Netflix
The Last Post: Season 1 () 64% Netflix

Monday, Dec. 25
Murdoch Mysteries Season 11, Acorn TV
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time () 88% BBC America
Cable Girls: Season 2 () - - Netflix
Call the Midwife, 9 p.m., PBS