33 Fall TV Shows to Watch in 2024 (2024)

Though your weather app may not agree, autumn is in the air—which means a slew of fall TV shows 2024 are on the horizon. There are new seasons of venerable favorites like Heartstopper, My Brilliant Friend, and Slow Horses on the horizon, as well as long-delayed new installments of the zeitgeist-grabbing juggernauts Yellowstone and Squid Game; there’s also no shortage of intriguing new contenders, like long-awaited WandaVision follow-up Agatha All Along and not one, but two absorbing true-crime series from the mind of Ryan Murphy. Read on to see which fall shows we’re putting in our queue, from Netflix series to network fare and everywhere in between.

1. English Teacher

Premiere date: September 2

Where to watch: FX/Hulu

Brian Jordan Alvarez takes on the culture wars with a light touch in FX’s bitingly funny new sitcom, set at a public high school in Austin, Texas. Right from the pilot, which examines the fallout after Alvarez’s students see him kissing his boyfriend, English Teacher covers polarizing subjects in a way that’s winning, even sweet. “People from every different part of life are basically forced to come together for a common goal, which is just to educate these kids,” Alvarez recently told Vanity Fair. “Sometimes the kids are teaching the teachers how to live in this modern world that’s moving so fast, [where] it feels like the rules change every day.” —David Canfield

2. Slow Horses, season four

Premiere date: September 4

Where to watch: Apple TV+

Slow Horses is equal parts seedy atmosphere and white-knuckle suspense. Even if you don’t usually care about spy fiction’s subterfuge and tradecraft, you’ll love the oddball characters who populate this drama, set in the gritty bits of London that tourists never see. Gary Oldman has never been more watchable than as Jackson Lamb, a foul-mouthed, flatulent operative wrangling a bunch of disgraced agents who have to devote as much energy to outwitting their MI5 overlords as they do to saving the nation from foreign plots and terrorist threats. The fourth season ups the violence quotient while maintaining the show’s misfit charisma, digging deeper into the secrets of young agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and his ex-spymaster grandfather, played by Jonathan Pryce. —Joy Press

3. Tell Me Lies, season two

Premiere date: September 4

Where to watch: Hulu

The show left off with an admittedly “cliff-hanger, asshole ending,” as series creator Meaghan Oppenheimer previously told Vanity Fair, and the web of deceit between ex-lovers turned enemies Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) is ever-expanding. As the series divides its time between their college days back in 2008 and the present of roughly seven years later, two new mysterious men enter the fray. Lucifer’s Tom Ellis has been cast as Oliver, a professor at Baird College who is married to Lucy’s mentor, Marianne (Gabriella Pession), while Gossip Girl’s Thomas Doherty has joined the show as Leo—a potential new love interest for Lucy. Here’s hoping she’s learned a lesson or two from her last entanglement with a brooding student. —Savannah Walsh

4. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Premiere date: September 5

Where to watch: Peaco*ck

Starry limited series based on wild true stories aren’t quite as common these days as they were just a few years ago—how many Candy Montgomery shows did we need, again?—but a quick glance at the call sheet for this buzzy Peaco*ck show will explain why it still made the cut. Kevin Hart plays a hustler known as Chicken Man who devises a grand scheme that—whether he knows it or not—will transform the city of Atlanta. He’s got a bunch of Oscar nominees and honorees either by his side or on the other side of the law, including Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, and Samuel L. Jackson. “I had an out-of-body experience,” Henson told Vanity Fair of working with such an A-list cast. “It was just like a full-circle moment. I was like, This is everything you dream about. This is everything you saw yourself doing.” —D.C.

5. The Perfect Couple

Premiere date: September 5

Where to watch: Netflix

Nicole Kidman as a rich woman with a gorgeous house, a seemingly perfect family, and an enviable wardrobe who gets suddenly caught up in a murder investigation? Groundbreaking. But even if it’s familiar, the Big Little Lies star’s latest literary-thriller adaptation delivers the goods: enviable interiors, meme-ready dialogue, and a body floating in the water before the credits roll on episode one. The Netflix mystery also boasts an impressive supporting cast, including Liev Schreiber as Kidman’s charming husband; Bad Sisters’ Eve Hewson as her conflicted soon-to-be daughter-in-law; Midsommar’s Jack Reynor as her ne’er-do-well son; Ripley’s Dakota Fanning as her judgmental, pregnant daughter-in-law; and The White Lotus’s Meghann Fahy as a deceptively shallow influencer. —Hillary Busis

6. My Brilliant Friend, season four

Premiere date: September 9

Where to watch: HBO/Max

This riveting adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet has become as beloved as the books that form its source material. In My Brilliant Friend’s first three seasons, two impoverished girls forge a bond that is both adoring and destructive. As this final season opens, their paths have firmly diverged: Lenù (Alba Rohrwacher) is now a famous feminist writer, while Lila (Irene Maiorino) has stayed behind in Naples, eking out a living. But they remain locked in an emotional tug-of-war—not to mention something of a love triangle with their childhood friend Nino (Fabrizio Gifuni). A new adult cast replaces the youthful characters of previous seasons as they usher us toward a bittersweet goodbye. —J.P.

7. Emily in Paris, season four, part two

Premiere date: September 12

Where to watch: Netflix

Emily is temporarily trading in baguettes for Bolognese. In the next leg of Emily in Paris, Lily Collins’s social media maven goes on her very own Roman holiday, taking a work trip with a handsome Italian man named Marcello. Although Emily has finally worked things out with her chef best friend turned boyfriend, Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), their relationship has hit a bit of a roadblock because he’s having a baby with his ex-fiancée, Camille (Camille Razat). But in the final moments of part one of season four, Camille learned that she’s not actually pregnant‚ making a complicated situation that much more complex. In an interview with VF’s Still Watching podcast, Collins teases that there’s plenty of mess in store for Netflix’s hit comedy series. “It’s fun to play someone that rocks the boat a little bit,” she says. We can handle a little mess, as long as it leads to Mindy (Ashley Park) performing at Eurovision with her band. —Chris Murphy

8. How to Die Alone

Premiere date: September 13

Where to watch: Hulu

Buckle up and prepare for takeoff. Insecure and White Lotus scene-stealer Natasha Rothwell has her first lead role with the Hulu series How to Die Alone, which Rothwell—returning soon for the third season of The White Lotus—also created and produced. She plays Mel, a broke airport employee who, ironically, has a terrible fear of flying. After a near-death experience, Mel reevaluates everything and decides to take control of her life, finally taking flight both literally and figuratively. How to Die Alone also stars Jocko Sims, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, and How to Get Away With Murder alum Conrad Ricamora. —C.M.

9. Three Women

Premiere date: September 13

Where to watch: Starz

Lisa Taddeo adapted her own nonfiction phenomenon for this emotional limited series, which examines the inner lives of three distinctive women across the United States who are each at a different kind of crossroads in their sexuality. The series finds DeWanda Wise, Betty Gilpin, and Gabrielle Creevy inhabiting these reality-based characters, while Shailene Woodley enters the picture as a version of Taddeo herself—crisscrossing the country and hearing each woman’s story as she develops a larger portrait of contemporary womanhood. After a long road to the screen—Showtime developed the series years ago before dropping it, with Starz coming to the rescue—Taddeo’s journey finally continues. —D.C.

10. American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

Premiere date: September 17

Where to watch: FX

The story of disgraced New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is almost as rich as that of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, so memorably captured in the first season of Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story. No wonder, then, that Hernandez is at the center of the franchise’s next iteration, starring The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Josh Rivera as the talented tight end undone by crime, drug use, CTE, and, the series argues, his repressed hom*osexuality. The supporting cast is a feast for Broadway lovers, featuring Tony winners and nominees including Lindsay Mendez (as Hernandez’s nurturing cousin), Thomas Sadoski (as his no-nonsense agent), and Norbert Leo Butz (as a very theatrical, very entertaining Bill Belichick). —H.B.

11. Child Star

Premiere date: September 17

Where to watch: Hulu

The concept of child stardom has been reconsidered numerous times in recent years, through projects like Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling book, a tell-all documentary on Brooke Shields, and the Quiet on Set docuseries about kids network Nickelodeon. Now onetime Disney darling Demi Lovato is making her directorial debut with a Hulu documentary about navigating fame as a minor, which she helmed alongside codirector Nicola Marsh. The doc features interviews with Lovato and former child performers such as Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci, JoJo Siwa, Kenan Thompson, and some of Lovato’s own former Disney Channel brethren, including Raven-Symoné and Alyson Stoner, the latter her costar in the Camp Rock films. “I didn’t realize that child stardom could be traumatic,” Lovato recently told The Hollywood Reporter, “and it isn’t traumatic for everyone, but for me, it was.”—S.W.

12. Agatha All Along

Premiere date: September 18

Where to watch: Disney+

Kathryn Hahn returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this Disney+ WandaVision spin-off that focuses on her villainous enchantress, Agatha Harkness. When we last saw Agatha, Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff had locked the witch away inside her own head. And just as Wanda escaped from her sorrow in an alternate reality of TV sitcoms, Agatha All Along’s title character is found wandering through a fantasy realm that looks like a TV crime procedural. Other pop-culture references turn up as she and her newfound coven (Aubrey Plaza, Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata) embark down the road to recover her powers, with creepy manifestations of witches from ’80s horror movies and The Wizard of Oz turning up to vex their efforts. Toil and trouble lie ahead. —Anthony Breznican

13. Frasier, season two

Premiere date: September 19

Where to watch: Paramount+

The second season of Frasier will air on September 20, 1994—wait, that’s not right. Instead, the reboot of Frasier will launch its second season almost exactly 30 years later. Now on Paramount+, the comedy series sees the return of Kelsey Grammer, still in fine form as titular character Dr. Frasier Crane—who spent the first season figuring out his next chapter in Boston. In the second installment, he’ll return to his radio roots, and the show will bring back notable guest stars including Dan Butler, who played sports radio host Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe; Edward Hibbert, who portrayed food critic Gil Chesterton; and Harriet Sansom Harris, who was Frasier’s agent, Bebe Glazer, during the show’s original run. —Rebecca Ford

14. The Penguin

Premiere date: September 19

Where to watch: HBO/Max

Colin Farrell disappears beneath the pocked and scarred surface of Gotham City, shifting to the lead after his supporting turn as this character in 2022’s The Batman. In this HBO series, the lean Irish star uncannily conjures the look of burly character actors like Mike Starr and the late Joe Viterelli, who played all manner of thugs and wiseguys in countless gangster pictures. There have been numerous versions of the Penguin in Batman adaptations over the years, but Farrell’s waddling hoodlum version of Oswald Cobblepot is more Tony Soprano than the icky sewer monster played by Danny DeVito once upon a time. But he may be no less bloodthirsty as he claws his way to the top of Gotham’s underworld. —A.B.

15. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Premiere date: September 19

Where to watch: Netflix

Ryan Murphy and Netflix hit pay dirt in 2022 with Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a monster (sorry) hit that won Niecy Nash-Betts an Emmy and still stands as one of Netflix’s most viewed series. Perhaps lightning will strike twice with this follow-up, focused on another notorious murderer—or, rather, murderers: Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were 18 and 21 years old, respectively, when they killed their wealthy parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, in the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. The case was complicated further when the brothers testified in court that they’d been sexually abused by their father. Their story has been adapted and analyzed countless times in numerous pieces of media, including an eight-episode NBC series starring Edie Falco as defense lawyer Leslie Abramson; this time around, Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez play as Erik and Lyle, with heavy hitters Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny taking on Jose and Kitty. —H.B.

16. Nobody Wants This

Premiere date: September 26

Where to watch: Netflix

Adam Brody has played his share of chatty Jewish sidekicks, from Seth Cohen on The O.C. to Seth Morris on Fleishman Is in Trouble. In Nobody Wants This, he finally gets to be the romantic hero. His character, Noah, is a quirky “hot rabbi” (as the teen girls at his congregation’s camp dub him) whose life is upended when he meets a blunt blonde podcaster. Joanne, brought to snarky life by Kristen Bell, also happens to be a shiksa, throwing a religious wrench in their budding relationship. Can they overcome obstacles thrown in their way by family, friends, and their own self-sabotaging habits? The supporting cast includes Succession’s Justine Lupe as Joanne’s sister and cohost of their dating podcast and Veep’s Timothy Simons as Noah’s goofy brother. Mishegoss ensues. —J.P.

17. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon—The Book of Carol, season two

Premiere date: September 29

Where to watch: AMC

Yes, this is literally the title of the latest installment in AMC’s tentpole franchise, which (surprise) focuses on a pair of fan-favorite characters making their way in the world after a global zombie apocalypse: Norman Reedus’s gruff but soulful Daryl and Melissa McBride’s abused wife turned steely survivor, Carol. Though McBride was originally slated to star in the spin-off’s first season, she exited before production began—which means fans should be eager to see her return this go-round, though her character and Reedus’s will begin the season on different continents. Carol is hunting for Daryl across the USA; unfortunately for her, Daryl has migrated to France. (French zombies? Sacrebleu!) —H.B.

18. Joan

Premiere date: October 2

Where to watch: The CW

Sophie Turner knows that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. In this six-part CW crime drama, the Game of Thrones alum plays the titular Joan Hannington, a 1980s British housewife who became a diamond-thieving mastermind known as the Godmother. She stars alongside Kirsty J. Curtis, Gershwyn Eustache Jr., and Fear the Walking Dead’s Frank Dillane. The series, created by Anna Symon, is based on Hannington’s 2004 memoir, I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Jewel Thief. —C.M.

19. Heartstopper, season three

Premiere date: October 3

Where to watch: Netflix

Another installment in the swoony love story between British classmates Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) is set to unfold as a new year at their all-boys school commences. In addition to a potential love confession in the upcoming season, there will also be a few high-profile guest stars joining the cast, including Hayley Atwell as Nick’s aunt, Diane, and Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey as Jack Maddox, Charlie’s Instagram-famous celebrity crush. But season three of Heartstopper will not go the way of other recent Netflix shows like Bridgerton and Emily in Paris—all eight episodes of the next season drop at once. —S.W.

20. Abbott Elementary, season four

Premiere date: October 9

Where to watch: ABC

This ABC comedy about the teachers at an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school has continued to be both an audience favorite and an awards juggernaut. (It’s been nominated for 24 Emmy Awards and won four so far.) Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, the series ended its third season by finally giving audiences what we’ve been waiting for: a kiss between Brunson’s Janine and fellow teacher Gregory (Tyler James Williams). We’re hoping the fourth season takes this relationship to the next level. The show has also had the opportunity over its past three seasons to develop unique storylines for all the members of the ensemble, which should continue with a full 22-episode fourth season. —R.F.

21. La Máquina

Premiere date: October 9

Where to watch: Hulu

This new Hulu limited series reunites lifelong friends and Y tu mamá también stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, who play an aging boxing star and his manager. Set in Mexico, this Spanish-language series is a homecoming for both stars, who once again showcase their vibrant chemistry as their characters attempt to go out on a high note with one more big-ticket fight. “We found a great vehicle to talk about the issues that matter to us, to play again, to be critical about a world we belong to somehow, or we witness at least from our perspectives as actors,” Luna previously told Vanity Fair. “And more importantly, something that would make us work together in Mexico again with the people and family that we’ve grown with for these last 25 years.” —R.F.

22. Disclaimer

Premiere date: October 11

Where to watch: Apple TV+

“We have an immense facility to create judgments. But there’s a pleasure about it.” That’s what writer-director Alfonso Cuarón says about the inspiration behind this scintillating revenge thriller, starring Cate Blanchett as a world-famous journalist whose secret past is exposed in the pages of a sexually explicit, self-published novel. Kevin Kline plays the old-timer who prints the book, determined to inflict punishment on the woman he blames for his son’s long-ago death. But is his story exactly true? It hardly matters; Blanchett’s character finds herself publicly shamed and marked for destruction nonetheless. Cuarón, the five-time Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Roma, Gravity, and Children of Men, developed the series from the 2015 book by Renée Knight and wrote and directed every episode himself. The Apple TV+ series shifts perspectives on the viewer as the tale unfolds, and the only thing that is certain is that no one can fully be trusted. —A.B.

23. Shrinking, season two

Premiere date: October 16

Where to watch: Apple TV+

In the first season of the Apple TV+ comedy, Jason Segel stars as Jimmy, a therapist who, while grappling with grief after the death of his wife, tries to help his own patients by giving them the hard truth. One of the biggest delights of that season is the chemistry between Segel and his costars, including Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams, who play therapists as well. They’ll all be back for season two—and keep an eye out for Shrinking cocreator Brett Goldstein (you know him from Ted Lasso), as he’s set to step in front of the camera this season in a top secret guest-star role. —R.F.

24. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage

Premiere date: October 17

Where to watch: CBS

It’s been five years since The Big Bang Theory took its final bow after 12 lucrative seasons, but CBS is still cashing in on the franchise. With the conclusion of Young Sheldon, a prequel series about Sheldon Cooper’s childhood, comes the arrival of another spin-off, this one centered on the first marriage of Sheldon’s older brother. Georgie, played by Montana Jordan in Young Sheldon and the new show, will eventually make it onto Big Bang. But his union with wife Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment) doesn’t extend that far into the future, giving the otherwise wholesome-looking multicam show a bit of intrigue—and ensuring that the series will have an eventual end point. —S.W.

25. What We Do in the Shadows, season six

Premiere date: October 21

Where to watch: FX/Hulu

Staten Island’s favorite wisecracking vampires may be immortal, but this comic mockumentary is finally being laid to rest. The undead, polymorphously perverse roommates have been through a lot over the last five seasons: Between them, they’ve opened a nightclub, dueled with werewolves, taught night school, infiltrated a group of vamp hunters, and hosted a Pride parade. What’s left? With any luck, we’ll find out whether Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) can return to his life as a human after tasting blood; see the Guide (Kristen Schaal) finally fit in; and watch the original vamp quartet find eternal amusem*nt on earth. —J.P.

26. The Diplomat, season two

Premiere date: October 31

Where to watch: Netflix

There aren’t enough good old-fashioned network-style TV dramas being made these days, even (especially?) on the actual networks. So thank goodness for this juicy Netflix series, which evokes what might happen if The Americans, Scandal, and Veep somehow had an illicit love child. The star of that first series, Keri Russell, got an Emmy nomination last year for playing Kate Wyler, a seasoned political operative shuffled off to the UK so that the American president, portrayed by Michael McKean, can groom her to be his next vice presidential candidate. Naturally, things got complicated as season one unfolded: The first eight episodes ended with a devastating terror attack that could cast a more serious tone over season two. —H.B.

27. The Day of the Jackal

Premiere date: November 7

Where to watch: Peaco*ck

Frederick Forsyth’s classic 1971 cat-and-mouse novel has already yielded a classic movie, so what more could be mined from a modern-day Day of the Jackal? Allow this juicy Peaco*ck thriller to make its compelling case. In this version, Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne gives a transformative performance as the series’ eponymous assassin, while he’s matched beat for beat in a globetrotting case across Europe by Lashana Lynch as the agent who’s after him. “They have a really complex moral compass and do horrendous things, but are also extraordinarily talented,” Redmayne told Vanity Fair of the two characters. “You’re drawn to them and repelled by them in equal measure.” —D.C.

28. Yellowstone, season five, part two

Premiere date: November 10

Where to watch: Paramount Network

Yellowstone has mostly been in the headlines lately for the alleged behind-the-scenes drama between exiting star Kevin Costner and showrunner Taylor Sheridan that led to production delays. The first part of the final season began airing way back in November 2022, so it’s been quite a wait for those wondering how this saga (on and off-screen) will end. Not much is known about what unfolds in this final installment, but fans will be relieved to have the Duttons back onscreen to wrap it all up. —R.F.

29. Landman

Premiere date: November 17

Where to watch: Paramount+

The title of this new drama from Yellowstone cocreator Taylor Sheridan refers to an oil industry worker who travels the scrubland of Texas acquiring drilling rights and solving problems—sometimes life-or-death ones. Billy Bob Thornton stars as the resourceful fixer opposite Jon Hamm and Demi Moore as the oil company’s owners, while Ali Larter plays Thornton’s wild card ex-wife. It’s a hard-fought existence, for sure. “There aren’t really a lot of scenes where my character comes home and says, ‘My God, was my day amazing!’” Thornton previously told Vanity Fair. “I slink into the house every day like somebody just beat the hell out of me.” —A.B.

30. Interior Chinatown

Premiere date: November 19

Where to watch: Hulu

Charles Yu’s dizzying satire of Hollywood stereotypes and identity politics was a National Book Award winner just a few years ago, so it’s no wonder a series adaptation got fast-tracked. The author himself adapts the novel, about a struggling actor who is playing a background part in a police procedural (the book refers to him as “Generic Asian Man”) and finally finds himself in a starring role when he witnesses a real crime in Los Angeles’s Chinatown—and chooses to investigate it. Oscar winner Taika Waititi directed the pilot, while the lead is portrayed by Jimmy O. Yang, the Silicon Valley standout who’s long deserved his own showcase. How appropriately timed. —D.C.

31. Squid Game, season two

Premiere date: December 26

Where to watch: Netflix

Nothing says “Happy holidays” better than deadly games and vengeance. It’s been nearly three years since the South Korean dystopian show became a breakout hit, as well as Netflix’s most popular non-English-language series of all time, with its first season. Fans have been anxiously awaiting the next installment from creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. The second season will see the return of Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun, who will rejoin the game—but this time, he’s out for revenge. The first season received 14 Emmy nominations, with Lee making history as the first Asian to win for lead actor in a drama series. We expect the second season to be just as ambitious and original. —R.F.

32. Bad Sisters, season two

Premiere date: November 13

Where to watch: Apple TV+

In its first season, Bad Sisters revealed itself as a delight with many layers: a dark family dramedy wrapped around a propulsive whodunnit. Cocreated by and starring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), this Irish series introduced us to the irrepressible Garvey sisters, who spent much of their time together brainstorming devious ways to kill off their toxic brother-in-law, whom they nicknamed the Prick. At the heart of the show was sisterhood, with the Garvey women juggling careers and parenting and midlife crises. Now that the Prick is dead (buried with a postmortem stiffy, no less), the Garvey women will have plenty of time in season two to laugh and bicker and get themselves into ever-more-twisted trouble. —J.P.

33. The Franchise

Premiere date: Fall TBA

Where to watch: HBO/Max

The Franchise aims to do to the world of superhero movies what Veep did to the West Wing: satirize it cleverly and mercilessly. Created by Veep’s Armando Iannucci, Succession writer Jon Brown, and director Sam Mendes, this comedy hurls us into the frenzy of a dysfunctional film set, one where assistant director Daniel (Himesh Patel) is desperately trying to keep a shoot on track. He’s got to deal with an ambitious producer (Aya Cash), a self-described “difficult” director (Daniel Brühl), and prima donna actors (Richard E. Grant, Billy Magnussen) who throw hissy fits in between pretending to save the galaxy. The dialogue whips by faster than the Flash, so dense with brutal barbs that you might need to turn on the subtitles. —J.P.

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