Preview of new TV shows for 2019-20
It’s time for the new TV season, and so it’s time for my annual fall preview and predictions.
September:
- ADDED: 04: Pennyworth (Showcase) — Backstory for Alfred the butler from Batman. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 12: The I-Land (Netflix) — Lost wannabe. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 13: Unbelievable (Netflix) — Rape victim recants after repeatedly telling her story. PREDICTION: n/a, mini-series, will likely win awards but unclear if it will bring anything new to well-trod tale;
- 13: Undone (Amazon) — Trippy animation. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- ADDED: 18: Northern Rescue (CBC) — Family loses mother, returns to dad`s home life and takes over search and rescue. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 19: First Wives Club (BET+) — Same premise, but with black women. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 19: Bigger (BET+) — Is there more to life. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- ADDED: 19: The Family Man (Amazon) – NIA worker deals with home life. PREDICTION: Cancellation.
- 23: Bob (Hearts) Abishola (CBS) — White patient falls for Nigerian nurse. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 23: Prodigal Son (Fox) — Profiler helping solve cases. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 23: All Rise (CBS) — Sounds like Judging Amy. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 23: Bluff City Law (NBC) — Hyped out the wazoo, Jimmy Smits and a law firm with his daughter. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 24: Mixed-ish (ABC) — Ex-cult members start school. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 24: Emergence (ABC) — Mysterious event, amnesiac child. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 24: Bless This Mess (ABC) — Simplicity in Nebraska. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 25: Stumptown (ABC) — Cobie Smulders as a PI. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 26: The Unicorn (CBS) — Father starting to date. Yawn. Except it’s Walter Goggins. Hmm. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 26: Evil (CBS) — Supernatural or psychological explanations for evil. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 26: Carol’s Second Act (CBS) — New divorcee in medicine. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 26: Sunnyside (NBC) — New councilman, new immigrants. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- EDIT:
26: Poldark (PBS) — 1700s soldier returns to British home and tries to reintegrate. PREDICTION: Renewal;Not a new show; - 26: Perfect Harmony (NBC) — Choir comedy, small town. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 27: The Politician (Netflix) — Each season will follow an election, starting with high-school. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 29: Godfather of Harlem (EPIX) — Crime boss returns to old neighborhood, which has new gangs running it. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 29: Bless The Harts (Fox) — Animated Southern family and Jesus. PREDICTION: Cancellation.
October:
- 01: Sorry For Your Loss (FB) — Wife after sudden death of husband. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 02: Almost Family (Fox) — Father used own sperm at fertility clinic, now 100 siblings. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 04: Raising Dion (Netflix) — Son has superpowers. PREDICTION: n/a, mini-series;
- 06: Batwoman (CW) — Bruce has a cousin. PREDICTION: Renewal;
- EDIT:
06: Get Shorty (EPIX) — TV version of gangster becoming producer. PREDICTION: Cancellation;Not a new show; - 09: Nancy Drew (CW) — New sleuth, new cases. PREDICTION: Renewal;
- 09: The Oval (BET+) — West Wing-ish. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 11: Modern Love (Amazon) — Anthology about various forms of love. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 15: Treadstone (USA) — Every year, someone wants to tell a story of a one-man super soldier, and every year, they fail. This one at least comes in with the Bourne legacy. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 16: Limetown (FB) — Missing neuroscience community members. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 18: Looking for Alaska (Hulu) — Eight episodes at a boarding school, falling in love, and dealing with loss. PREDICTION: n/a, seems like a mini-series, not sure it’ll be worth watching;
- 18: Living With Yourself (Netflix) — Paul Rudd in comedy about becoming a better version of yourself through some sort of cloning procedure. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 20: Watchmen (HBO) — Future with outlawed super heroes. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 24: Daybreak (Netflix) — Dystopian high school? Gangs of 4Hers? Really? PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 27: Mrs. Fletcher (HBO) — Empty nester single mom…sounds like Gilmore Girls, except she had a son. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
November:
- 01: The Morning Show (Apple) — Anchor women fight for top spot. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
- 04: His Dark Materials (HBO) — Fantasy world of daemons, polar bears, and witches. PREDICTION: Renewal.
- 12: The Mandalorian (Disney+) — Series set in the Star Wars universe post-Return of the Jedi (i.e., between episodes 6 and 7) and while I am not certain huge numbers will tune in for a weekly show, they have the canon from the SW universe that is pretty rich and easy to build upon. And if from time to time they need to drop in a Jedi or two, far be it from me to doubt the ways of the Force. PREDICTION: Renewal for at least a second season;
- 15: Dollface (Hulu) — Post-break-up, woman tries to get back together with her friends. PREDICTION: Cancellation;
December:
- 06: Reprisal (Hulu) — Woman left for dead wants revenge. PREDICTION: Cancellation.
Other shows I’ll be watching from returns:
- Sept 6, Titans (DC Universe);
- Sept 23, Bull (CBS);
- Sept 24, NCIS (CBS);
- Sept 24, New Amsterdam (NBC);
- Sept 26, A Million Little Things (ABC);
- Sept 27, Blue Bloods (CBS);
- Sept 27, Magnum P.I. (CBS);
- Sept 27, God Friended Me (CBS);
- Sept 29, The Rookie (ABC);
- Oct 2, SWAT (CBS);
- Oct 2, The Blacklist (NBC);
- Oct 6, Supergirl (CW);
- Oct 7, Black Lightning (CW);
- Oct 7, All American (CW);
- Oct 8, The Flash (CW);
- Oct 10, Legacies (CW);
- Oct 15, Arrow (CW);
- Nov 1, Jack Ryan (Amazon);
So, looks like 42 new shows to consider, of which I’m predicting only 5 renewals. That is too much of a bloodbath though, curious to see which ones actually make it. I’m only really interested in Prodigal Son (profiler), Emergence (supernatural), Poldark (1700s), Batwoman, Nancy Drew, Treadstone, The Mandalorian, and Reprisal.

Get Shorty https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5761496/ and Poldark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poldark_(2015_TV_series) are returning series
Thanks…both were listed on a Canadian site I was looking at, thought they sounded new!
Paul
No worries, Poldark on PBS might be the first time it is getting a real North American release.
I think EPIX is a weird US only thing, so also easy to miss.
Thanks for the list π