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.
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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 🙂