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With the 2025 Fall TV Season finally upon us, Team TVLine is ready to crank up the Andy Williams<\/a> and celebrate what is truly the most wonderful time of the year.<\/p>\n

In the list below, you\u2019ll be treated to exclusive photos and scoop you can\u2019t find anywhere else, all about your favorite returning series across broadcast, cable and streaming. What bad news is coming for Alex on The Morning Show? When will Chicago Med reveal Hannah\u2019s baby daddy? In what capacity will crash victim Lala continue to appear on NCIS: Origins? And what\u2019s this about a new bachelor pad for 9-1-1\u2032s Buck?<\/p>\n

You can find the answers to those questions below, along with the latest intel on Georgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage, Grey\u2019s Anatomy, High Potential, The Diplomat, Nobody Wants This and many more shows. So, get scrolling! And be sure to hit the comments with the season premiere(s) you\u2019re most anxiously awaiting.<\/p>\n

\t9-1-1<\/p>\n

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9-1-1 Season 8 ended<\/a> with Buck between homes, so we\u2019re happy to confirm that Oliver Stark\u2019s character will have a roof over his head this fall. \u201cHe\u2019s got a cool little house, he\u2019s really moving up in the world,\u201d Stark tells TVLine, adding that his new place will have \u201ca lot more character than his last apartment, which was more minimalist and toned down.\u201d And while the 118 will soldier on in the wake of Bobby\u2019s death<\/a>, Stark warns that grief \u201ccan resurface and start dragging people down at any moment.\u201d The three-part premiere moves the show \u201cin a direction that we haven\u2019t necessarily gone before,\u201d he says, the events of which \u201cpush a lot of other aspects of the characters\u2019 lives onto the back burner.\u201d Does that mean Buck won\u2019t have time for love? \u201cI don\u2019t know if he\u2019s in a good place for it,\u201d Stark admits. \u201cI don\u2019t know that it\u2019s necessary in his life right now, but if something happens to come along, that\u2019s great.\u201d Fortunately, with Eddie back in L.A., we can at least look forward to classic Buck-Eddie-Christopher bonding moments. \u201cThose are two very important relationships, so to speak, and I know for sure that there will be some of that coming up as we move forward,\u201d Stark says. One thing not coming up, however, is a crossover between 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville. Despite his recent trip to Music City<\/a>, Stark confirms that no crossover has been shot\u2026yet.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: Though Buck will forego a costume this Halloween, the rest of the 118 will not disappoint. \u201cThere is maybe my favorite costume that we\u2019ve ever had on the show,\u201d Stark teases.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Thursday, Oct. 9, at 8\/7c (ABC) \u2014 Andy Swift<\/p>\n

\tAbbott Elementary<\/p>\n

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Attention, class: There will be some big changes on ABC\u2019s schoolhouse comedy in Season 5, with a group of new teachers joining the faculty. That spurs an identity crisis in Janine, executive producer Patrick Schumacker tells TVLine: \u201cShe starts to kind of question, when younger teachers come in, what her role is, now that she is not the spring chicken she once was.\u201d She\u2019s still happy with Gregory, though, and their relationship gives them both a chance to grow as people this season. \u201cI think a relationship is also a good way for them to learn about themselves,\u201d EP Justin Halpern says:. Ava will explore a surprisingly sweet romance with IT guy O\u2019Shon as well, but don\u2019t expect it to turn her into a big softie, Halpern says with a laugh: \u201cWe always like to keep Ava as Ava, and Ava is a bit of an agent of chaos.\u201d Plus, Barbara will be \u201creinvigorated\u201d by running the school\u2019s music class. \u201cWe wanted to find something to kind of give her a new lease on life,\u201d Schumacker says, \u201cor at least a new lease on her career. And yeah, she\u2019s found that in the music class, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0We\u2019re getting another Christmas episode this season, and it\u2019s a big one, Schumacker hints, calling it \u201ca very consequential episode for our school, and for the daily lives of the people at\u00a0Abbott.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 8:30\/7:30c (ABC) \u2014\u00a0Dave Nemetz<\/p>\n

\tBrilliant Minds<\/p>\n

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After a slight time jump, Season 2 will open with Oliver \u201cdeep into\u201d the questions raised in the cliffhanger involving his recently resurfaced father<\/a>, Noah, and the elder Wolf\u2019s troubling illness, says series creator\/executive producer Michael Grassi. \u201cThe way it plays out is the most surprising version of it possible and really sends Wolf on his season arc, which is a new mystery that I can\u2019t spoil too much.\u201d Also an enigma: Dr. Amelia Frederick (played by Scandal\u2019s Bellamy Young), the clinical director for a long-term mental health facility who, Grassi previews, will \u201creally feel like she\u2019s going toe-to-toe with Wolf in an interesting way you won\u2019t necessarily expect.\u201d (The trailer<\/a>, released after our chat with the show boss, certainly backs that up.) Another new face, neurology resident Dr. Charlie Porter (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin\u2019s Brian Altemus), will bring some \u201cinteresting conflict\u201d to the \u201cloving dynamic\u201d among Wolf\u2019s group of interns, the EP adds: \u201cHis approach to medicine is a little bit different from our other characters.\u201d (And he has seeeecrets, we have learned<\/a>.) Wolf will hit another emotional speedbump when the season premiere reveals that his bestie, Dr. Carol Pierce, is no longer working at Bronx General. \u201cWe find her in a surprising place,\u201d Grassi says, chuckling, and Oliver \u201chas big feelings about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: Wolf let Nichols down big-time by skipping that black-tie event (with good reason, but still!), but the way Grassi talks about the couple in Season 2 puts us as ease. The dating docs \u201cwill address things head-on, early on,\u201d Grassi says. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of great stuff between them \u2014\u00a0I would say, even more than last season \u2014\u00a0and it\u2019s juicy, and it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Monday, Sept. 22, at 10\/9c (NBC) \u2014 Kimberly Roots<\/p>\n

\tChicago Fire<\/p>\n

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How will our favorite #OneChicago besties Mouch and Herrmann handle their new power dynamic in Season 14 now that Mouch has taken over as lieutenant? Showrunner Andrea Newman says the new situation will require some adjustment, which will bring about \u201csome of the biggest challenges to that friendship.\u201d Ultimately, it\u2019s Herrmann who will struggle the most with the new world order, as he deals with his own issues, which will add even more fuel to the flames of that friendship. (Yes, pun intended \u2014 this is a show about fire!) Fans of the show know that Herrmann has already had his fair share of rough patches, but according to Newman, Season 14 will deliver \u201cone of his most challenging personal crises he\u2019s ever dealt with\u2026 and how much Mouch can help, or can\u2019t help, is a big part of it.\u201d On the bright side, the layoffs and brownouts hitting Firehouse 51 will actually light a \u201cfire under everybody\u2019s ass,\u201d the EP previews, and will set up some soapy fun as surprise visitors pass through to lend a hand.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Newman says\u00a0the #OneChicago team is planning on delivering mini-crossovers between two shows in the franchise \u201ca bunch of times\u201d this season, with Novak \u201ccrossing over a bunch with\u00a0Med\u00a0for\u00a0intriguing\u00a0reasons.\u201d Consider us intrigued!<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 9\/8c (NBC) \u2014 Claire Franken<\/p>\n

\tChicago Med<\/p>\n

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Good news,\u00a0Chicago Med\u00a0fans: We will not have to wait long to learn who Hannah\u2019s baby daddy is. Showrunner Allen MacDonald shares that the Season 11 premiere will pick up almost exactly where we left off during Hannah and Archer\u2019s conversation<\/a>, so we \u201cwill find out who the father is one way or the other.\u201d And don\u2019t worry, regardless of whether you\u2019re #TeamArcher or #TeamRipley, MacDonald thinks you\u2019ll come around to the paternity reveal. MacDonald does, however, get a bit cryptic when discussing Hannah\u2019s pregnancy in more detail. \u201cIt is a storyline we\u2019re gonna track through most of the season,\u201d he reveals, but \u201csometimes pregnancy news changes\u2026 You\u2019ll notice I didn\u2019t say they\u2019re going to\u00a0have\u00a0the baby.\u201d (!) Once we get the baby-daddy news, the series will jump ahead two months where we\u2019ll find Ripley and Sadie still together and in a good place. Nothing between them is official, but Ripley definitely wants to lock things down. (How might this budding relationship factor into the baby-daddy drama? MacDonald can\u2019t say!)\u00a0Also, have you heard? Halstead will be back this season<\/a>!<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Goodwin is certainly \u201cnot licking her wounds\u201d after breaking things off with Dr. Washington, the EP says. Plus, her surprise visit with ex-husband Bert in the Season 10 finale was just a tease for what\u2019s to come next; we\u2019ll be seeing more of Bert \u2014 who, per MacDonald, \u201cwill always be home\u201d to Goodwin \u2014 and the rest of her family in Season 11.\u00a0
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8\/7c (NBC) \u2014 C.F.<\/p>\n

\tChicago P.D.<\/p>\n

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Season 13 picks up one month after the events of the finale<\/a>, showrunner Gwen Sigan says, when Chapman is no longer answering Voight\u2019s calls and she stops \u201cshowing up within our unit like she used to.\u201d For Chapman, \u201call hope is lost\u201d for a possible romance with Voight, though the pair tries to remain professional amid this shift in their relationship. Meanwhile, the rest of the team faces the fallout of Voight\u2019s finale drama as they begin to come to terms with the ways he crossed the line. \u201cWe find our unit really scattered. They\u2019re disbanded,\u201d Sigan shares. On top of all that, Torres is still in the dark place where we left him, though Sigan assures us he is seeking \u201cnew purpose, a new level of fulfillment and a new level of something that can provide him steadiness.\u201d But we couldn\u2019t let Sigan go without getting her to share a piece of brighter news:\u00a0Ruzek and Burgess are still in the honeymoon phase and remain the unit\u2019s \u201csolid rock.\u201d (Thank God!)<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Now that we can\u2019t really \u2018ship Voight and Chapman, buckle up for new romantic possibilities. Sigan teases plenty of fun romantic entanglements with \u201ca little bit of weirdness\u201d and a lot of guest-star interactions, and she specifically teases some fun exploration on the horizon for both Atwater and Torres.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 10\/9c (NBC) \u2014 C.F.<\/p>\n

\tThe Diplomat<\/p>\n

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Season 2 of the Netflix political thriller left us dangling on a huge cliffhanger<\/a>, with the president dying and Allison Janney\u2019s VP Grace Penn in line to become commander-in-chief. Season 3 will pick up right where we left off, showrunner Debora Cahn assures TVLine: \u201cWe always think we\u2019re going to do time jumps on this show, and then we just never do them, because we\u2019re in a situation that I want to see every second of. So it\u2019s a direct pickup.\u201d Janney is joined this season by her\u00a0West Wing\u00a0co-star Bradley Whitford, who plays Grace\u2019s husband Todd Penn, and through their relationship, Season 3 explores \u201chow another couple deals with the kind of professional limitations that this world puts on a marriage,\u201d Cahn teases. Kate, meanwhile, has to deal with the fallout of \u201cmore or less calling Grace a war criminal\u201d last season, Cahn notes: \u201cThe relationship, put simply, is in a very bad place.\u201d But despite all that animosity, Kate\u2019s husband, Hal, is still pushing for Kate to get that VP slot this season, Cahn reveals: \u201cThis scenario does not slow him down at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0After airing just six episodes in Season 2,\u00a0The Diplomat\u00a0is thankfully back to eight episodes this season, and \u201cit creates a little bit more breathing room\u201d to explore personal relationships. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be able to bring the narrative to a point where things have settled enough for people to just step back, take a breath and try to figure out where they are in the world and in their own lives,\u201d Cahn says.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Thursday, Oct. 16 (Netflix) \u2014\u00a0D.N.<\/p>\n

\tDoc<\/p>\n

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Now that Dr. Amy Larsen has reclaimed her career \u2014\u00a0and\u00a0perhaps rekindled things with Michael \u2014 the question before her is: \u201cWhat do I want out of the rest of my life? And how can I get that when my personality is split\u00a0between two time periods?\u201d says executive producer Hank Steinberg. \u201cDesperate\u201d\u00a0to get her memory back, Amy finds some success on that front, \u201cbut in a way that\u2019s\u00a0very mysterious and incomplete,\u201d the EP teases. Among other Westside Hospital staff, \u201cJake is not going down without a fight\u201d after spying Amy smooching her ex-husband; TJ (promoted series regular Patrick Walker) deals with \u201cpretty dramatic stuff\u201d in the premiere; Sonya will develop a new, \u201cjuicy\u201d antagonism with Amy; and Gina must answer for her patient causing the Season 1 finale\u2019s train derailment. As for the disgraced Dr. Richard Miller? We\u00a0will\u00a0see Scott Wolf again, Steinberg affirms, \u201cbut it\u2019s a 22-episode season, so people will have to be patient.\u201d
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BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Amy might assume it\u2019ll be smoother sailing when her mentor, played by Desperate Housewives\u2018 Felicity Huffman, replaces Richard as Chief of Medicine, \u201cbut Dr. Joan Ridley has other ideas, ambitions for herself,\u201d Steinberg previews. \u201cShe\u2019s not there to hold Amy\u2019s hand.\u201d
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Sunday, Sept. 14, following the NFL double-header (Fox); the episode will air again (in its regular time slot) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 9\/8c \u2014\u00a0Matt Webb Mitovich<\/p>\n

\tElsbeth<\/p>\n

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When Season 3 opens, Carrie Preston\u2019s titular crimesolver will have just returned from a visit to Scotland \u2014 \u201cWe hope to see Angus (Ioan Gruffud) again, but that remains to be seen,\u201d says showrunner Jonathan Tolins \u2014 and \u201cthe precinct is still under budget pressure from above.\u201d With Carra Patterson\u2019s Kaya now assigned to a task force in D.C, \u201cwe are developing a fun stable of uniformed officers who work on different cases with Elsbeth,\u201d says Tolins, though \u201cit is definitely still an adjustment for Elsbeth.\u201d In addition to the usual weekly parade of guest stars (including Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Andy Richter), \u201can interesting, new New York character\u201d will be introduced a few episodes in, for an ongoing storyline, says Tolins. Viewers will also meet an old rival of Captain Wagner\u2019s, as well as one of the Wagner children.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0As promised when Patterson\u2019s exit<\/a> was announced, \u201cKaya will make an appearance in one of our first few episodes,\u201d Tolins teases, \u201cbut when you least expect it.\u201d
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Sunday, Oct. 12, at 9:30\/8:30c (CBS, special night), then Thursday, Oct. 16 at 10 pm (regular time slot premiere)\u00a0\u2014 M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tFBI<\/p>\n

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Season 8 picks up just three days after Isobel, injured by an explosive in the finale, frighteningly collapsed in front of the team. Her fate remains \u201cvery much a question mark,\u201d showrunner Mike Weiss tells TVLine, and won\u2019t be resolved quickly. \u201cWe definitely want to make you wait\u201d for answers, the EP teases. Stepping up as SAC, Jubal will have much \u201cintensity\u201d to deal with when Maggie and OA find themselves \u201cstranded on an island in New York Harbor that has declared martial law;\u201d other early cases involve \u201ca locked-room mystery on a plane\u201d and agents \u201ctrapped inside a prison that is threatening to devolve into chaos.\u201d As for Scola, while Weiss is very tight-lipped on whether or not SVU vet Juliana Aid\u00e9n Martinez is, in fact, clocking in as his latest partner, the hope is to get Shantel VanSanten back as Nina and address a question most recently raised on FBI: Most Wanted, of \u201cwhether or not these two could, should be married.\u201d Says Weiss, \u201cWe also want to see Nina as the badass, fugitive recovery specialist that she is, helping us out a bit here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Coming off of last season\u2019s ill-fated EMT fling, the question for Maggie will be, \u201cIs there anyone out there who gets her the way OA does?\u201d says Weiss. \u201cDating as an adult can be hell, but she\u2019s not giving up.\u201d
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Monday, Oct. 13, at 9\/8c (CBS; new night) \u2014 M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tFire Country\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Is showrunner Tia Napolitano ready to confirm who died in the Zabel Ridge fire, months after word got out that Billy Burke\u2019s run as Vince is over<\/a>? Ha, think again. Season 4 picks up with Bode watching the memory care facility collapse with Vince, Sharon and Walter all trapped inside, before giving way to a mid-episode time jump that gradually reveals the outcome. \u201cWe have themes of rising from the ashes, and redemption,\u201d Napolitano shares. \u201cDeeper into the season, we deal with themes of vengeance versus forgiveness.\u201d Stephanie Arcila is also done as a series regular but appears in the premiere to facilitate a \u201csurprising\u201d but \u201cearned\u201d exit story for Gabriela; notes Napolitano, \u201cWe wanted to write some beautiful \u2018fan candy\u2019 for our Gabriela fans, for our \u2018Bohiela\u2019 fans, and really service that character.\u201d Elsewhere, Bode and Audrey will \u201cfight for their coupledom\u201d as the latter struggles with her shooting of Finn; Jake, who was poised to take a new job, is among those who \u201cre-examine their future\u201d in the wake of the finale; after myriad setbacks, Manny will return to Season 1 form; and Eve embarks on an \u201cinteresting ride\u201d to rebuild Three Rock.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0A \u201ctwisted, soapy journey\u201d awaits Eve and Francine, whose break-up was interrupted by the razing of Three Rock. \u201cThey fall deeper and deeper in love,\u201d says Napolitano, \u201cand we\u2019re really rooting for them, because they are so compatible.\u201d
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Friday, Oct. 17, at 8\/7c (CBS; special time), then Friday, Oct. 24, at 9 pm (regular time slot premiere) \u2014\u00a0M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tGen V<\/p>\n

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When we return to Godolkin University in Season 2, following the events of The Boys\u2018 fourth season, \u201cHomelander has taken over,\u201d showrunner Michele Fazekas reminds TVLine. So for Marie and the other so-called bad guys, \u201cit\u2019s almost not even about clearing their names as it is about figuring out how to live in this new world order.\u201d A major question being explored this season is: \u201cWhen you\u2019re living in Nazi Germany at the beginning of Nazi Germany, what are regular people like? Do you just sort of put your head down and don\u2019t make any waves? Do you join them, or do you fight?\u201d There\u2019s also a mini version of that new world order at school, which is now overseen by Dean Cipher (played by Hamish Linklater), who brings a \u201cdelicious weirdness and complete unpredictability to all of their lives.\u201d Andre, played by the late, great Chance Perdomo, will also factor into the events of Season 2, a storyline producers handled with great care. \u201cIn order to honor the person that Chance was, we have to treat this like what it is, which is grieving someone who is gone,\u201d Fazekas says. \u201cBut how do you fit that very real emotion into the world of this show? You do it the way people fit grief into their lives. Sometimes people are inappropriate, sometimes people are cracking jokes, and sometimes people are angry.\u201d As for how Gen V can possibly outdo the shocking, viral NSFW goodies that came out of Season 1, Fazekas says the show \u201cdefinitely\u201d tops what came before, alluding to a new character with an \u201cincredibly dumb power\u201d that we meet in Episode 1.<\/p>\n

Bonus Spoiler!: The trailer for Season 2<\/a> revealed several exciting cameos from The Boys, including Starlight and The Deep, but Fazekas promises that at least one more major familiar face will appear in Gen V.<\/p>\n

Return Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17, with the first three episodes (Prime Video) \u2014 A.S.<\/p>\n

\tGeorgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage<\/p>\n

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Reality sets in fast for new business partners Georgie and Ruben, who no longer have Jim around to serve as a tiebreaker when difficult decisions arise at the store. \u201cTheir journey over Season 2 is going to be figuring out how to work together,\u201d series co-creator Steve Holland tells TVLine. \u201cRuben goes to school, he\u2019s worked there longer, and he feels like he\u2019s the one who should have a bigger say \u2014 but the truth is, they\u2019re equal partners.\u201d (When asked whether a behind-the-scenes photo showing Georgie with a black eye<\/a> is the result of a fight with Ruben, Holland hedges: \u201cI\u2019m going to leave that for the viewer to discover.\u201d) Meanwhile, Mandy becomes something of a local celebrity following her promotion to weekend weather girl. At first, Georgie is excited by his wife\u2019s newfound fame \u2014 until jealousy kicks in when she begins to attract attention from other men. \u201cThey have a picture of her up in the tire store, and some people recognize her as \u2018the hot weather girl,’\u201d Holland reveals.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: Georgie will to come face to face with Mandy\u2019s ex-boyfriend \u2014 and current boss \u2014 Scott (returning guest star Christopher Gorham) in Episode 5.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8\/7c (CBS) \u2014 Ryan Schwartz<\/p>\n

\tGhosts<\/p>\n

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Remember that fleeting mention of the mummy that resides in Woodstone Mansion? The one that Hetty used to own when she was alive? He\u2019s about to take center stage when the supernatural comedy returns for Season 5. In this year\u2019s Halloween edition (which airs Thursday, Oct. 30), Jay and Sam will learn all the gory details about this previously unknown resident\u2019s past, as seen in our exclusive photo above. \u201cWe meet the ghost that inhabits that mummy,\u201d co-showrunner and executive producer Joe Port teases. \u201cHe\u2019s an ancient Egyptian fellow and he has an axe to grind against the people who brought his mummy here, namely the Woodstones.\u201d And that\u2019s not the only presence from the mansion\u2019s past that\u2019ll make a return visit. As it turns out, we haven\u2019t seen the last of Chris, the ghost of the skydiving stripper who was previously hired to work Isaac\u2019s bachelor party. \u201cIsaac told Nigel that he got sucked off even though Chris chose to leave after having a moment with Nigel,\u201d adds co-showrunner\/EP Joe Wiseman, \u201cand Nigel mentioned in that episode, \u2018Oh, we can bring him back at Halloween,\u2019 so that\u2019s going to come back to roost.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Speaking of holidays, the showrunners plan on throwing another St. Hetty\u2019s Day extravaganza, since we now know the former baroness can be seen by the living on St. Patrick\u2019s Day. Ghosts also will celebrate Thanksgiving this year with a Sam and Pete roadtrip episode that\u2019s \u201can homage to Planes, Trains and Automobiles,\u201d teases Wiseman. Adds Port: \u201cThat\u2019s our favorite Thanksgiving movie from when we were little.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8:30\/7:30c (CBS) \u2014\u00a0Nick Caruso<\/p>\n

\tGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Season 22 of the medical drama is \u201cpicking up right where we left off\u201d in the Season 21 finale (read a recap here<\/a>), showrunner Meg Marinis tells TVLine. \u201cSo it\u2019s chaos at Grey Sloan.\u201d It\u2019s not just Link that we need to worry might have been killed in that explosion, either. \u201cGiven the size of the blast,\u201d Marinis suggests, \u201canyone in that hospital is at risk.\u201d For former Station 19 firefighter Ben, the disaster may tee up an opportunity to show chief Teddy that she shouldn\u2019t cut him from the residency program. \u201cShe\u2019s been so focused on other things,\u201d the EP says, \u201cshe may not have been seeing what he has to offer.\u201d On the personal front, Teddy and Owen will \u201clead their lives separately\u201d while figuring out how to work together and co-parent. (Nora, meanwhile, faces a \u201cbig, big recovery\u201d and, Marinis adds, she\u2019d love to see Sophia Bush return as Cass.) Sidestepping the question of whether Amelia and Monica will ever \u201cgo there,\u201d the boss notes that the neuro superstar will have a strong reaction to Link\u2019s brush with death. Jo will, too, but at least we can rest assured that her pregnancy will come to fruition, reinforcing what Marinis says is the season\u2019s overarching theme: hope.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Marinis refused to disclose which past characters would reappear in Season 22, but she did admit that we\u2019d be getting some comebacks \u2014 yes, plural. (Mika FTW?)<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Thursday, Oct. 9, at 10\/9c (ABC) \u2014 Charlie Mason<\/p>\n

\tHappy\u2019s Place<\/p>\n

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Whereas Season 1 was very much a story about two sisters just getting to know each other, executive producer Kevin Abbott says Season 2 plays more like there are \u201cthree sisters,\u201d with Melissa Peterman\u2019s Gabby now just as essential to the NBC comedy as Reba McEntire\u2019s Bobbie and Belissa Escobedo\u2019s Isabella: \u201cYou\u2019ve got Bobbie, the oldest\u2026 you\u2019ve got Isabella, the baby\u2026 and then you\u2019ve got Gabby, the middle daughter, who is just constantly seeking attention from one of them.\u201d Meanwhile, as TVLine previously reported, Season 2 will kick off with the discovery that Emmett has been keeping a huge secret from Bobbie<\/a>. Fans have theorized that he knew about Isabella and chose not to tell her out of respect for Happy \u2014 but Abbott isn\u2019t about to say whether that prediction is right or wrong. \u201cI will just say that our audience is pretty well in tune with our show,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m not confirming or denying it, but that\u2019s a really interesting idea.\u201d What he will divulge is that viewers will know sooner rather than later whether Bobbie and Emmett decide to give romance a shot, adding: \u201cThings move a little bit faster than one might expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: \u201cWe just shot [a bottle episode] called \u2018Mouse in the House,’\u201d Abbott reveals \u2014 and yes, it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like. \u201cIt\u2019s a real romp, and I\u2019m looking forward to the audience seeing that one. It\u2019s not really part of the Season 2 arc. We just went out there and had a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Friday, Nov. 7, at 8\/7c (NBC) \u2014 R.S.<\/p>\n

\tHigh Potential<\/p>\n

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Season 2 picks up with Morgan facing off against the mysterious Game Master (David Giuntoli), who \u201cchallenges her HPI and makes her head spin in a way that creates a renewed friction with the cops she\u2019s working with,\u201d showrunner Todd Harthan tells TVLine. \u201cIt tests their trust and loyalty. He\u2019s a master disruptor, and he\u2019s very fun to watch.\u201d Harthan won\u2019t say who Giuntoli\u2019s character is, but he enjoyed the \u201cbonkers\u201d theories being shared online. Season 2 also introduces Shameless\u2018 Steve Howey as new precinct captain Jesse Wagner, a Morgan-esque character who\u2019s \u201ca little bit hard to read, a bit of an enigma. It\u2019s tricky because he comes in and is assumed to be a threat. He\u2019s their new boss. What\u2019s his agenda?\u201d To the fans already predicting an office love triangle between Jesse, Morgan and Karadec, Harthan says, \u201cYou know Morgan\u2019s point of view on bosses, so if that happens, it\u2019s going to be tricky and laced with landmines. But unexpected chemistry is interesting to me.\u201d Meanwhile, this season\u2019s increased episode count will afford viewers more time with Morgan\u2019s coworkers as the show \u201cpeels back the layers\u201d of Daphne, Oz and Soto. And despite Taran Killam joining a new NBC comedy, Ludo will appear \u201cin a similar capacity\u201d as he did in Season 1. As for new cast addition Mekhi Phifer, Harthan won\u2019t confirm that he\u2019s playing Morgan\u2019s estranged ex Roman, but acknowledges that \u201cit is 100% a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonus Spoiler!: There\u2019s one upcoming guest star that Harthan \u201ccan\u2019t talk about because it\u2019s a lovely surprise in our midseason finale,\u201d he says. There\u2019s going to be a little bit of an \u2018Oh, what\u2019s happening here?\u2019 situation with him and Morgan that\u2019s going to disrupt things. We\u2019ve got some surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n

Return Date: Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 10\/9c (ABC) \u2014 A.S.<\/p>\n

\tLandman<\/p>\n

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As the recently released trailer revealed<\/a>, 1883 alum Sam Elliott will play father to Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s Tommy in Season 2. \u201cIf you think about the dynamic of that family, imagine what the dynamic with his father is,\u201d executive producer David Glasser says. \u201cWe\u2019re going to serve up exactly what you think.\u201d At MTex, \u201cTommy\u2019s got a new boss\u201d \u2014\u00a0in Monty\u2019s widow, Cami \u2014 \u201cand she\u2019s taken over something she never thought she\u2019d have to take over\u2026 She\u2019s going to get tested this season.\u201d (Wait until she finds out about Andy Garcia\u2019s south-of-the-border kingpin Gallino.) Meanwhile, Cooper continues to grow both his fledgling oil company (\u201cwe\u2019ll see his rise,\u201d Glasser teases) and his passionate-though-ill-timed relationship with grieving new mom Ariana (\u201cTaylor [Sheridan, series co-creator] really leans into it and gives them some incredible real estate to play with\u201d). On the homefront, dare we hope for more of Angela\u2019s elaborate, often contentious family dinners? Sheridan \u201cdoesn\u2019t leave anything on the table,\u201d Glasser says, smiling. \u201cNo pun intended.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: \u201cIf you loved Ainsley in Season 1, you\u2019re going to love her even more in Season 2,\u201d Glasser promises. \u201cWait until you see some of the situations that Taylor puts her in in Season 2. They are unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Sunday, Nov. 16 (Paramount+) \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

\tMatlock<\/p>\n

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Six months will have passed for viewers by the time Season 2 arrives, but it\u2019ll have been a mere instant for Matty, Olympia and Julian. \u201cYou find out very quickly what Olympia and Julian decided in the bank, and what that means for Matty,\u201d showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman tells TVLine. \u201cI will just tease that Matty is not the only person in control this year; the fact that Olympia, at times, has more information than Matty becomes significant.\u201d Worry not, even with that shift in dynamic, Matlock remains \u201cthe same show\u201d that earned it freshman hit status, Urman promises, \u201cin that Matty will continue to surprise us, and Olympia also will surprise us.\u201d Turning to family matters, Urman is mum on what Billy and baby momma Claudia decide, but does share that we\u2019ll meet Sarah\u2019s family to learn \u201cwhere she came from\u201d; the arrival of Alfie\u2019s possible father, Joey (Sons of Anarchy\u2018s Niko Nicotera), will \u201creframe\u201d the trauma Matty and Edwin went through with daughter Ellie\u2019s death; and Senior\u2019s \u201cleast-favorite ex-wife,\u201d Eva (Jane the Virgin\u2018s Justina Machado), could prove to be \u201can asset or a liability\u201d to someone.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Matty\u2019s \u201cDeep Throat\u201d source at Jacobson Moore, Mrs. Belvin, resurfaces in Episode 2 and \u201cis pretty integral\u201d to Season 2, Urman hints.
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Sunday, Oct. 12, at 8:30 pm (CBS, special night); Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9 pm (regular time slot premiere) \u2014\u00a0M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tMayor of Kingstown<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs you come into a Season 4, how do you take a show to the next level?\u201d asks executive producer David Glasser as he discusses Paramount+\u2019s gritty prison drama. \u201cWell, you need a nemesis. You need someone who\u2019s going to come in and go toe-to-toe\u201d with Mike McLusky (played by Jeremy Renner). Enter Nurse Jackie alum Edie Falco, who joins the series as Anchor Bay\u2019s tough new warden, Nina Hobbs. Though Mike has essentially run the prison for the past three seasons, now \u201cshe\u2019s the boss,\u201d Glasser explains. \u201cShe\u2019s making the decisions. She\u2019s calling the shots. It ain\u2019t Mike\u2019s world. It\u2019s her world, and we\u2019re going to watch this battle between the two of them.\u201d The power vacuum left in the Russians\u2019 wake will be palpable, he adds, and the gang war that comes out of it will test Mike\u2019s ability to hold the town together. New faces will include Younger\u2019s Laura Benanti, who plays neophyte correctional officer Cindy Stephens, and Fear the Walking Dead\u2019s Lennie James, who plays gangster Frank Moses \u2014\u00a0an outsider \u201cwho\u2019s going to be putting things together in a very specific way,\u201d Glasser says. \u201cThis is a season not like all the other seasons. It\u2019s energized. It\u2019s power-packed.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: \u201cMany people in this season think they have control,\u201d the EP tease. \u201cBy the end of the season, we\u2019re going to know who\u2019s in control.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Sunday, Oct. 26 (Paramount+) \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

\tThe Morning Show<\/p>\n

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Two years after the UBA-NBN merger that closed out Season 3, Alex Levy is running the show along with Stella and others at the newly formed UBN. At first, UBN\u2019s C-suite is a feminist paradise heavily influenced by board president Celine Dumont (played by Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose). But can it hold? Alex \u201cbelieves \u2014 and there\u2019s a good reason to believe \u2014 that she, Stella and Celine are all aligned in their goals,\u201d showrunner Charlotte Stoudt tells us. \u201cAnd on some level, they are. They all want UBN to succeed.\u201d\u00a0 However, \u201cThere are a lot of private, personal things going on that are very complicated that are going to erode that allyship in a way that Alex didn\u2019t expect,\u201d she adds. Meanwhile, Bradley \u2014 last seen turning herself in to the FBI \u2014 \u201chad a lot of time to think about what she did in Season 3,\u201d the EP previews, \u201cand she doesn\u2019t feel great about it.\u201d She\u2019s brought back into the journalistic fold by a tip about a controversial story, on which she winds up working with Alex\u2019s former producer, Chip. (How will Alex take that news, once she finds out? \u201cBadly,\u201d Stoudt says, laughing.) Elsewhere, ousted exec Cory is trying to make a movie and getting thwarted at every step. \u201cBut what\u2019s fun is to see Cory trying to climb the ladder again,\u201d the EP says. Prepare for some epic monologues.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: The trailer hints at several hook-ups (or potential ones) \u2014 including Alex and podcaster Brody (played by The Sandman\u2019s Boyd Holbrook), Cory and Bradley \u2014\u00a0but Stoudt says the new UBN CEO is the character who\u2019s got the steamiest season ahead. \u201cWe see a different side of Stella,\u201d the show boss teases.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Apple TV+) \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

\tMurder in a Small Town<\/p>\n

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Wondering how the idyllic town of Gibsons could possibly bring more murder and mayhem in\u00a0Murder in a Small Town\u00a0Season 2? Creator Ian Weir shares that it won\u2019t have to; Karl will take on an expanded investigative district this time around, creating the opportunity for \u201cserious crimes along a 150-mile stretch of the Sunshine Coast Highway.\u201d Though with that expansion comes additional stress for our police chief.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not that he can\u2019t handle the workload, but his staff is starting to wobble under the workload,\u201d Weir teases. And how will Karl\u2019s chaotic career affect his relationship with Cassandra?\u00a0As a newly elected member of city council, Cassandra is busier than ever but hopes to collaborate with Karl to help the police department run more efficiently. Mayor Christie Holman \u2014 whom Weird describes as \u201cMachiavellian\u201d \u2014 however, blocks their progress by pitting Cassandra against Karl in order to advance her own personal interests\/<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Weir says we\u2019re also going to \u201cgo into the personal lives of the core characters to a greater extent\u201d in Season 2. That means expect more of Sid, who has a particularly heartwarming and challenging story arc with his 15-year-old daughter.
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 8\/7c (Fox) \u2014 C.F.<\/p>\n

\tNCIS<\/p>\n

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\u201cNCIS on Fire\u201d \u2014 as Season 23 is dubbed \u2014 starts with Jimmy wheeling away Alden\u2019s murdered father and the rest of the team on scene surmising that Carla Marino did the misdeed. \u201cWe open with a lot of heat, a lot of action \u2014 and we\u2019re hoping to not let up,\u201d showrunner Steven D. Binder tells TVLine. Is the Kansas City mob queen, as hinted by the finale, also connected to the Lily mystery that haunts Alden? The answer is now\u2026 no. \u201cWe\u2019ve done a lot of thinking about this,\u201d Binder explains, \u201cand it felt like these should be separate stories.\u201d Speaking of Lily, the oddity within Eleanor Parker\u2019s death certificate will unfold \u201cquickly,\u201d Binder promises, with the larger mystery moving into the present and weaving in Alden\u2019s Navy admiral sister. Elsewhere in the big orange room, Binder says the writers finally \u201ccracked\u201d how to shake up the on-again, off-again Jimmy\/Jessica in an interesting way; Kasie will create something \u201cthat causes her a lot of trouble\u201d; and \u201cat some point we hope to expand the family of our characters in a way that will be shocking\u2026 and hopefully won\u2019t be Jump the Shark-ing.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!..?:\u00a0Will NCIS mark the 30th anniversary of its sire JAG\u2018s premiere? \u201cI\u2019d like to,\u201d says Binder. \u201cIt\u2019s funny you ask, because I was just at Don Bellisario\u2019s 90th birthday party and I did say something about that to him\u2026.\u201d
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 8\/7c (CBS) \u2014\u00a0M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tNCIS: Origins<\/p>\n

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Yes, Mariel Molino has been on set. No, showrunners David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal won\u2019t reveal to what end. \u201cYou will see the Lala character in some capacity,\u201d Monreal tells TVLine, \u201cbut whether she\u2019s in a flashback, alive, dead, a ghost\u2026 all of your questions will be answered in the premiere.\u201d Picking up two months after Lala violently flipped her Jeep, the Season 2 opener finds Gibbs and the NIS team dealing with \u201ca lot of different kinds of emotions,\u201d says Monreal. \u201cThey\u2019re still processing the accident and all that entails.\u201d Another finale thread to be picked up on involves Franks \u201cstruggling to reconnect\u201d with his brother Mason, whom viewers were led to believe died in Vietnam. While the above sounds all-so-very serious, know that \u201cthis season we\u2019re really trying to embrace the lighter side of things,\u201d says Monreal. For example, Randy will try to be his usual \u201cray of sunshine\u201d self while relegated to desk duty; Mary Jo and Wheeler \u201cintersect in a really interesting way that deepens their working relationship\u201d; and Vera will \u201ccross with a known character from the [NCIS] mothership.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: All told, Season 2 will introduce three younger versions of franchise characters \u201cthat the fans are going to be very, very excited about,\u201d North teases \u2014 Adam Campbell\u2019s Young Ducky<\/a>, included.
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 9\/8c (CBS) \u2014 M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tNCIS: Sydney<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how fast you run; your past will always catch up to you.\u201d Such is the theme for Season 3 of the NCIS franchise\u2019s first international offshoot. \u201cFor Mackey, that happens in a really big, robust way,\u201d says showrunner Morgan O\u2019Neill, as the onetime Marine\u2019s infamous court-martial is revisited. You also have Blue and the mystery woman she discovered in her flat in the finale. \u201cAspira (Five Bedrooms\u2018 Doris Younane) is an intruder into Blue\u2019s world,\u201d affirms O\u2019Neill, \u201cand early on, we work out just how much of an intruder she is. It will shock some people where we go.\u201d On the lighter front, JD \u201covercompensates for his newly single status\u201d in a way that Mackey seemingly supports; the case of a disappeared fighter pilot leads the team to Australia\u2019s version of Area 51, where \u201ceverything you can imagine about the Outback comes smashing into NCIS: Sydney in one fell swoop\u201d; and a new character challenges the Evie\/DeShawn dynamic \u201con a number of levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0The situation with Doc\u2019s long-ailing wife \u201cresolves itself,\u201d says O\u2019Neill, leading to a \u201cpretty profound\u201d Episode 6.
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RETURN DATE:\u00a0Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 10\/9c (CBS) \u2014\u00a0M.W.M.<\/p>\n

\tThe Neighborhood<\/p>\n

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When the final season begins, Malcolm is living in Venice but making frequent trips to Pasadena. \u201cOne of the most brilliant things we did in that aborted spinoff<\/a> was give him a house full of problems \u2014 including a non-working washing machine \u2014 so you\u2019ll see him with a laundry basket at his mom\u2019s house a lot this year,\u201d co-showrunner Bill Martin tells TVLine. And with Malcolm no longer living with his younger brother, \u201cthat leaves an opening for Courtney to move in with Marty,\u201d adds fellow co-showrunner Mike Schiff. Once Daphne\u2019s mother is living next door, \u201cTina doesn\u2019t feel as comfortable as she used to just popping in, so it\u2019s definitely a change for [her and Calvin].\u201d With their sons fully grown and branching out on their own, the question for the Butlers becomes: \u201cWhat do we fill our time with now?\u201d Gemma will face a similar \u201ccrisis point\u201d now that Grover has graduated from Walcott Academy. Suddenly, the principal is asking herself, \u201cWhy am I really doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: It\u2019s probably a bad time for Gemma to be second-guessing her career \u2014 what with Dave inadvertently training A.I. to replace him at the V.A. \u201cJohn [Ross Bowie, who recurs as Dave\u2019s boss Gregory] is back for one last episode,\u201d Schiff reveals, \u201cand boy, is he funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Monday, Oct. 13, at 8\/7c (CBS) \u2014 R.S.<\/p>\n

\tNobody Wants This<\/p>\n

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In the Season 1 finale, Noah chose to be with Joanne, even if that meant forfeiting his dream job as head rabbi. The new season picks up three weeks later, and the fallout from that decision is \u201cimmediate,\u201d series creator Erin Foster tells TVLine \u2014 leading to the introduction of a rival: \u201cBig Noah,\u201d a fellow rabbi played by Girls\u2019 Alex Karpovsky. \u201cThey\u2019ve known each other for quite some time \u2014 from summer camp, which is where \u2018Big Noah\u2019 claims to have gotten his nickname,\u201d adds co-showrunner (and fellow Girls vet) Jenni Konner. \u201cAnd I would say they are both\u2026 polite. There\u2019s a polite competition.\u201d Season 2 also introduces Succession\u2019s Arian Moayed as Morgan\u2019s new love interest, Dr. Andy. \u201cIt\u2019s a complicated relationship, and there are a lot of red flags that Morgan really doesn\u2019t want people to pay attention to,\u201d Foster says, before Konner jumps in: \u201cAnd her timeline versus Joanne\u2019s timeline. It\u2019s important for people to notice that [her relationship is] potentially [moving] faster than Joanne\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: Finding out about Sasha\u2019s friendship with Morgan \u201creally changes who Esther is this entire season,\u201d Foster reveals. \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018I was in this marriage where I thought I could be abusive and shi\u2013y and belittling to my husband. He wasn\u2019t going anywhere, but he caught a little bit of feelings for someone.’\u201d That moment, Foster says, forces Esther to reevaluate her behavior: \u201cShe realizes she doesn\u2019t really like how she\u2019s been acting. She wakes up and goes, \u2018OK, how did we get here?’\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23 (Netflix) \u2014 R.S.<\/p>\n

\tPower Book IV: Force<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a big believer in ending seasons and ending episodes with a question that we answer in the following episodes,\u201d Power Book IV: Force executive producer Gary Lennon says at the top of our conversation about the Starz series\u2019 upcoming third and final season. So, did Tommy\u2019s lady, Mireya, survive the events of the finale<\/a>?! \u201cWe get right to it right away\u2026 and you get to see a very interesting resolution to that dilemma,\u201d Lennon promises. (Is the exclusive photo above a major hint? Or just Tommy\u2019s dream? Debate it in the comments!) You\u2019ll recall that CBI took over the Serbs\u2019 role in the Chicago drug game; that power move comes with a fairly steep learning curve, Lennon previews. Tommy and Diamond are \u201cmoving in that direction to ascension, but they\u2019ll be stumbling out of the blocks\u2026 There\u2019ll be something that brings [Tommy] to his knees.\u201d Also not in a good place is Vic, the only remaining Flynn, a snitch who\u2019s now owned by both Egan and the Feds. \u201cThere are many ways to evade what he thinks is his destiny, right?\u201d Lennon asks cryptically. \u201cHe could take his own life. He can be killed. He could get away with it\u2026 There are many options, and I think you all as audience members will be very surprised with the option that we choose in order to tell his story.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: \u201cEpisode 5 is really delicious, brutal and fantastic, and delivers on every cylinder,\u201d Lennon teases, and \u201cthe penultimate episode is a heartbreaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Friday, Nov. 7, at 8\/7c; episodes are available at midnight ET on the Starz app, streaming and on-demand platforms \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

\tShifting Gears<\/p>\n

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When Season 2 begins, Riley is officially divorced from Jimmy \u2014 and setting her sights on a new relationship. \u201cShe is going to make an attempt to give it a shot with Gabe,\u201d showrunner Michelle Nader tells TVLine. Of course, nothing\u2019s ever that easy: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of will they\/won\u2019t they this season.\u201d Eventually, Riley\u2019s brother Sam \u2014 whom Nader calls a \u201clinchpin\u201d in the Riley\/Gabe relationship \u2014 will be introduced. \u201cHe\u2019s best friends with Gabe, and he\u2019s going to see that there\u2019s something going on there.\u201d Riley will also venture out and explore a new career \u2014 and it\u2019s a choice that draws \u201creally strong\u201d opinions from Matt in Episode 3. While Nader is hesitant to reveal Riley\u2019s career path, she will say this much: \u201cIt\u2019s something that will involve what she loves the most and keep her near the garage. When you see what it is, you\u2019ll be, like, \u2018Oh yeah, that makes sense.’\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: In the premiere, we\u2019ll quickly discover that Eve (recurring guest star Jenna Elfman) has been on tour all summer \u2014 and she and Matt have had no communication since their kiss<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun reentry into their volatile, sexy, antagonistic relationship,\u201d Nader says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to lead to something this season that I think is going to be very fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8\/7c (ABC) \u2014 R.S.<\/p>\n

\tSlow Horses<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe great thing about these episodic television things, particularly when you run endless numbers of seasons, is you can slowly peel things back,\u201d says Saul Metzstein, who directed Slow Horses\u2019 upcoming fifth go-around. To that end, Season 5 will reveal a bit about why Jackson Lamb (played by Gary Oldman) is the way he is \u2014 \u201cnot to the point that he loses his superpowers, by any means, but just to the point that it gets a bit richer,\u201d Metzstein reassures us. \u00a0The rest of Slough House are, of course, still traumatized by the events of the Season 4 finale, which included Marcus\u2019 death. But that won\u2019t stop them from some serious disbelief when tech whiz Roddy Ho announces he\u2019s got a hot new girlfriend. \u201cThe lovely thing is, the reaction they all have is that they know this cannot be right,\u201d Metzstein says, laughing. \u201cThey\u2019re not happy for him or anything.\u201d About the woman in question: \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever watched a spy program at some point, something is going to happen so that Ho\u2019s girlfriend is not what she seems, and Ho\u2019s relationship is not what it seems.\u201d And if you were worried that River\u2019s decision to put his grandfather in an assisted-living facility would take Jonathan Pryce\u2019s character out of play, fear not. \u201cDavid Cartwright plays quite a significant part\u201d in the episodes to come, Metzstein promises.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: How about two tantalizing tidbits? Ted Lasso\u2019s Nick Mohammed plays a character who is \u201cnot maybe the greatest, loveliest, most honest, decent, upstanding politician to ever have been in England \u2014\u00a0although not the worst, either,\u201d Metzstein says. \u00a0And some upcoming interactions between Ho and Taverner are \u201camong the best scenes we\u2019ve ever shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 24; two-episode premiere (Apple TV+) \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s kick off this Season 2 sneak peek with amazing news for Alex, who often sacrifices her home life in service of the hospital. \u201cShe\u2019s certainly not struggling at the same level in the same ways that she was in Season 1,\u201d series co-creator\/showrunner Eric Ledgin says, noting that the RN has acclimated to her middle-management role. \u201cSo we won\u2019t see as much of Allison [Tolman] feeling like her character has the world on her shoulders.\u201d Elsewhere in the hospital, Joyce \u201cgets her hands on a donation, and this is definitely Joyce\u2019s be-careful-what-you-wish-for season,\u201d he previews. \u201cWhat happens when you start to get the ability to make your dream come true?\u2026 It immediately starts to crush you.\u201d The hospital staffers will head to a medical conference in the middle of the season (keep your eyes on Ron and Bruce, in particular, during that episode). And we can\u2019t forget about Matt and Serena, the latter of which became aware of the former\u2019s feelings for her in the Season 1 finale. \u201cWithout going into too many details, I can promise that we do follow up on that,\u201d Ledgin says, \u201cand I am personally really enjoying what that has done to the dynamic and the stories we\u2019re telling with them in Season 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILERS!: Reality star Ariana Madix, whose casting was announced in August<\/a>, will play a surgeon; Ledgin teases that Madix and her character \u201cfits right into the show in a way that feels very natural. Her scenes that we\u2019ve shot so far in her episode are\u2026 maybe my favorite of the season, so far.\u201d So there\u2019s a chance she might come back? \u201cYeah, I certainly think there is,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Monday, Nov. 3, at 8\/7c; two-episode premiere (NBC) \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n

\tStranger Things<\/p>\n

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As R.E.M. would have put it in 1987, the year in which the Netflix smash\u2019s fifth and final season is set, it\u2019s the end of the world as we know it. The seemingly omnipotent Vecna, aka One, aka Henry Creel, has opened the fourth gate and begun the process of turning loose the Upside Down on Hawkins, Ind., and beyond. But, to paraphrase the oldie\u2019s lyrics, we still feel fine. Why on hell on Earth is that, you ask? Even before the Season 4 finale, co-creators the Duffer Brothers promised TVLine that the ending of the beloved sci-fi\/horror\/comedy\/drama \u201cis pretty well mapped out<\/a>\u201d \u2014 and aside from writing off adorkable Argyle, they haven\u2019t let us down yet. On top of that, producer Shawn Levy has acknowledged the need to go big, period; going home is not an option. \u201cThere\u2019s no way to be contiguous with Season 4 and not, frankly, expand scale and depth<\/a>,\u201d he said in an interview with Total Film. At the same time, the series will be \u201ccoming full circle<\/a>,\u201d Matt Duffer hinted to the Happy Sad Confused podcast, adding that the plan was to \u201cgo back to a lot of the things we did in Season 1\u2026 original groupings and pairings.\u201d Careening into the future while paying homage to the past? Count us in.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!:\u00a0Sadie Sink\u2019s Max may be down, but she also isn\u2019t altogether out. She\u2019s \u201cnot really alive in the sense that you and I think of alive,\u201d Ross Duffer told Deadline<\/a>. In other words, she\u2019s not really dead in the sense that we think of dead, either.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE:\u00a0Volume 1 of Season 5 drops Wednesday, Nov. 26, with Volume 2 following on Thursday, Dec. 25, and Volume 3 available on Wednesday, Dec. 31 (Netflix)\u00a0\u2014 C.M.<\/p>\n

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The two-part Season 3 opener<\/a> won\u2019t focus on Mary or Otto \u2014 the mysterious lineman who pushed Ashton Shaw to his death \u2014 but the first episode will shed new light on what Otto told Colter once the Season 2 finale cut to black. \u201cHe\u2019s still sifting through the results of that meeting, and some of the questions he has about his father, when Russell (recurring guest star Jensen Ackles) arrives to pull him out of his funk,\u201d showrunner Elwood Reid tells TVLine. \u201cThey talk through what happened, and it\u2019s an interesting scene, because you get to hear the two brothers talk about the different ways they feel about [the night their father died] and what they still carry with them. And then, of course, a case jumps off, and that conversation about their family continues through the rest of the episode in an exciting way.\u201d Ultimately, there will be two big questions the show needs to answer this year: \u201cWhat was the father involved in \u2014 we\u2019re going to answer that \u2014 and how much do you blame your mother for her actions?\u201d<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: \u201cWe\u2019re going to see the Night Movers [again], which was an element from last season \u2014 this group that helps disappear people,\u201d Reid reveals. Brent Sexton will also be back as ex-cop Keaton, who helped Colter solve the Gina Picket case in Season 2.<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Sunday, Oct. 19, at 8\/7c (CBS) \u2014 R.S.<\/p>\n

\tTulsa King<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s a little federal detention when you\u2019re Dwight \u201cThe General\u201d Manfredi? Despite Sylvester Stallone\u2019s character\u2019s getting ripped from his bed at the end of Season 2, \u201cHe\u2019s at the top of his game right now. He has money. He has a life. He has everything.\u201d And that bit in the trailer where Kevin Pollak\u2019s Agent Musso informs Dwight \u201cI own you\u201d? \u201cA phenomenal twist in the never-ending saga,\u201d executive producer David Glasser says with a laugh. \u201cTrouble always finds Dwight!\u201d Make that troubles, plural, including the \u201cTyrant of Tulsa\u201d Jeremiah Dunmire, played by 1923\u2019s Robert Patrick. \u201cDunmire is somebody who, much like Dwight, is an earner, is scary and believes that, with power and muscle, you win,\u201d the EP says. \u201cThat, for Dwight, could be kryptonite.\u201d (He also teased a run-in with someone in Dunmire\u2019s family and one of Dwight\u2019s crew.) Season 4 also will see the much-heralded introduction of Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) as Russell Lee Washington Jr., a denizen of the criminal underworld who\u2019ll eventually lead his own series, NOLA King. \u201cHe and Dwight just chewing it up\u2026 is awesome,\u201d Glasser adds.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: Though Glasser speaks freely about members of Dwight\u2019s crew like Grace (\u201cyou\u2019ll see Grace mature in the show and become a real, stable part of the crew\u201d) and Bigfoot (look for more of his \u201ccaring, gentle side\u201d this season), he stays mum when we inquire about the beleaguered Armand: \u201cYou\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d Make of that what you will!<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Sunday, Sept. 21 (Paramount+) \u2014\u00a0K.R.<\/p>\n

\tThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon<\/p>\n

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Fans who tune in for Season 3 of the franchise\u2019s fifth spinoff may feel, at least initially, as out of their element as Daryl and Carol will. \u201cIt\u2019s like we get to do a whole other version of the series,\u201d creator David Zabel tells TVLine. With our heroes having said au revoir to France in Season 2, \u201cSpain is a completely alien environment \u2014 new geography, architecture, culture, history \u2014 and the characters we meet are very vibrant and different from what we had in France. We really lean into that to make the show feel new.\u201d Even Melissa McBride\u2019s iconic counterpart is ready to wipe the slate clean. \u201cShe was a real trauma hoarder,\u201d the EP says. \u201cBut there is a burden that\u2019s been lifted off of her shoulders and an openness to life\u201d that points her in newcomer Antonio\u2019s direction. \u201cThat relationship develops and grows.\u201d We also have to look forward to a star turn by the estimable Stephen Merchant (The Office\u2019s Emmy-winning co-creator). \u201cWe were sitting there, pie-in-the-sky thinking our dream casting for the role of Julian would be him,\u201d Zabel admits. \u201cBut because I\u2019m not always the most positive person, I said, \u2018There\u2019s no way we\u2019ll get him.\u2019\u201d And yet, they did. (Spoiler alert: He\u2019s terrific.)<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILER!: If you were a bit miffed that Daryl and Carol didn\u2019t bother to chase after Codron once he ran off in the bat-guano-filled Chunnel, you might be marginally mollified to know that Zabel promises, \u201cThat story is not entirely over.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Sunday, Sept. 7, at 9\/8c (AMC) \u2014 C.M.<\/p>\n

\tWatson<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s acknowledge the sharply deductive elephant in the room, shall we? Despite its original plan to keep Sherlock Holmes physically out of John Watson\u2019s story, in Season 2 the CBS drama will introduce the legendary detective (played by Once Upon a Time\u2019s Robert Carlyle). \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a really cool, unique dynamic that honors the canon, but it\u2019s not quite something that anybody\u2019s seen before,\u201d series creator Craig Sweeny tells us. Holmes \u201chas come back with a new dynamic to their relationship, and it\u2019s a challenge to Watson,\u201d he explains. \u201cAnd Robert plays that really, really well.\u201d Holmes\u2019 presence will force Watson to confront a secret about his past that the official synopsis notes is \u201chidden within his own body,\u201d which made us think that Moriarty\u2019s medical messing-around last season might still be afoot. Sweeny says that\u2019s not the case, cagily adding: \u201cSeason 2 is the story of Watson\u2026 learning to be a patient.\u201d As for Watson\u2019s team: Adam finds out he\u2019s going to be a father, Ingrid will eventually make her way back to the clinic, and Sasha and Stephens are still going strong. \u201cThey have a surprisingly vigorous and healthy sex life, which we explore,\u201d Sweeny notes, chuckling.<\/p>\n

BONUS SPOILERS!: Shinwell is a nursing student when the season premiere picks up roughly six months after the event of the finale. \u201cThe fact that he\u2019s doing that, and he\u2019s doing his rounds around the hospital, it lets us work him into the stories in a slightly different way,\u201d Sweeny says. On a related note: \u201cIf you were wondering what Shinwell in love looks like, you might see that in Season 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETURN DATE: Monday, Oct. 13, at 10\/9c \u2014 K.R.<\/p>\n