The 9 Most Anticipated New TV Series of the Fall Season

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Now that the annual fall television upfronts have — mercifully, finally — come to an end, small screen fans can sit back and actually consider the many new series coming for their eyeballs in the colder months. As has become more common with each passing year, the big four networks are slowly becoming eclipsed (certainly in the creative realm) by other outlets, like The CW, AMC, and HBO. Suddenly, everyone has a lot to offer, and some of it even looks good.

Gone are the days of a fat fall preview issue of TV Guide filled with half-hour comedies and hour-long procedurals from the usual suspects to page through (this was the fall TV preview guide experience of my youth, and I still have fond memories of turning down corners to mark off shows I wanted to watch), and while that might not mean we’re exactly in a New Golden Age of Television (still up for debate), there’s lots of stuff to anticipate in the coming months. Here are the nine new television series we’re most looking forward to this fall.

Supergirl (CBS)

Uh, finally? Television has been lacking a superheroine-centric new series for years now, and as The CW pioneers a whole new frontier of small screen comic book offerings, that void has grown ever more obvious. Eager to get in on that action, CBS is bringing us a brand new Supergirl this fall, starring Whiplash co-star Melissa Benoist as Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, as she lands on Earth and adopts the same doofy human/cool superhero dichotomy that appears to run through the entire family lineage. It looks kind of adorable.

Humans (AMC)

AMC goes sci-fi with a new spin on a popular Swedish series. The A.I.-centric series proposes an alternate present (not future), where robots are commonplace and normal and are being used for all kinds of tasks (mostly professional), and what happens when human start bonding with them in new ways. Will things get dangerous? We think so.

Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)

The CW has quite handily proven its ability to translate DC’s comic book characters to the small screen, thanks to Smallville, The Flash, and Arrow, and now they’re adding to their stable with Legends of Tomorrow. The new spin-off looks to be their most ambitious yet, combining the powers of The Flash and Arrow with a brand-new team of B and C level superheroes. It also looks like it’s holding fast to the network’s successful combo of humor and heart (and special effects that make the TV screen pop).

Samantha Bee’s New Late-Night Series (TBS)

The show doesn’t have a title, we’re not sure of the format, and we don’t even know how long this thing will be, but Samantha Bee is there, and she is female as fuck, so we’re sold.

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