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FALL ENTERTAINMENT PREVIEW
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‘Poppa’s House’(Oct. 21
on CBS): Starring Damon
Don Cheadle as the police
detective assigned to the
case.
Wayans and Damon
Wayans Jr. as father and
son, the idea for the sitcom
came about when a house
across the street from
Wayans Jr. became available and Wayans Sr. considered buying it.
‘Slow Horses’(Sept. 4 on
Apple TV+): The Brit-
ish spy series returns for
Season 4 with an adaptation of Mick Herron’s
“Spook Street,” which
centers on Jonathan
Pryce’s recurring character.
‘Before’(Oct. 25 on Apple
TV+): Billy Crystal stars in
this 10-episode psychological thriller as a widower
and child psychiatrist treating a young patient who has
a haunting connection to
his past. It’s a rare dramatic
role for Crystal.
‘How to Die Alone’(Sept. 13
on Hulu): Natasha Rothwell
stars in this comedy as a
millennial stuck in a miserable existence. A brush
with death prompts her to
start taking chances.
‘The Marlow Murder Club’
(Oct. 27 on PBS Masterpiece): The TV adaptation
‘Three Women’(Sept. 13
on Starz): The drama
centers on the lives of three
women, including a suburban housewife who begins
an extramarital affair, an
entrepreneur navigating an open marriage, and
a student who accuses a
teacher of an inappropriate
relationship.
of “The Marlow Murder
Club” book series follows a
retired archaeologist who
teams up with a dog walker
and a vicar’s wife. Together
they become an amateur
trio of sleuths in England.
Kathy Bates stars as the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock in the new drama series“Matlock.” BROOKE PALMER/CBS
‘Moonflower Murders’
(Sept. 15 on PBS Masterpiece): A former book
editor living in Greece and
running a hotel (played by
Lesley Manville) is drawn
back into her old literary
world when she is asked to
figure out whether a novel
about a murder is fact or
fiction. The series is based
on the book by Anthony
Horowitz.
Aldis Hodge stars as Alex Cross in“Cross.” AMAZON
‘Agatha All Along’(Sept. 18
on Disney+): Kath-
ryn Hahn and her character’s long-gestating,
witch-focused spinoff of
“WandaVision” are finally
here. The teaser suggests
the Marvel show will be
entirely different in tone
and interests than its
predecessor.
‘The Penguin’(Sept. 19 on
HBO): This eight-episode
series from DC Studios
puts Batman nemesis the
Penguin front and center,
played by Colin Farrell
under layers of prosthetics. The premise is very
Batman-saga-meets-theItalian mob.
‘Frasier’(Sept. 19 on Paramount+): Frasier Crane
is back in the reboot’s
Season 2, which is loading
up on guest stars from the
original — including Dan
Butler as Bob “Bulldog”
Briscoe, Edward Hibbert as
Gil Chesterton and Harriet
Sansom Harris as Frasier’s agent, Bebe Glazer
— with Frasier returning to his radio station in
Seattle for an episode. Peri
Gilpin, who played Roz,
also appears as a recurring
character.
‘A Very Royal Scandal’
(Sept. 19 on Amazon):
In 2019, Britain’s Prince
Andrew gave a nowinfamous TV interview
about his involvement with
Jeffrey Epstein, which
ultimately led to him
withdrawing from official
royal duties. The backstory
of how that interview came
about has already been
adapted for the screen by
Netflix with a movie-length
treatment. Amazon’s
upcoming version is spread
out over three episodes and
stars Michael Sheen and
Ruth Wilson.
‘Matlock’(Sept. 22
on CBS): The original
“Matlock” was an Atlantaset legal drama starring
Andy Griffith. This version
has an actor just as beloved
at its center — Kathy
Bates — but the premise
is slightly different. She
plays Madeline Matlock,
a folksy defense attorney
who can’t retire just yet, so
she seeks out an entry-level
job at a slick corporate firm
in New York. But the real
story — her real motivation for working there — is
more complicated. That
part makes up the ongoing storyline, while each
week there’s a new client to
defend.
‘Midnight Family’(Sept. 24
on Apple TV+ ): The
Spanish-language series
follows a med student in
Mexico City who moonlights as part of her family’s
privately owned ambulance service. It’s adapted
from the 2019 documentary of the same title.
‘The Last Days of the Space
Age’(Oct. 2 on Hulu): Star-
ring Jesse Spencer, this
eight-part dramedy is set
in Perth, Australia. The
year is 1979: Power work-
ers are on strike, the city is
hosting the Miss Universe
pageant and the U.S. space
station, Skylab, is about to
crash nearby. According
to the show’s description:
“Against this backdrop of
international cultural and
political shifts, three families in a tight-knit coastal
community find their
marriages, friendships and
futures put to the test.”
‘Disclaimer’(Oct. 11 on
Apple TV+): Cate Blanch-
ett stars in this limited
series from Alfonso Cuarón
playing a powerful and
celebrated journalist
whose personal secrets are
revealed in a novel by an
unknown author played by
Kevin Kline, who is looking
to humiliate the woman he
believes is responsible for
his own pains and losses.
‘Ghosts’(Oct. 17 on CBS):
Now in its third season, this
sitcom about the misadventures of ghosts trapped
in a manor house and their
human companions is one
of the funniest shows on
TV right now.
‘St. Denis Medical’(Nov. 12
on NBC): We haven’t had
a hospital comedy on
network TV since “Scrubs.”
This one is a mockumentary from Justin Spitzer
(“Superstore”), but another
clear inspiration is “The
Office.” Among the cast are
comedic ringers including
David Alan Grier, Kaliko
Kauahi, Wendi McLendonCovey and Allison Tolman.
‘Cross’(Nov. 14 on
Amazon): Aldis Hodge
stars in this TV adaptation of the Alex Cross book
series as a detective and
forensic psychologist who
digs into the psyches of
killers and their victims
in order to identify — and
ultimately capture — the
culprits.
‘Landman’(Nov. 17 on
Paramount+): Starring
Billy Bob Thornton, the
series is set amid the oil
boomtowns of Texas and
is based on the podcast
“Boomtown,” offering an
“upstairs-downstairs story
of roughnecks and wildcat
billionaires fueling a boom
so big, it’s reshaping our
climate, our economy and
our geopolitics.”
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