2020 Fall TV Premiere Dates: ‘Supernatural’ series finale, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7,’ ‘The Amazing Race’ and more
With the future of movie theaters still up in the air (are we all really going to flock to the megaplex to see Tenet in the middle of a pandemic?) there’s never been a better time to curl up and binge an exciting new show or look forward to the new season of a favorite.
The last six months has given us tons of TV content to consume and even as film and television productions are slowly starting to perk back up, the realm of network, cable and streaming possibilities are still coming at us fast and furious. For the next four months (schedule changes permitting) we’ll be getting the series finale of The CW’s Supernatural, which will finally be closing the cases of the Winchester brothers after 15 seasons.
Sarah Paulson in Ratched (Saeed Adyani/Netflix)
After a long delay due to obvious coronavirus restrictions, the globe-trotting and Emmy-winning The Amazing Race will return in October. The delay kept the 32nd season of the show out of this year’s Emmy race for the first time ever. Morning game shows will make way for nighttime versions like Press Your Luck, Family Feud and the reboot of Singled Out.
Get ready for some highly anticipated limited series’ like The Comey Rule (Showtime), a two-night event with Jeff Daniels as James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Trump in the adaptation of the best-selling book. Nicole Kidman returns to HBO in the family thriller The Undoing with Hugh Grant and Small Axe, from Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) hits Amazon Prime Video after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Netflix will drop the Nurse Ratched origin story Ratched, starring Emmy winner Sarah Paulson, on September 18 and you can catch Paulson before that on HBO’s quarantine movie Coastal Elites on September 12, with Issa Rae, Dan Levy and Bette Midler.
And it’s not all about TV either; streamers like Disney+ and Netflix were born ready for this and will bring us the live action Mulan (Disney+, September 4), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix, October 16) and David Byrne’s American Utopia (HBO, October 16). Expect many more titles in November and December (like Mank on Netflix) announced in the coming weeks.
Here’s what the 2020 Fall TV season looks like right now:
SEPTEMBER 1
SERIES PREMIERE: Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix)
SPECIAL INTERACTIVE: The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! (Netflix)
SPECIAL: Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions (Netflix)
MOVIE: La Partita (The Match) (Netflix)
MOVIE: Impractical Jokers: The Movie (HBO Max)
SERIES PREMIERE: McDonald & Dodds (BritBox)
SEASON PREMIERE: Supernanny (Lifetime)
SEASON PREMIERE: Teen Mom 2 (MTV)
SERIES PREMIERE: Transplant (NBC)
SERIES PREMIERE: 16 and Recovering (MTV)
SEPTEMBER 2
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Bad Boys Billionaires: India (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: Chef’s Table: BBQ (Netflix)
MOVIE: Freaks — You’re One of Us (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: Ghosted: Love Gone Missing (MTV)
SERIES PREMIERE: Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living (BET)
SEASON PREMIERE: Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (BET)
SEPTEMBER 3
SEASON PREMIERE: A.P. Bio (Peacock)
SEASON PREMIERE: Buried in the Backyard (Oxygen)
MOVIE: Love, Guaranteed (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Raised by Wolves(HBO Max)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Sounds (Acorn TV)
SEASON PREMIERE: We Got This (Sundance Now)
SERIES PREMIERE: Young Wallander (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 4
MOVIE: Anthony (Peacock)
SERIES PREMIERE: Away (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Boys (Amazon Prime Video)
SERIES PREMIERE: Earth to Ned (Disney+)
MOVIE: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix)
MOVIE: Mulan (Disney+)
SERIES PREMIERE: Noughts + Crosses (Peacock)
SEPTEMBER 5
SEASON PREMIERE: Black Love (OWN)
SPECIAL: Planet Earth: A Celebration (BBC America)
SEPTEMBER 6
SEASON PREMIERE: Undercover (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
SEASON PREMIERE: Uncensored (TV One)
SEPTEMBER 7
SEASON PREMIERE: American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Life Below Zero (Nat Geo)
SERIES PREMIERE: Life Below Zero: Next Generation (Nat Geo)
SERIES PREMIERE: Madagascar: A Little Wild (Hulu)
DOCUMENTARY: My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Record of Youth (Netflix)
REBOOT PREMIERE: Singled Out (Quibi)
SEPTEMBER 8
DOCUMENTARY: Biography: I Want My MTV (A&E)
SEASON PREMIERE: StarBeam (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 9
SEASON PREMIERE: Brother vs. Brother (HGTV)
MOVIE: Corazon loco (So Much Love to Give), (Netflix)
DOCUMENTARY: Cuties (Mignonnes), (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Get Organized with the Home Edit (Netflix)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: La Línea: Shadow of Narco (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: L.A.’s Finest (Spectrum)
DOCUMENTARY: NOVA: Human Nature (PBS)
MOVIE: The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Woke (Hulu)
SEPTEMBER 10
MOVIE: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (Netflix)
SPECIAL: Bin Laden’s Hard Drive (Nat Geo)
DOCUMENTARY: Black Boys (Peacock)
SEASON PREMIERE: Dr. Pimple Popper: Before the Pop (TLC)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Gift (Atiye) (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Idhun Chronicles (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: My Feet Are Killing Me: First Steps (TLC)
DOCUMENTARY: The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (Peacock)
SERIES PREMIERE: Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life! (WE tv)
MOVIE: Unpregnant (HBO Max)
SEPTEMBER 11
SERIES PREMIERE: The Duchess (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Family Business (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: Selling the Big Easy (HGTV)
SEPTEMBER 12
SERIES PREMIERE: Animal Babies (BBC America)
MOVIE: Coastal Elites (HBO)
SERIES PREMIERE: Help! I Wrecked My House (HGTV)
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Secret State (Ovation)
SEASON PREMIERE: 48 Hours (CBS)
SEPTEMBER 13
SERIES PREMIERE: Malory Towers (BYUtv)
SEASON PREMIERE: Our Cartoon President (Showtime)
SEASON PREMIERE: Tigtone (Adult Swim)
SERIES PREMIERE: Masterpiece: Van der Valk (PBS)
SEPTEMBER 14
SEASON PREMIERE: Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Enslaved (EPIX)
MINISERIES PREMIERE: The Third Day (HBO)
SERIES PREMIERE: We Are Who We Are (HBO)
SERIES PREMIERE: Wireless (Quibi)
SEPTEMBER 15
SERIES PREMIERE: Don’t Forget the Driver (BritBox)
SEASON PREMIERE: Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)
SEASON PREMIERE: Windy City Rehab (HGTV)
SEPTEMBER 16
AWARDS SHOW: Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS)
SEASON PREMIERE :Archer (FXX)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Islands of Wonder (PBS)
SERIES PREMIERE: Sing On! (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 17
SERIES PREMIERE: Departure (Peacock)
SPECIAL: Mo Willems and The Storytime All-Stars Present: Don’t Let The Pigeon Do Storytime! (HBO Max)
SERIES PREMIERE: Dragon’s Dogma (Netflix)
SEPTEMBER 18
SERIES PREMIERE: American Barbecue Showdown (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Becoming (Disney+)
SERIES PREMIERE: Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (Netflix)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Long Way Up (Apple TV+)
SEASON PREMIERE: Pen15 (Hulu)
SERIES PREMIERE: Ratched (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: WILMORE (Peacock)
SEPTEMBER 20
AWARDS SHOW: 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Dwight in Shining Armor (BYUtv)
SEASON PREMIERE: Last Tango in Halifax (PBS)
SEASON PREMIERE: 60 Minutes (CBS)
SEPTEMBER 21
SEASON PREMIERE: Bang (Acorn TV)
SERIES PREMIERE: Filthy Rich (FOX)
SERIES PREMIERE: Murder Unboxed (Quibi)
SEPTEMBER 22
SEASON PREMIERE: All-Around Champion (BYUtv)
REBOOT PREMIERE: The Weakest Link (NBC)
SEPTEMBER 23
DOCUMENTARY: Agents of Chaos (HBO)
SERIES PREMIERE: I Can See Your Voice (FOX)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Masked Singer (FOX)
SEPTEMBER 24
SEASON PREMIERE: Bridezillas (WE tv)
SEASON PREMIERE: Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Chef Show (Netflix)
SEASON PREMIERE: Press Your Luck (ABC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Match Game (ABC)
SEPTEMBER 25
SERIES PREMIERE: The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)
SEASON PREMIERE: Dateline NBC (NBC)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS)
SERIES PREMIERE: Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Disney+)
SERIES PREMIERE: Sneakerheads (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: Tehran (Apple TV+)
SERIES PREMIERE: Utopia (Amazon Prime Video)
SERIES PREMIERE: A Wilderness of Error (FX)
SEPTEMBER 27
SEASON PREMIERE: Bless the Harts (FOX)
SEASON PREMIERE: Bob’s Burgers (FOX)
MINISERIES PREMIERE: The Comey Rule (Showtime)
SEASON PREMIERE: Family Guy (FOX)
SEASON PREMIERE: Fargo (FX)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Simpsons (FOX)
SEPTEMBER 28
SERIES PREMIERE: Benedict Men (Quibi)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Expecting (Quibi)
SEPTEMBER 29
SEASON PREMIERE: Little People, Big World (TLC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Sweet Home Sextuplets (TLC)
OCTOBER 1
SERIES PREMIERE: Connecting (NBC)
SERIES PREMIERE: Gangs of London (AMC+)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Salisbury Poisonings (AMC+)
OCTOBER 2
SERIES PREMIERE: Monsterland (Hulu)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Tiny World (Apple TV+)
SEASON PREMIERE: Undercover Boss (CBS)
SEASON PREMIERE: Warrior (HBO)
OCTOBER 4
SEASON PREMIERE: Britannia (EPIX)
SEASON PREMIERE: Cobra (PBS)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: The Comedy Store (Showtime)
SERIES PREMIERE: Masterpiece: Flesh and Blood (PBS)
MINISERIES PREMIERE: The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)
SEASON PREMIERE: Pandora (The CW)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC)
OCTOBER 5
SERIES PREMIERE: Gloop World (Quibi)
SERIES PREMIERE: Natural Born Narco (Quibi)
SERIES PREMIERE: Soulmates (AMC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Studio C (BYUtv)
OCTOBER 6
SEASON PREMIERE: Don’t Be Tardy (Bravo)
SEASON PREMIERE: Ellen’s Game of Games
SERIES PREMIERE: neXt (FOX)
OCTOBER 7
MOVIE: Books of Blood (Hulu)
SERIES PREMIERE: Devils (The CW)
OCTOBER 8
SEASON PREMIERE: The Outpost (The CW)
OCTOBER 9
SERIES PREMIERE: Deaf U (Netflix)
MOVIE: The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Right Stuff (Disney+)
OCTOBER 10
SEASON PREMIERE: Eli Roth’s History of Horror (AMC)
OCTOBER 11
SEASON PREMIERE: Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)
OCTOBER 12
SEASON PREMIERE: The Family Chantel (TLC)
SERIES PREMIERE: Last Looks (Quibi)
SEASON PREMIERE: Mystery Road (Acorn TV)
OCTOBER 13
SEASON PREMIERE: The Bachelorette (ABC)
MOVIE: Evil Eye (Amazon Prime Video)
SEASON PREMIERE: Finding Your Roots (PBS)
SERIES PREMIERE: The FBI Declassified (CBS)
MOVIE: Nocturne (Amazon Prime Video)
SERIES PREMIERE: Survivalists (BYUtv)
SEASON PREMIERE: Tell Me a Story (The CW)
OCTOBER 14
AWARDS SHOW: Billboard Music Awards (NBC)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Amazing Race (CBS)
SEASON PREMIERE: Baroness von Sketch Show (IFC)
OCTOBER 15
SEASON PREMIERE: Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
OCTOBER 16
SPECIAL: Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story (PBS)
SERIES PREMIERE: Helstrom (Hulu)
SEASON PREMIERE: Shark Tank (ABC)
MOVIE: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
OCTOBER 17
CONCERT MOVIE: David Byrne’s American Utopia (HBO)
SERIES PREMIERE: Honour (BritBox)
OCTOBER 18
SEASON PREMIERE: America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Card Sharks (ABC)
SERIES PREMIERE: Supermarket Sweep (ABC)
SERIES PREMIERE: The Trouble With Maggie Cole (PBS)
SEASON PREMIERE: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC)
OCTOBER 19
SEASON PREMIERE: The Voice (NBC)
OCTOBER 21
SEASON PREMIERE: The Fixers (BYUtv)
MOVIE: Rebecca (Netflix)
OCTOBER 22
SEASON PREMIERE: Superstore (NBC)
OCTOBER 23
MOVIE: Bad Hair (Hulu)
MOVIE: The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
OCTOBER 25
MINISERIES PREMIERE: The Undoing (HBO)
OCTOBER 26
SERIES PREMIERE: Temple (Spectrum)
SEASON PREMIERE: 50 Stages of Fright (Quibi)
OCTOBER 28
SPECIAL: This Is Halloween (Travel Channel)
OCTOBER 29
SERIES PREMIERE: That Animal Rescue Show (CBS All Access)
SEASON PREMIERE: Deutschland 89 (Sundance TV)
OCTOBER 31
SERIES PREMIERE: Ghost Nation: Reunion in Hell (Travel Channel)
NOVEMBER 1
SERIES PREMIERE: Masterpiece: Roadkill (PBS)
NOVEMBER 2
SERIES PREMIERE: Ten Weeks (Quibi)
NOVEMBER 4
SEASON PREMIERE: The A Word (Sundance TV)
SEASON PREMIERE: Random Acts (BYUtv)
NOVEMBER 7
AWARDS SHOW: 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO)
NOVEMBER 9
SERIES PREMIERE: The Mighty Ones (Hulu)
SERIES PREMIERE: Slugfest (Quibi)
NOVEMBER 10
SEASON PREMIERE: My Big Fat Fabulous Life (TLC)
SEASON PREMIERE: This Is Us (NBC)
NOVEMBER 11
SEASON PREMIERE: Chicago Med (NBC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Chicago Fire (NBC)
SEASON PREMIERE: Chicago P.D. (NBC)
SERIES PREMIERE: Eater’s Guide to the World (Hulu)
NOVEMBER 12
SEASON PREMIERE: Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
NOVEMBER 13
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Becoming You (Apple TV+)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Blacklist (NBC)
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Small Axe (Amazon Prime Video)
DOCUMENTARY: I Am Greta (Hulu)
NOVEMBER 15
AWARDS: E! People’s Choice Awards (E!)
SEASON PREMIERE: The Crown (Netflix)
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: The Reagans (Showtime)
NOVEMBER 16
SEASON PREMIERE: Punk’d (Quibi)
NOVEMBER 17
SPECIAL: The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (Disney+)
NOVEMBER 18
SERIES PREMIERE: No Man’s Land (Hulu)
NOVEMBER 19
SPECIAL: Supernatural: The Long Way Home (The CW)
SERIES FINALE: Supernatural (The CW)
NOVEMBER 20
REBOOT PREMIERE: Animaniacs (Hulu)
NOVEMBER 22
AWARDS SHOW: American Music Awards (ABC)
DOCUMENTARY: Belushi (Showtime)
NOVEMBER 23
SEASON PREMIERE: Thanks a Million (Quibi)
SERIES PREMIERE: This Joka with Will Smith (Quibi)
DECEMBER 4
DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Earth at Night in Color (Apple TV+)
DECEMBER 13
DOCUMENTARY: Tiger (HBO)
DECEMBER 17
MINISERIES PREMIERE: The Stand (CBS All Access)
DECEMBER 20
SPECIAL: March of the Polar Bears (Nat Geo Wild)
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