2016 Fall Premiere Dates: When Are All Your Favorite Shows Returning This Fall?

The weather is cooling down, and the leaves will start changing soon, which means every TV fanatic’s favorite season is finally here: Fall. Historically, Fall is the time for all of your favorite networks to show off their new series and new season wares. What new shows will captivate your heart? Which ones won’t make it past mid season? What returning dramas or comedies are going to flop this year? And what is going to be our TV underdog? Soon we’ll know the answers to all of these questions and more.

It’s too early to start placing second season and cancellation bets, but it’s the perfect time to start getting excited about Fall TV. From critically and commercially praised hits such as Empire, Jane the Virgin, and How to Get Away with Murder to our favorite quirky shows like American Horror StoryBlack Mirror, and The Last Man on Earth to promising freshman series like Atlanta, Marvel’s Luke Cage, and The Crown, there is a lot to look forward to this television season. Read this list with a calendar in hand. You won’t want to miss this line-up.

AUGUST

August 26:
The Kicks: Series Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to watch The Kicks]

August 28:
The Strain: Season 3 Premiere (FX) [Where to catch up on The Strain]

August 31:
You’re the Worst: Season 3 Premiere (FX) [Where to catch up on You’re the Worst]

SEPTEMBER

September 2:
Chef’s Table: France: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch Chef’s Table: France]
Kazoops!: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch Kazoops!]
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch Kulipari: An Army of Frogs]
Narcos: Season 2 Premiere (Netflix) [Where to catch up on Narcos]
The Stinky & Dirty Show: Series Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to watch The Stinky & Dirty Show]

September 6:
60 Minutes Sports: Season 4 Premiere (Showtime)
Atlanta: Series Premiere (FX) [Where to watch Atlanta]
A Season with Florida State Football: Series Premiere (Showtime)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah New episodes (Comedy Central) [Where to catch up on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah]
Inside the NFL: Season 39 Premiere (Showtime)
@midnight with Chris Hardwick: New episodes (Comedy Central)

September 7:
From Dusk till Dawn: Season 3 (Netflix) [Where to catch up on From Dusk till Dawn]

September 8:
Better Things: Series Premiere (FX) [Where to watch Better Things]

September 9:
One Mississippi: Series Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to watch One Mississippi]

September 10:
Jeff Ross Roasts Cops (Comedy Central)
Stand Up to Cancer: HBO Special Premiere

September 11:
Masters of Sex: Season 4 Premiere (Showtime) [Where to catch up on Masters of Sex]

September 12:
Dancing with the Stars: Season 23 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on Dancing with the Stars]

September 13:
Extremis: Netflix Original Documentary

September 14:
American Horror Story: Season 6 Premiere (FX) [Where to catch up on American Horror Story]
Blindspot: Season 2 Premiere (NBC) [Where to catch up on Blindspot]
Documentary Now!: Season 2 Premiere (IFC) [Where to catch up on Documentary Now!]
Legends of Chamberlain Heights: Series Premiere (Comedy Central)
South Park: Season 20 Premiere (Comedy Central) [Where to catch up on South Park]

September 16:
ARG: Netflix Original Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: Hulu Original Documentary [Where to watch The Beatles: Eight Days a Week]
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from Ville: Netflix Original Stand Up
Fleabag: Series Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to watch Fleabag]
High Maintenance: Series Premiere (HBO) [Where to watch High Maintenance]
The White Helmets: Netflix Original Documentary

September 18:
Case Closed: JonBenet Ramsay, Part 1 (CBS)

September 19:
The Big Bang Theory: Season 10 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on The Big Bang Theory]
Case Closed: JonBenet Ramsay, Part 2 (CBS)
The Good Place: Series Premiere (NBC)
Gotham: Season 3 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Gotham]
Kevin Can Wait: Series Premiere (CBS)
Lucifer: Season 2 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Lucifer]
Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebo Attack: HBO Original Documentary
The Voice: Season 11 Premiere (NBC) [Where to catch up on The Voice]

September 20:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 4 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine]
Bull: Series Premiere (CBS)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]
New Girl: Season 6 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on New Girl]
NCIS: New Orleans: Season 3 Premiere (CBS)
NCIS: Season 14 Premiere (CBS)
Scream Queens: Season 2 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Scream Queens]
This Is Us: Series Premiere (NBC)

September 21:
Black-ish: Season 3 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Black-ish]
Chicago P.D.: Season 4 Premiere (NBC) [Where to watch Chicago P.D.]
Designated Survivor: Series Premiere (ABC)
Empire: Season 3 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Empire]
The Goldbergs: Season 4 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on The Goldbergs]
Law & Order: SVU: Season 18 Premiere (NBC) [Where to watch Law & Order: SVU]
Lethal Weapon: Series Premiere (FOX)
Modern Family: Season 8 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on Modern Family]
Speechless: Series Premiere (ABC)
Survivor: Season 33 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Survivor]

September 22:
The Blacklist: Season 4 Premiere (NBC) [Where to catch up on The Blacklist]
Easy: Series Premiere (Netflix)
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 13 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Grey’s Anatomy]
How to Get Away with Murder: Season 3 (ABC) [Where to catch up on How To Get Away with Murder]
Notorious: Series Premiere (ABC)
Pitch: Series Premiere (FOX)
Rosewood: Season 2 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Rosewood]
Superstore: Season 2 Premiere (NBC) [Where to catch up on Superstore]

September 23:
20/20: Season Premiere (ABC)
Audrie & Daisy: Netflix Original Documentary [Where to watch Audrie & Daisy]
Blue Bloods: Season 7 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Blue Bloods]
Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (NBC)
Dateline NBC
Dr. Ken: Season 2 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on Dr. Ken]
The Exorcist: Series Premiere (FOX)
Hawaii Five-O: Season 7 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Hawaii Five-O]
Hell’s Kitchen (FOX) [Where to catch up on Hell’s Kitchen]
Iliza: Confirmed Kills: Netflix Original Stand Up
Last Man Standing: Season 6 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Last Man Standing]
Longmire: Season 5 Premiere (Netflix) [Where to catch up on Longmire]
Macgyver: Series Premiere (CBS)
Shark Tank: Season 8 Premiere (ABC) [Where to catch up on Shark Tank]
Transparent: Season 3 Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to catch up on Transparent]

September 24:
48 Hours: Season 29 Premiere (CBS)

September 25:
60 Minutes: Season 49 Premiere (CBS)
Bob’s Burgers: Season 7 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Bob’s Burgers]
Case Closed: JonBenet Ramsay, Part 3 (CBS)
Family Guy: Season 15 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on Family Guy]
The Last Man on Earth: Season 3 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on The Last Man on Earth]
Once Upon a Time: Season 6 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Once Upon a Time]
Quantico: Season 2 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Quantico]
Secrets and Lies: Season 2 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Secrets and Lies]
The Simpsons: Season 28 Premiere (FOX) [Where to catch up on The Simpsons]
Son of Zorn: Series Premiere (FOX)

September 26:
Vice News Tonight: Series Return (HBO)

September 27:
Drunk History: Season 4 Premiere (Comedy Central) [Where to catch up on Drunk History]
Tosh.O: Season 8 Continues (Comedy Central) [Where to catch up on Tosh.O]

September 28:
Code Black: Season 2 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Code Black]
Criminal Minds: Season 12 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Criminal Minds]
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail: Season 3 Premiere (Comedy Central)

September 30:
Amanda Knox: Netflix Original Documentary
Crisis in Six Scenes: Series Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to watch Crisis in Six Scenes]
Marvel’s Luke Cage: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch Marvel’s Luke Cage]

OCTOBER

October 2:
America’s Funniest Videos: Season 27 (ABC)
Ash vs. Evil Dead: Season 2 Premiere (Starz) [Where to catch up on Ash vs. Evil Dead]
Blunt Talk: Season 2 Premiere (Starz) [Where to catch up on Blunt Talk]
Elementary: Season 5 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Elementary]
Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City: Series Premiere (Comedy Central)
Madam Secretary: Season 3 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Madam Secretary]
NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 8 Premiere (CBS)
Westworld: Series Premiere (HBO) [Where to watch Westworld]

October 3:
Conviction: Series Premiere (ABC)
Scorpion: Season 3 Premiere (CBS) [Where to watch Scorpion]

October 4:
The Flash: Season 3 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on The Flash]
No Tomorrow: Series Premiere (CW)

October 5:
Arrow: Season 5 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on Arrow]
Frequency: Series Premiere (CW)

October 7:
The 13th: Netflix Original Documentary
The Ranch: Second half of Season 1 (Netflix) [Where to catch up on The Ranch]
Russell Peters: Almost Famous: Netflix Original Stand Up

October 9:
Divorce: Series Premiere (HBO) [Where to watch Divorce]
Insecure: Series Premiere (HBO) [Where to watch Insecure]

October 10:
Supergirl: Season 2 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on Supergirl]
Two Broke Girls: Season 6 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Two Broke Girls]

October 11:
American Housewife: Series Premiere (ABC)
Chicago Fire: Season 5 Premiere (NBC) [Where to catch up on Chicago Fire]
Fresh Off the Boat: Season 3 (ABC) [Where to catch up on Fresh Off the Boat]
The Middle: Season 8 (ABC) [Where to catch up on The Middle]
The Real O’Neals: Season 2 (ABC) [Where to catch up on The Real O’Neals]

October 12:
Shameless: Season 7 Premiere (Showtime) [Where to catch up on Shameless]

October 13:
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on DC Legends of Tomorrow]
Mascots: Netflix Original Film [Where to watch Mascots]
Supernatural: Season 12 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on Supernatural]
This Is Not Happening: Season 3 Premiere (Comedy Central) [Where to catch up on This Is Not Happening]

October 14:
Goliath: Series Premiere (Prime Video)
Haters Back Off: Series Premiere (Netflix)

October 15:
Kyle Kinane: Loose in Chicago (Comedy Central)

October 17:

Jane the Virgin: Season 3 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on Jane the Virgin]
The Odd Couple: Season 3 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on The Odd Couple]

October 21:
Black Mirror: Season 3 Premiere (Netflix) [Where to catch up on Black Mirror]
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 2 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]
Joe Rogan: Triggered: Netflix Original Stand Up
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories: Series Premiere (Netflix)
The Vampire Diaries: Season 8 Premiere (CW) [Where to catch up on The Vampire Diaries]

October 24:
Man with a Plan: Series Premiere (CBS)

October 26:
Rectify: Season 4 Premiere (Sundance TV) [Where to catch up on Rectify]

October 27:
The Great Indoors: Series Premiere (CBS)
Life in Pieces:
Season 2 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Life in Pieces]
Mom:
Season 4 Premiere (CBS) [Where to catch up on Mom]
Pure Genius:
Series Premiere (CBS)

October 28:
Good Girls Revolt: Series Premiere (Prime Video)
Into the Inferno:
Netflix Original Documentary

October 29:
Pete Davison: SMD (Comedy Central)

NOVEMBER

November 2:
Stan vs. Evil: Series Premiere (IFC)

November 4:
The Crown: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch The Crown]
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60:
Netflix Original Stand Up
The Ivory Game:
Netflix Original Documentary

November 11:
Red Oaks: Season 2 Premiere (Prime Video) [Where to catch up on Red Oaks]

November 17:
Lovesick: Season 2 Premiere (Netflix) [Where to catch up on Lovesick]

November 18:
Colin Quinn: The New York Story: Netflix Original Stand Up

November 20:
The Affair: Season 3 Premiere (Showtime) [Where to catch up on The Affair]

November 25:
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: Series Premiere (Netflix) [Where to watch Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life]
Michael Che Matters:
Netflix Original Stand Up