September 2017 TV premieres, movies, more

One look at the September 2017 TV premieres calendar and you see how streaming services and traditional TV are amping up their war for viewers.

Netflix and other services launch the first volley early in the month while the cable network premieres start to trickle in. About midway through the month, after the Sept. 17 Emmy awards telecast, the traditional fall TV season begins with a flurry of season and new series premieres on the broadcast networks.

But the streaming services—mainly Netflix and Amazon—are relentless. Their premieres dot the entire calendar.

I’m not totally in love with many of the new broadcast network shows, so my wish list if spread out over cable channels and streaming services. 

I’m looking forward to “American Horror Story: Cult,” “Versailles,” “Outlander,” “The Orville,” “Top of the Lake: China Girl,” “One Mississippi,” “Beauty and the Baker,” “Liar,” “Vice Principals,” “Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father,” “Transparent,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Rosehaven,” “Tin Star,” “Will & Grace,” “Marvel’s Inhumans” and “This Is Us.”

The show I am most excited to see, “Star Trek Discovery,” has its premiere on CBS and then moves to its streaming service, CBS All Access. Will I shell out more cash for another streaming service to watch it? We’ll have to see how I feel after the premiere. (I’m sure a lot of you are asking yourselves the same thing.)

What will you watch? I’ll keep adding to the September 2017 TV premieres calendar as I learn of more shows.

September 2017 TV premieres calendar

All times Central; check local listings.

Friday, Sept. 1

Streaming

• “Little Evil,” Netflix (movie; recently married man believes his new stepson may be spawn of Satan in this horror comedy
• “Resurface,” Netflix (doc; suicidal war veteran finds support in surf therapy program)
• “Final Fantasy XIV Dad of Light,” Netflix (season 1; father and son rekindle their bond through the online role-playing game)
• “Narcos,” Netflix (season 3)
• “LEGO Elves: Secrets of Elvendale,” Netflix (season 1; teenage guardian tasked with protecting her little sister and all of Elvendale)

7 p.m.

• “Diana, 7 Days,” NBC (doc; captures the tumultuous week following 1997 death of Princess Diana and its effect on world)

8 p.m.

• “Richard Linklater—dream is destiny,” PBS (“American Masters” premiere; unconventional look at the fiercely independent style of filmmaking that emerged out of Austin, Texas, in late 1980s and 1990s)

9 p.m.

• “American Made Inventors,” Discovery (special; 3 inventors pitch ideas in hopes of securing partnership for market)

 

Sunday, Sept. 3

7 p.m.

• “Episodes,” Showtime (series finale, back-to-back episodes)
• “The Best Thing I Ever Ate,” Cooking (season premiere)
• “Mighty Cruise Ships,” Smithsonian (season premiere)

8 p.m.

• “Mighty Trains,” Smithsonian (season1; exclusive look at some of world’s most iconic and extravagant locomotives)
• “The X Factor UK,” AXS TV (season 14)

9 p.m.

• “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall,” ID (season 5)

 

Monday, Sept. 4

7 p.m.

• “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.,” A&E (“Biography” premiere; 2-part doc about late rapper Christopher Wallace; concludes June 29)
• “Chandra Levy: An American Murder Mystery,” TLC (special; look at 2001 disappearance of Capitol Hill intern Chandra Levy in Washington, D.C.)
• “TCM Remembers Jerry Lewis,” TCM (programming event; “The Nutty Professor” 1963, “The King of Comedy” 1983, “The Stooge” 1952, “The Bellboy” 1960, “The Disorderly Orderly” 1964)

7:30 p.m.

• “CBS Fall Preview,” CBS (special; previewing new and returning CBS shows)

8 p.m.

• “Diesel Brothers,” Discovery (season premiere)
• “Expecting,” UP (special; 3 couples document their journeys to parenthood)

9 p.m.

• “Gear Dogs,” Discovery (series premiere; car fanatic Nate Boyer opens community garage to hobbyists and auto mechanics)

 

Tuesday, Sept. 5

Streaming

• “Marc Maron: Too Real,” Netflix (stand-up special)

7 p.m.

• “The Fosters,” Freeform (summer finale)

8 p.m.

• “Below Deck,” Bravo (season 5)
• “Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen,” ID (season 3)
• “The Bold Type,” Freeform (summer finale)

9 p.m.

• “American Horror Story: Cult,” FX (season 7; horrors of the 2016 presidential election; visit AHS7.com)
• “Grave Mysteries,” ID (season 1; police reconstruct life of victim to solve case)
• “A Season With,” Showtime (doc series; chronicling 2017 Naval Academy football team with weekly installments)
• “Shooter,” USA (season 2 finale)

 

Wednesday, Sept. 6

8 p.m.

• “Vintage Rehab,” DIY (season 1; house flipper revives historic Pittsburgh homes)
• “Total Bellas,” E! (season 4)

9 p.m.

• “You’re the Worst,” FXX (season 4, hourlong season premiere)
• “Epicly Later’d,” Viceland (season 1; doc series showing ups-and-downs of professional skateboarding)
• “Eric & Jessie,” E! (season 3)
• “I’m Sorry,” truTV (season finale)

 

Friday Sept. 8

Streaming

• “The Confession Tapes,” Netflix (season 1; true crime doc series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false)
• “Fire Chasers,” Netflix (season 1; doc series follows firefighters during California’s 2016 fire season)
• “BoJack Horseman,” Netflix (season 4)
• “One Mississippi,” Amazon (season 2)
• “#realityhigh,” Netflix (movie; nerdy high schooler lands in cross hairs of classmate, a social media celebrity)
• “Joaquín Reyes: Una y no más,” Netflix (stand-up special)
• “Fabrizio Copano: Solo Pienso En Mi,” Netflix (stand-up special)
• “Greenhouse Academy,” Netflix (season 1; at elite boarding school, teen siblings find rivalry, romance and a mystery related to recent loss of their mom)
• “Spirit: Riding Free,” Netflix (season 2)

7:30 p.m.

• “Third Rail with Ozy,” PBS (season 1; journalist Carlos Watson and guests discuss current topics)

8 p.m.

• “Tyrus,” PBS (“American Masters” premiere; a look at American artist Tyrus Wong)
• “Broke and Famous,” Reelz (season 1; what happens when celebrity’s life of spending and excess ends badly)

9 p.m.

• “US Weekly’s Famous Feuds,” Reelz (season 1; epic discords between warring celebrities)

 

Saturday, Sept. 9

Streaming

• “Cold Feet 2017,” Britbox (U.S. premiere; 50-something Manchester friends in intertwined relationships prove you can grow older but not wiser; more BritBox premieres)

10 a.m.

• “Mech-X4,” Disney XD (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Con Man,” Syfy (broadcast TV premiere, 13-episode marathon; washed-up, former sci-fi celebrity revisits his glory days on convention circuit in this short-form web series)
• “Copycat Killers,” Reelz (season premiere)
• “Blood Drive,” Syfy (season 1 finale)

 

Sunday, Sept. 10

5 p.m.

• “Snapped Notorious: Tupac Shakur,” Oxygen (special; focuses on six-day period leading up to rapper’s murder)

7 p.m.

• “Outlander,” Starz (season 3)
• “The Orville,” Fox (series premiere, part 1; crew of spaceship deals with missions and each other)

8 p.m.

• “Top of the Lake: China Girl,” SundanceTV (3-night season 2; investigation into death of Asian girl dredges up things from Det. Robin Griffin’s past)
• “The Deuce,” HBO (season 1; rise of porn culture in New York from early 1970s through mid-1980s)
• “Fear the Walking Dead,” AMC (season 3B)
• “The Naked Truth: Debt Trap,” Fusion TV (special; state of U.S. student loan system)

11 p.m.

• “Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories,” Adult Swim (season premiere)

 

Monday, Sept. 11

Streaming

• “Newton’s Law,” Acorn TV (season 1; U.S. premiere of Aussie legal dramedy; see more at Acorn TV calendar)

7 p.m.

• “Counting On,” TLC (season 3)

8 p.m.

• “Meet the Putnams,” TLC (season 1; three generations of one family live under one roof)

 

Tuesday, Sept. 12

Streaming

• “The Mindy Project,” Hulu (6th & final season)
• “Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster,” Netflix (stand-up special)

7 p.m.

• “Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief,” ABC, CBS, CMT, Fox, NBC (telethon special; for more info www.HandInHand2017.com)

9 p.m.

• “The Planets,” Science (special episode; a look at Saturn tied to end of Cassini mission there)
• “Big Freedia,” Fuse (season 6)

 

Wednesday, Sept. 13

Streaming

• “In The Vault,” go90.com (season 1; dorm mates at Woodlawn College suspect one another after murder of fellow student)

10 p.m.

• “Comedy Knockout,” truTV (mid-season premiere)

 

Thursday, Sept. 14

Streaming

• “Riviera,” Sundance Now (U.S. premiere; after billionaire husband is killed, newlywed uncovers and ultimately masters his criminal secrets to survive)

9 p.m.

• “Better Things,” FX (season 2)

9:30 p.m.

• “Bong Appétit,” Viceland (season premiere)

 

Friday, Sept. 15

Streaming

• “American Vandal,” Netflix (season 1; true-crime satire follows the investigation into who drew dicks 27 faculty cars at a high school)
• “Strong Island,” Netflix (doc premiere; look at murder of filmmaker Yance Ford’s brother)
• “Veggietales in the City,” Netflix (season 2)
• “Project Mc²,” Netflix (part 5)

6:50 a.m.

• “Cassini’s Grand Finale,” Science (special; live broadcast as spacecraft ends its 13-year tour of Saturn by plunging into the planet’s atmosphere)

8 p.m.

• “11th Annual ACM Honors,” CBS (special; celebrating special honorees, off-camera category winners from 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards)
• “Kindred Spirits,” TLC (season 2)

9 p.m.

• “Evil Things,” TLC (season 1; stories of people who claim they’ve survived frightening paranormal activity caused by a haunted object)

 

Saturday, Sept. 16

Streaming

• “First They Killed My Father,” Netflix (movie; 5-year-old Cambodian girl embarks on quest for survival amid rise of Khmer Rouge; Angelina Jolie directs)

7 p.m.

• “2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards,” FXX (special)

8 p.m.

• “Sign o’ the Times,” Showtime (concert film; created as companion to 1987 Prince double album “Sign o’ the Times”)

 

Sunday, Sept. 17

7 p.m.

• “69th Primetime Emmy Awards,” CBS (special)
• “The Vietnam War,” PBS (doc series; Ken Burns and Lynn Novick direct 10-part story of Vietnam War)
• “The Orville,” Fox (series premiere, part 2)

9 p.m.

• “El Chapo,” Univision (season 2)
• “My Giant Life,” TLC (season premiere)

9:30 p.m.

• “Vice Principals,” HBO (season 2)

 

Monday, Sept. 18

10 a.m.

• “Goldie & Bear,” Disney (season 2)

2 p.m.

• “Page Six TV,” syndicated, check local listings (season 1; daily talk and gossip show; airing in Chicago at 2 p.m. on Fox 32, 11:30 a.m. on CW 50)

7 p.m.

• “Dancing with the Stars,” ABC (season 25)

8 p.m.

• “The Age of Consequences,” Starz (broadcast premiere; doc about impacts of climate change, resource scarcity, migration and conflict kicks off Starz’s Monday night doc block)

 

Tuesday, Sept. 19

Streaming

• “Jerry Before Seinfeld,” Netflix (comedy special; mixing live stand-up with personal retrospective)

7 p.m.

• “The Little Couple,” TLC (season 9; 2-hour premiere with second hour focusing on former Houstonian Bill Klein as he heads back to the city to pitch in with the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts)

8 p.m.

• “Space’s Deepest Secrets: Cassini,” Science (special; recounts 20-year history of Cassini spacecraft’s mission to Saturn)
• “Street Justice: The Bronx,” Discovery (season 1; legendary NYPD detective Ralph Friedman takes viewers inside white-knuckle cases he investigated)

 

9 p.m.

• “7 Little Johnstons,” TLC (season 3)
• “Adam Ruins Everything,” truTV (mid-season premiere)

 

Wednesday, Sept. 20

9 p.m.

• “Channel Zero: No-End House,” Syfy (season 2; things change after two friends visit a house of horrors)

 

Thursday, Sept. 21

Streaming

• “Doc Martin,” Acorn TV (exclusive U.S. premiere; Series 8)

7 p.m.

• “Gotham,” Fox (season 4)

8 p.m.

• “The Orville,” Fox (day, time premiere)

 

Friday, Sept. 22

Streaming

• “Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father,” Netflix (season 1; comic invites stodgy, unadventurous father to travel with him to odd locations and events)
• “19-2,” Acorn TV (final season; U.S. premiere of Canadian police drama; see more at Acorn TV calendar)
• “Fuller House,” Netflix (season 3)
• “Transparent,” Amazon (season 4)
• “The Deep,” Netflix (U.S. premiere, season 2; animated series about family of undersea explorers)

9 p.m.

• “Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus,” Cinemax (season 1; animated series chronicling some of country music’s most eccentric characters)

Saturday, Sept. 23

6 a.m.

• “DuckTales,” Disney XD (season 1, 2 episodes; adventures of Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie with great-uncle Scrooge McDuck; repeats throughout the day)

 

Sunday, Sept. 24

6:30 p.m.

• “60 Minutes,” CBS (season 50)

7 p.m.

• “Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?” Fox (2-hour special; uncovers explosive new details about unsolved murders of rappers)

7:30 p.m.

• “Star Trek: Discovery,” CBS/CBS All Access (season 1; Star Fleet adventures before Capt. Kirk and the Enterprise; premiere airs on CBS after football; that & 2nd episode air on the streaming service)

 

Monday, Sept. 25

7 p.m.

• “The Voice,” NBC (season 13)
• “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS (season 11)

7:30 p.m.

• “Young Sheldon,” CBS (season 1; how a little nerd named Sheldon became the adult nerd viewers know on TBBT)

8 p.m.

• “Kevin Can Wait,” CBS (season 2)
• “Halloween Baking Championship,” Food (season premiere)

8:30 p.m.

• “Me, Myself & I,” CBS (season 1; a look at the same person at three seminal points in his life)

9 p.m.

• “The Brave,” NBC (season 1; elite combat forces and their support fight terrorism)
• “The Good Doctor,” ABC (season 1; young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome makes his way)
• “Scorpion,” CBS (season 4)

 

Tuesday, Sept. 26

Streaming

• “Wishenpoof!” Amazon (season 2a)
• “Terrace House: Aloha State,” Netflix (part 4)

7 p.m.

• “Lethal Weapon,” Fox (season 2)
• “The Voice,” NBC (season 13)
• “NCIS,” CBS (season 15)

8 p.m.

• “This Is Us,” NBC (season 2)
• “The Mick,” Fox (season 2)
• “Bull,” CBS (season 2)

8:30 p.m.

• “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Fox (season 5)

9 p.m.

• “Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders,” NBC (season 1; another look at the famous murder case)
• “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS (season 4)
• “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge,” CMT (season premiere)

 

Wednesday, Sept. 27

7 p.m.

• “The Voice,” NBC (season 13)
• “The Goldbergs,” ABC (season 5)
• “Empire,” Fox (season 4; crossover with “Star”)
• “Survivor,” CBS (season 35)

7:30 p.m.

• “Speechless,” ABC (season 2)

8 p.m.

• “SEAL Team,” CBS (season 1; Navy SEALs team trains, plans and executes its missions)
• “Law & Order: SVU,” NBC (season 19)
• “Modern Family,” ABC (season 9)
• “Star,” Fox (season 2; crossover with “Empire”)

8:30 p.m.

• “American Housewife,” ABC (season 2)

9 p.m.

• “Liar,” SundanceTV (limited series premiere; series of volatile accusations after a first date capsize lives of teacher and surgeon)
• “Chicago P.D.,” NBC (season 5)
• “Designated Survivor,” ABC (season 2)
• “Criminal Minds,” CBS (season premiere)

10 p.m.

• “Rosehaven,” SundanceTV (season 1; Australian comedy about two best friends who return to his rural Tasmanian hometown)

 

Thursday, Sept. 28

Streaming

• “StartUp,” Crackle (season 2)

6:30 p.m.

• “Thursday Night Football Pre-Game Show,” CBS (season premiere)

7 p.m.

• “Superstore,” NBC (season 3)
• “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC (season 14, 2-hour premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “The Good Place,” NBC (season 2)

8 p.m.

• “Will & Grace,” NBC (series return; the 1990s hit returns with same cast)
• “Mary Mary,” WEtv (sixth & final season)

8:30 p.m.

• “Great News,” NBC (season 2)
• “NFL Thursday Night Football,” CBS (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Chicago Fire,” NBC (season 6)
• “How to Get Away with Murder,” ABC (season 4)
• “Secret Lives of the Super Rich,” CNBC (season 6)

 

Friday, Sept. 29

Streaming

• “Tin Star,” Amazon (season 1; when his small town in Canadian Rockies becomes home to new oil refinery, former British detective-turned-sheriff faces rise in crime and his own demons)
• “Big Mouth,” Netflix (season 1; adult animated comedy about teen best friends Andrew and Nick)
• “Paul Hollywood’s Big Continental Road Trip,” Netflix (season 1; “Great British Baking Show” judge takes in cars, culture of France, Italy and Germany)
• “Our Souls at Night,” Netflix (movie; Robert Redford and Jane Fonda play couple who find love unexpectedly later in life)
• “Gerald’s Game,” Netflix (movie; sex game between couple turns into terrifying night for wife in Stephen King adaptation)
• “The Magic School Bus Rides Again,” Netflix (season 1; Ms. Frizzle’s sister takes class on wild science adventures)
• “Club De Cuervos,” Netflix (season 3)
• “Real Rob,” Netflix (season 2)

7 p.m.

• “Marvel’s Inhumans,” ABC (season 1, 2-hour season premiere; inhuman royal family is split and on the run)
• “MacGyver,” CBS (season 2)
• “Hell’s Kitchen,” Fox (season 17; all-star edition)

8 p.m.

• “Active Shooter: America Under Fire,” Showtime (docu-series premiere; exploration of mass shootings and the devastating consequences)
• “The Exorcist,” Fox (season 2)
• “Z Nation,” Syfy (season 4)
• “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS (season 8)
• “Dateline NBC,” NBC (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Anjelah Johnson: Mahalo & Goodnight,” EPIX (stand-up special)
• “Blue Bloods,” CBS (season 8)

 

Saturday, Sept. 30

8 a.m.

• “CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic!” CBS (season premiere; new seasons of “Lucky Dog,” “Dr. Chris Pet Vet,” “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation,” “The Inspectors,” “Lucky Dog 2,” “The Open Door with Dr. Chris”)

7 p.m.

• “Cake Boss,” TLC (broadcast premiere new season)

8 p.m.

• “The Disappearance of Maura Murray,” Oxygen (6-part miniseries; journalist Maggie Freleng investigates unsolved 2004 disappearance of nursing student in New Hampshire)

9 p.m.

• “Harvest Love,” Hallmark (movie; widow falls for man managing her family’s pear farm)
• “Versailles,” Ovation (season 2; more “Versailles” here)
• “48 Hours,” CBS (season 30)
• “Felipe Esparza: Translate This,” HBO/HBO Latino (stand-up special)