The Very Best TV of Fall 2021

Fall is approaching, and with it comes a whole new crop of TV shows to binge-watch, obsess over, and have far too many takes about. (I loved The White Lotus as much as the next guy, but come on.) Luckily, our show options are plentiful, with long-awaited series like Scenes From a Marriage and American Crime Story: Impeachment and the new season of Sex Education slated to drop over the next few months. Below, find a full roundup of what you can look forward to watching next season.

Only Murders in the Building (August 31), Hulu

Three true-crime-obsessed strangers get sucked into a real-life crime of their own in this Upper West Side–set romp starring Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short. (Martin cocreated and wrote the show with John Hoffman, and his wacky sensibility comes through clearly.)

American Crime Story: Impeachment (September 7), FX

Beanie Feldstein gives the performance of her career (so far, that is) in this 10-episode drama telling the real-life story of President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky is attached to the show as a producer, so viewers can likely expect a much more sensitive retelling than the story has traditionally been afforded.

American Rust (September 12), Showtime

Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Philipp Meyer, this family drama unfolds in a fictional Pennsylvania steel town and stars Jeff Daniels as a struggling police chief and Maura Tierney as his lover, a single mom whose son is accused of murder.

Scenes From a Marriage (September 12), HBO

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain costar as an embattled Boston couple in this HBO adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 miniseries turned movie about a collapsing marriage.

Y: The Last Man (September 13), FX on Hulu

If you’re a fan of postapocalyptic content, this series—in which every mammal with a Y chromosome spontaneously dies except for one cisgender man and his pet monkey—might just be for you. (Think The Handmaid’s Tale meets I Am Legend.)

The Premise (September 16), FX on Hulu

Created by B.J. Novak, this half-hour anthology series takes on a wide range of topical issues with guest performances from Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, Ben Platt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Dae Kim, Lola Kirke, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Soko, Ed Asner, George Wallace, Jermaine Fowler, Ayo Edebiri, Boyd Holbrook, Eric Lange, Beau Bridges, and more.

The Morning Show (September 17), Apple TV

The second season of this Jennifer Aniston– and Reese Witherspoon–led Apple TV sleeper hit is back, with Aniston’s character walking out of her job after exposing a massive sexual-harassment scandal.

Sex Education (September 17), Netflix

It’s been a long wait for the third season of this sweet, wry Netflix romp about a group of English teens trying to figure out the complexities of sex, but after many COVID-19 shooting delays, it’s finally happening!

Midnight Mass (September 24), Netflix

A charismatic young priest appears in an isolated island community and unleashes supernatural bizarreness in this horror series starring Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, and Hamish Linklater.

Maid (October 1), Netflix

A young mother (Margaret Qualley) takes a job cleaning houses to provide for her young child in this comedy-drama inspired by Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. Qualley’s mother, Andie MacDowell, costars.

Dopesick (October 13), Hulu

This Danny Strong–helmed miniseries focused on the opioid crisis devastating the U.S. is guaranteed to kick-start some tough conversations among viewers.

You (Fall, TBA), Netflix

Penn Badgley is back as everyone’s favorite creep, Joe, in the second half of the third season of You—and without giving away any spoilers, his evolution is only getting darker and twistier.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (October 15), Amazon

This horror series, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, revolves around a group of teenagers being stalked by a killer one year after a fatal car accident forever altered their graduation night—and promises to be scary, slightly soapy fun.

Colin in Black & White (October 29), Netflix

Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay work together to tell the story of Kaepernick’s high school years and path to activism in this compelling, beautifully told drama series.

Succession (October, TBA), HBO

Finally, the deeply dysfunctional Roy family is back and sure to bring all their interpersonal drama, general unkindness, and excellent one-liners with them. (After all, you can’t make a Tomelette without breaking some Greggs!)

Insecure (October, TBA), HBO

The fifth and final season of Insecure will zero in on Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Issa’s (Issa Rae) friendship, which has sustained the show for years (but not without plenty of drama along the way).

Originally Appeared on Vogue