Welcome to your Fall TV Preview 2025. This season is stacked with can’t-miss launches and high-profile comebacks — and yes, plenty of new TV shows and seasons premiere this fall 2025. We pulled concrete dates and release cadences straight from four authoritative roundups to help you plan what to watch and when.
Fall TV Preview 2025: Key New & Returning Dates
- Sept. 10, 2025 — The Girlfriend drops all six episodes on day one (Prime Video)
- Sept. 17, 2025 — Gen V returns with three episodes, then weekly (Prime Video), and The Morning Show is back the same day (Apple TV+)
- Sept. 24–30, 2025 — Slow Horses Season 5 bows Sept. 24 (Apple TV+). On Sept. 30, Chad Powers kicks off with a two‑episode launch then weekly (Hulu)
- Oct. 9–17, 2025 — ABC’s 9‑1‑1: Nashville premieres Oct. 9; CBS’ Boston Blue reports for duty Oct. 17
- Oct. 26, 2025 — Horror fans feast with It: Welcome to Derry and Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order, both premiering Oct. 26 (Max/AMC+)
- Oct. 16, 2025 — The Diplomat Season 3 returns on Netflix in a full‑season drop
- Nov. 7, 2025 — Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus begins (Apple TV+).
- Nov. 16, 2025 — Ken Burns’ The American Revolution debuts (PBS).
- Nov. 26, Dec. 25 & Dec. 31, 2025 — Stranger Things final season rolls out in three drops (Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve)
New Series to Watch
Looking past the headliners, a few fresh bets stand out. Here are some diverse picks — from the 1990s Marine Corps coming‑of‑age dramedy Boots (Oct. 9, Netflix) and workplace comedy DMV (Oct. 13, CBS/Paramount+) to Gilligan’s genre‑bending Pluribus (Nov. 7, Apple TV+) and Ken Burns’ six‑part, 12‑hour The American Revolution (listed there for Nov. 16, PBS). The roundup also flags Ethan Hawke’s investigative noir The Lowdown (Sept. 23, FX) and a new season of Slow Horses (Sept. 24, Apple TV+).
This fall index adds strategic release details you can plan around: Chad Powers launches with two episodes on Sept. 30 before going weekly (Hulu), while The Girlfriend drops its entire six‑episode run on Sept. 10 (Prime Video). Those cadence choices make it easy to binge one show and savor the other week to week.
Returning Heavyweights
Stranger Things anchors late fall with a three‑part rollout — Nov. 26, Dec. 25 and Dec. 31 — ensuring appointment viewing through the holidays (Vulture). Beyond Hawkins, a pileup of network staples: The Morning Show (Sept. 17, Apple TV+), Gen V (Sept. 17, three‑episode start on Prime Video), Grey’s Anatomy (Oct. 9, 10/9c on ABC), NCIS (Oct. 14, CBS) and more — plus Netflix’s The Diplomat returning Oct. 16 in one shot.
This preview ties the bow on late October: horror lanes converge with It: Welcome to Derry and Anne Rice’s Talamasca both arriving Oct. 26, while procedural fans get Boston Blue on Oct. 17 and the first country spin‑off 9‑1‑1: Nashville on Oct. 9.
Bottom line: your Fall TV Preview 2025 calendar is stacked. Use the dates above to build a weekly watchlist, and enjoy the mix of prestige dramas, pulpy thrillers and comfort‑food procedurals rolling in all season.
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