Fall premiere season usually spreads across a few weeks, but this September is packing new and returning programming into two crowded weeks. Three series are hitting milestone seasons, streaming platforms are launching before broadcast even begins and few nights on the calendar are free of competing premieres. Viewers who think they can keep up with all of it have clearly never looked at the schedule.
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