What To Watch In September: Your Guide To 130+ Premieres Across Broadcast, Cable And Streaming
To help you navigate the best of broadcast, cable and streaming TV, TVLine offers curated daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch columns, along with an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.
Among new TV releases in September, you'll find Jason Bateman and Jude Law in Black Rabbit, Glen Powell in Chad Powers, Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke in The Girlfriend, Jesse Williams in Hotel Costiera, Ethan Hawke in The Lowdown, Mark Ruffalo in Task, and Toni Collette in Wayward.
They all join three highly anticipated spinoffs: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, NCIS: Tony & Ziva and Office offshoot The Paper.
Additionally, you'll spot more than 20 returning favorites. On broadcast, look for new seasons of Brilliant Minds, Doc, High Potential, Law & Order: SVU and Murder in a Small Town, among others. You'll also be able to binge new episodes of Beauty in Black, Futurama, Gen V, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Reasonable Doubt, Slow Horses, Tulsa King and Wednesday.
On the movie front, Denzel Washington stars in the Spike Lee joint Highest 2 Lowest, Brett Goldstein writes and stars in the romantic drama All of You, and Charlie Sheen tells all in aka Charlie Sheen. Plus, the live-action Lilo & Stitch and the Tim Robinson-Paul Rudd comedy Friendship will soon be available from the comfort of your home.
Scroll down for a comprehensive overview of more than 130 TV premieres in September.
MONDAY, SEPT. 1
📺 The Runarounds (Prime Video, eight-episode binge)
Friends come together the summer after graduation to form a rock band.
📺 8 pm The Chrisleys: Back to Reality (Lifetime, two-episode premiere)
The docuseries follows the reality-TV family as Todd and Julie are eventually pardoned, released from prison and return home.
📺 8 pm American Ninja Warrior: Women's Special (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 9 pm The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys Season 2 finale (Bravo)
📺 9 pm The People v. Michael Jackson (A&E)
The two-night docuseries event recounts Michael Jackson's acquittal on child molestation charges.
📺 9 pm Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out Season 21B (VH1)
📺 9 pm Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence (Investigation Discovery)
The two-night docuseries event offers insight into the disturbing relationship between former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and rogue therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.
📺 9 pm Worst Cooks in America Season 29 finale (Food network)
📺 10 pm Survival Mode Season 1 finale (NBC, next day on Peacock)
🎥 Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall (Paramount+)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 2
📺 Betrayal Season 3 (Hulu, three-episode binge)
📺 8 pm Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 finale (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm Bobby's Triple Threat Season 4 (Food Network)
📺 9 pm Hard Knocks Season 20 finale (HBO)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3
📺 Countdown Season 1 finale (Prime Video)
📺 Wednesday Season 2, Part 2 (Netflix, four-episode binge)
📺 10:30 pm Beavis and Butt-Head Season 3 (Comedy Central)
🎥 Lilo & Stitch (2025) (Disney+)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4
📺 All the Queen's Men Season 4 finale (BET+)
📺 Lynley (BritBox)
A brilliant police detective (Leo Suter), an outsider due to his aristocratic upbringing, is paired with a maverick sergeant (Sofia Barclay) from a working-class background.
📺 NCIS: Tony & Ziva (Paramount+, three-episode premiere)
When Tony's security company is attacked, he and Ziva must flee across Europe, uncover who's after them, and possibly learn to trust each other for their unconventional happily ever after.
📺 The Paper (Peacock, 10-episode binge)
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch on The Office finds a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.
🏈 8:20 pm Sunday Night Football Season 39 (NBC)
🎥 Blood & Myth (Hulu documentary)
After a series of shocking violent crimes shatter a remote native village in Northern Alaska, one man embarks on a journey to investigate a terrifying paranormal connection.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5
📺 Dexter: Resurrection Season 1 finale (Paramount+ Premium)
📺 Dish It Out (Prime Video, eight-episode premiere)
Passionate foodie and aspiring chef Tilly Ramsay steps out of her famous father's shadow and into her own culinary adventures.
📺 The Great British Baking Show Collection 13 (Netflix)
📺 Love Con Revenge (Netflix, six-episode binge)
After falling victim to a sophisticated romance scam in The Tinder Swindler, Cecilie Fjellhøy partners with a P.I. to help other victims reclaim their lives and expose digital predators.
🎥 Friendship (HBO Max)
🎥 Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV+ movie)
When a music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the "best ears in the business," is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
🎥 Sacramento (Hulu)
🤣 Rel Talk (Tubi comedy special)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 6
📺 9 pm Have I Got News for You Season 3 (CNN)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
🏆 8 pm MTV Video Music Awards (CBS & MTV)
📺 9 pm Task (HBO)
Set in the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a task force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).
📺 9 pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 (AMC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 8
📺 Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish (Netflix, five-episode binge)
One fish, two fish, meet Red Fish and Blue Fish! From there to here — and from here to there — these friends find opposites everywhere!
📺 Irish Blood Season 1 finale (Acorn TV)
📺 8 pm LEGO Masters Jr. Season 1 finale (Fox, next day on Hulu)
🏈 8:15 pm Monday Night Football Season 56 (ABC & ESPN)
📺 9 pm The Quiz With Balls Season 2 finale (Fox)
📺 9 pm Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes (A&E, two-episode premiere)
The eight-part docuseries revisits some of the most infamous celebrity sex tapes of our time, including Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Kim Kardashian, Colin Farrell, Farrah Abraham, and Mimi Faust.
🎥 The Wedding Banquet (Paramount+)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9
📺 Only Murders in the Building Season 5 (Hulu, three-episode premiere)
📺 10 pm Songs & Stories With Kelly Clarkson Season 1 finale (NBC, next day on Peacock)
🎥 9 pm Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (HBO Max documentary)
The documentary takes audiences on a two-part journey through the history of Black representation on TV, showcasing how Black artists and creators shaped and revolutionized the medium.
🎥 10 pm Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect (PBS documentary)
The documentary explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the nation's first African American Supreme Court Justice.
🎥 Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout. (Paramount+ documentary)
The line between real connection and online fantasy is blurred when 21-year-old TikToker William White gains millions of followers.
🤣 Jordan Jensen: Take Me With You (Netflix comedy special)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10
📺 The Girlfriend (Prime Video, six-episode binge)
Laura's (Robin Wright) seemingly perfect life begins to unravel when her son brings home a girlfriend (Olivia Cooke) whose intentions spark a tense and sinister battle of trust and perspectives.
📺 Helluva Boss: Mission: Zero (Prime Video special)
The standalone episode follows the I.M.P. as they plan their very first assassination.
📺 8 pm Match Game Season 6 finale (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Downton Abbey Celebrates The Grand Finale (NBC special, next day on Peacock)
The one-hour telecast features conversations with the cast of the third and final film, who share never-before-told secrets from the franchise's 15-year journey.
📺 9 pm Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service Season 1 finale (Fox, next day on Hulu)
🎥 aka Charlie Sheen (Netflix documentary)
With seven hard-fought years of sobriety behind him, Charlie Sheen leaves it all on the table, and revisits the very public peaks and valleys of his life.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11
📺 Beauty in Black Season 2 (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
📺 Sesame Street Season 55 finale (HBO Max)
📺 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 finale (Paramount+)
📺 Wolf King final season (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
📺 Zatima Season 4 (BET+, two-episode premiere)
🏈 8:15 pm Thursday Night Football Season 19 (Prime Video)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 12
📺 Foundation Season 3 finale (Apple TV+)
📺 7 pm Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 (Disney Channel, two-episode premiere)
📺 8 pm Vampirina: Teenage Vampire (Disney Channel, two-episode premiere)
A tween vampire girl who leaves the safety of Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school.
📺 9 pm Magic City: An American Fantasy docuseries finale (Starz)
🎥 Screamboat (Peacock)
🎥 Warfare (HBO Max)
🎥 The Wrong Paris (Netflix movie)
A young woman (Miranda Cosgrove) joins a dating show thinking it's in Paris, France, but it's actually in Paris, Texas.
🎥 9 pm Lost in the Jungle (NatGeo documentary)
After a deadly plane crash strands four young siblings deep within the Amazon, a dramatic rescue mission unfolds, uniting Indigenous trackers and the Colombian military in a race against time.
🤣 Andrew Santino: White Noise (Hulu comedy special)
🤣 Larry the Cable Guy: It's a Gift (Prime Video comedy special)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13
🎵 3 pm A Historic Concert from Vatican City (Disney+, Hulu & ABC News Live)
📺 8 pm Cold Justice Season 8 (Oxygen)
🏆 8 pm Creative Arts Emmys (FXX)
🤼♂️ 9 pm Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (Netflix live event)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 14
📺 8 pm Doc Season 2 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
🏆 8 pm Emmys (CBS)
📺 8 pm The Great Food Truck Race Season 18 finale (Food Network)
📺 9 pm The Great North Season 5 finale (Fox, two episodes, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Kings Court Season 1 finale (Bravo)
📺 11 pm Ride With Norman Reedus Season 7 (AMC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 15
📺 8 pm Below Deck Season 12 finale (Bravo)
📺 8 pm Celebrations With Lacey Chabert Season 2 (Hallmark Channel)
📺 8 pm Celebrity Name That Tune Season 5 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm Futurama Season 13 (Hulu, 10-episode binge)
📺 9 pm Celebrity Weakest Link (Fox, next day on Hulu)
Jane Lynch returns as host of the former NBC game show, which will now see eight celebrities from the worlds of television, sports or stand-up comedy compete for the charity.
📺 9 pm Halloween Baking Championship Season 11 (Food Network)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 16
📺 8 pm Dancing With the Stars Season 34 (ABC & Disney+, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm 100 Day Dream Home Season 7 (HGTV)
📺 8 pm The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 6 (Bravo)
📺 9 pm The Chrisleys: Back to Reality Season 1 finale (Lifetime)
📺 9 pm Love Island Games Season 2 (Peacock)
📺 9 pm Top Guns: The Next Generation (NatGeo)
The six-part docuseries follows a class of Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as they enter the final and most unforgiving phase of elite strike fighter training.
📺 10 pm High Potential Season 2 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
🎥 Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story (Netflix documentary)
The film offers viewers an intimate look at the controversial love story between Norwegian king's eldest child, Märtha Louise, and Hollywood's self-proclaimed spiritual guru, Durek Verrett.
🎥 Smurfs (2025) (Paramount+)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17
📺 Acapulco series finale (Apple TV+)
📺 Gen V Season 2 (Prime Video, three-episode premiere)
📺 Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen (Netflix, six-episode binge)
The docuseries follows father-son duo Barry and Eddie Hearn in their bid to take their heavyweight sports promotion company to the next level.
📺 The Morning Show Season 4 (Apple TV+)
📺 Next Gen Chef (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
Twenty-one of America's hottest young chefs, under the age of 30, compete in a one-of-a-kind competition.
📺 The Summer I Turned Pretty series finale (Prime Video)
📺 8 pm Family Law Season 4 finale (The CW, two episodes)
📺 8 pm MasterChef Season 15 finale (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Human (PBS)
The five-part docuseries chronicles the long and complex story of the human species.
📺 9 pm Sin City Rehab (HGTV)
Windy City Rehab's Alison Victoria takes the biggest gamble of her career as she expands her successful design business out West.
🎥 Elio (Disney+)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18
📺 Black Rabbit (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
The owner of a New York City hotspot (Jude Law) allows his turbulent brother (Jason Bateman) back into his life.
📺 Reasonable Doubt Season 3 (Hulu, two-episode premiere)
📺 9 pm Necaxa Season 1 finale (FXX)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19
📺 Chief of War Season 1 finale (Apple TV+)
📺 Haunted Hotel (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
The Dan Harmon cartoon is about about a single mother (voiced by Eliza Coupe) who runs a haunted hotel with her dead brother; additional voices include Will Forte, Skyler Gisondo and Jimmi Simpson.
📺 LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Season 2 (Disney+, four-episode binge)
📺 The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy Season 3 (Apple TV+)
📺 9 pm The Couple Next Door Season 2 (Starz)
📺 9 pm Scariest House in America Season 2 (HGTV)
📺 9:30 pm Zillow Gone Wild Season 2 (HGTV)
🎥 Superman (2025) (HBO Max)
🎥 Swiped (Hulu movie)
Lily James plays the visionary founder of online dating platform Bumble.
🤣 10 pm Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian (HBO comedy special)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
🎵 7 pm Farm Aid 40 (CNN)
🤼♂️ 7 pm WWE Wrestlepalooza (ESPN)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21
📺 Tulsa King Season 3 (Paramount+)
📺 8 pm 99 to Beat (Fox, next day on Hulu)
One hundred contestants go head-to-head in a range of visually distinctive and hilarious games; Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews host.
🎵 8 pm A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September (CBS special)
📺 9 pm Halloween Wars Season 15 (Food Network)
📺 9 pm Let the Devil In docuseries finale (MGM+)
🎥 Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (Hulu documentary)
The film tells the untold story of the groundbreaking music festival featuring only women artists; talking heads include Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Paula Cole, Jewel, Mýa, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, and founder Sarah McLachlan.
MONDAY, SEPT. 22
📺 Into the Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal (Hulu, eight-episode binge)
The docuseries explores the struggles and the cultural impacts made by heavy metal's most compelling artists; talking heads include Sharon Osbourne, Phil Anselmo and Nikan Khosravi.
📺 8 pm The Voice Season 28 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 10 pm Brilliant Minds Season 2 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
📺 8 pm Alien: Earth Season 1 finale (FX)
📺 8 pm Murder in a Small Town Season 2 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm The Voice Episode 2/time slot premiere (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 9 pm America's Got Talent Season 20 finale, Night 1 of 2 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 9 pm The Lowdown (FX, two-episode premiere)
Ethan Hawke plays a citizen journalist — a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.
🎥 Bodyguard of Lies (Paramount+ documentary)
The film explores the history of the Afghanistan war, the falsehoods told to Americans, and the secrets kept over four administrations.
🎥 8 pm Clemente (History Channel documentary)
The film commemorates the life, career and impact of Major League Baseball player and humanitarian Roberto Clemente.
🎥 9 pm The Devil Is Busy (HBO documentary)
This short takes viewers behind the scenes of a women's healthcare clinic in Atlanta, Ga.
🤣 Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy (Netflix comedy special)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24
📺 Hotel Costiera (Prime Video, six-episode binge)
Jesse Williams plays a half-Italian former U.S. Marine who returns to the land of his childhood as a "fixer" for one of the world's most luxurious hotels.
📺 Marvel Zombies (Disney+, four-episode binge)
After the Avengers are overtaken by a zombie plague, a desperate group of survivors discover the key to bringing an end to the super-powered undead.
📺 Slow Horses Season 5 (Apple TV+, two-episode premiere)
📺 The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Season 1 finale (Prime Video)
📺 8 pm The Floor Season 4 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm The Golden Bachelor Season 2 (ABC, two hours, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (The CW)
Detective Sergeants Henry Graff (Aden Young) and Frankie Bateman (Kathleen Munroe) investigate high-profile homicides in Canada's largest metropolis.
📺 8 pm Survivor Season 49 (CBS, two hours, next day on Paramount+)
📺 9 pm America's Got Talent Season 20 finale, Night 2 of 2 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 10 pm Shark Tank Season 17 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25
📺 Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Prime Video, three-episode binge)
The docuseries explores the rise and fall of Redondo Beach native Owen Hanson, from walk-on to the National Championship-winning USC football team to cocaine kingpin for one of the world's most dangerous cartels.
📺 House of Guinness (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
Trouble is brewing within the Guinness family in this drama created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and starring Anthony Boyle and Louis Partridge.
📺 Lynley Season 1 finale (BritBox)
📺 Wayward (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
After an escape attempt from an academy for "troubled teens," two students join forces with a newly local police officer, unearthing the town's dark and deeply rooted secrets; Mae Martin and Toni Collette star.
📺 8 pm Hell's Kitchen Season 24 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8 pm Law & Order Season 25 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 8 pm Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Season 4 finale (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm The Amazing Race Season 38 (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 9 pm English Teacher Season 2 (FX, three-episode premiere; all 10 episodes next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Law & Order: SVU Season 27 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
📺 9 pm Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 4 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 10 pm Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 (NBC, previously aired on Peacock)
📺 10 pm Project Runway Season 21 finale (Freeform)
📺 11 pm E! News series finale (E!)
🎥 From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (Starz)
🎥 The Man in My Basement (Hulu movie)
An African American man (Corey Hawkins) is about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent (Willem Dafoe) offers to rent his basement for the summer.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26
📺 8 pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season 6 (hosted by Ryan Seacrest)
📺 9 pm 20/20 Season 48 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Dateline NBC Season 34 (NBC, next day on Peacock)
🎥 All of You (Apple TV+ movie)
Best friends since college, Simon (Brett Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots) drift apart when she takes a test that finds her soulmate despite years of unspoken feelings between them.
🎥 Ruth & Boaz (Netflix movie)
From DeVon Franklin and Tyler Perry comes the story of a singer (Serayah) determined to find her true voice and winemaker (Tyler Lepley) looking for real love.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27
📺 10 pm 48 Hours Season 38 (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28
📺 7 pm America's Funniest Home Videos Season 36 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
📺 7:30 pm 60 Minutes Season 58 (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 8 pm Professor T Season 4 finale (PBS)
📺 8 pm The Simpsons Season 37 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 8:30 pm Big Brother Season 27 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
📺 8:30 pm Universal Basic Guys Season 2 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm Billy the Kid final season (MGM+)
📺 9 pm Krapopolis Season 3 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 9 pm The Marlow Murder Club Season 2 finale (PBS)
📺 9:30 pm Bob's Burgers Season 16 (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 10 pm Unforgotten Season 6 finale (PBS)
📺 11 pm Ride With Norman Reedus Season 7 finale (AMC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 29
📺 Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? (Hulu, three-episode binge)
The docuseries picks up 14 years after the suspicious death of a 27-year-old schoolteacher, who was found dead in the apartment she shared with her fiancé with 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises.
📺 Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks (Peacock, three-episode binge)
The docuseries celebrates the history and legacy of Universal Destinations & Experiences.
📺 8 pm Below Deck Mediterranean Season 10 (Bravo)
📺 10 pm Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes docuseries finale (A&E)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30
📺 Chad Powers (Hulu, two-episode premiere)
Glen Powell plays a hotshot quarterback who nukes his Division I career, then joins a struggling Southern football team.
📺 Nature: Cabin in the Woods (Netflix)
The docuseries offers chilling tales of survival, capturing the drama, danger and dark beauty of nature from the perspective of its prey.
📺 9 pm Chef Grudge Match Season 1 finale (Food Network)
📺 9 pm Doc Episode 2/time slot premiere (Fox, next day on Hulu)
📺 10 pm On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (NBC, next day on Peacock)
Fallon starts a premier marketing agency and fills it with the most creative, clever and competitive go-getters he can find. (New episodes also air Fridays at 8/7c.)
🎥 The Naked Gun (Paramount+)
🎥 9 pm Hard Hat Riot (PBS documentary)
On May 8, 1970, the "Hard Hat Riot" erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War.
🎥 9 pm Prime Minister (HBO documentary)
The film follows Prime Minister Jacinda Arden over seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics.
🤣 Earthquake: Joke Telling Business (Netflix comedy special)
What is on your September watch list? Leave a comment and let us know.