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The Lily has curated a list of the female-centric shows airing this fall to keep you entertained throughout the autumn months.
‘Star’
Sept. 26, Fox
Tune in, because Take 3 has arrived for its third season. With “Grey’s Anatomy” alum Karin Gist as showrunner, the music-industry drama’s next episodes will zoom in on the repercussions of Star’s pregnancy ( actress Jude Demorest is actually pregnant in real life) and test Queen Latifah and the entire Midtown Sound record label. Watch the trailer.
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‘American Housewife’
Sept. 26, ABC
Katy Mixon is back in this Sarah Dunn-created comedy as the not-so-typical wife and mother of her wealthy Connecticut suburb. The third season sees the titular character, though strong-willed and confident as ever, aiming to juggle her usual parental duties with her professional demands as she returns to work as a party planner. Watch the trailer.
‘Single Parents’
Sept. 26, ABC
Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Brad Garrett are part of the cast of this new show, in which single parents help one another raise their young kids while trying to maintain just a semblance of a personal life. The ensemble comedy hails from “New Girl” creator Liz Meriwether and writer JJ Philbin. Watch the trailer.
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Sept. 27, ABC
Grey Sloan Memorial is adding some fresh faces, and Ellen Pompeo — now the highest paid actress on a primetime drama — has a new arc. This 15th season, run by Krista Vernoff, is all about Meredith Grey as a single mother, and “her emotional investigation into a medical condition that’s very close to her own family background and history.” Watch the trailer.
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‘How to Get Away With Murder’
Sept. 27, ABC
Viola Davis returns for the fifth season of the Shonda Rhimes-created crime drama, which sees Annalise Keating in a new law-related job (complete with its share of politics). This season will finally have Connor-Oliver wedding we’ve been waiting for, but be sure to also brace yourself for a new mystery that shakes things up for everyone. Watch the trailer.
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‘Mom’
Sept. 27, CBS
Anna Faris is back as a single, sober mom, with Allison Janney as own her recovering-alcoholic mother. In this sixth season, Faris’s Christy attends her first day of law school and struggles with whether she should keep attending her Gamblers Anonymous meetings anymore. Watch the trailer.
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‘Murphy Brown’
Sept. 27, CBS
Twenty years after the series finale, Candice Bergen is back in the newsroom for a topical reboot of the hit show, with creator Diane English in tow. In addition to all the adjustments to address today’s 24-hour news cycle, get ready for timely episodes about the freedom of the press and #MeToo scandals. Watch the trailer.
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‘Tracey Ullman’s Show’
Sept. 28, HBO
In the sketch series’ third season, the British comedian and her signature satire humor will reprise her takes on public figures like Dame Judi Dench and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and will also introduce her version of British Prime Minister Theresa May, French first lady Brigitte Macron and United States first lady Melania Trump, among others. Watch the trailer.
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‘Criminal Minds’
Oct. 3, CBS
The long-running procedural series’ 14th season premiere is also its 300th episode. Showrunner Erica Messer promises that the milestone installment will have a heartwarming flashback, while the rest of the season will have a few notable personal character arcs — as well as, you know, the usual business of catching fictional serial killers. Watch the trailer.
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‘I Feel Bad’
Oct. 4, NBC
This new and well-reviewed family/workplace comedy, created by “Scrubs” alum Aseem Batra, stars Sarayu Blue as a woman who feels bad because of the impossibly high standards she’s set for her personal and professional life, and tends to beat herself up when she doesn’t meet those standards. Watch the trailer.
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‘Fresh Off the Boat’
Oct. 5, ABC
It’s Season 5 for the Huang family, with “Crazy Rich Asians” star Constance Wu as their tenacious matriarch. The fifth season of the Nahnatchka Khan-created comedy series will include a guest appearance by “Family Matters” star Jaleel White, as a sarcastic and under-appreciated general manager of a car dealership. Watch the trailer.
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‘The Walking Dead’
Oct. 7, AMC
Yes, the zombies are back for a ninth season. But so is Angela Kang, who has been part of the writing staff since episode one and will now be a series’ showrunner. Watch out for the onscreen exits of Lauren Cohan and Andrew Lincoln, as well the overall theme of what it really means to build a civilization. Watch the trailer.
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‘Madam Secretary’
Oct. 7, CBS
Barbara Hall’s political drama is seriously kicking off its fifth season in a big way: Tea Leoni’s Elizabeth needs advice on how to respond to a delicate situation, so she turns to former secretaries of state for help. Yes, that means onscreen cameos by Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. Watch a scene from Season 4.
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‘All American’
Oct. 10, The CW
Created by “Jane by Design” alum April Blair, the sports drama follows a talented high school football player from an inner-city neighborhood as he is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School. It’s all based on the real life of professional football player Spencer Paysinger and promises to offer an authentic depiction of South Los Angeles. Watch the trailer.
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‘Light as a Feather’
Oct. 12, Hulu
The new series centers on five teenage girls as they innocently play a game that supposes their eventual deaths. But soon, the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted. The show is based on a story by Zoe Aarsen. Watch the trailer.
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‘The Haunting of Hill House’
Oct. 12, Netflix
This modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s iconic novel looks at five siblings who grew up in America’s most famous haunted house and how the ghosts of their pasts are following them as adults. Carla Gugino is among the buzzy cast, and Meredith Averill serves as co-showrunner with creator Mike Flanagan. Watch the trailer.
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‘Dynasty’
Oct. 12, The CW
Telenovela actress Ana Brenda Contreras is joining the primetime soap for its season season, as part of a series plot twist. The reboot of the 1980s hit, with showrunner Sallie Patrick at the helm, will also have plenty more screen time for “Desperate Housewives” star Nicollette Sheridan, whose fate was unknown in that season-one cliffhanger. Watch the trailer.
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‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
Oct. 12, The CW
It’s the final season for the critically-acclaimed musical comedy from Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, who will also direct the series’ last episodes. Tune in for Skylar Astin as Rebecca’s recasted ex-beau Greg, plus cameos by the show’s celebrity fans Patton Oswalt and Nia Vardalos. Watch a scene from Season 3.
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‘Camping’
Oct. 14, HBO
Jennifer Garner makes her return to television in the limited series from Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner of “Girls.” She’s playing a controlling Los Angeles mom whose weekend getaway with her husband is joined by her meek sister, her former best friend and a free-spirited tagalong. With this combination, crime ensues. Watch the trailer.
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‘Charmed’
Oct. 14, The CW
The reimagining of the ’90s series has the trio of multiracial, supernatural sisters figuring out how to harness their powers and hunt down demons while laying low in their college town. With “Jane the Virgin” showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman in charge, the series will explore topics in the spaces of representation and witchcraft. Watch the trailer.
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‘Arrow’
Oct. 15, The CW
The series’ seventh season has a new superpower: Beth Schwartz as its showrunner. Since the last finale saw Oliver Queen turning himself in and revealing his true identity as the Green Arrow, he’s now in prison — meaning, he’s in close proximity to many of the villains he put in there over the past six seasons. Watch the trailer.
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‘Splitting Up Together’
Oct. 16, ABC
The family comedy, created by Emily Kapnek, stars Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson as a couple who, while filing for divorce, take turns living in the main house and the garage apartment to maintain some normalcy in their kids lives. Season 2 picks after the nearly-divorced duo reignited their relationship in that steamy season finale. Watch a scene from Season 1.
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‘Wanderlust’
Oct. 19, Netflix
Toni Collette stars in the Netflix-BBC series as a woman who tries an open marriage for the first time. When the show debuted in the United Kingdom earlier this month, it portrayed the BBC’s first on-screen female orgasm. It’s the most emblematic accolade for a show that presents a frank portrayal of a middle-aged woman’s sexuality. Watch the trailer.
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‘Legacies’
Oct. 25, The CW
This spinoff series of “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” is introducing a new generation of protectors to the town of Mystic Falls. Julie Plec again runs the show about Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell), the teenage vampire-werewolf-witch “tribrid” who’s mourning her parents’ death while attending the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted. Watch the trailer.
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‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’
Oct. 26, Netflix
“Mad Men” breakout actress Kiernan Shipka plays the titular heroine in the darker take on the “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” comics. As with the similarly-inspired ’90s series that starred Melissa Joan Hart, the show centers on a young human-witch who is torn between her two halves (while battling multiple forces of evil, that is). Salem the cat is also on the show, despite Shipka’s allergies. Watch the trailer.
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‘Midnight, Texas’
Oct. 26, NBC
The supernatural thriller, based on Charlaine Harris’ book series, is back for a sophomore season. Nicole Snyder is taking over the series’ showrunning duties with Eric Charmelo, and the two bosses have promised a ton more immediate threats lurking in the remote Texas town, and even a newfound “psychic connection” between the newlywed characters. Watch the trailer.
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‘Stan Against Evil’
Oct. 31, IFC
For those who like their horror with a heavy dose of comedy, the Dana Gould-created series is feting Halloween with their Season 3 premiere. Willard’s Mill is about to be invaded by many new monsters, along with the returns of Nate Mooney and Deborah Baker Jr., and the new additions of Scott Adsit, Maria Bamford and more. Watch the trailer.
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‘Homecoming’
Nov. 2, Amazon
Julia Roberts goes for her first lead television role in this anticipated psychological thriller, based on a hot podcast about a secret government program. She plays a caseworker who works at a facility that, on the surface, helps soldiers transition back to civilian life. (It’s also her on-screen reunion with her “My Best Friend’s Wedding” co-star Dermot Mulroney.) Watch the trailer.
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‘House of Cards’
Nov. 2, Netflix
Following the political drama’s removal of Kevin Spacey, the sixth and final season is all about Robin Wright, as her diabolical character Claire Underwood shifts from serving as vice president and first lady to become the nation’s first female president. She even assumes her late husband’s fourth-wall-breaking narrative technique, even while standing over his grave. Watch the trailer.
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‘Queen America’
Nov. 21, Facebook Watch
Catherine Zeta-Jones leads the series as a renowned and ruthless pageant coach who swears that she can turn any girl into a winner, but a particularly unpolished young woman’s challenge puts her reputation at stake. Judith Light and Jennifer Westfeldt are also among the cast of the show, created by Meaghan Oppenheimer. Watch the trailer.
