The Fall Schedule: November and December Previews

We’ve got a lot of new and returning TV hitting the screens in September and October, but it’s not too early to think about the shows that are heading our way in November and December. There’s a few teasers being released, which I’ve collected for you here!

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
5th Nov	The Crown	Netflix	1
15th Nov	Good Behaviour Sweet/Vicious	TNT MTV	1 1
17th Nov	Undercover	BBC America	1
20th Nov	Librarians The Affair	TNT Showtime	3 3
21st Nov	Search Party	TBS	1
25th Nov	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Netflix	8
30th Nov	Incorporated Vikings	Syfy History	1 4 (second part)
7th Dec	Shut Eye	Hulu	1
9th Dec	Fuller House	Netflix	2
11th Dec	The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses	PBS	Miniseries

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life premiers 25th November

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The Fall Schedule : October

The Fall Schedule if in full swing now, bringing together a host of old and new quality tv. I’ve put together the air dates for new and returning shows in October (September is available on a separate post) so you can make a note of when your favourite shows are back. Remember to keep an eye on Skatronixxx.com for reviews of all the best shows.

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
2nd	Westworld Madam Secretary Shameless Elementary	HBO CBS Showtime CBS	1 3 7 5
3rd	Scorpion Conviction Timeless	CBS ABC NBC	3 1 1
4th	The Mindy Project The Flash No Tomorrow	Hulu The CW The CW	5 3 1
5th	Arrow Frequency	The CW The CW	5 1
9th	Divorce Insecure	HBO HBO	1 1
10th	Supergirl 2 Broke Girls	The CW CBS	2 6

The Flash season 3 premiers 4th October

Date	Show	Network	Season
11th	The Middle American Housewife Fresh Off the Boat The Real O’Neals Chicago Fire	ABC ABC ABC ABC NBC	8 1 3 2 5
13th	Legends of Tomorrow Supernatural Falling Water	The CW The CW USA	2 12 1
14th	Haters Back Off	Netflix	1
17th	Jane the Virgin The Odd Couple	The CW CBS	3 3

Supernatural season 12 premiers 13th October

Date	Show	Network	Season
19th	Chance	Hulu	1
21st	The Vampire Diaries Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	The CW The CW	8 2
23rd	The Walking Dead Comic Book Men	AMC AMC	7 6
24th	Man With A Plan	CBS	1
26th	Rectify	Sundance	4
27th	The Great Indoors Mom Life in Pieces Pure Genius	CBS CBS CBS CBS	1 4 2 1
29th	The Fall	Netflix	3
31st	People of Earth	TBS	1

The Walking Dead season 7 premiers 23rd October

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The Fall Schedule: September

Ok.. I know this is a little bit late! Really sorry! I’ve put together the air dates for new and returning shows in September (October is on a separate post) so you can catch up if you’ve missed any of your faves. Remember to keep an eye on Skatronixxx.com for reviews of all the best shows.

All details are correct for the USA at the time of writing. For your country, please check your TV guide.

Date	Show	Network	Season
6th	From Dust Til Dawn: The Series Atlanta	El Rey FX	3 1
8th	Better Things	FX	1
11th	Rob & Chyna Masters of Sex	E! Showtime	1 4
14th	Blindspot American Horror Story South Park Legends of Chamberlain Heights	NBC FX Comedy Central Comedy Central	2 6 20 1
16th	Z Nation High Maintenance	Syfy HBO	3 1
19th	Gotham The Big Bang Theory Kevin Can Wait Lucifer The Good Place	Fox CBS CBS Fox NBC	3 10 1 2 1

Gotham season 3 premiers 19th September

Date	Show	Network	Season
20th	NCIS Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl Bull Scream Queens This Is Us Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. NCIS: New Orleans	CBS Fox Fox CBS Fox NBC ABC CBS	14 4 6 1 2 1 4 3
21st	The Goldbergs Lethal Weapon Speechless Modern Family Empire Law & Order: SVU Black-ish Chicago PD Designated Survivor	ABC Fox ABC ABC Fox NBC ABC NBC ABC	4 1 1 8 3 18 3 4 1
22nd	Superstore Grey’s Anatomy Rosewood Notorious Chicago Med Pitch The Blacklist How To Get Away With Murder	NBC ABC Fox ABC NBC Fox NBC ABC	2 13 2 1 2 1 4 3

How To Get Away With Murder season 3 premiers 22nd September

Date	Show	Network	Season
23rd	Longmire Last Man Standing MacGyver Dr. Ken Shark Tank The Exorcist Hawaii Five-0 Blue Bloods Van Helsing Transparent	Netflix ABC CBS ABC ABC Fox CBS CBS Syfy Amazon	5 6 1 2 8 1 7 7 1 3
25th	Bob’s Burgers Once Upon a Time The Simpsons NCIS:LA Son of Zorn Secrets and Lies Family Guy Last Man on Earth Quantico	Fox ABC Fox CBS Fox ABC Fox Fox ABC	7 6 28 8 1 2 15 3 2

Last Man on Earth season 3 premiers on 25th September

Date	Show	Network	Season
26th	The Regular Show	Comedy Central	8
27th	Channel Zero: Candle Cove Aftermath Drunk History	Syfy Syfy Comedy Central	1 1 4
28th	Criminal Minds Code Black Younger Impastor	CBS CBS TV Land TV Land	12 2 3 2
30th	Luke Cage Crisis in Six Scenes	Netflix Amazon	1 1

Luke Cage season 1 premiers on 30th September

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Scrubs Creator To Launch Space Comedy

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is teaming up with his Undatables collaborator Adam Sztykiel for a new NBC single camera comedy. Spaced Out will be a workplace comedy (similar to Scrubs) but this time set in the not to distant future, where commercial space travel is available.

No cast are confirmed yet, however I’d put money on Lawrence’s wife Christa Miller popping up at some point. If Lawrence’s previous outings are anything to go by (as well as Scrubs and Undatables, Lawrence created Spin City and Cougar Town) he could be looking at another hit.

Space comedies appear to be in vogue at the moment, with Family Guy mastermind Seth McFarlane launching a space-based comedy drama on Fox next year.

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Imogen Poots Cast in I Kill Giants Movie

Toronto Film Festival gave us some great upcoming movie scoops this year- particularly for comic book fans. The Internet was awash with stories about the latest Guardians of the Galaxy film, and Variety has reported that rising star Imogen Poots (That Awkward Moment) has been cast in upcoming comic adaptation I Kill Giants. The film will also star GotG leading lady Zoe Salanda and teen sweetheart Madison Wolfe (True Detective).

The film is based on the 2008 Image comic by Joe Kelly (who also wrote the screenplay) and J. M. Ken Niimura. The story focuses on a geeky outsider called Barbara (Wolfe) who escapes into a world of fantasy. Barbara is a great young female protagonist, especially for people who don’t quite feel like they fit in.

Salanda will play Barbara’s school psychologist Ms Molle, and it has not yet been reported what role Poots will play. The film will be directed by award winning Danish film maker Anders Walter.

I Kill Giants is due to start filming in late September, and due for release in 2017.

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Last Weekend’s Top 10 Box Office Movie Chart – September 16-18, 2016

Hi all! I’ve taken the helm from the gorgeous Presh to get the charts from the box office to your eyes. It’s taken me a while to work out the system, so I’m going to pull a cheeky double – last weekend and this weekend. After that, we should be up and running. Huzzah! Last week the top 3 movies at the box office were Sully, When the Bough Breaks, and Don’t Breathe – so let’s have a look to see if the release of the long awaited Bridget Jones sequel and Joseph Gordon -Levitt‘s turn as Snowden have had an impact on that!

Chart Legend 

Rank / Movie Title/ Studio

W/E Gross = Weekend Gross / T/Gross = Total Gross / LW = Last Week

Green = UP / Red = DOWN / Blue = No Movement / Teal = New

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BOX OFFICE MOVIE CHART

1.  Sully / WB 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$21,653,017       $70,194,368      #1

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2.  Blair Witch / LGF 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$9,576,057        $9,576,057      NEW

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3.  Bridget Jones’s Baby / Universal 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$8,571,785           $8,571,785     NEW

 

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4.  Snowden / ORF 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$8,000,058         $8,000,058    NEW

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5.  Don’t Breathe / SGem 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$5,640,232        $75,369,013       #3

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6.  When the Bough Breaks / SGem 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$5,483,126         $22,655,858      #2

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7.  Suicide Squad /WB 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$4,701,834         $313,774,166    #4

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8.  The Wild Life/LG/S 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$2,771,443          $6,785,712       #5

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9.  Kubo and the Two Strings/Focus 

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$2,540,031        $44,272,005      #6

 

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10.  Pete’s Dragon/BV

W/E Gross          T/Gross           LW

$2,152,802          $72,917,327     #7

 

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That’s the top 10 for you. As you can see, lots of movies have dropped down the chart this week, but the news films have gone in near the top. Let’s see if Sully can hang on for another week at #1!

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Melissa Rosenberg Suggests Jessica Jones Will Not Be ‘Fixed’

Jessica Jones will be back on our screens for a second season in 2018, after the release of Luke Cage in a couple of weeks, and Iron Fist and The Defenders in 2017. Even though there’s been a long break between seasons, showrunner Melissa Rosenberg has already started getting the show written and finalised. In fact, season 2 is already half written. Makes me think Rosenberg was never one to leave her homework until last thing on a Sunday night….

In an interview with Esquire magazine, Rosenberg explained that Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) would not be magically “cured” following the climax of series 1. “People don’t just heal, you don’t go through that just to say, ‘Oh, he got arrested, he’s in jail, I’m OK now.’ That trauma is a huge part of who she is now.” This is a huge relief to fans. Jessica Jones has become an important part of the media landscape, particularly for women. Jessica had lots of issues going on before she met Kilgrave (David Tennant), and even though Kilgrave is now out of the picture her remaining issues need to be addressed and worked through.

Rosenberg also said that she’d learned a lot about this type of character development through working on Dexter. “With Dexter, the moment he felt guilt or accepted that he was ‘bad,’ the show’s over. He’s no longer a sociopath. The equivalent for us would be if Jessica somehow recovered from the damage that had been done to her.” A Jessica that resembled Kimmy Schmidt might not sit well with the tone of the show!

The series will arrive after The Defenders, and although Melissa Rosenberg is not on the team leading that show, she’s aware of what’s going on so that she can seamlessly link the events in with season 2. Rumour has is that Luke Cage will take a back seat and Kilgrave is gone, so the friendship between Jessica and Trish (Rachael Taylor) will take more of a leading role for the show’s second outing. She did, however, play down the ‘shipping’ chat that has surrounded the two characters. “People would love that. I sometimes think there’s sort of a prurient interest in that, like, can’t women just be friends? I feel like for me that’s what is unique about the relationship, that they are such intimate friends, and I think they don’t have to become lovers—that being said, one never knows.”

Jessica Jones season 2 as yet has no release date. Marvel’s Luke Cage lands on Netflix 30th September.

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Jared Leto to Play Andy Warhol in New Biopic

Oscar winner Jared Leto is due to play Andy Warhol in an upcoming biopic about the artist’s life. Leto, who recently appeared in the 2016’s more colourful DC outing Suicide Squad as the Joker, will star in the movie based on the 1989 book Warhol: The Biography by Victor Bockris. He is famously a method actor, so I personally am looking forward to seeing the 28 hour video of a tramp sleeping he will inevitably make to get into character.

Leto will also co-produce the film with Michael De Luca, whose previous production credits include the two Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider films, Best Picture Oscar nominees The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips, and Razzie Worst Picture winner 50 Shades of Grey – an eclectic mix there, Mr De Luca!

Former Xena: Warrior Princess writer Terrence Winter will provide the screenplay. Winter also wrote and produced for Boardwalk Empire and the Sopranos, as well as writing the screenplay for 80s yuppy-fest The Wolf of Wall Street. This is not Winter’s first brush with Andy Warhol, as he also appeared as a recurring character in his recently cancelled HBO series Vinyl.

Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement in the 1960s, famed for his Campbell’s Soup Can pictures and his brightly coloured portraits of icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. His studio The Factory was a haven for artists, playwrights, drag queens, intellectuals and celebrities, and he was openly gay in a time before the gay liberation movement.

Jared Leto has come under fire by the LBGT community before, when he played Rayon, a transgender AIDS patient in The Dallas Buyers Club. Although Leto came away with an armful of awards for his performance, he also found himself on the receiving end of a lot of criticism from the underrepresented community. Leto himself has said that he thinks Hollywood is ‘too conservative’ for gay leading men (I’m sure Neil Patrick Harris, Zachary Quinto and Lee Pace agree totally…) so time will tell if he can win back the fans he angered in 2014.

Warhol has no release date yet, however you can catch Jared Leto in next year’s Blade Runner remake and potentially in the Harley Quinn solo project that Margot Robbie has already signed on for.

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Fargo Season 3 – Scoot McNairy Joins Cast

One of the finest new series to his the screens in recent years has been (in my opinion) FX’s black comedy/drama Fargo. It shouldn’t work; TV adaptations of awesome films rarely do. Fargo is a different beast though – it is compelling, funny, shocking, and has some of the best painted characters you will see over 10 episodes. This is partly down to the excellent, Cohen Brothers inspired writing (Kirsten Dunst feeding a tied up murder baked beans in season two was outstanding) and partly down to the casting of excellent Hollywood actors in the lead roles. As well as Dunst, familiar faces in season one and two have included: Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Kieran Culkin, Patrick Wilson and Nick Offerman. Offerman’s scenes in season two are a work of art – it is worth watching the whole brilliant series for him alone.

Showrunner Noah Hawley has begun releasing information about season 3, which will go into production soon and is due to air in 2017. During his appearance at the Emmys (for which Fargo had nominations in a number of categories) he revealed that Scoot McNairy would be a regular in the upcoming season. He sadly didn’t disclose anything about the character McNairy, who currently stars as downtrodden but loyal engineer Gordon Clark in the excellent Halt and Catch Fire, would be playing.

Confirmed cast Scoot McNairy, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winsted and Carrie Coon

This news comes hot on the heels of other casting information. Scottish Jedi and national treasure Ewan McGregor will play two roles – a pair of lookalike brothers called Emmit and Ray. Emmit (the ‘Parking Lot King of Minnesota’) is more attractive and successful than Ray, his bitter younger brother. Mary Elizabeth Winsted (hair dye and rollerblade fancier Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs the World) will be playing an alluring recent parolee called Nikki Swango. Relative newcomer Carrie Coon (who stars in The Leftovers, and also played Margot in Gone Girl) will play the season’s female lead – taking up the no-nonsense lady cop role that Fargo has a tradition of presenting. Her character Gloria is the chief of police promises to be practical, down to earth, and (if the other seasons are anything to go by) will be dealing with some crazy situations.

Season 3 will reportedly take place in 2010, which is about 4 years after the events of season one (season 2 was set in the 70s), and it is not yet clear how the stories will (if all) link in with the Solversons, who were the big players in the first two seasons.

Fargo seasons 1&2 are available on Netflix (definitely UK – other countries may differ) Season 3 is due for release in 2017 (TBC)

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The Emmy Awards: The Big Winners

Every year the Emmy Awards recognises the top talent on television. Considered to be one of the highest accolades a TV series can be nominated for, especially for an American audience, the awards show normally attracts a lot of celebrity attention. The 68th annual prime time Emmy ceremony was hosted this year by comedian Jimmy Kimmel (a quick glance at the photos made me realise I didn’t know the difference between Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon… oops… while planning out this article I had the Lip Sync Battle guy in my head!) who followed the current trend of ‘roasting’ celebrities both present and absent. This hit some high points (any mocking reference of Donald Trump) and some bum notes (suggesting Bill Cosby was coming out to present an award.

A handy guide for differentiating your Fallons from your Kimmels (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for TIME)

The Winners

For your enjoyment, here’s a list of all the folks who walked away with a trophy (and who I would have voted for if I was Queen of the World).

• Outstanding Drama Series – Game of Thrones (I would have picked Mr Robot. I love GoT but I thought the first series on Mr Robot was much more interesting than the latest season of the Thrones)
• Comedy Series – Veep (Again, I love Veep, but I think Master of None or Silicon Valley were both stronger than Selina and co this year)
• Outstanding Limited Series – The People vs OJ Simpson (I probably would have gone for this or Fargo – both were awesome)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Rami Malek for Mr Robot (I totally agree with this. He’s fantastic)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black (I can’t even express how much this woman deserves this award. She plays like 7 individual characters, who sometimes play each other. She should have won this award every year since she started!!)

 

Tatiana Maslany – Hand this lady all the awards

 

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent (I would have chosen Aziz Ansari for Master of None myself, although he may very well just be playing himself…)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series- Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep (I would agree with this too. I think she was fab.)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Courtney B. Vance for The People v. O.J. Simpson (I probably would agree with this. I didn’t see The Night Manager and maybe if I had, I would pick Tom Hiddleston instead)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie – Sarah Paulson for The People v. O.J. Simpson (I thought she was amazing, and I certainly think she deserves the award, but I might just have picked Kirsten Dunst for her role in Fargo instead)
• Outstanding Reality-Competition Program – The Voice (I’d not seen any of the shows in this category, but American Ninja Warrior sounded pretty cool…)
• Outstanding Variety Talk Series – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Absolutely. I think John Oliver is one of the best people on TV. Give him all the awards)

 

John Oliver saw off two Jimmys and a James for his award

 

• Outstanding Television Movie – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Yeah, this was pretty good. I think I’d have picked it too. Give Cumberbatch something to celebrate)
• Outstanding Variety Sketch Series – Key & Peele (I’ve not seen much of these guys, but if Keenan-Michael Key’s ‘Anger Translation’ of Obama’s speech is anything to go by, they probably earned it)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Ben Mendelsohn for Bloodline (There were so many great actors to choose from, but I think I would have gone with Jonathan Banks in Better Call Saul)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey (Sorry guys, I’m totally over DA. I’d have picked Maisie Williams in GoT for this one)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Louie Anderson for Baskets (For me, this one had to be Tituss Burgess for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – a disappointing loss there)
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live (She’s a very talented lady, so I’m with the committee on this one)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Sterling K. Brown for The People v. O.J. Simpson (I might have picked David Schwimmer for this one, as I thought he was incredible)
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie – Regina King for American Crime (I think I would have picked Jean Smart for Fargo as  was understated and brilliant throughout

Game of Thrones and The People v. O.J. Simpson both took home further awards for writing , as did Aziz Ansari for Master of None. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were recognised as Outstanding Guest Actresses in a Comedy Series for their appearance on SNL.

A full list on the nominees and winners can be found here.

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