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      'Mare of Easttown' Takes Supporting Actor Awards for Limited Series

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      “Mare of Easttown” was one of the buzziest limited series of the year, and it received 16 Emmy nominations, including for best limited or anthology series. Thus far Sunday night, the HBO crime drama has already claimed both supporting acting awards for a limited or anthology series or movie.Julianne Nicholson won best supporting actress for her heartbreaking role as Lori, the best friend of the main character, Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet, also nominated, for best actress). Nicholson delivered a heartfelt speech that referenced recent world events, including the Texas abortion ban and the U.S. military’s withdrawal from the 20-year war in Afghanistan.“I owe this to you,” Nicholson said, “and all the ladies out there in Philadelphia, in Kabul, in Texas or anywhere who are struggling sometimes, finding it hard to be happy sometimes, understanding that life can be a lot sometimes, but never stopping, never losing hope never giving up.”Evan Peters also won a supporting actor award, for his performance as Detective Colin Zabel. Both he and Nicholson were first-time nominees.“This is a dream come true for me tonight,” a visibly shocked Peters said.The series, which garnered praise for the way it nailed the look, feel, sound and salty attitude of the people of Delaware County, Pa., became appointment viewing last spring. Although the series was initially billed as a single-season affair, there has been talk of a Season 2 after the overwhelming response to the first.“I think if we could ever crack a story that was as emotional and surprising, then I think maybe there’s a conversation,” the creator, Brad Ingelsby, told Esquire last month. “I mean, listen, I love Mare. If we could ever give her a great season, I would certainly consider it. More

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      ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 5, Episode 10: You Can’t Make an Omelet …

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      Eggs will be broken. The question amid all this conniving, though, is whose?Season 5, Episode 10: ‘Liberty’Chuck Rhoades is cooking eggs.That’s it. That’s the scene.For three uninterrupted minutes — without dialogue, without music, without so much as a single cut — the attorney general for the great state of New York cracks, scrambles, fries, flips and serves an omelet to his daughter, Eva (Alexa Swinton), and their guest, the billionaire Mike Prince. In “Billions” time, those three minutes might as well be an eternity. Suddenly, we’re miles away from the mile-a-minute patter and breakneck plot twists that make “Billions” one of the fastest-moving shows on television. For these three minutes, it is slow cinema, a cousin to the endless floor-sweeping and glacial soup-sipping of its sister Showtime series, “Twin Peaks: The Return.”That this happens in the most momentous episode so far of the season’s long-delayed latter half seems like no coincidence. As the first installment to truly address the Covid-19 pandemic — it appears to be set after the initial quarantine stage, when people started making their way back to workplaces and family gatherings — it is keenly interested in the ways human beings connect. There’s video conferencing and FaceTiming, as well as spirited dinner conversations, an in-office date and an intimate phone call. Viewed in this context, the omelet scene is an attempt to slow things down and capture the vibe of what it’s like to pull an all-nighter with a colleague, share a joint and then fix an early breakfast for your daughter.But before we run the risk of slowing down too much ourselves, let’s jump right into the momentousness. For starters, the pandemic happened — is happening — and the show addresses it head-on; in the opening scene, half of Axe Cap’s staff members delivers their dialogue through masks.But they aren’t Axe Cap’s staff for long. Zooming into the office from his home, where he has been quarantined because of an infected private jet pilot, Axe announces that Axe Cap is no more. Everyone has been let go … and some, but not all, of them will be rehired by night’s end for his new venture, Axe Bank. In the case of Lauren, Mase Carbon’s investor relations guru, she’ll have to choose between joining the bank or staying put. (When she tries to do both, Taylor fires Lauren, and Lauren dumps Taylor.)Chuck has a big night on the docket, too. With the help of video conferencing technology and some in-person guests, he is staging a Jeffersonian Dinner, a highly structured exchange of conversation and ideas. The assembled worthies include Prince; Chuck’s friend and lawyer Ira Schirmer; the Manhattan district attorney, Mary Ann Gramm (Roma Maffia); Governor Bob Sweeney of New York (Matt Servitto); Senator Marcia Vandeveer (Polly Draper); Chucks’ right-hand woman; Kate Sacker; U.S. Solicitor General, Adam DeGiulio (Rob Morrow); and, unexpectedly, his father, Charles Sr., with his sleazy medical adviser, Dr. Swerdlow (Rick Hoffman).Why does Charles Sr. show up? It’s complicated. Essentially, Chuck gives his estranged wife, Wendy, a choice: Cough up a lump-sum divorce settlement, or allow him to snoop around Mase Carb/Axe Cap’s books. When he ignores her FaceTime call, she contacts Ira instead. Ira gives her a view of the room and affords her a few snippets of the conversation everyone is having about bank regulation and liberty or something. She tips off Axe that his enemies have gathered. He sends his newly loyal ally, Charles Sr., and his mole, Swerdlow, to crash the party.Now here’s where it gets extra tricky. The conversation eventually turns to the legalization of cannabis. Prince is all for it; Chuck is against it, but eventually bows before superior arguments in its favor; DeGiulio thinks the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue but likely rule in its favor. And when people like this talk, people like Axe listen.Axe figures that the fight between Prince and Chuck was a ruse, that cannabis is soon to get the federal green light, and that the time has come to corner the market before Prince can do so himself. What he doesn’t know (I think?) is that Taylor, who had earlier told him there was a yellow light for the weed biz, is part of Chuck and Prince’s conspiracy.According to Taylor’s employee Rian, the light, in fact, is bright red. So has Axe fallen for a ruse, one he was meant to be ensnared by from the moment Chuck set his bait for Wendy’s call? Or has he seen through it? On this show, how can you even tell until the ax (no pun intended) inevitably falls on whoever screwed up?Even as all these schemes fly around, there’s room for romance in the air. Some of it even comes from Wags, who has been searching all season for a way to rectify his failure as a father by fathering a whole new child and starting from scratch. He seems to find his woman in Chelsea (Caroline Day), who eats a dinner prepared for them by the celebrity chef Tom Colicchio all by herself while Wags puts out various fires. To Wags’s surprise, she invites herself back to his place because his tyrannical antics turn her on.The biggest bombshell of all comes in the episode’s final scene. Speaking by phone around the same time that (a slightly stoned) Chuck cooks breakfast, Bobby Axelrod (who, by the way, buys Wendy’s share of Mase Carb to give her liquid assets enough to placate Chuck) confesses that he sabotaged Wendy Rhoades’s relationship with the artist Nico Tanner because he has feelings for her himself. They’re feelings she reciprocates.And that’s it. No passionate clinch, no consummation — just two people who know each other inside and out, smiling on opposite ends of a phone call. If Axe weren’t so detestable, it would be a beautiful moment. Maybe even one worth spending three uninterrupted minutes on.Loose change:Back in the fold this episode: Orrin Bach (Glenn Fleshler) Axe’s much-missed lawyer, and Bob Beaufort, a.k.a. Hard Bob (Chelcie Ross), the government official turned compliance officer for Axe Bank. Still missing from the ranks of regularly scheduled guests: Sarah Stiles as Bonnie, the tough-talking trader who has an illicit relationship with her colleague Dollar Bill, and Terry Kinney as Hall, Bobby’s black-ops specialist. Fingers crossed!Wags has mostly stuck to the sidelines so far this half-season, but what a pleasure to watch the actor David Costabile tear the head off an underling, or react with disbelief when his disastrous dinner date turns out to have been a success after all.With Lauren now out of the picture, I wonder if the professional and personal tension between Taylor and Rian — who once again nearly bounces from Mase Carb when she realizes that Taylor is misleading Bobby — will begin to blossom into something more.During an argument over the phone, Wendy roasts Chuck: “I care not a whit, as you might say.” Direct hit, she sank his battleship, et cetera. More

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      2021 Emmy Winners: Complete List

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      The list of winners for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards.Streaming services dominated many people’s pandemic lives. Will they dominate at this year’s Emmys, too?The 73rd annual Emmy Awards are happening right now in Los Angeles. The ceremony is primarily in person this year — in contrast to last year’s largely virtual event — and it is being hosted by the comedian Cedric the Entertainer.Netflix’s British royal drama “The Crown” and the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” have the most nominations, with 24 each. HBO led all networks with 130 nominations. Apple TV+ has a good chance of winning its first major Emmy with “Ted Lasso,” which is the favorite in the comedy category.In the acting categories, Mj Rodriguez (FX’s “Pose”) could make history as the first transgender actor to win a Primetime Emmy in a lead acting category. And Michael K. Williams, who was found dead on Sept. 6, could win the best supporting actor in a drama award posthumously, for his work on the HBO series “Lovecraft Country.”Whatever happens, we will be following along live. See the list of winners, which will be updated throughout the night, below.Writing for a Drama SeriesPeter Morgan, “The Crown” (“War”)Supporting Actor, Limited Series or MovieEvan Peters, “Mare of Easttown”Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a MovieJulianne Nicholson, “Mare of Easttown”Supporting Actor, ComedyBrett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”Supporting Actress, ComedyHannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”Directing for a Variety SpecialBo Burnham, “Inside”Directing for a Variety SeriesDon Roy King, “Saturday Night Live”Guest Actress, ComedyMaya Rudolph, “Saturday Night Live”Guest Actor, ComedyDave Chappelle, “Saturday Night Live”Guest Actress, DramaClaire Foy, “The Crown”Guest Actor, DramaCourtney B. Vance, “Lovecraft Country”Television Movie“Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” (Netflix) More

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      Michael K. Williams Could Win an Acting Award Posthumously

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      Michael K. Williams, the beloved star of “The Wire” who was found dead on Sept. 6, is nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for the recently canceled HBO series “Lovecraft Country.” If he does win — and he is a slight favorite over Tobias Menzies from “The Crown” — it will not be because Emmys voters wanted to give him the award posthumously. The Emmy voting period ended before Williams’s death. More

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      Here's How to Livestream the Emmys Tonight

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      There’s sure to be both drama and comedy at the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be mostly an in-person edition of the show. Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the comedian and star of CBS’s “The Neighborhood,” the awards will be handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles before a limited audience, and will honor the pandemic-era television programs that got us through lockdown.What time do the festivities start?The ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific. On television, CBS is the official broadcaster. If you have a cable login, you can watch online via cbs.com, or if you’re a CBS subscriber, via the CBS app.The show will also air live and on demand on the streaming service Paramount+, which is one of the cheapest options for streaming the Emmys. Paramount+ offers a one-week free trial or is available starting at $5 per month. Other livestreaming services that also offer access to the channel include Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV or FuboTV. All require subscriptions that start at $65 per month, though many are offering free trials.Is there a red carpet?This year’s attendees will still have the chance to sashay down a red carpet, albeit a limited one with only about a dozen media outlets. The cable channel E! will have preshow entertainment and then red carpet coverage beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Livestreams from the red carpet will be available on the websites of People and Entertainment Weekly starting at 7 p.m.Who will be presenting?Among the approximately 50 stars scheduled to hand out statuettes are Annaleigh Ashford, Awkwafina, Stephen Colbert, Misty Copeland, Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, and Taraji P. Henson, Gayle King, Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, LL Cool J, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara, Dolly Parton, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Patrick Stewart and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Reggie Watts, the band leader on “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” will serve as D.J. for the evening, and the R&B artist Leon Bridges and Jon Batiste of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will perform a special “In Memoriam” song written by Bridges. More

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      Emmy Awards 2021: Watch to Watch For

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      “The Crown” and Netflix could have a big night and bring the streaming service its first top award for a series. Here’s what else to expect, and a look at the favorites and potential upsets.At long last, it should be the year that a streaming platform is triumphant at the Emmys.The tech companies upended the entertainment industry years ago but they’ve had mixed results breaking through with members of the Television Academy, who vote on the winners.That will likely come to an end on Sunday when the envelopes are unsealed at the 73rd Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS — and, fittingly, streamed live on Paramount+.“The Crown,” the lush Netflix drama chronicling the British royal family, is the heavy favorite to win one of night’s the biggest awards — best drama — on the strength of its fourth season, which took viewers into the 1980s as it portrayed the relationship of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.Seven of the show’s cast members landed acting nominations, including Josh O’Connor (Prince Charles) for best actor and Emma Corrin (Princess Diana) and Olivia Colman (Queen Elizabeth II) for best actress. Gillian Anderson (Margaret Thatcher) and Helena Bonham Carter (Princess Margaret) are among the nominees for best actress in a supporting role.“The Crown” already picked up four Emmys in the first batch of awards handed out during last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which recognizes achievements in technical categories.Netflix built a considerable lead over its television and streaming rivals at the Creative Arts Emmys, all but guaranteeing that it will win more awards than any other studio, streaming platform or TV network. A best drama win for “The Crown” would also be a significant first for Netflix. The streaming service has never won a top series award, despite a whopping 30 nominations in best drama, comedy and limited series from 2013 to 2020. Only one streaming service, Hulu, has won best drama, an award that went to “The Handmaid’s Tale” four years ago.It would be a fitting win in a ceremony that is recognizing the best shows aired or streamed amid the pandemic. During the stay-at-home months last year and early this year, people increasingly turned away from cable and embraced streaming video entertainment, accelerating a trend that was already underway.While “The Crown” is the favorite, keep an eye out for spoilers in the best drama race. “The Mandalorian,” the Star Wars action adventure show on Disney+, picked up seven technical awards last weekend, and Television Academy voters love themselves some popular, action-packed entertainment, as evinced by “Game of Thrones” winning the best drama category a record-tying four times.A show with an outside shot is “Bridgerton,” the popular Netflix bodice-ripper from the super producer Shonda Rhimes. FX’s “Pose,” nominated for its final, emotional season, has the best chance at an upset of any of the cable or network series nominated.‘Ted Lasso’ and Jason Sudeikis are favorites.It looks like Apple’s streaming service, not quite two years old, is on the verge of getting its first major Emmys win, thanks to an aphorism-spouting, fish-out-of-water soccer coach.The feel-good Apple TV+ comedy, “Ted Lasso,” is the favorite in the comedy category. Nominated for its rookie season, which had its premiere in August 2020, the show already won best cast in a comedy last weekend. The winner of that award has gone on to win best comedy six years in a row. “Ted Lasso” also cleaned up at the Television Critics Association Awards earlier this month, winning best new series, best comedy and best overall show.Jason Sudeikis and his feel-good Apple TV+ comedy, “Ted Lasso,” are expected to take home multiple awards. Apple TV Plus, via Associated PressJason Sudeikis, the former “Saturday Night Live” stalwart, is poised to win multiple Emmys, including for best writing and best actor in a comedy series. Those would represent his first Emmy wins.A long shot competitor for best comedy is the HBO Max series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart, who is also likely to win her fourth acting Emmy for her role as a Joan Rivers-like stand-up comic.When it comes to comedy this year, the broadcast and cable networks are on the outside looking in: They earned only one nomination in the category, from ABC’s “black-ish,” its lowest combined total in the history of the Emmys.Cedric the Entertainer hosts a potentially boozy ceremony.The Emmys will be an in-person event for the first time in two years, but it won’t be up to the level, in crowd size or spectacle, of the Before Time. Instead of taking place at the 7,100-seat Microsoft Theater, the ceremony will take place in a tent in downtown Los Angeles, with a few hundred people attending.Most nominees will be seated at tables, with food and drink, à la the Golden Globes, a dash of glamour that the show’s producers hope will provide a jolt to sagging ratings, which last year hit a new low. Some casts and production staffs plan to gather remotely. Nominees from “The Crown” will be ready to celebrate at a party in London, similar to the one “Schitt’s Creek” had last year in Toronto.Cedric the Entertainer will preside over the event, which have nominees seated at tables, with food and drink, à la the Golden Globes.G L Askew II for The New York TimesCedric the Entertainer, the stand-up comedian and star of the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood,” will host. He has suggested that he won’t go for the kind of lacerating political commentary that figured in the onstage comments made by the recent Emmys hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Michael Che and Colin Jost.“I want to bring a familiarity that comes with my brand of stand-up,” he told The New York Times. “I’m somebody you know. I’m your cousin or your uncle, and we’re here to celebrate each other.”The downsized ceremony matches the reduced circumstance of the TV industry over the last year. Because of production delays during the pandemic, the number of shows submitted for the best drama and comedy races was down 30 percent.Michael K. Williams could win.Michael K. Williams, the beloved star of “The Wire” who was found dead on Sept. 6, is nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for the recently canceled HBO series, “Lovecraft Country.” If he does win — and he’s a slight favorite over Tobias Menzies from “The Crown” — it will not be because Emmys voters wanted to give him the award posthumously. The Emmy voting period ended before Williams’s death.Michael K. Williams, who died earlier this month, could win an Emmy for “Lovecraft Country.”HBO, via Associated PressA win for Mj Rodriguez could be one of the night’s biggest moments. Rodriguez’s performance as Blanca Evangelista on FX’s “Pose” earned her a nomination in the best actress in a drama race, the first time a transgender person has been up for the award. To pull it off, Rodriguez would have to beat Corrin, the favorite for her role as a young Princess Diana in “The Crown.”‘The Queen’s Gambit’ vs. ‘Mare of Easttown’As usual, the Emmys tightest race will come down to best limited series.Months ago, Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” seemed like a sure bet, especially after it claimed limited series honors at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Television Awards.Anya Taylor-Joy is nominated for her role as a chess prodigy in “The Queen’s Gambit.”Phil Bray/Netflix, via Associated PressKate Winslet could win an Emmy for her role as a detective in “Mare of Easttown.”Michele K. Short/HBOBut there are signs the race has turned into a dead heat. At the Television Critics Association Awards on Sept. 15, HBO’s gritty whodunit “Mare of Easttown” took best limited series honors, and Michaela Coel, the creator and star of another HBO limited series, “I May Destroy You,” won for best performer in any television drama.The best actress in a mini-series will be a showdown, pitting Coel against Kate Winslet, who played the weary detective of “Mare of Easttown,” and Anya Taylor-Joy, who played the chess prodigy in “The Queen’s Gambit.” More

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      What Is Drama? The Bungled Plan at ‘Jeopardy!’ to Choose a New Host

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      Michael M. Grynbaum and Tracy Mumford and Phyllis Fletcher and The late “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek played himself in a 1992 episode of “The Golden Girls.”Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank via, Getty ImagesWhen Alex Trebek, the beloved host of “Jeopardy!,” died in November from pancreatic cancer, the game show had to face a grim reality: How would it move on without the man who was the heart of the show? Mr. Trebek, with his calm and steadying voice, had been a fixture in American living rooms for 37 years.Sony Pictures Entertainment led a monthslong search for Mr. Trebek’s successor, and more than a dozen guest hosts stepped behind the lectern. On Aug. 11, when the network announced that Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!,” would become the new host, this led to a cascading P.R. disaster that resulted in his resignation about a week later.As “Jeopardy!” returned this week for a new season, we looked at how one of the most pure and unchanging TV institutions became tangled in scandal. Why has the search for Mr. Trebek’s successor gone so terribly wrong?In this podcast episode:Dodai Stewart, a deputy editor for Narrative Projects at The New York Times.Nicole Sperling, a media and entertainment reporter for The Times. “It was the last bastion of purity in our lives and that too has been sullied by drama,” she said about “Jeopardy!” More

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      Fall TV 2021: The 31 Shows to Watch

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      Television returns in earnest after last year’s pandemic wipeout, bringing new high-minded adaptations, new seasons of beloved shows and new versions of things you’ve seen many times before.Fall television returns to normal this year after the pandemic wipeout of 2020, with the broadcast networks presenting their usual full schedules. But what’s normal these days?Serial killers, for one thing, in “Chucky,” “You” and “Dexter: New Blood.” On the other hand, perhaps reflecting a cultural turn toward the serious, there are star-laden dramas drawn from topical nonfiction books: “Our Kind of People,” “Maid,” “Dopesick,” “The Shrink Next Door.”But nothing is more normal this fall than a new version of something you’ve seen before. There are revivals that pick up where shows or film franchises left off: “CSI: Vegas,” “Dexter: New Blood” and “Chucky” again. There are new members of existing TV universes: “NCIS: Hawaii,” “FBI: International,” “Star Wars: Visions” and the “Yellowstone” prequel “1883.” And there are the pure nostalgia plays, straight remakes of shows of a certain age: “The Wonder Years,” “Highway to Heaven,” “Dalgliesh,” “Cowboy Bebop.”Here, in chronological order, are 31 shows from the fall season that might pique your interest.All dates are subject to change. Shows without announced premiere dates are not included.‘Muhammad Ali’Ken Burns, directing with Sarah Burns and David McMahon, presents the life and impact of Ali across four nights and eight hours. With “Muhammad Ali” and “Hemingway” (released in April), Burns has kept adding to his portfolio of biographies of Black male athletes (Jackie Robinson, Jack Johnson) and white male artists (Mark Twain, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Hart Benton). (PBS, Sept. 19)‘The Big Leap’A scripted series inspired by a British reality show, this lightly satirical comedy created by Liz Heldens (“Friday Night Lights,” “The Passage”) features various emotionally or professionally stalled Detroiters who hope to turn their lives around by auditioning for a new Fox TV dance competition. Scott Foley plays the annoying producer (any resemblance to Simon Fuller is surely coincidental); Kevin Daniels is the fulsome host; and the aspiring dancers include Piper Perabo, Teri Polo and Simone Recasner. (Fox, Sept. 20)In “Ordinary Joe,” James Wolk plays three versions of the same character.Parrish Lewis/NBC‘Ordinary Joe’It’s a game of tinker-tailor turned into a TV drama. At his college graduation, Joe (James Wolk) faces a life choice: stay with existing sweetheart (Elizabeth Lail), pursue newly met knockout (Natalie Martinez) or focus on honoring the legacy of his father, who died on Sept. 11. We watch all three paths play out, in parallel lives as a doctor, a rock star and a New York cop. It is probably no accident that this soapy timeline jumper is from the same network as “This Is Us.” (NBC, Sept. 20)‘Our Kind of People’Lee Daniels’s latest production for Fox, created by Karin Gist (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Star”), is a “soapy” (Fox’s word) drama inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class” that is set in the Oak Bluffs enclave on Martha’s Vineyard. Yaya DaCosta plays a strong-willed natural-hair-care entrepreneur, which on paper sounds a lot like the pioneering Black businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker. (Fox, Sept. 21)‘Star Wars: Visions’May the fan service be with you! Lucasfilm acknowledges a profound artistic debt by inviting nine Japanese animators to create short “Star Wars” films. The directors include anime heavyweights like Kenji Kamiyama of Production I.G., Hiroyuki Imaishi of Trigger and Eunyoung Choi of Science Saru. (Disney+, Sept. 22)Elisha Williams is among the stars of a new version of “The Wonder Years.”Erika Doss/ABC‘The Wonder Years’Among the fall’s prominent exercises in brand extension, here’s the one that will inspire the biggest “aww.” The intensely relatable middle-class family negotiating the late 1960s is now Black and lives in Montgomery, Ala., the hometown of the show’s creator, Saladin K. Patterson, a veteran of “Dave,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Frasier.” Replacing Fred Savage and Daniel Stern are Elisha Williams as the 12-year-old hero, now named Dean, and Don Cheadle as the voice of the grown-up Dean. (ABC, Sept. 22)‘The Conners’John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman return as the beleaguered Conners, a gig they’ve had, on and off, since “Roseanne” premiered in 1988. You want to do something new after 33 years, so the fourth season of their current show will begin with a live episode in which the actors will improvise telephone conversations with fans chosen through a “You Can Be a Conner” sweepstakes. (ABC, Sept. 22)‘Foundation,’ ‘Invasion’Apple’s streaming service, already home to “See,” “For All Mankind” and “Amazing Stories,” doubles down on traditional science fiction with a pair of ambitious projects. “Foundation” (Sept. 24) finally brings Isaac Asimov’s hugely influential series of stories and novels to the screen, 70 years after they began appearing in print; apparently the time is right for a saga of mathematicians and scientists forecasting the end of a despotic empire and trying to salvage something from the ruins. “Invasion” (Oct. 22) is a “War of the Worlds”-style story in which the humans have so many problems already that it takes them a while to figure out that they’re under alien attack. Apple TV+The filmmaker Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own family history in the documentary series “Nuclear Family.”HBO Max‘Nuclear Family’Ry Russo-Young, director of narrative features like “Nobody Walks” and “Before I Fall,” turns to documentary for this three-part series about her life with her two mothers, and about the sperm donor whose decision to sue for paternal rights threatened the family they had built. (HBO, Sept. 26)‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’The man whose DNA is spread throughout late-night TV returns to the field of regularly scheduled comic commentary with this punnily titled biweekly show. He’ll be competing in the space (though not on the late-night cable grid) with several of his former employees from “The Daily Show,” in particular John Oliver, whose “Last Week Tonight” on HBO has won five Emmys for best variety talk series during Stewart’s six-year absence. (Apple TV+, Sept. 30)Margaret Qualley, bottom, and Rylea Nevaeh Whittet in “Maid,” based on Stephanie Land’s memoir.Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix‘Maid’Margaret Qualley — who was great in her last TV role, as the dancer Ann Reinking in “Fosse/Verdon” — stars in this adaptation of Stephanie Land’s memoir about turning to housecleaning as a route away from homelessness, poverty and male violence. The top-notch cast includes Andie MacDowell (Qualley’s mother) and Billy Burke as the protagonist’s parents and Anika Noni Rose as a lawyer whose house she cleans. (Netflix, Oct. 1)‘CSI: Vegas’Back in 2015, “CSI” ended its 15-season run with those crazy kids Grissom and Sidle literally sailing away from the crime-lab life. Now they sail back, as William Petersen and Jorja Fox reprise their roles in this new series, the fifth in the “CSI” family. (CBS is in full: franchise mode this fall, also adding “NCIS: Hawaii” on Sept. 20 and “FBI: International” on Sept. 21.) (CBS, Oct. 6)Chucky returns, voiced by Brad Dourif, in “Chucky.” With Zackary Arthur.Steve Wilkie/Syfy‘Chucky’This new series pretends that the 2019 “Child’s Play” remake never happened and returns to the film franchise’s original continuity, which means that Brad Dourif also returns as the voice of Chucky, the little plastic serial killer. The doll’s appearance on a sale table in a suburban town coincides with a murder spree, but let’s not assume he’s guilty — after 33 years, maybe he can be rehabilitated as well as rebooted. (Syfy and USA, Oct. 12)‘Dopesick’Aside from the 2007 mini-series “The Company,” the phenomenal actor Michael Keaton has not been a regular presence on TV for almost 40 years. (He wasn’t a major presence in movies for quite a while, either, but that’s another story.) So his role as a small-town doctor in this drama based on Beth Macy’s book about Purdue Pharma and the opioid epidemic, “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” is sufficient reason for excitement. Other good signs: the cast also features Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson and Mare Winningham, and the eight episodes were directed by Barry Levinson. (Hulu, Oct. 13)The third season of “You,” with Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti, brings a new arrival to a twisted household.John P. Fleenor/Netflix‘You’It’s appropriate that Dexter Morgan is returning in the same TV season as his mini-me, Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg in “You,” another serial killer who’s meticulous and romantic and just generally better behaved than the people he kills. In the third season of this very dark comic melodrama — in which the murders take the place of pratfalls — Joe is still with Love (Victoria Pedretti), the woman who turned out to be as twisted as he, and he has to decide how he’s going to deal with a serious rival for her attention: their new baby. (Netflix, Oct. 15)‘Hightown’In the category of regional crime drama, the first season of this series created by Rebecca Cutter was solid and atmospheric. In the category of hard-boiled action with a female protagonist, it succeeded — in contrast to other examples like “Jett,” “Briarpatch” and “Reprisal” — by virtue of being modest and straightforward, and avoiding cartoonishness. Monica Raymund returns for Season 2 as Jackie Quinones, the hard-partying Provincetown fisheries agent who aspires, with an almost comic eagerness, to a career as a narcotics cop. (Starz, Oct. 17)From left, Eve, Brandy Norwood, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velazquez star as a reunited hip-hop group in “Queens.”Kim Simms/ABC‘Queens’Peacock’s “Girls5Eva” got to market first with a story about a 1990s female vocal group reuniting now that the singers are in their 40s. But “Queens” can boast more musical star power in its cast: The members of the show’s rebooted hip-hop quartet are played by Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velazquez (the only one of the four without a career in music). (ABC, Oct. 19)“Maya and the Three” blends Mesoamerican and Caribbean mythologies.Netflix‘Maya and the Three’An animated princess from someone other than Disney. Jorge R. Gutierrez (“El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera”) created this 3-D saga about a 15-year-old girl on a quest to save the world, which blends Mesoamerican and Caribbean mythologies and features a bountifully talented voice cast that includes, to name a few, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, Stephanie Beatriz, Kate del Castillo, Danny Trejo, Rosie Perez, Queen Latifah and Rita Moreno. (Netflix, Oct. 22)‘Insecure’Season 4 took both Issa (Issa Rae, the coming-of-age dramedy’s creator and star) and her once and possibly still best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji) back to square one in their romantic lives. Season 5, the show’s last, gives them a final chance to figure things out, with regard to men and with regard to each other. Jay Ellis returns as Lawrence, the former boyfriend Issa came agonizingly close to reclaiming. (HBO, Oct. 24)Jeremy Irvine, right, is among the stars of a new version of the British mystery series “Dalgliesh.”Christopher Barr/New Pictures, CH5, AcornTV‘Dalgliesh’Your new British mystery, if you’re looking for one, is an old reliable. Bertie Carvel steps into the role of the brainy and reserved Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh in a new series based on the novels by P.D. James, which were previously filmed with Roy Marsden and then Martin Shaw as Dalgliesh. (Acorn TV, Nov. 1)‘Dickinson’The third and final season of Alena Smith’s wildly playful comedy about the poet Emily Dickinson arrives less than nine months after the end of Season 2, rushing in like its intense, exuberant heroine (played by Hailee Steinfeld). (Apple TV+, Nov. 5)‘Highway to Heaven’The unassailably wholesome 1980s show is resurrected as a series of TV movies, starring Jill Scott in the Michael Landon role of the angel sent back to earth and Barry Watson in the Victor French role of the human helper (now a junior high principal rather than an ex-cop). (Lifetime, Nov. 6)‘Dexter: New Blood’Last seen living out his days alone in an Oregon logging camp, the conscientious serial killer and forensics tech Dexter Morgan resurfaces as a shopkeeper in upstate New York 10 years after the events of the original “Dexter” (though eight years, in real time, after its final season). Michael C. Hall returns to the role that brought him five Emmy nominations; also returning is the original showrunner, Clyde Phillips. (Showtime, Nov. 7)Will Ferrell, left, and Paul Rudd star in “The Shrink Next Door,” based on real events.Apple TV+‘The Shrink Next Door’The story of the Manhattan psychiatrist Isaac Herschkopf and his patient Martin Markowitz — who claimed that Herschkopf exploited their relationship for decades, taking over every aspect of Markowitz’s life including his business and his Hamptons home — comes to the screen starring Paul Rudd as the psychiatrist and Will Ferrell as the analysand. (Apple TV+, Nov. 12)John Cho stars in a live-action version of the anime classic “Cowboy Bebop.” Kirsty Griffin/Netflix‘Cowboy Bebop’A live-action version of the coolest anime series of all time? Real actors in place of Shinichiro Watanabe’s animated, psychedelic-noir outer-space bounty hunters and scam artists? A real dog playing Ein the robot Corgi? The world holds its breath. (One reason for optimism: The protean anime composer Yoko Kanno, who was in charge of the eclectic music that was essential to the original’s mood, returns for the remake.) (Netflix, Nov. 19)‘The Game’The football dramedy that would not die is back for a third go-round, following stints on the CW (2006-9) and BET (2011-15). Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez return as the well-traveled agent, Tasha, and her son and former client, Malik. (Paramount+, Nov. 11)‘Mayor of Kingstown’The producer Taylor Sheridan and the actor Hugh Dillon, who work together on the cable hit “Yellowstone,” created this new streaming drama about a Michigan family in the private-prison business. The formidable cast includes Jeremy Renner, Kyle Chandler, Dianne Wiest, Taylor Handley and Dillon. (Paramount+, Nov. 14)‘Hawkeye’The Marvel migration to Disney+ continues with Jeremy Renner’s emo archer. The show’s creator, Jonathan Igla, doesn’t have a superhero background — his credits as a writer and producer include “Mad Men,” “Masters of Sex” and “Bridgerton” — and neither does Renner’s co-star, Hailee Steinfeld of “Dickinson,” who plays a Hawkeye-in-training. Florence Pugh provides Marvel Cinematic Universe D.N.A. as an avenging Black Widow and Alaqua Cox makes her screen debut as the hero Echo, who is deaf. (Disney+, Nov. 24)‘The Beatles: Get Back’Having worked magic with archival film and audio for his absorbing World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Peter Jackson trains those methods on a more recent and, relatively speaking, smaller subject. With access to material that included 60 hours of unused footage shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for his 1969 documentary, “Let It Be,” Jackson has constructed his own six-hour record of the Beatles’ latter days, in the studio and in performance. If you didn’t think Lindsay-Hogg showed enough of their rooftop swan song concert, now you get to see the whole thing. (Disney+, Nov. 25)‘The Hot Zone: Anthrax’Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn play an F.B.I. agent and a microbiologist investigating the unnerving wave of anthrax letters that killed five people just weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. (National Geographic, Nov. 28) More