TV Talk: Previewing fall streaming, cable and PBS shows

There’s no dearth of content in the months ahead on streaming, cable and PBS. Here are a few highlights of what’s coming soon:

Streaming

Returning series include “Dear White People” (premiering Wednesday, Netflix), “Doom Patrol” (Thursday, HBO Max), “Creepshow” (Thursday, Shudder and AMC+), the fourth and final season of Billy Bob Thornton’s “Goliath” (Friday, Amazon Prime Video), “Animaniacs” (Nov. 5, Hulu) and “Dickinson” (Nov. 5, Apple TV+).

Mike Flanagan, writer/creator of Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House,” delivers another spooky Netflix entry with “Midnight Mass” (Friday), the seven-episode story of a disgraced young man (Zach Gilford, “Friday Night Lights”), a charismatic priest (Hamish Linklater) and seemingly miraculous events on a remote island. Slower and initially less involving than either of Flanagan’s “Haunting” entries, “Midnight Mass” delivers creeping dread while exploring themes of faith, fanaticism and redemption. It’s heady, highbrow horror that, though talky, grows more engrossing the longer you stick with it.

Apple TV+ adapts Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi novel “Foundation” (Friday) as a series starring Jared Harris (“Mad Men”) and Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”) in a futuristic story of civilization on the brink of an impending calamity.

Netflix’s 10-episode “Maid” (Oct. 1), based on the Stephanie Land memoir, follows a single mother (Margaret Qualley) who turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship.

Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton stars in the scripted limited series “Dopesick” (Oct. 13, Hulu), a character-driven history of America’s opioid crisis written by Danny Strong (“Recount,” “Game Change”).

Paramount+ introduces a sequel series to the former CW and BET comedy “The Game” (Nov. 11).

Two new series from writer Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) launch this fall on Paramount+. “Mayor of Kingstown” (Nov. 14) stars Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest in the story of a family in a Michigan town where the prison is the only thriving business. Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” prequel, “1883” (Dec. 19), follows the Dutton family’s travels westward. Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill star.

Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the anime cult classic “Cowboy Bebop” (Nov. 19) stars John Cho and features Point Park University grad Mason Alexander Park.

Amazon adapts the popular Robert Jordan fantasy book series “Wheel of Time” (Nov. 19) starring Rosamund Pike.

The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe series, “Hawkeye” starring Jeremy Renner, debuts on Disney+ Nov. 24.

Cable

HBO’s buzzy “Succession” (9 p.m. Oct. 17) is back for its third season and finds Logan Roy (Brian Cox) battling son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) following Kendall’s betrayal at the end of season two.

Additional returning series include former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw’s “The Bradshaw Bunch” (9 p.m. Oct. 6, E!), “The Sinner” (10 p.m. Oct. 13, USA), “The Last O.G.” (10 p.m. Oct. 26, TBS), “Condor” (9 p.m. Nov. 7, Epix) and Yellowstone” (Nov. 7, Paramount Network).

Two horror franchises return on Syfy: A “Chucky” series (10 p.m. Oct. 12) and a “Day of the Living Dead” series (10 p.m. Oct. 15).

It’s been three years since the last “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” movie but a new entry debuts at 9 p.m. Oct. 17 on Hallmark Movies Mysteries. Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” programming event begins Oct. 22.

Lifetime travels a new “Highway to Heaven” (8 p.m. Nov. 6) in the first in a planned series of TV movies starring Jill Scott as an angel and Barry Watson (“7th Heaven”) as her human helper.

In “Dexter: New Blood” (9 p.m. Nov. 7, Showtime) Dexter Morgan is no longer an Oregon lumberjack as viewers last saw him. He’s now living in a small upstate New York town. And he’s no longer a killer – at least at the start of the new season. Don’t expect that to last.

National Geographic Channel’s 2019 “The Hot Zone” miniseries was the network’s most-watched scripted series ever. A spin-off, “The Hot Zone: Anthrax” (9 p.m. Nov. 28), introduces new characters and a new case: letters laced with anthrax sent in the weeks after 9/11.

PBS

Returning PBS dramas include season 10 of “Call the Midwife” (8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3-Nov. 21, WQED-TV) and returning “Masterpiece” series “Grantchester” (9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3-Nov. 21) and “Baptiste” (10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17-Nov. 21).

“Muhammad Ali” (8 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday this week), Ken Burns’ latest PBS documentary opus, offers a portrait of the three-time heavyweight boxing champion.

“American Veteran” (9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26-Nov. 16) allows veterans of multiple U.S, wars to share their stories.

PBS’s “American Experience” explores the life of William Randolph Hearst in “Citizen Hearst” (9 p.m. Sept. 27-28).