NPR’s Fall TV Preview: 20 Shows To Watch Out For

From left: Julia Roberts in Homecoming; Jim Carrey in Kidding; Maya Rudolph in Forever; and Lil Rel Howery in Rel.

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Television is more year-round than it used to be, but fall is still a time when broadcast, cable and streaming services drop a lot of premieres. How to keep track of it all? NPR’s television and pop culture team has assembled a handy list of shows to keep an eye on. Some of these aren’t available for us to watch yet — but we’ve included shows that look promising.

So from broadcast prime time to bingeing Netflix in your jammies, here’s our take on the most intriguing shows coming to you this fall:

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Amazon (Friday, Aug. 31)