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2018 Fall TV Preview – Streaming (Not Netflix)

The First (Hulu)

A story about the first human mission to Mars explores the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization in the near future. It focuses not only on the astronauts but also their families and loved ones and the ground team on Earth.

Starring: Sean Penn, Natascha McElhone, LisaGay Hamilton, Hannah Ware, Keiko Agena, Rey Lucas, James Ransone, Anna Jacoby-Heron, Brian Lee Franklin, Oded Fehr, Norbert Leo Butz, Annie Parisse, Melissa George, Jeannie Berlin, Bill Camp

Premieres September 14th

Into the Dark (Hulu)

In partnership with Blumhouse Television, Into The Dark is a horror event series from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum’s independent TV studio. The series includes 12 super-sized episodes, with a new installment released each month inspired by a holiday and will feature Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story.

Episode 1 – The Body- A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.

Starring: Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Aurora Perrineau, David Hull, Ray Santiago

Premieres October 5th

Light as a Feather (Hulu)

An innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” goes wrong when the five teen girls who played start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, forcing the survivors to figure out why they’re being targeted – and whether the evil force hunting them down is one of their own.

Starring: Liana Liberato, Haley Ramm, Ajiona Alexus, Brianne Dju, Peyton List, Dylan Sprayberry, Jordan Rodrigues, Brent Rivera, Dorian Brown Pham

Premieres October 12th

Forever (Amazon Prime)

Married couple June and Oscar live a comfortable but predictable life in suburban Riverside, CA. For 12 years they’ve had the same conversations, eaten the same meals and taken pleasant vacations at the same rented lake house. But after June talks Oscar into shaking things up with a ski trip, the pair find themselves in completely unfamiliar territory.

Starring: Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Catherine Keener, Noah Robbins, Sharon Omi, Kym Whitley, Charles Emmett, Cooper Friedman, Peter Weller, Julia Ormond, Obba Babatundé

Premiered September 14th

King Lear (Amazon Prime)

Set in the fictional present and starring Anthony Hopkins, the 80 year-old King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, according to their affection for him. When his youngest daughter, Cordelia, refuses to flatter him, hurt and angry Lear banishes her. With that fateful decision, family and state collapse into chaos and warfare.

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott, John Macmillan, Jim Carter, Christopher Eccleston, Tobias Menzies, Anthony Calf, Karl Johnson

Premieres September 28th

The Romanoffs (Amazon Prime)

From the creator of Mad Men, The Romanoffs is a contemporary anthology series set around the globe featuring eight separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family.

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Diane Lane, Isabelle Huppert, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Amanda Peet, Jack Huston, Kathryn Hahn, Noah Wyle, Ron Livingston, Paul Reiser, Andrew Rannells, Corey Stoll, Kerry Bishé, Janet Montgomery, Nicole Ari Parker, Radha Mitchell

Premieres October 12th

Homecoming (Amazon Prime)

Heidi is a caseworker helping soldiers’ transition to civilian life. Years later she’s questioned by the Department of Defense and realizes there’s much more to her own story.

Starring: Julia Roberts, Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, Shea Wigham, Alex Karpovsky

Premieres November 2nd

Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access)

It takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Jack and the Beanstalk” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.

Starring: Billy Magnussen, Kim Cattrall, Danielle Campbell, Paul Wesley, James Wolk, Dania Ramirez, Sam Jaeger, Davi Santos, Zabryna Guevara, Dorian Missick

Premieres October 31st

Sorry For Your Loss (Facebook Watch)

The sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life, also forcing her to realize there was a lot about her husband that she didn’t know.

Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Kelly Marie Tran, Jovan Adepo, Janet McTeer, Mamoudou Athie

Premieres September 18th