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Friday Five: 5 Can't-Miss TV Shows Debuting This Fall

9/9/2016

Summer is over, and fall is here! In addition to football and pumpkin-spiced everything, this is the season for the debut of network television's fall lineups. While September will feature the return of some fan favorites, it is also the month where more than a dozen new shows will premiere. Which shows will flop? and which shows are worth the DVR space?

Check out the list of 5 Can't Miss New Shows below!

5. Bull (CBS)
Premieres: Tuesday, Sep. 20 at 9:00 PM

Starring Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, Bull is a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail.

4. Son of Zorn (FOX)
Premieres: Sunday, Sep. 25 at 8:30 PM

Animation and live action collide when a cartoon Barbarian dad leaves his war-torn village of Zephyria, returning to Earth for the first time in 10 years to re-connect with his moody, non-animated human teenage son in suburbia. The series stars Jason Sudeikis, Johnny Pemberton, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows and Artemis Pebdani.

3. Timeless (NBC)
Premieres: Monday, Oct. 3 at 10:00 PM

Starring Goran Visnjic, Timeless tells the story of a time-traveling criminal who steals a time machine in order to change the course of American history and destroy the country. Charged with the job of traveling back in time to catch him is a team made up of a history professor (Abigail Spencer), a soldier (Matt Lanter), and a scientist (Malcolm Barrett). Also starring Paterson Joseph and Sakina Jaffrey, the series was created by Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke.

2. The Good Place (NBC)
Premieres: Monday, Sep. 19 at 10:00 PM

After she is struck and killed by a tractor-trailer carrying erectile dysfunction products, a woman named Eleanor wakes up to discover she has entered the afterlife. But when she is told by her mentor Michael that she is in "the good place" because she did a good deed by helping get innocent people off death row, she realizes that a mistake has been made and they think she is someone else. Stuck in a world where no one curses or gets drunk and everyone is always nice, Eleanor finds herself caught between staying in the afterlife or trying to find a way to return to the mundane life she had back on Earth.

1. Designated Survivor (ABC)
Premieres: Wednesday, Sep. 21 at 10:00 PM

On the night of the State of the Union, an explosion claims the lives of the President and all members of the Cabinet except for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tom Kirkman, who had been named the designated survivor. Kirkman is immediately sworn in as President, unaware that the attack is just the beginning of what is to come.