Showtime will profile NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain in a sports documentary series premiering July 16.

The series, Goliath, examines the historic life, career and impact of Chamberlain, whose excellence on the basketball court changed the way the game is played while breaking records and racial barriers, according to the network. 

The series features archival footage as it profiles the basketball legend from his emergence on the national scene as a high schooler in the 1950s through his death in 1999. Each episode focuses on a specific element of Chamberlain’s cultural impact in the areas of money, power, race, sex, politics and celebrity, said Showtime officials.  

“We are honored to team up with this group of talented filmmakers to bring the underexamined story of Wilt Chamberlain’s complex life to the masses,”  Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza said in a statement. “Everybody knows Wilt for his legendary accomplishments on the basketball court – scoring 100 points in a game, averaging 50 points and 25 rebounds in a season – but there’s so much more to him than his stats. He was far ahead of his time in so many ways that will last infinitely longer than the numbers on a scoreboard.”

Goliath is produced by Village Roadshow Television, Religion of Sports, Content Cartel, Happy Madison Production and Heeltap! Entertainment. Executive producers include Rob Ford, Charles Lindsay, William Lindsay, Matt Mosko, Kevin Garnett, Mike Marangu, Brian Bennett, Shannon Perry, Gotham Chopra and Ameeth Sankran. 

This week's launch of the broadcast networks' 2021-22 TV season hasn't deterred several cable networks and streaming services from debuting their own original series.   

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Netflix on Sept. 22 will premiere the fourth and final season of its dramedy series Dear White People. Justin Simien will return as showrunner and executive producer of the series along with Yvette Lee Bowser. 

Apple TV Plus on Sept. 24 will debut Foundation, based on the Isaac Asimov sci-fi novel and executive produced by David S. Goyer.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of Sept. 20-26 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

Sept. 23: Code 404 (returning series) — Peacock

Sept. 23: That Girl Lay Lay (comedy) — Nickelodeon

Sept. 23: Creepshow (returning series) — Shudder

Sept. 23: Doom Control (returning series) — HBO Max

Sept. 24: Birds of Paradise (drama) — Prime Video

Sept. 24: The Startling (movie) — Netflix

Sept. 24 — Blood & Water (drama): Netflix

Sept. 24: Goliath (returning series) — Prime Video

Sept. 24: Midnight Mass (horror) — Netflix

Sept. 26: BMF (drama) — Starz

Sept. 26: Nuclear Family (documentary) — HBO

A number of veteran shows will debut with new seasons this week as the calendar turns to October.

On Oct. 6, AMC’s horror/drama series The Walking Dead will premiere its 10th season, while USA Network’s thriller Mr. Robot (pictured) will debut its fourth and final season.

Debuting Oct. 4 is the third season of Prime Video legal drama Goliath and the fifth season of Netflix drama Peaky Blinders.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming services:

Oct. 1 -- Sorry For Your Loss (drama) -- Facebook Watch

Oct. 2 -- 24/7 College Football (sports/reality) -- HBO

Oct.. 2 -- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (sports) -- TNT

Oct. 2 -- Living Undocumented (reality) -- Netflix

Oct. 4 -- Big Mouth (returning series) -- Netflix

Oct. 4 -- In The Tall Grass (horror) -- Netflix

Oct. 4 -- Into The Dark: Uncanny Annie (horror) -- Hulu

Oct. 4 -- Raising Dion (drama) -- Netflix

Oct. 6 -- Star Wars Resistance (returning series) -- Disney Channel