What’s Premiering This Week (Sept. 20-26)

Netflix's 'Dear White People'
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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.   

Also Read: Fall 2021 Premiere Dates

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

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.