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The Best TV Shows Returning Fall 2018

Updated August 4, 2020 15.5k votes 346 voters 2.8k views94 items

List RulesOnly returning shows premiering new episodes during 2018 fall TV.

Along with new series premieres, the best TV shows returning fall 2018 offers too many great choices for binge-watching entertainment. Featuring sitcoms, dramas, and Netflix original series, this list of returning TV shows includes fall 2018 season premiere dates and promo trailers. Which 2018 upcoming shows are you most looking forward to?

Some good fall 2018 season premieres include The Good Place, This Is Us, Riverdale, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, and How To Get Away with Murder. The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family are both shows ending in 2018, so be sure to catch their series finales!

Vote up the fall 2018 returning shows you're most excited to watch, and add your favorites if they're missing from the list.

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Last Man Standing
September 28
Actors: Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Alexandra Krosney, Molly Ephraim, Kaitlyn Dever
Genres (Tv): Sitcom
Season 7
Last Man Standing (Fox, 2011) is an American television sitcom created by Jack Burditt. The... more
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Blue Bloods
September 28
Actors: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes
Genres (Tv): Action/Adventure, Police procedural, Crime, Drama, Adventure film
Season 9
Blue Bloods is an American police procedural drama series shown on CBS in the United States... more
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Atypical
2017
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Amy Okuda, Michael Rapaport
Genres (Tv): Teen, Comedy-drama
Atypical (Netflix, 2017) is a coming-of-age dark comedy television series created and written... more
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Vikings
2013
Actors: Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gustaf Skarsgård
Genres (Tv): Historical drama, Action-adventure
Vikings (History, 2013) is a historical drama television series created by Michael Hirst. A... more
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Black Lightning
October 9
Actors: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, James Remar
Genres (Tv): Superhero, Action
Season 2
Black Lightning (The CW, 2018) is an American superhero drama based on the DC comics character... more
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Doctor Who
1963
Actors: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker
Genres (Tv): Sci-fi, Adventure, Drama
Doctor Who (BBC, 2005) is a British science-fiction television show created by Sydney Newman,... more
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Runaways
December 21
Actors: Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin
Genres (Tv): Adventure, Superhero, Teen drama
Season 2
Marvel's Runaways (Hulu, 2017) is an American web television series created by Josh Schwartz... more
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Supernatural
October 11
Actors: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy, Lauren Cohan, Misha Collins
Genres (Tv): Supernatural drama, Black comedy, Drama, Horror Film, Mystery
Season 14
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NCIS
2003
Actors: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Genres (Tv): Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Police procedural, Drama, Thriller
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Van Helsing
2016
Actors: Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe, Christopher Heyerdahl, David Cubitt, Vincent Gale
Genres (Tv): Fantasy, Horror, Drama
Van Helsing (Syfy, 2016) is an American dark fantasy horror drama television series inspired... more
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Shark Tank
2009
Actors: Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner
Genres (Tv): Game show, Reality television
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The Amazing Race
2001
Actors: Phil Keoghan
Genres (Tv): Reality television
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The Good Doctor
September 24
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chuku Modu, Beau Garrett
Genres (Tv): Medical, Drama
Season 2
The Good Doctor (ABC, 2017) is an American medical-drama television series based on the 2013... more
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
September 27
Actors: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T
Genres (Tv): Crime Fiction, Police procedural, Drama, Live action, Legal drama
Season 20
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9-1-1
September 23
Actors: Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds
Genres (Tv): Drama
Season 2
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The Resident
September 24
Actors: Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Shaunette Wilson
Genres (Tv): Medical drama
Season 2
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The Big Bang Theory
September 24
Actors: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar
Genres (Tv): Sitcom
Season 12 (final season)
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Gotham
2014
Actors: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara, Sean Pertwee
Genres (Tv): Crime, Action, Police procedural
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Survivor
2000
Actors: Jeff Probst
Genres (Tv): Reality Competition, Gameshow
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NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Barrett Foa
Genres (Tv): Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Police procedural, Drama, Adventure film
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The Gifted
September 25
Actors: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell
Genres (Tv): Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Superhero
Season 2
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Young Sheldon
September 24
Actors: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan
Genres (Tv): Sitcom
Season 2
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The Orville
December 30
Actors: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Macon
Genres (Tv): Comedy-drama, Science fiction
Season 2
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Supergirl
October 14
Actors: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, David Harewood
Genres (Tv): Superhero, Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
Season 4
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Splitting Up Together
2018
Actors: Jenna Fischer, Oliver Hudson, Bobby Lee, Diane Farr, Lindsay Price
Genres (Tv): Comedy
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