At last, fall is here and a lot of our favorite TV shows are back on network, cable and streaming platforms.In September, long-running network series “Dancing With the Stars,” “Survivor,” “The Voice,” the “Law & Order” franchise and “The Simpsons” all aired new episodes. This month, fan favorite series like “Matlock,” “Abbott Elementary,” “9-1-1” and “NCIS” make their debuts. Just eight brand-new shows are making their premieres this fall on network television: Fox has two reality television competitions, “Celebrity Weakest Link” and “99 To Beat”; NBC and ABC are only debuting two new series, “On Brand With Jimmy Fallon” and “9-1-1: Nashville,” respectively. CBS has four new series: workplace comedy “DMV,” music competition show “The Road” and the police procedurals “Boston Blue” and “Sheriff Country.”But of course, the streamers are packing out their lineups. Netflix debuted crime thriller “Black Rabbit” and mystery limited series “Wayward”; Hulu is expanding its true crime drama portfolio with “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.” Peacock is lending “The Paper,” its new spinoff of “The Office,” to NBC’s lineup. Paramount+ is continuing its collaboration with Taylor Sheridan for his addictive series “Tulsa King,” “Landman” and “Mayor of Kingstown.” If you’re more into film, Hollywood has some big talkers in theaters and on streaming, including “One Battle After Another,” “Wicked: For Good,” Hulu’s remake of “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” and Netflix’s “Frankenstein.”HuffPost is keeping an eye on all the new releases this fall and into the top of 2026, when several networks will be launching a jam-packed midwinter lineup and when awards season really ramps up for the hottest cinema of the year.We’ll recommend what to watch, tell you what to skip and blab on about our favorite scenes and performances. Stay tuned for updates.‘Stumble’ Is A New NBC Sitcom We Can Cheer ForAt last, a new network sitcom to cheer for. NBC’s “Stumble” is a fun, mockumentary-style sitcom that premiered Friday on NBC. Jenn Lyon (“Claws,” “Justified”) stars as Courteney Potter, the spirited coach of a junior college cheerleading squad who gets fired from her job at Sammy Davis Sr. College after a huge scandal. She switches to a new school, while her assistant coach and soon-to-be rival Tammy Istiny (Kristin Chenoweth) takes over at Sammy Davis. Courteney has to build a new team around narcoleptic expert tumbler Madonna (Arianna Davis); she recruits star cheerleader Krystal (Anissa Borrego) and a ragtag group of recruits, including former footballer DiMarcus (Jarrett Austin Brown), 30-something college dropout Steven (Ryan Pinkston), ankle-monitor wearing Peaches (Taylor Dunbar) and uncoordinated foster kid Sally (Georgie Murphy). Taran Killam stars as Boone, Courteney’s supportive husband.The series is actually laugh-out-loud funny. Lyon is perfectly cast as the leader of this crew; Chenoweth is a delight, and the Buttons — Courteney’s new cheer squad — are the kind of underdogs that you’ll be rooting for. This is a breakout role for Davis, who brightens up the screen in every scene.If the premise of this series sounds familiar, Monica Aldama, the former cheerleading coach at Daytona championship-winning Navarro Junior College and star of Netflix’s “Cheer,” is the executive producer of the show. “Cheer” became super popular when it debuted on Netflix in January 2020 as audiences rooted for Navarro to win yet another championship — and fell in love with Aldama and many of the cheerleaders on the show. (Later that year, though, fan favorite Jerry Harris was arrested on child pornography charges; he is now serving 12 years in prison.)Will the Buttons make it to the big cheerleading competition in Daytona to make Courteney the winningest cheer coach in history? We’ll have to keep watching to see.“Stumble” airs on NBC on Fridays. It streams on Peacock the next day.Here’s what fans are saying about “Stumble.”I’m actually really surprised at how funny #Stumble was. @nbc hasn’t had anything this funny since #TheOffice. It’s been a while since my DVR saw NBC.— My Alter Ego ♍️ (@missourichick4u) November 8, 2025This is a total surprise. That new show #Stumble is really funny. I had no expectations and just recorded it on a whim. But, yeah, it's really funny. @nbc— tom c (@librariantom) November 8, 2025See All UpdatesClose