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.‘Survivor’ Contestants Are Calling Host Jeff Probst ‘Uncle Jeff’ And It Needs To Stop … NowDear "Survivor" 49 castaways, please stop calling Jeff Probst Uncle Jeff, Uncle J, Uncle Jeffrey and/or any other iteration you come up with!Perhaps it was the Season 49 premiere of "Survivor" or its second episode when I first heard a castaway refer to the host in this way. I have hated this new moniker ever since.Please make it stop! I do NOT want to hear this phrase in Season 50.The new nickname seems to mostly be said by Jawan and Kristina, the remaining Black contestants on this season. I am desperately hoping it does not catch on with the other players. I’ve always hated when Black people invite white people to the proverbial "cookout" once they have been deemed cool enough, and this feels like an extension of that. He doesn’t need to be your "uncle." He’s just Jeff!Probst addressed his new name in September, and he seems to love it."I don’t know where that came from. I think that’s just a coincidence this season," Probst told Dalton Ross, the editorial director of Entertainment Weekly. "But it’s better than granddad. I was called a 'grandad' by Dee [Valladares] after she won. And we’re here at the after show and she said to me, 'Jeff, this is really surreal. I grew up with you; you were like a father figure, I mean, now it’s more like a granddad.' So I’ll take Uncle Jeff all day."Even former "Survivor" contestant Q rolls his eyes once he hears it. "Every single time I hear that, I just cringe," Q said on a TikTok video.Fans like me absolutely hate it.See All UpdatesClose