TV Premiere Dates 2021: All the Upcoming Shows to Get Excited About in the New Year

New year, new TV. Keep up with all the new and returning shows premiering in 2021!

By Lauren Piester Dec 31, 2020 6:58 PMTags
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2020 is finally on its way out the door, and with a new year comes new TV!

While there might not be as much new stuff to look forward to this year (thanks, pandemic), there's still enough for us all—especially if you're a CW fan. 

The network essentially took the fall off from original programming and saved all of its usual fall faves for the spring. That means we're getting new seasons of Riverdale, The Flash, Batwoman, Nancy DrewLegacies, Charmed, All American and Black Lightning, plus new shows Walker and Superman & Lois. ABC has a new comedy and a new Bachelor to debut and CBS has two new dramas. Fox has new seasons of dramas The Resident and Prodigal Son, and NBC has new Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and the new comedy Mr. Mayor, from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. 

On the streaming side, Netflix is bringing us Firefly Lane and Disney+ has WandaVision and, eventually, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. There's also more Discovery of Witches on the way as well as a new season of American Gods. 

It all starts with a new season of RuPaul's Drag Race on New Year's Day, and we genuinely could not think of a better way to kick off a new, hopefully better year. 

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Scroll down to see what's coming up in 2021 and stay tuned as new premiere dates are announced. 

The Bachelorette (ABC) - Oct. 19

Michelle Young gets her chance in the spotlight in a special fall season of The Bachelorette, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 19.

NEW: Queens (ABC) - Oct. 19

Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velasquez star as four former hip hop stars who are reuniting in their 40s in this new ABC drama, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 19.

NEW: Sex, Love & goop (Netflix) - Oct. 21

Gwyneth Paltrow and the goop team are back with a new series, Sex, Love & goop.

The Blacklist (NBC) - Oct. 21

The Blacklist, sans Megan Boone, returns for season nine on Thursday, Oct. 21.

Insecure (HBO) - Oct. 24

The fifth and final season of Insecure will premiere on HBO Oct. 24.

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) - Oct. 24

Curb Your Enthusiasm's 11th season will debut Oct. 24 on HBO.

All American (The CW) - Oct. 25

All American returns for a fourth season on Monday, Oct. 25 on The CW.

4400 (The CW) - Oct. 25

In this reboot of the former USA Network drama, 4400 marginalized people who have gone missing over the last century suddenly return, with no memory and no signs of aging. It premieres Monday, Oct. 25. 

Walker (The CW) - Oct. 28

Walker is back for his second season on Thursday, Oct. 28.

Love Life (HBO Max) - Oct. 28

Catch the first three episodes of Love Life season two on HBO Max Oct. 28.

Dr. Who (BBC One/BBC America) - Oct. 31

Jodie Whittaker's final season as the Time Lord will premiere on Halloween.

Dickinson (AppleTV+) - Nov. 5

Hailee Steinfeld takes her final bow as Emily Dickinson in the third and final season of AppleTV+'s Dickinson. 

Gentefied (Netflix) - Nov. 10

Netflix's Gentefied will return with a second season on Nov. 10.

The Flash (The CW) - Nov. 16

The Flash is back for season eight on Tuesday, Nov. 16. 

Riverdale (The CW) - Nov. 16

The grown-up kids of Riverdale return on Tuesday, Nov. 16 for season six.

Hanna (Amazon Prime Video) - Nov. 24

Amazon Prime Video's action-packed series Hanna returns for a third season on Nov. 24.

Selling Sunset - Nov. 24

Season four of Netflix's popular series returns Nov. 24.

12 Dates of Christmas (HBO Max) - Nov. 25

Three new singles seek out someone special to bring home for the holidays in HBO Max's 12 Dates of Christmasreturning for season two on Nov. 25. 

Emily in Paris (Netflix) - Dec. 22

Say bonjour to season two of Emily in Paris, premiering on Netflix on Dec. 22. 

The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) - Dec. 29

Disney+'s newest Star Wars series, The Book of Boba Fett, will premiere before the New Year: Dec. 29, to be exact.