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Fall TV Show Premiere Schedule 2017

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Find out when your favorite shows return—plus, every new series. Most Popular HBO/CBS/Sundance Channel/NBC/ABC Aug 25, 2017 The season of crammed DVRs and binge-watching is upon us again. Not surprisingly, the fall TV lineups reveal plenty of new pedigree programming. Shows like David Simon and George Pelecanos' HBO drama The Deuce and Jane Campion's SundanceTV miniseries Top of the Lake: China Girl will probably become as much a part of the zeitgeist as returning shows like ABC's Scandal ( back October 5 ) and AMC's The Walking Dead (October 22). Also, expect a smattering of shows about real Americans making a difference, be it Lifetime's retelling of the events surrounding the Flint water crisis (premiering October 28) or, out later this year, National Geographic Channel 's adaptation of journalist Martha Raddatz 's book The Long Road Home : A Story of War and Family . This includes fictional programming , like military drama s Valor ( premieres O...

Never Tear Us Apart – the INXS series

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This miniseries from Shine Australia aims to lift the lid on legendary Australian rock band INXS . It has seemingly done so for Network Seven, drawing major crowds earlier this year. Although the history of a band should be told through its musical merits,  the tragic death of Michael Hutchence in 1997 has defined what people around the world associate with INXS. Changing that perception was a key reason for Seven Network’s biographical miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart , according to band manager Chris ‘CM’ Gordon. “The last months of Michael’s life were so ‘tabloidy’ that the INXS music and brand was overwhelmed. Then when he died in the way he did, it was great fodder for the tabloids to feast off for a decade or more,” he says. With this in mind, Gordon had been investigating whether a new venture could lead to a surge in INXS nostalgia . “At exactly the time I was sitting in my office getting proposals out of the drawer, this guy [he points at Shine Australia CEO Mark Fenness...