A John Wick spinoff, American Horror Story, and more new TV this week

18.09.2023 - 19:13 / polygon.com / Emma Roberts / Kim Kardashian / New

It’s fall! Movies are back, but movies are also on TV — just not how you’d think.

This week marks the premiere of The Continental, a Peacock show set in the John Wick universe, which details the origins of the Continental hotel (at least as we know it). Like the movies, it’s bombastic and bold, full of action and rivalries and revenge. Also like the movies, it might be a little longer than you expect — each of The Continental’s three episodes is closer to feature-film length than that of a typical TV show.

That’s just one of many heavy hitters coming to TV soon. This week will also see the premiere of American Horror Story: Delicate, which has big Rosemary’s Baby vibes (with a classic Ryan Murphy twist, of course). Sex Education returns for its fourth — and, sadly, last — season. Love Is Blind is here to once again make us all ponder what really happens in those pods.

Here’s all the best new TV — premieres and finales — coming this week.

Genre: Young adult coming-of-age rom-com
Release date: Sept. 21, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Laurie Nunn
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Tanya Reynolds, Connor Swindells, Gillian Anderson, Patricia Allison, and more

Sex Education’s final season is here! It’s bittersweet, but all good things — and high school — have to come to an end eventually. Here’s to the sexual escapades at this weird little British school. May their love lives be fruitful.

Genre: Reality show to find love (and if it’s blind)
Release date: Sept. 22, with four episodes
Showrunner/creator: Chris Coelen
Cast: A bunch of people trying to find love in all the pod places

You know the drill: A bunch of singles enter into pods, where they “date” people through a wall without ever seeing them. The only way they get to meet IRL is once they’ve gotten engaged — then the real test of their love (or whatever it is) begins.

Genre: True crime
Release date: Sept. 20, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Michael Gasparro

While Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal season 1 featured the overview of the Murdaugh murders, season 2 follows crucial witnesses at the trial (which wrapped earlier this year).

Genre: Horror anthology
Release date: Sept. 20 on FX, the next day on Hulu
Showrunner/creator: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian, Matt Czuchry, and more

Forgive me, Father, for I… am interested in watching American Horror Story again. The new season looks like Rosemary’s Baby with that patented, weirdo Ryan Murphy touch. Oh, and Kim Kardashian is there, along with Matt Czuchry (aka the best Gilmore Girls boyfriend).

Genre: Slice of family life
Release date: Sept. 21, with four episodes
Showrunner/creator: Matthew A. Cherry
Cast: Issa Rae, Scott Mescudi, Brooke Monroe Conaway, and more