New Star Trek, Netflix reality shows, Daryl’s Walking Dead spinoff, and more TV to watch this week

04.09.2023 - 19:01 / polygon.com / Daryl Dixon / Vin Diesel / Jack Quaid / Jeffrey Wright / New / New Star

No one should have to go too long without new Star Trek, and thankfully Paramount agrees: A month after Strange New Worlds wrapped up season 2, Star Trek: Lower Decks is back with its fourth season to bring some wacky fun to the Federation (which, the rest of the Star Trek universe aside, the Federation could sorely use; they can get a bit self-serious).

But that’s not the only big new show coming back: This week sees seasons of two big spinoffs. One at its beginning, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, on AMC Plus, follows (get ready for this) Daryl Dixon after the events of The Walking Dead. There is the promise of one interesting question: How in the heck did he get all the way to Paris?

On the other side of the spinoff coin is Selling the OC, a branch of the Selling Sunset universe that tracks the real estate office to a very far away minorly far away, Los Angeles traffic permitting, locale.

But this week isn’t all new premieres; there’s also a few big finales coming down, like The Afterparty and What We Do in the Shadows. Here are all the significant TV premieres and finales this week:

Genre: Reality show (lavish business edition)
Release date: Sept. 8, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Adam DiVello
Cast: Jason Oppenheim, Alex Hall, Alexandra Jarvis, Alexandra Rose, and more

The second spinoff to the ever-popular Selling Sunset, Selling the OC does virtually the same thing in a (slightly) different locale. The show follows realtors at a high-end brokerage firm, Oppenheim Group, in the Orange County, California area as they try to sell opulent properties and navigate their complicated lives. Reality show drama with home renovation reality show charms: the dream!

Genre: Groot [Ed. note: MCU mischief shorts]
Release date: Sept. 6, with 5 episodes
Showrunner/creator: Kirsten Lepore
Cast: Vin Diesel, Jeffrey Wright

Groot, the adorable tree alien from the Guardians of the Galaxy, is back with another set of his own shorts, each one focused on his gentle whims and whimsy. Titles include “Are you my Groot?” and “Groot’s Sweet Treat,” which point to I am Groot season 2 being fairly easy viewing for the MCU fan in your life.

Genre: Animated Star Trek satire
Release date: Sept. 7, with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Mike McMahan
Cast: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, and more

Strange New Worlds is over, and Lower Decks is here to fill the Vulcan salute-shaped hole in your heart while you wait for season 3. Season 4 of the animated hit promises to kick off with a bang: an episode called “Twovix” where “The Cerritos ensigns must assist a caretaker on the voyage of a historically significant starship.”

Genre: Magical realism
Release date: Sept. 8, with three episodes
Showrunner/creator: Kelly