10 shows arriving in September that we’re excited about

The stars are out this month, with new series featuring Mark Ruffalo, Glen Powell, Toni Collette, Robin Wright and Ethan Hawke, amongst others—plus, the launch of a hotly-anticipated spin-off to The Office.

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Black Rabbit: Limited Series

Oh, brother: in this crime-drama series, Jude Law and Jason Bateman play two very different siblings, the former scrambling to keep his New York City hotspot business thriving whilst the chaotic latter threatens to bring it all crashing down. Bateman is typically typecast as neurotic straight-man types, whilst Law has played some lawless characters in the past, so the fact that there’s a bit of a flip going on here is tantalising.

Also tantalising is the short series’ talent behind the camera, with Bateman and his Ozark co-star Laura Linney directing a few episodes each, and Australia’s Justin Kurzel helming the final two episodes.

Chad Powers: Season 1

Glen Powell seems to regard himself as a man of many guises. In his Netflix film Hit Man, the actor and co-writer wasn’t afraid to bung on a silly wig or moustache to play an undercover agent, and here he is again in a prosthetic schnoz and Owen Wilson nose. Maybe all actors are big lairs and frauds and Powell’s just big enough to be real about it?

Also a co-writer on this sporty comedy, Powell’s disgraced quarterback realises the only way he can ever play college football (gridiron to us) again is by wearing a silly disguise and pretending he’s “Chad Powers”, a goofy yet extremely talented newcomer to his Southern uni. Expect charm supreme, and a whole lotta fist-pumping footy moments.

Gen V: Season 2

Going back to school sucks, but it’s worse for the super-powered students of Godolkin U—in the first season of this spin-off of The Boys, a brutal version of the dweebs-vs-jocks dynamic was made apparent, as well as a shadowy conspiracy tied to the same evils that have evil ubermensch Homelander ruling the franchise’s world with an iron fist.

The show’s group of frenemies are split now, with Cate and Sam wrongfully celebrated as heroes and Marie (who has the gnarly ability to manipulate blood) cast as an outsider. Gross, horny and incisive in its understanding of systems of education and oppression, Gen V feels a bit more exciting to watch of late than the supe satire from which it originated.

The Girlfriend: Season 1

You’ve heard of “boy moms,” right? Mothers who are perhaps a tad too obsessed with their strapping young sons, sometimes taking on more of an Oedipal girlfriend-esque role in their smothering ways. Robin Wright plays just such a matriarch in this psychological drama, based on the novel by Michelle Frances.

When her precious son brings Olivia Cooke’s mysterious Cherry home, Wright is rattled, and begins to suspect this harlot stealing away her kid could be a master manipulator. I can’t wait to see both actors sparring over one guy, and to find out whether this mama bear is just being paranoid, or whether there’s truly something darker afoot.

FX’s The Lowdown: Season 1

Made by the creator of FX’s brilliant Reservation Dogs, this shaggy trip into the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma features a grizzled Ethan Hawke as “truthstorian” Lee Raybon, loosely based on a real citizen journalist. The supporting cast is sensational, too, including Keith David, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Keith David, Kyle MacLachlan and many more fab names.

Crime fiction writer Walter Mosley pens one of the episodes, which should tell you something about the pulpy, gritty sensibility the show’s aiming for. Hawke’s protagonist is one of those men who know too much, who are always getting tailed and trailed for the darkness they’re daring to uncover. Noir stuff with an eye for real, disturbing American history.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 5

Streep! Zellweger! Waltz! The return of Nathan Lane and Richard Kind! In the most recent season of this frothy, star-studded whodunnit, a more personal murder than ever won’t get in the way of big celebs stopping and facing the clumsy interrogations of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

This time, the trio’s beloved doorman is the one who shows up dead, and the sad discovery leads into a deep dive into New York City’s criminal underworld. As if the kooky residents of the Arconia haven’t caused the podcasting pals enough trouble, warring mob families and corrupt billionaires present a grander threat than ever before.

The Paper: Season 1

Mockumentary + mundane workplace comedy + millennials = TV gold, if you’re one of the millions of fans of The Office out there. Rather than busting down the doors of Scranton’s Dunder Mifflin again, this kinda-spin-off sets its scene in Ohio, where struggling local newspaper The Toledo Truth-Teller just got a nebbish new editor-in-chief, Domnhall Gleeson’s Ned.

You’ll also recognise Italian comic talent Sabrina Impacciatore, and Oscar Nunez, whose character Oscar is the only returning cubicle drone from creator Greg Daniels’ hugely successful sitcom. In season one of that show, it took a minute for the characters and situations to find a comfortable rhythm: if The Paper doesn’t click for you within a few episodes, some patience here might be necessary.

Task: Miniseries

From the creator of prestige limited series Mare of Easttown comes this very Mare of Easttown-esque crime-drama. I’ve always thought the likeably rumped Mark Ruffalo would be great in a Columbo remake, and so here he is in cop mode: playing an FBI agent investigating a string of trap house robberies in Philly.

Head still spinning from recent family tragedy, Ruffalo’s Bureau man must lead a young and inexperienced team in tracking down the person who has been ripping off drug dealers—a criminal who is seemingly also dealing with a tumultuous personal life. Creator Brad Inglesby is a dab hand at connecting broader crime stories to incisive character drama, so watching his latest series shouldn’t be a hard…Task.

Top End Bub: Season 1

Co-written by and starring the luminous Miranda Tapsell, rom-com Top End Wedding saw a pair of loved-up city-slickers head up north to tie the knot and reconnect with family. In this episodic follow-up, it turns out you can take the girl outta the NT: but you can’t take the NT outta the girl.

Tapsell’s hotshot lawyer Lauren and her husband Ned (Gwilym Lee) are shocked to be made the guardians of plucky youngster Taya, when Lauren’s sister tragically passes. Back in Darwin and struggling with their sudden parenthood, the pair barely have time to acclimate to their wild new life. A supporting cast of stellar First Nations, national treasure talent and that gorgeous Top End setting will make the bumpy road that bit more smooth, though.

Wayward: Limited Series

Developed by standup comic Mae Martin, who also stars, this sinister Canadian series shines light upon a terribly dark industry: the “troubled teens” industrial complex, where struggling young people (and queer kids, in particular) are systemically repressed and abused for profit.

If we can trust any one actor to deliver this bleakness, but also convincingly explain why so many parents and guardians are drawn into the process, it’s Toni Collette—cast here as the charismatic founder of “Tall Pines.” Unsettling and based in true horror as it may be, I also suspect Martin’s show might offer some secret comedic beats, too: they’re a master of many genres.