Essential guide for a seriéphile autumn

We have started another autumn full of television fiction in which it will be impossible to cover the entire offer.

That is why the weekly television bulletin of EL PAÍS (to which you can subscribe here) has been dedicated for three weeks to tracking news and bets from the platforms as a basic roadmap to navigate in the seriéphile autumn.

Many productions will be left out of this selection due to space issues, and many others have not even been announced yet (for example, the arrival of the SkyShowtime platform is scheduled for this fall, which will bring another good handful of series).

Here's a list of the best yet to come.

'Interview with the Vampire' ('Interview with the Vampire')

What is it about?

Based on the gothic novel by Anne Rice.

Louis de Pointe du Lac tries to escape the constraints of life as a black man in early 20th century New Orleans.

To do this, he is seduced by Lestat de Lioncourt's offer, becoming his fellow vampire.

The arrival of the vampire girl Claudia will make them begin a decades-long journey of revenge.

It is expected this fall on AMC + (in the US, on October 2).

A scene from 'The Bear'.

'The Bear'

What is it about?

One of the most applauded series this summer in the United States has been this comedy in which a haute cuisine chef has to take over his family's sandwich shop, where he will have to balance the difficulties of running a small business, with a team with a lot to improve, and tense family relations.

October 5 on Disney+.

A scene from the first season of 'The Midnight Club', with three of the actors from its extensive youth cast.

'The Midnight Club' ('The Midnight Club')

What is it about?

Mike Flanagan (

,

) returns with another horror series, this time starring seven young people who, in a hospice, meet every midnight to tell scary stories.

They have signed a pact between them by which the first to die must try to contact the others.

It premieres October 7 on Netflix.

An image from the 'Candy' miniseries.

Tina Rowden (HULU)

'Candy'

What is it about?

Jessica Biel stars as Candy Montgomery, an 1980s housewife and mother with a perfect life, but when the pressure of conformity begins to suffocate her, her quest for a little freedom will have deadly results.

Based on the true case of the ax murder of Betty Gore.

It premieres October 12 on Disney+.

Image from the first season of 'Shantaram'.

'Shantaram'

What is it about?

Charlie Hunnam plays a fugitive trying to get lost in the chaotic Bombay of the 1980s.

There he will try to avoid the problems he has been running from, but, after falling in love with an enigmatic woman, he will have to choose between freedom and love and the complications that this brings.

Starting October 14 on Apple TV+.

'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities'

What is it about?

Guillermo del Toro is the creator, producer and presenter of this series with autonomous chapters in which horror stories are told.

Among the actors who will go through it are F. Murray Abraham, Andrew Lincoln, Rupert Grint, Kate Micucci or David Hewlett.

Netflix will drop two episodes each day between October 25 and 28 in the week before Halloween.

'This England'

What is it about?

Kenneth Branagh is Boris Johnson in this series about the impact of the pandemic in the UK.

Drawing on first-hand accounts, the series delves into life at 10 Downing Street, the Emergency Science Advisory Group, and the nation's hospitals and nursing homes, as well as how Johnson dealt with personal and political crises and the controversy.

On October 31 on Movistar Plus +.

A still from the 'Dangerous Liaisons' series.

'Dangerous Liaisons'

What is it about?

The series imagines the origins of the characters in the novel

, how the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont met in Paris on the eve of the Revolution.

The young couple will see how their survival skills are put to the test, having to resort to their ability to seduce and manipulate.

Starting November 6, on Lionsgate+.

Actor Warwick Davis in 'Willow'.

'Willow'

What is it about?

The 1988 film is the basis of this series that serves as a sequel to that story about a dwarf farmer aspiring magician who had to protect a baby from an evil queen.

Now, a group of heroes will embark on a dangerous quest beyond their home where they will have to face their own demons and work together to save their world.

The premiere is scheduled for November 30 on Disney +.

Promotional image of the series 'The White House Plumbers'.

'The White House Plumbers'

What is it about?

Five-episode miniseries about the

and how Nixon's political saboteurs accidentally brought down the presidency they were trying to protect.

In its cast, Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Headey, Toby Huss and Kiernan Shipka.

On HBO Max sometime in the fall.

Image from 'Love and Death'.

'Love and Death'

What is it about?

Another series about the same case, the ax murder of Betty Gore by housewife Candy Montgomery in Texas in 1980. On this occasion, behind the script is David E. Kelley and among the protagonists are Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Krysten Ritter.

Sometime this fall on HBO Max.

Maika Monroe in 'The Watcher'.

'The Watcher'

What is it about?

Ryan Murphy is the producer of this horror miniseries about a couple who move into the house of their dreams and start receiving threatening letters from a stalker who watches his movements and doesn't want her in the house.

Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale are its protagonists.

It is expected by the end of the year on Netflix.

Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from 'The Idol'.

'The Idol'

What is it about?

Sam Levinson (

), The Weeknd and Reza Fahim are the creators of this drama set in the music industry and that focuses on the path of a young female pop star who falls in love with the owner of one of the most exclusive clubs Los Angeles and leader of a secret sect.

Sometime this fall on HBO Max.

Jenna Ortega plays Wednesday in the series of the same name.

'Wednesday')

What is it about?

Tim Burton directs the series about Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where he tries to master his psychic abilities, thwart a murder spree, and solve a mystery involving his parents in the past while navigating adolescence. .

Sometime this fall on Netflix.

Image from the 'American Gigolo' series.

'American Gigolo'

What is it about?

Based on the 1980 film of the same title, Jon Bernthal stars in this story as a man who, 15 years after being arrested for murder, tries to make a name for himself in the sex industry in Los Angeles while searching for the truth about the crime that landed him in jail

In the US it has just premiered on Showtime.

In Spain, it will presumably be part of the SkyShowtime catalogue.

Still from the series 'The End of Love'.

'The end of love'

What is it about?

Argentine series based on the essay by Tamara Tenenbaum that she herself adapts.

In the series, Tamara (Lali Esposito) is a young woman born into an Orthodox Jewish community who leaves her boyfriend to rebel against the traditional concept of romance.

Leticia Dolera directs the first two episodes.

Sometime this fall on Amazon Prime Video.

Series that remain in the gap of success

As for the most anticipated comebacks, on Netflix they arrive

(fifth season, on November 5) or

(fourth season, on October 8);

Fox returns with the factory of

(third and last round of the final season, on October 8);

Emmy winner

Robert and Michelle King, who also have a season of

, continue with their

supernatural

(Syfy, from October 20) and this month also brings the fourth and final season of

, a product halfway between a surrealist comedy and a critically acclaimed drama of social denunciation.

Spies, policemen and mystery in Spanish bets

In the first weeks of September,

,

and

out .

And what is to come?

holy family

.

Manolo Caro (

) is the creator of this series starring Najwa Nimri about a neighborhood where nothing is what it seems and where four mothers have forged a strong friendship that will change when Gloria's past, which lives with her baby and her nanny, threatens to blow everything up.

October 14 on Netflix.

A moment from the shooting of the series 'El Inmortal', starring Álex García (seated on the right). DAVID EXPOSITO

The Immortal

.

The history of Los Miami serves as the backdrop for this criminal drama set in the Madrid of the nineties.

Álex García plays Juan Carlos Peña,

, to narrate the rise and fall of the gang that controlled drug trafficking and nightclubs in the capital through coercion, intimidation and threats.

On Thursday, October 27 on Movistar Plus +.

Garcia!

In a Spain on the brink of political chaos, a journalist uncovers a conspiracy to hide the existence of super agent García, created in a laboratory in the 1950s, a perfect soldier who obeys orders without questioning them, and who has now woken up and is disoriented in a Spain that does not recognize.

Journalist and agent will have to work together against a conspiracy that threatens democracy.

When and where to see it?

October 28 on HBO Max.

If I had known

.

Megan Montaner is the protagonist of the romantic series created by the Turkish screenwriter, author of

or

.

In it, Emma is a 30-year-old woman disappointed in her marriage who wonders what her life would have been like if she hadn't gotten married.

A glitch in time will send her back 10 years and she will have the opportunity to reassess who she was and who she wants to become.

October 28 on Netflix.

Elisabet Casanovas, Ricardo Gómez, Claudia Salas and Àlex Monner, stars of 'La ruta'.Atresplayer Premium

The route

.

Àlex Monner, Ricardo Gómez, Claudia Salas and Elisabet Casanovas play the four protagonist friends in this story set on the bakalao route, which in the 1980s and 1990s was not only synonymous with continuous partying, but also gave rise to a cultural movement and a social phenomenon that revolutionized the youth of the moment.

In Atresplayer Premium on November 13.

Easy.

Anna R. Costa (Arde Madrid) is responsible for the series that adapts the novel by Cristina Morales

(with controversy included).

The story follows four women with disabilities who live in a sheltered flat in Barcelona and discover how their independence collides with the established norms.

On December 1 on Movistar Plus +.

the last

.

The singer Aitana and the actor Miguel Bernardeau are the protagonists of this series that follows the meetings and disagreements of Candela and Diego on a journey through love, friendship and the struggle to make their way in life.

Candela works at a logistics company while she pursues her dream of becoming a singer.

Her life changes when a record company executive hears her sing in a bar.

In December on Disney+.

Martiño Rivas and María de Nati play porn stars Nacho Vidal and Sara Bernat in the new Bambú Producciones series. Manuel Fernandez-Valdes

Nacho, a XXX-L industry

.

Drama and comedy serve to delve into the porn industry through the story of Nacho Vidal, one of its best-known Spanish representatives who became an international star in the 1990s.

Martiño Rivas plays Nacho Vidal in a series that, in its first season, delves into childhood and adolescence, with the route of the bakalao in the background, and his arrival to success.

Sometime this fall at Lionsgate+.

Peace Force

.

One of TVE's autumn bets will be this series focused on the members of a peace mission of the Spanish army in Equatorial Guinea.

Sergeant Paula Elgueta and a military unit manage to free women and girls kidnapped by a group of pirates from slavery.

The next day she finds out that her boyfriend, also a member of that contingent, has committed suicide, but Paula believes that there is something strange about his death and will try to find out the truth.

On La 1 sometime in the fall.

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