You try telling “The Mandalorian” that he can’t go back to work. The Disney+ hero’s bromance with Baby Yoda picks up Oct. 30, as will the uncontrollable sobbing when NBC’s “This Is Us” gets back to its crying game Nov. 10.
A new season of “Fargo” (Today, FX) shows off Chris Rock’s acting chops, while new episodes of “The Crown” (Nov. 15, Netflix) welcome Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.
Familiar faces will dominate projects that were well into production before the pandemic struck. The all-star list includes Jeff Daniels channeling former FBI Director James Comey for “The Comey Rule” (Today, Showtime), “Big Bang” veteran Jim Parsons in a new adaptation of “The Boys in the Band” (Sept. 30, Netflix), Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown in “The Good Lord Bird” (Oct. 4, Showtime) and Nicole Kidman, whose therapist in “The Undoing” (Oct. 25, HBO) must deal with a new array of big little lies.
The miniseries version of “The Right Stuff” (Oct. 9, Disney+) doesn’t have big names climbing into spacesuits, but Leonardo DiCaprio is among the executive producers.