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Sunday showcase coming (Nov. 8) for best new show

TV’s best new show will soon get a Sunday-night boost.
“Cupertino” is usually confined to 10 p.m. Thursdays on CBS. But on Sunday, Nov. 8, it will air three hours — a new one (complete with traffic-jam jurisprudence, shown here) and then reruns of the first two episodes.
Those are the episodes that set things in motion: An evil law firm fired two people — Michael (Mike Colter, shown here with Renee Elise Goldsberry), an experienced pro, and Olivia (Rachel Keller), in her first year out of law school. They soon formed their own tiny firm, to take on the giants of Silicon Valley. Read more…

Yes, there are new shows — a few, anyway — this fall

(This is one of three stories previewing the fall season. The other two — also under “stories” — are a main piece and a round-up of streaming shows.)
Here are this fall’s new, broadcast-network TV shows — a meager list,
Lumping together six networks, there are still only eight new series. ABC and Fox each contribute zero.
Networks seem to be waiting for mid-season, when they’ll have “Baywatch” and “Rockford Files” reboots, a “Grey’s Anatomy” spin-off and more.
Some of the new fall shows — especially “Cupertino” (shown here) — are instantly likable, some not. The list is chronological, by category; three of the eight — “Newlyweds,” “NCIS: New York” and “Private Eyes West Coast” — still didn’t have episodes available for review, as of Sept. 16: Read more…