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T10 WHATS UP! August 30 - September 5, 2020 lineup, featuring premium con- tent that continually resonates with viewers." In other words, the key to success might just be quality over quantity. Bringing in some top-notch stars could give Fox the edge. Gabrielle Union ("Bring It On," 2000) and Jessi- ca Alba ("Fantastic Four," 2005) bring their talents to the small screen in the network's newly acquired "L.A.'s Finest," sched- uled to make its network televi- sion debut on Monday, Sept. 21. The police drama from Holly- wood bigwig Jerry Bruck- heimer is a spinoff of his big- screen Bad Boys franchise. "L.A.'s Finest" follows "Bad Boy" Marcus Burnett's sister, Syd (Union), and her new LAPD partner, Nancy (Alba). It's important to note that the show isn't entirely new, but it's new to Fox. Its first season aired on the cable channel Spectrum. Fox does have two complete- ly new series this fall — "Filthy Rich" and "Next." Premiering right after "L.A.'s Finest" on Monday, Sept. 21, "Filthy Rich" stars Kim Cattrall ("Sex in the City") as wealthy widow Mar- garet Monreaux. She's shocked to discover that her late hus- band, Eugene Monreaux (Ger- ald McRaney, "Simon & Si- mon"), fathered three illegiti- mate children. What's worse, he wrote them into his will, threat- ening her hold on the family fortune. Fox's thriller "Next" is set to premiere on Tuesday, Oct. 6. It stars John Slatterly ("Mad Men") as Silicon Valley pioneer Paul LeBlanc. When he discovers that an artificial intelligence that he created could be a threat to the human race, he works alongside Homeland Cybersecurity agent Shea Salazar (Fernanda An- drade, "Fallen") to stop it. CBS has plans for two new se- ries this fall — one comedy and one drama — although neither has a concrete premiere date as of yet. The network's "B Posi- tive" is the only network televi- sion comedy scheduled to make its debut this fall. Chuck Lorre ("The Big Bang Theory") and Marco Pennette ("Inconceiv- able") serve as executive pro- ducers on the series about Drew (Thomas Middleditch, "Silicon Valley"), a newly divorced dad who discovers he needs a kidney transplant. Luckily, a woman from his past, Gina (Annaleigh Ashford, "Masters of Sex"), agrees to donate hers. None other than Queen Lati- fah ("Chicago," 2002) helms a reboot of the classic TV series "The Equalizer" for CBS. She stars as Robyn McCall, a mys- terious woman who uses her unique skill set to help those who have no one else to turn to in this reimagining of the show that ran from 1985 to 1989. As in the original series, the Equaliz- er, as McCall is known, is a vig- ilante for justice. Chris Noth ("Law & Order") and Lorraine Toussaint ("Orange Is the New Black") also star. At ABC, David E. Kelley ("Ally McBeal") has cooked up the thriller "Big Sky" based on the book "The Highway" by C.J. Box. Private detectives Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury, "Pitch") and Cody Hoyt (Ryan Phillippe, "Cruel Intentions," 1999) team up with Hoyt's ex-wife, Jenny (Katheryn Winnick, "Vikings"), to investigate the disappearance of two sisters who were kid- napped by a truck driver on a re- mote highway in Montana. ABC has the only game show on the network TV docket with "Supermarket Sweep," a rehash of the series that originally aired on American television in the 1960s. Leslie Jones ("Saturday Night Live") hosts the new ver- sion, which follows three teams that use their knowledge of mer- chandise and grocery shopping prowess to win big prizes. As with the CBS series, nei- ther of ABC's new offerings had confirmed premiere dates as of press time. Last but not least of the so- called Big Four networks is NBC with a sole new offering for fall. However, given its pedi- gree, the new series ought to have lots to offer. Fan favorite Christopher Meloni ("Oz") re- prises his role as Elliot Stabler from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in the spinoff "Law & Order: Organized Crime," which is also awaiting a premiere date. After a decade away, Stabler returns to the NYPD to lead a task force to take down New York's crime syndicates. All told, for fans hungry for fresh content, there's something to suit just about everyone's tastes this fall. Check out TV's freshest fare beginning in Sep- tember. Jack Dylan Grazer in "We Are Who We Are" continued from page T2 A fresh crop: The scoop on TV's new fall shows TV FEATURE