The streaming services continue their assault on broadcast and cable TV with a load of new series featuring big names _ Woody Allen, Hugh Laurie, Billy Bob Thornton _ and a reboot of the early-2000s fave "Gilmore Girls":
EASY (Sept. 22, Netflix) Sex, tech and culture intersect in a Chicago-set half-hour anthology from filmmaker Joe Swanberg. With Orlando Bloom, Marc Maron, Malin Akerman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hannibal Buress.
MARVEL'S LUKE CAGE (Sept. 30, Netflix) Mike Colter takes his superhuman crime-fighter from "Jessica Jones" into his own adventure series. With Alfre Woodard, Mahershala Ali, Frank Whaley, Sonia Braga.
CRISIS IN SIX SCENES (Sept. 30, Amazon) Woody Allen's half-hour series co-stars him with Miley Cyrus, Christine Ebersole, Joy Behar, Elaine May, Michael Rapaport.
MASCOTS (Oct. 13, Netflix) Christopher Guest's latest mockumentary sees sports mascots compete for the coveted Gold Fluffy award. With Guest, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Ed Begley Jr.
GOLIATH (Oct. 14, Amazon) Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Sarah Wynter, Dwight Yoakam, Harold Perrineau appear in David E. Kelley's latest legal series, where a lawyer (Thornton) fights powerful corporate interests.
GOOD GIRLS REVOLT (Oct. 28, Amazon) Young female researchers at a news magazine in 1969 battle discrimination. Hour series with Genevieve Angelson, Anna Camp, Erin Darke, Jim Belushi.
CHANCE (Oct. 19, Hulu, weekly) Hugh Laurie's San Francisco neuropsychiatrist courts danger with an alluring patient and her police detective spouse. With Gretchen Mol, LisaGay Hamilton, Paul Adelstein, Ethan Suplee.
THE CROWN (Nov. 4, Netflix) Series from "The Queen" movie writer Peter Morgan dramatizes the earlier life of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy), starting with her 1947 marriage to Prince Philip (Matt Smith).
GILMORE GIRLS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE (Nov. 25, Netflix) They're back: Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, in four 90-minute chapters moving through the seasons. Other WB returnees include Kelly Bishop, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena.
SHUT EYE (Dec. 7, Hulu, weekly) Jeffrey Donovan's operator of fortunetelling storefronts begins to grasp surprising truths after a pair of unusual encounters. With KaDee Strickland, Isabella Rossellini, David Zayas.
THE GRAND TOUR (date TBA, Amazon) Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May get in gear on their new global vehicle-test show.
THE TRUE MEMOIRS OF AN INTERNATIONAL ASSASSIN (date TBA, Netflix) Kevin James stars as an author mistaken for a killer in a movie with Andy Garcia.
RETURNING SHOWS
The Mindy Project (Oct. 4, Hulu)
The Ranch (Oct. 7, Netflix)
Black Mirror (Oct. 21, Netflix)
Red Oaks (Nov. 11, Amazon)
Lovesick (Nov. 17, Netflix)
The Art of More (Nov. 19, Crackle)
Mozart in the Jungle (Dec. 9, Amazon)
The Man in the High Castle (Dec. 16, Amazon)
