Welcome to September! On this Labor Day Weekend, here’s a special look at the fall 2019 season ahead in media, tech and entertainment. I’ve always loved this back-to-school time of year.
The new book by James Mattis, “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead,” comes out Tuesday… It hit No. 1 on Amazon’s best seller list on Sunday, thanks in part to a “CBS Sunday Morning” segment. The book is holding steady at No. 2 right now…
Wednesday: CNN’s climate crisis town halls
Thursday: NFL 100 begins
This season’s biggest storylines
Political debates, forums and more
The top media biz stories will be…
Digital media storylines
>> And: Facebook is expected to introduce a News tab in October — it’ll be interesting to watch yet another attempt at the tech giant curating news and improving relationships with publishers…
Mark your calendar
9/10: Apple’s next product launch event… 9/23: Fall TV premiere week… 9/24: The 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards… 9/24: The Atlantic Festival begins… 9/26: The Texas Tribune Festival gets underway… 10/11: The New Yorker Festival starts… 10/15: Ronan Farrow’s book… 10/16: IAB’s podcast upfront… 10/21: VF New Establishment summit kicks off… 10/22: Game One of the World Series… 10/24: CNN’s CITIZEN conference…
What Lowry is watching
Brian Lowry emails: The lion’s share of new broadcast network shows will land the week of 9/23. The major networks will actually offer fewer new shows at the start of this season, but that doesn’t mean there will be any shortage of fresh content or new players.
Disney+ launches on Nov. 12, while Netflix’s battle for attention will tilt somewhat toward its movie lineup, with “Marriage Story” and “The Irishman” both hitting the festival circuit in advance of theatrical windows and an eventual showcase on the streaming service…
Key entertainment dates
9/4: Beyoncé’s birthday a/k/a #BeyDay… 9/6: “It Chapter Two” hits theaters… 9/9: “Tamron Hall” and “The Kelly Clarkson Show” debut… 9/16: The Sean Spicer-ed season of “Dancing with the Stars” begins and “A Little Late WithLilly Singh” starts on NBC… 9/20: The big-screen edition of “Downton Abbey” premieres… 9/22: the Emmy Awards live on Fox… 9/28: The “SNL” season premiere with Woody Harrelson… 10/4: It’s time for “Joker…” 10/18: “Zombieland 2” arrives… 11/10: The E! People’s Choice Awards… 11/22: “Frozen 2” hits theaters… 12/20: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” owns the box office…
Premieres you should know about
10/7: “Retro Report” premieres on PBS… 10/13: Discovery introduces the docuseries “Why We Hate” and AMC debuts “Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America…” 10/17: The new season of “The Crown” starts streaming on Netflix… 10/18: “Modern Love” arrives on Amazon… Sometime in October: “Watchmen” premieres on HBO… 11/24: “Slow Burn” comes to Epix… 12/6: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” returns on Amazon…
The One With The Anniversary
Look out for these books
“The Testaments,” Margaret Atwood’s sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” comes out 9/10. “She Said,” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, comes out the same day…
Ronan Farrow’s “Catch and Kill” comes out 10/15…
Elton John’s first and only autobiography, titled “Me,” also comes out 10/15…
In the pro-Trump books section, Gregg Jarrett has “Witch Hunt” coming out on 10/8…
“The Beautiful Ones” — the memoir Prince began writing before he died in 2016 — will hit shelves on 10/29…