Fall TV Highlights: Must-Watch Shows and Series Premieres

Bianca Ingrosso is back in "Wahlgrens värld", Fredrik Skavlan is behind a new form of community program and Netflix is making a tv series of a Swedish romantic success. These are the highlights of the autumn's tv.

» Published: Wed 20 Aug 2025 08:56 CEST

Fall TV Highlights: Must-Watch Shows and Series Premieres
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Swedish series

Carla Sehn plays the lead role when Amanda Romare's novel "Half of Malmö consists of guys who dumped me" becomes a series (11/9, Netflix). Evin Ahmad and Fares Fares are the stars of the science fiction series "We come in peace" (6/11, TV4 Play), "The Ferry" (26/9, SVT) offers horror based on Mats Strandberg's book. Here, Kolbjörn Skarsgård plays a role.

The Swedes on the Spanish sun coast are in focus in "Where the sun always shines" (10/11, SkyShowtime) with Erik "Jerka" Johansson and Rakel Wärmländer. Joel Spira and Josefin Asplund play a romantic comedy in Dalarna in "Couples therapy in Gagnef" (7/11, SVT).

An "existentially confused comedy series" is made by Hampus Nessvold and Johan Ulveson in "New Noa Nyman" (1/11, SVT) and the classic "We on Saltkråkan" (31/10, SVT) comes in a new version with Henrik Norlén as Uncle Melker.

Reality/entertainment

In the new weekend entertainment "Fortune hotel" (22/8, TV4), the couple with the best strategy wins 1 million kronor. In "The game" (14/9, SVT), celebrities such as ex-Miss Snusk, Håkan Juholt, and Jan Emanuel will compete in a "social game". Incidentally, "The traitors" are back later in the fall (TV4, date not set). As is "Best in test" (TV4, 17/10).

In "Wahlgrens world" (4/9, Kanal 5/HBO Max), Bianca Ingrosso makes a full comeback and in "Age crisis with Keyyo and Johan Rheborg" (24/9, SVT), the joys that come with age are explored.

In new roles

Norwegian Fredrik Skavlan is back with "Skavlan and Sweden" (4/9, SVT), a new way to make social and debate programs. "Sweden's master chef" (24/8, TV4) gets a new role as weekend entertainment on Sundays and news anchor Martin Järborg is the new host in the fall's "Robinson" (2/10, TV4).

Bill Nylander and Marie Olsson Nylander leave SVT and take on a new project in a new channel in "The Italian house dream" (3/9, Kanal 5/HBO Max).

International series

Keeley Hawes is a middle-aged assassin in the British success "The torpedo" (23/8, SVT), Jessica Chastain infiltrates hate groups on the internet in "The savant" (26/9, AppleTV+), and Bill Skarsgård is back as the scary clown Pennywise in "It: Welcome to Derry" (October, HBO Max).

Claire Danes plays the lead role in the crime drama "The beast in me" (13/11, Netflix), Kim Kardashian plays a lawyer in the new drama "All's fair" (Disney+, date not set), and Glen Powell gets to be funny in the comedy series "Chad Powers" (Disney+, date not set).

Series favorites back

Here are viewer successes that return in the fall: "Gåsmamman" (3/9, TV4 Play), "Solsidan" (1/10, TV4 Play), "The morning show" (17/9, AppleTv+), "Slow horses" (24/9, AppleTv+), "Nobody wants this" (23/10, Netflix), "Stranger things" (27/11, Netflix), "Fallout" (December, Prime Video), "The diplomat" (date not set, Netflix).

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