'It's my job to recommend TV shows. These are the 14 to watch in September.'

Ahhhh, spring.

The days are getting longer; the weather is getting warmer, and the TV is getting really bloody good.

This month, we've got something for everyone. From really trashy reality, to more prestige drama, to the modern reimagining of one of Australia's most beloved teen shows. 

Also, I need to give an honourable mention to all the returning shows too, including Abbott Elementary season 2 (Disney+), The Kardashians season 2 (also Disney+) and of course, The Handmaid's Tale season 5 (SBS On Demand) - there's just too many newbies this month to include established shows!

Anyway, let's get into it. These are the 14 shows you're going to want to add to your watch lists this September:

Dated & Related - Netflix.

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This is potentially the worst series name of all time.

I mean, seriously, it is... so bad.

But it's worked as intended, because everyone is already talking about Netflix's latest foray into reality TV: a show in which various siblings team up to find each other love. 

No incest here, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE NAME OF THE SHOW REALLY SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS.

You just know this is going to become everyone's go-to hate watch. Truly, I think it has the potential to become the greatest (read: worst) hate watch of all time. 

Dated & Related premieres September 2 on Netflix.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Prime Video.

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We're going on an adventure - back to Middle Earth.

Prime Video's immense LOTR series finally arrives this month. The series is set thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books, and will take viewers back to an era where, according to Prime Video, "great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and one of the greatest villains that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness".

How perfectly dramatic.

We will follow an ensemble cast as they come together against all odds to work against the reemergence of evil in Middle Earth.

The first two episodes of the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere September 2 on Prime Video.

Fakes - Netflix.

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It's been a couple of months since we've had a good con-based series, and Fakes is here to fill the void.

The series is the story of best friends Becca and Zoe, played by Jennifer Tong and Emilija Baranac, who accidentally build (and lose) one of the largest fake ID empires in North America.

They make a fortune, move into a downtown penthouse and live the high life... until they get raided by the feds. And only one of them goes to jail.

Fakes tells the story of the ultimate betrayal, from both points of view. It's a comedy drama with super digestible, 25 minute episodes, regular fourth wall breaks, and two extremely unreliable narrators who are both competing for the last word.

It's a lot of fun.

Fakes drops September 2 on Netflix.

A Beginner's Guide to Grief - SBS.

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When Anna Lindner's dad died, she found comfort in the comedic - and then she turned that into a TV show.

A Beginner's Guide to Grief is what she thought was missing from conversations about grief. About the messiness, the non-linear, sometimes funny, ridiculousness of it all.

Lindner stars as Harry, who had to ditch her dream New York arts scholarship to return to her regional South Australian hometown after her father's terminal cancer diagnosis. Later, her mother receives the same fate. 

The story begins with her father's deathbed confession: her Lutheran Revivalist parents don't actually believe in God, and his final request is to be cremated.

Harry must work with her pyrotechnic childhood foster-sister, Daisy, to fulfil her dad's wishes - against the rest of the town and her religious family determined to give him a full-blown, Holy Spirit-certified burial. 

Each episode is about 15 minutes long, with the entire season coming in at just over 70 minutes. It's the kind of show you'll tick off in one go, and be left thinking about for a long time afterwards. Affecting, poignant and funny.

A Beginner's Guide to Grief premieres September 4 at 9.20pm on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand.

Savage River - ABC.

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Savage River is a local six-part crime drama starring Golden Globe-nominated actress Katherine Langford as Miki Anderson. 

After eight years in prison, Miki returns to Savage River, her hometown in rural Victoria, determined to finally move on with her life.

But, of course, the tight-knit town is not going to let her forget the past that easily. When a murder rocks the community, Miki becomes the obvious focus of everyone's suspicions. As the police close in, Miki sets out to prove her innocence, but in the process she uncovers long-buried secrets that case doubt on everything she thought she knew.

Ooffffff what a premise!

Langford is supported by a stellar local cast, including Virginia Gay, Jacqueline McKenzie, Cooper Van Grootel and Bernard Curry.

Savage River premieres September 4, 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

Real Girlfriends in Paris - Hayu.

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The hype for Real Girlfriends in Paris is, uh, real (sorry).

Hayu's latest reality offering is like Real Housewives meets Emily in Paris, if Emily was a real person. 

The series will follow six American expats – Anya Firestone, Emily Gorelik, Margaux Lignel, Kacey Margo, Adja Toure and Victoria Zito – as they move to Paris. From there they try to ~find themselves~ while navigating career, romance and obviously LOTS of drama.

Anyone who's been to the French capital (or watched Emily getting constantly roasted in Emily in Paris) can take a guess about how Parisians feel about all this. Bring on the chaos! 

Real Girlfriends in Paris premieres September 6 on hayu.

Last Light - Stan.

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Stan Original Series Last Light marks Lost star Matthew Fox's return to television, alongside Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt. 

The thriller is based on Alex Scarrow's international bestselling novel of the same name. Last Light follows the lives of one family who must fight to reunite after the world falls into disarray.

In this dystopian world, humans are completely reliant on oil. Transport can't run without it, supplies can't be delivered and law enforcement would almost certainly become inundated.

While Andy is on a business trip in the Middle East, he discovers his worst nightmare has come true; the oil has run out, and he is separated from his family just as the world falls into utter despair.

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His teenage daughter is alone at home in London, while his wife and young son are stuck in Paris. 

Despite the distance, danger, and hellish chaos that surrounds them, they do anything and everything they can to reunite.

Last Light premieres September 8 on Stan.

Wedding Season - Disney+.

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Not to be confused with the recent Netflix rom-com of the same name, Wedding Season, the series, is a dark comedy murder mystery with a very deadly wedding.

The eight-part show begins with Katie (Rosa Salazar) and Stefan (Gavin Drea) meeting at a wedding. It's passion at first sight, and they begin an affair despite the fact that Katie's own wedding to her fiancee is only two months away.

That event rolls around, and quickly turns into a less gruesome version of Game of Thrones' infamous Red Wedding. Katie's new husband and his entire family are murdered that night.

Stefan and Katie blame each other, which is, uh... messy.

What follows is an action packed journey across the UK and US, as the pair go on the run, all while trying to prove their innocence.

Wedding Season drops September 8 on Disney+.

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - Binge.

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This British series dramatises a truly mindboggling true story.

In 2007, former teacher and prison officer John Darwin turned up alive, five-and-a-half years after he was believed to have died in a canoeing accident.

One small problem: He and his wife, Anne, had spent that time committing fraud, using his £250,000 life insurance payout to get out of unimaginable debt, all while her husband hid from the world from... literally just next door.

Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan star in this amusing series, told from Anne's perspective. Neither of their real-life counterparts were involved in the show, giving the series' creators the freedom to concoct whatever ridiculousness they could think of.

It works well: Anne and John live in utter delusion, and you'll find yourself regularly chuckling at the absurdity of it all.

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe airs weekly on Foxtel. The full season drops September 8 on  Binge.

Gutsy - Apple TV+.

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Gutsy is Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton's eight-part documentary series, celebrating the lives of 'gutsy' women who inspire them - so you know it's going to create discussion.

It's based on their book, The Book of Gutsy Women, and features the pair in conversation with women from all walks of life: from the uber-famous like Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Kate Hudson, to pioneering activists, community leaders and everyday heroes.

Others who appear include Glennon Doyle, Dr. Jane Goodall, Mariska Hargitay, Goldie Hawn, Amber Ruffin, Amy Schumer, Gloria Steinem, Wanda Sykes, Symone, Abby Wambach and Natalie Wynn.

Apple also promise Hillary and Chelsea "as you've never seen them before", with insight into the unique, special bond between a mother and daughter, and a multi-generational approach to issues.

Gutsy premieres September 9 on Apple TV+.

Heartbreak High - Netflix.

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Heartbreak High was a beloved part of the Australian zeitgeist throughout its run in the 90s. 

With this reimagining, we are introduced to a new group of teens at Hartley High. A discovery in the very first episode makes Amerie (Ayesha Madon) an instant pariah at school, at the very same time her ride-or-die bestie Harper (Asher Yasbincek) dumps her in front of the whole school.

Amerie, alongside her new friends Quinni (Chloe Hayden) and Darren (James Majoos), attempts to repair her reputation, while navigating all the mess of high school, including love, sex, heartbreak and friendships.

Heartbreak High features a pretty big ensemble cast, with both familiar local faces and very talented newbies, and follows in the beloved footsteps of Netflix's other teen shows, like Sex Education and Never Have I Ever. You can expect big things here.

Heartbreak High drops September 14 on Netflix.

Sins of Our Mother - Netflix.

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At this point, it's not a month of television without a promising true crime docuseries from Netflix.

This month, the streamer takes us into the world of America's most notorious mother: Lori Vallow.

Vallow was known to friends and family as a devoted mother of three, a loving wife, and a woman of God. But over the past three years, something went very wrong.

Now Lori is in jail, waiting to stand trial for conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her fourth husband, her fifth husband’s wife, and her two youngest children. 

In Sins of Our Mother, Vallow's surviving son Colby speaks for the first time to provide insight into his family, as the story follows the journey to justice.

Sins of Our Mother premieres September 14 on Netflix.

Swimming With Sharks - Prime Video.

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Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger go toe-to-toe in your soon-to-be guilty pleasure, inspired by the 1994 film of the same name. 

Shipka plays Lou Simms, who starts an internship at production studio Fountain Pictures. She appears like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio's notorious CEO, Joyce Holt (Kruger). 

Lou becomes indispensable to Joyce, who's not only trying to out-manoeuvre her predatory dinosaur of a boss (played by Donald Sutherland), but to have a baby after years of trying. 

But really, in a world full of manipulators, Lou is poised to outwit them all. In reality, she has done extensive research on Joyce and landing this internship was no happy accident. 

Turns out, Lou will do anything to get close to her idol.

Swimming With Sharks is streaming from September 19 on Prime Video.

Bali 2002 - Stan.

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On October 12, 2002, the island of Bali was shattered by a terrorist attack on two of Kuta Beach's busiest nightclubs.

The explosions killed 202 people, 88 of whom were Australian, and wounded hundreds more.

Stan's Bali 2002 is a four-parter based on the actual events surrounding the bombings, exploring the everyday heroes who sprang to action in the immediate aftermath.

It is led by Bridgerton's Claudia Jessie as British tourist Polly Miller, Rachel Griffiths as burns specialist Dr Fiona Wood, Richard Roxburgh as Australian Federal Police Commander Graham Ashton, and Sean Keenan as AFL star Jason McCartney and features a large ensemble cast of Australian and Balinese actors.

All four episodes of Bali 2002 drop September 25 on Stan.

Chelsea McLaughlin is Mamamia's Senior Entertainment Writer and co-host of The Spill. For more pop culture takes, recommendations and sarcasm, you can follow her on Instagram. 

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