The Old Man (FX): The second season premieres with two episodes and follows former CIA agent Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges) and former FBI assistant director Harold Harper (John Lithgow) as they set off on their most important mission to date—to recover Emily Chase (Alia Shawkat) after she is kidnapped by Faraz Hamzad (Navid Negahban), a powerful Afghan tribal leader. With all three men claiming her as their daughter, Emily finds herself in an identity crisis that has dire implications. 10 p.m. ET/PT, 9 p.m. CT, and streaming the next day on Hulu
Friday, September 13
In Vogue: The ’90s (Hulu): The first three episodes drop today, followed by the second batch of three episodes on September 20. The series tells the definitive story of the fashion industry in the ’90s through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowles, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman, and Anna Wintour. From grunge to the Met Gala, each episode in this six-part series centers on a defining ’90s moment. Participants include Amber Valletta, Andrew Bolton, Baz Luhrmann, Camilla Nickerson, Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele, Catherine Martin, Claire Danes, Claudia Schiffer, Donna Karan, Elizabeth Hurley, Grace Coddington, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hillary Clinton, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, June Ambrose, Kate Moss, Kim Kardashian, Linda Evangelista, Marc Jacobs, Mary J. Blige, Michael Kors, Missy Elliott, Miuccia Prada, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stella McCartney, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, and Victoria Beckham, among other prominent figures. Executive producers include Liesel Evans, Jonathan Smith, Helen Estabrook, Sarah Amos, Mark Guiducci, and Agnes Chu, as well as Bowles, Enninful, Goodman and Wintour. Three episodes streaming at launch
How to Die Alone (Hulu): The half-hour comedy series premieres with four episodes today, and focuses on Mel (Natasha Rothwell), a JFK airport employee who has never been in love and has forgotten how to dream, until an accidental brush with death catapults her on a journey to finally take flight and start living by any means necessary. Rothwell (who will return to The White Lotus in season 3 as Belinda) created the series and serves as coshowrunner. Four episodes streaming at launch, followed by two new episodes every Friday
