As summer comes to a close and kids go back to school, the movie studios may put a pin in releasing their blockbusters but television goes into overdrive. Not only will the Emmys be broadcast on September 20 on Fox, but also a plethora of new TV shows head to viewers with the hopes of reaching audiences including Heroes: Reborn, Minority Report, Bastard Executioner, Grandfathered, The Muppets, Limitless and the list goes on. In addition to scripted fare, there’s two new hosts making their debuts with the premieres of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show. Don’t count out the silver screen though, as the film festivals begin to heat up heading into Oscar season with Toronto and Venice both falling in September.
So, take a look below for your guide to the happenings this month and let us know in the comments below if there’s events we should also check out.
September Events Calendar
Tuesday, September 1
Happy Birthday Zendaya Coleman, Dr. Phil McGraw
TV – Puffin Rock (New) on Netflix, Hotel Impossible on Travel, Drunk History on Comedy Central
Portland Film Festival, through September 7
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Submission Deadline
Wednesday, September 2
Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Mark Harmon
TV – Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles on Bravo
FILM – A Walk in the Woods, Creep
Venice International Film Festival, through September 12
Moscow International Book Fair, through September 6
Thursday, September 3
Happy Birthday Charlie Sheen, Shaun White
TV – Cradle to Grave (New) on BBC, Boy Meets Girl (New) on BBC
Friday, September 4
Happy Birthday Beyonce Knowles, Damon Wayans
TV – Hand of God (New) on Amazon, Bering Sea Gold on Discovery
FILM – Chloe and Theo, Before We Go, The Kitchen Sink, Break Point, Dirty Weekend, The Transporter, Refueled, Dragon Blade, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Contracted: Phase II
Historical – City of LA Founded in 1781
DragonCon in Atlanta, through September 7
NYSCA Electronic Media & Film Grants: Presentation Funds 2015 Deadline
LA County Fair, through September 27
The Taste at Paramount Pictures Studios, through September 6
Saturday, September 5
Happy Birthday Michael Keaton, Raquel Welch, Bob Newhart
StreetFoodCinema- Rocky Horror Picture Show, True Romance, 10 Things I Hate About You
Eat/See/Hear – Fight Club
Cinespia – Psycho
Sunday, September 6
Happy Birthday Idris Elba, Rosie Perez,
TV – Snapped: She Made Me Do It (New) on Oxygen, Rugged Justice on Animal Planet
Film Submission Deadline: Slamdance Film Festival
Cinespia – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Monday, September 7
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Birthday Evan Rachel Wood
TV – Pickle and Peanut (New) on Disney XD, Ladies of London on Bravo, Rusted Development on Discovery, Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood on VH1
Tuesday, September 8
Happy Birthday Wiz Khalifa, Pink, Martin Freeman, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
TV – A Season With Notre Dame Football (New) on Showtime, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (New) on CBS, Cake Boss on TLC, The Awesomes on Hulu
Wednesday, September 9
Happy Birthday Adam Sandler, Michael Buble, Michelle Williams, Eric Stonestreet
TV – Suddenly Royal (New) on TLC, The League on FXX, You’re the Worst on FXX, My Big Fat Fabulous Life on TLC
FILM – Time Out of Mind, Coming Home
Paley Fest Fall TV Previews, through September 17
Thursday, September 10
Happy Birthday Colin Firth, Ryan Phillippe
TV – Longmire on Netflix
Toronto International Film Festival, through September 20
Canon Expo in NYC, through September 11
D.C. Shorts Film Festival, through September 20
Friday, September 11
9/11 Memorial Day
Happy Birthday Ludacris, Taraji Henson, Harry Connick Jr.
TV – 20/20 on ABC, Continuum on SyFy, Z Nation on SyFy
FILM – Wolf Totem, Sleeping With Other People, The Visit, Breathe, The Perfect Guy, Meet the Patels, Goodnight Mommy, 90 Minutes in Heaven, Listening, The Challenger
Kentucky Women Writers Conference, through September 12
Cinespia – Grindhouse
Saturday, September 12
Happy Birthday Jennifer Hudson, Yao Ming, Emmy Rossum
Emmy Creative Arts Awards and Ball
The Simpsons Take the Hollywood Bowl, through September 14
StreetFoodCinema – Edward Scissorhands, Moulin Rouge!, E.T.
Eat/See/Hear – The Princess Bride
Cinespia – Fight Club
Sunday, September 13
Happy Birthday Ben Savage, Tyler Perry, Swizz Beatz, Freddie Wong
TV – Project Greenlight on HBO, Doll & Em on HBO, Liv and Maddie on Disney, House of DVF on E!
AWARDS – CCMA Awards
Monday, September 14
Happy Birthday Nas, Robert Herjavec
TV – Dancing with the Stars on ABC
FILM – Nerdist Presents The Hive
Social Media Week, through September 18
Tuesday, September 15
Happy Birthday Prince Harry, Jenna Marbles, Tom Hardy, Tommy Lee Jones
TV – Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (New) on NBC, Bastard Executioner (New) on FX, The Mindy Project on Hulu
FILM – Labyrinth of Lies
Wednesday, September 16
Happy Birthday Nick Jonas, Flo Rida, Amy Poehler, Marc Anthony
TV – Moonbeam City (New) on Comedy Central, South Park on Comedy Central
NY Art Book Fair through September 20
Thursday, September 17
Happy Birthday Kyle Chandler
Camden International Film Festival, through September 20
Friday, September 18
Happy Birthday Jada Pinkett Smith, Patrick Schwarzenegger, James Marsden
TV – We Have Issues (New) on E!, Descendants Wicked World (New) on Disney, I Love Kellie Pickler (New) on CMT
FILM – Black Mass, Pawn Sacrifice, Everest, Captive, Cooties, Sicario, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Hellions, The New Girlfriend, Some Kind of Hate, About Ray
Festival De San Sebastian in Spain through September 26
Halloween Horror Nights, through November 1
LA Podcast Festival, through September 20
Saturday, September 19
Happy Birthday Jimmy Fallon, Eva Marie, Adam West
TV – Iyanla Fix My Life on OWN, Oprah: Where Are They Now? on OWN, Alaska Monsters on Destination America
Brooklyn Books, Art, Photos, & Design Expo, through September 20
Long Beach Comic Con, through September 20
StreetFoodCinema – The Outsiders, The Goonies, Fight Club
Cinespia – Carrie
Sunday, September 20
Happy Birthday Sophia Loren, George RR Martin
TV – Dash Dolls (New) on E!
AWARDS – Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox
Film Submission Deadline: Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Film Submission Deadline: Nashville Film Festival
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade Culinary Cookout
Sunset Strip Music Festival, through September 21
Monday, September 21
Happy Birthday Dave Coulier, Bill Murray, Stephen King, Faith Hill
TV – Life in Pieces (New) on CBS, Blindspot (New) on NBC, Minority Report (New) on Fox, Castle on ABC, Big Bang Theory on CBS, NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS, The Voice on NBC, Gotham on Fox, Scorpion on CBS
Tuesday, September 22
Happy Birthday Tom Felton, Scott Baio, Tatiana Maslany
TV – The Muppets (New) on ABC, Scream Queens (New) on Fox, Bazillion Dollar Club (New) on SyFy, Limitless (New) on CBS, NCIS on CBS, Fresh Off the Boat on ABC, NCIS: New Orleans on CBS
Wednesday, September 23
Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen, Jason Alexander, Julio Iglesias
TV – Road Spill (New) on TruTV, Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition (New) on Food, Rosewood (New) on Fox, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC, The Middle on ABC, Survivor on CBS, Modern Family on ABC, The Goldbergs on ABC, Nashville on ABC, TripTank on Comedy Central, The Mysteries of Laura on NBC, Empire on Fox, Black-ish on ABC, Sports Jeopardy on Crackle
FILM – Pay the Ghost
Raindance Film Festival in London, through October 4
RomCon in Denver, through September 27
Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival in LA
Thursday, September 24
Happy Birthday
TV – Fashionably Late With Rachel Zoe (New) on Lifetime, The Player (New) on NBC, Heroes: Reborn (New) on NBC, Scandal on ABC, Grey’s Anatomy on ABC, How to Get Away with Murder on ABC
Vancouver International Film Festival, through October 9
Goteborg Book Fair in Sweden, through September 27
Friday, September 25
Happy Birthday Robert Irvine, Nia Vardalos, Kevin Sorbo
TV – Blue Bloods on CBS, Hawaii Five-O on CBS, Shark Tank on ABC, The Amazing Race on CBS, Last Man Standing on ABC
FILM – Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, The Intern, The Disappointments Room, Mississippi Grind, The Green Inferno, Wildlike, Hotel Transylvania 2, Before I Wake, 99 Homes, Stonewall, Misunderstood, Finders Keepers, A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, Unbranded
New York Film Festival, through October 11
Historical – First American Newspaper Published
Saturday, September 26
Happy Birthday Donald Glover, Will Smith, TI, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas
TV – Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (New) on Disney XD, 48 Hours Mystery on CBS
StreetFoodCinema- 80’s Double Feature, Ghostbusters
Cinespia – Back to the Future Part I & II
Sunday, September 27
Happy Birthday Avril Lavigne, Grace Helbig, Gwyneth Paltrow
TV – Quantico (New) on ABC, Blood & Oil (New) on ABC, The Simpsons on Fox, Bob’s Burgers on Fox, 60 Minutes on CBS, Family Guy on Fox, Once Upon a Time on ABC, Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Fox, Last Man on Earth on Fox
Abbot Kinney Festival
Monday, September 28
Happy Birthday Hilary Duff, Naomi Watts, Brigitte Bardot
TV – The Daily Show on Comedy Central
U.S. China Film & TV Industry Expo at LA Convention Center, through September 29
Tuesday, September 29
Happy Birthday Zachary Levi, Kevin Durant, Jerry Lee Lewis
TV – Adam Ruins Everything (New) on TruTV, The Grinder (New) on Fox, Grandfathered (New) on Fox, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. of ABC, Beyond the Tank on ABC
Wednesday, September 30
Happy Birthday Trevor Moran, T-Pain, Fran Drescher, Monica Bellucci
TV – Code Black (New) on CBS, Criminal Minds on CBS, Chicago PD on NBC
FILM – The Walk
AWARDS – Clio Awards
British Film Festival Of Dinard in France, through October 4
Nashville Film Festival Deadline
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