The new television season is officially underway, and the lineup is stacked. Whether you're a drama loyalist, a procedural devotee, or someone who just wants to know what everyone at work is going to be talking about on Monday morning — DECTV has you covered.

Here are the shows you should be watching right now, the returning favorites we're counting down the days for, and the new series already creating serious buzz.

The Drop is one of the freshest new series of the season. Sharp writing, a cast that clearly believes in the material, and a premise that hooks you from the first episode. This is the kind of show that rewards your attention — every detail matters, and the payoffs are worth the investment.

If you're looking for one new show to commit to this fall, The Drop is our top recommendation.

DC's television universe continues to expand with Lanterns, and early word is that this one is doing something genuinely different with the superhero format. Less spectacle, more character. Less CGI, more story. If the trailers are any indication, Lanterns could be the superhero show that wins over people who thought they were done with superhero shows.

Crime drama fans, this one is for you. Mobland brings the kind of slow-burn tension and morally complex characters that the best crime television has always delivered. Think The Wire energy applied to a contemporary setting. The performances are exceptional and the writing doesn't talk down to its audience.

This is prestige television doing what prestige television is supposed to do.

Fans of the Reacher universe will recognize the name. Neagley spins off from one of the most compelling supporting characters in recent action television and gives her the spotlight she deserves. The show is tight, propulsive, and built around a lead performance that absolutely commands the screen.

Abbott Elementary continues to be one of the best comedies on television — full stop. Season after season, this show finds new ways to be funny, warm, and genuinely insightful about the American public school system and the people who dedicate their lives to it. If you're not watching Abbott Elementary, you are missing out on one of the great comedies of this era.

The FBI franchise remains one of the most reliable procedural universes on television. Consistent, well-crafted, and anchored by a cast that knows exactly what the show is and delivers it every single week. Sometimes you just want a show that does its job well — and FBI always does its job well.

The intelligence community gets a fresh look with CIA, a new series that promises to go beyond the typical spy thriller formula and dig into the institutional culture, the moral compromises, and the human cost of operating in the shadows. Early episodes suggest this one has real depth.

SWAT has always been one of the more culturally aware procedurals on television — a show that actually engages with questions of policing, community, and justice rather than just using them as backdrop. The New SWAT continues that tradition with a fresh energy and some compelling new additions to the cast.

Sylvester Stallone as a New York mob boss relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma — somehow this premise works better than it has any right to. Tulsa King is funny, surprisingly heartfelt, and built around a Stallone performance that reminded everyone why he's been a star for five decades. We are counting the days until it comes back.

One of the most uncompromising dramas on television, The Mayor of Kingstown takes an unflinching look at the prison industrial complex and the people caught in its orbit. Jeremy Renner anchors the show with a performance that is equal parts charisma and exhaustion — a man who knows the system is broken and keeps working within it anyway because what else is there to do.

Keri Russell's performance in The Diplomat is one of the best things on television, period. The show manages to be genuinely funny, genuinely tense, and genuinely smart about international politics all at the same time. The cliffhanger at the end of the last season was one of the most talked-about moments in recent television history. We need answers.

The Friday the 13th universe gets a prestige television treatment with Crystal Lake, and the early buzz is electric. This is not a campy slasher retread — this is a serious, atmospheric horror series that is apparently taking the mythology of Camp Crystal Lake and building something genuinely terrifying around it.

Horror fans have been waiting for something like this for a long time. The early word suggests it delivers.

Stephen King's iconic story of telekinesis, teenage cruelty, and devastating revenge gets a new television adaptation with Carrie. The source material is one of King's most emotionally resonant works — a story about what happens when the world refuses to see someone's humanity until it's too late.

A prestige television format gives the story room to breathe in ways that film adaptations never quite could. If the creative team handles the material with the care it deserves, Carrie could be one of the defining horror television events of the decade.

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The fall TV season is just getting started. There has never been a better time to be a television fan.