Welcome to the fall. Welcome to a new season, full of potential. Of course, the fall normally

the time of year when television networks roll out dozens and dozens of new shows.

But in the streaming era and with the pandemic changing viewing habits and scheduling habits,

is there still a fall TV season? Is there still a television premiere week?

And with the Emmys coming up, what can we learn about the state of the awards shows

and how they've been changed by the pandemic? Those are just a few of the questions for this week's

Reliable Sources podcast. So let's get to it. Let's cue the music.

I'm Brian Stelter and as you know, this is our weekly Reliable Sources podcast.

Our chance to go more in-depth talking about a big wide world of media.

And this week, I wanted to talk about the entertainment space because this time of year,

mid-September, usually a key time in Hollywood and the entertainment industry,

the launch of so many new TV shows, including what I'm involved with and we'll get to that later.

But I have this sense that the TV season has profoundly changed because of streaming,

because of on-demand, because of other factors. So I wanted to invite two of CNN's best who covered

this for a living to talk more about it. Brian Lowry, CNN media critic, a senior writer covering

television, streaming and film, and Sandra Gonzalez, senior reporter for CNN media and entertainment,

all over the television and film beats. And both Sandra and Brian have been writing the TVOT column

that appears weekly on CNN.com. So welcome, Brian. Thanks for coming on.

Thank you. And welcome, Sandra. Thanks for coming on the podcast.

Of course, thanks. So we're all here and we're looking ahead to what I think is a new season of

television, but Sandra, is there any such thing as a TV premiere week anymore?

I'm kind of old school. I do believe in the concept of a fall TV season and the excitement

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