Cobra Kai season 5, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Rick and Morty season 6, Jamtara season 2, and Star Wars: Andor — the five biggest TV shows and web series in September on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Amazon Prime Video.
What are the biggest TV series in September? The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a prequel to the award-winning trilogy that is set thousands of years prior, is not just the biggest show of the month — it’s one of the biggest shows of all time, if we are looking at scale and budgets. Scroll down to learn more on how big we are talking. The Rings of Power premieres September 2 on Amazon Prime Video in India. The other big-budgeted entry in September comes from Disney-owned Lucasfilm, as we get a new live-action Star Wars series in Andor, following Diego Luna’s rebel spy from Rogue One. Andor begins September 21 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.
September also boasts the return of two much-loved shows. The Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai is back for a fifth season, with training-for-karate being taken to even more ludicrous heights. Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence may have parted ways, but they might find their way back to each other. (Heart hands emoji? Don’t kill me, sorry.) Cobra Kai season 5 arrives September 9 on Netflix worldwide. On the ludicrous end of the spectrum, we also have the adult animated Rick and Morty, which returns for its sixth season of interdimensional adventures. Rick and Morty starts September 5 on Netflix in India.
From India, we have just the one announcement as yet — Jamtara, the series about phishing, politics, and small-town opportunity, spins around for a second scam September 23 on Netflix. With that, here’s our September 2022 guide to TV shows and web series on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Amazon Prime Video.
And oh, before you begin, you won’t find any titles below that aren’t confirmed for India. That includes the likes of Donald Glover’s absurdist comedy-drama Atlanta, whose fourth and final season begins September 15 on FX and September 16 on Hulu (both US). Atlanta season 4 brings the show back to its titular city, after a season that was largely spent in Europe.
When: September 2
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The most expensive TV show of all time is here. Amazon has already forked over $250 million (about Rs. 1,995 crore) on the LOTR rights and $465 million (about Rs. 3,712 crore) on Rings of Power season 1 and the “infrastructure that will sustain the whole series”, over two-and-a-half times what Warner Bros. spent on Peter Jackson’s film trilogy. The movies went on to make nearly $3 billion (about Rs. 23,946 crore) at the box office, so Amazon will need to sell a lot of Prime subscriptions.
Okay, but what’s it about? Set thousands of years before The Lord of the Rings films, the series — as it says in the title — will centre on the forging of the Rings of Power, and the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron. Alongside, it will chart the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. LOTR fans will know that we saw this in a five-minute prologue in the movies, but The Rings of Power creators J.
