The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

See who dazzled on the red carpet and took home gold at the 78th Primetime Creative Emmy Awards.

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A visionary storyteller from Detroit, multiple award-winning director Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, one of the nation's top-ranked graduate film programs.

Recognized early as a talented filmmaker, Christine was selected by NYU faculty as the Willard T.C. Johnson Fellow, the most prestigious fellowship given to the student who has achieved high standards in his or her work. CNN identified Christine as one of the most promising filmmakers to emerge from NYU's graduate film program since Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Stone and Spike Lee (Christine's NYU directing teacher).

Christine earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, double majoring in Film Theory and Japanese. She was chosen by the Notre Dame Alumni Association as The Rev. Arthur S. Harvey Award recipient, acknowledging her achievements in the arts.

Christine has developed, written and/or directed entertainment projects for HBO Films, Lionsgate, Universal Television, Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, TV One, A&E Networks, BET Films, Starz and Faith Filmworks.

Christine's movie directing credits include the network and cable television records breaking The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel, starring Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis. The film won "Best TV Movie" from the African American Film Critics Association and the Satellite TV Award for "Best Television Movie." The film was nominated for five NAACP Image Awards including "Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture" for Christine and a Critics' Choice Awards Nomination for "Best Television Movie." Christine also directed Aunjanue Ellis in their powerful short film, Fannie, about the ground-breaking testimony of human, voting and civil rights icon, Fannie Lou Hamer, in front of the Democratic National Convention's Credentials Committee in 1964. Fannie earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for "Outstanding Short Form Film (Live Action)."

Christine has also directed All About You, All About Us, To Hell and Back, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (which broke network ratings as the most watched original movie in the network's history) and For the Love of Ruth, for which Christine earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for "Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture." In addition to writing the above movies, Christine was a screenwriter for Woman Thou Art Loosed.

Some of Christine's television directing credits include episodes of Chicago P.D., P-Valley, All American, All American: Homecoming, Found, FBI, MacGyver and Roswell, New Mexico. Her memorable episode of Chicago P.D., entitled "Black and Blue," was rated "Best Episode" of Season 6 by Fansided.

Christine has served as a professor at the University of Georgia's MFA Screenwriting Program and is an advisor to the Film and Television department at the University of Notre Dame. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband of 28 years, studio executive and producer Michael Swanson, and their four children.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

Awards

Christine Swanson

Acapulco Black Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival

Image Awards (NAACP)

American Black Film Festival

Black Reel Awards

GMA Dove Awards

Women's Image Network Awards

Black Reel Awards for Television

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