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.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Jay's first introduction to the business came when his mother Phyllis asked her 13-year-old son to attend a CRTC hearing in Trois Rivieres and bring back a report for her regulatory newsletter. When Phyllis co-founded Citytv in September 1972, 16-year-old Jay's first full-time job was on the station's switchboard. This was followed by regular Saturday nights as floor director assembling the boxing ring with his high school classmates on Citytv's live "Fight Night" broadcasts. The pay was $1.50 an hour but he got to clean George Chuvalo's spit cup. After getting his MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Jay returned to Citytv on a full-time basis as Program Manager, the job that was truest to his calling, and one he never really let go of. His passion for great TV and movies was contagious, and led to Citytv, and its offspring MuchMusic, Bravo!, Fashion Television and many other channels, expanding across Canada and around the world. Jay rose through the ranks at CHUM over the years, ultimately being appointed CEO in 2002. Under Jay's leadership CHUM Limited-a publicly traded company with more than 3,200 employees-was one of Canada's leading media companies and content providers. In 2010 Jay co-founded Hollywood Suite, where he served as Chair of the Canadian independent, privately owned broadcasting company. Jay is recognized by his peers as a media business and cultural leader, leading major broadcasting entities, mentoring emerging talent-both individuals and organizations-and advancing the quality and success of the Canadian broadcasting sector. As a mentor to countless independent producers and creators of Canadian works for the screen, Jay is celebrated as a champion of independent Canadian feature film and television production having supported more than 200 projects throughout his career. Jay was an active board member serving organizations including the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the Banff Television Festival, the National Association of Television Program Executives, and the Toronto Film Board. He served as Chair of the board of GlassBOX Television from 2009-2011, and most recently served on the boards of: OUTtv; Shaftesbury Films Inc.; and Comweb Corporation.

During Summer break at the age of 17 he directed tv pilots, including Beauty &amp; The Beast starring Xaviera Hollander.

Starting in 1979 he worked as a media research analyst at the Financial Post.

Received his MBA from the University of Western Ontario.

Worked his way through high school and college as an installer for Maclean Hunter Cable.

In 1983 joined City-TV as Program Manager.

In December 2002 he was named CEO of Chum Ltd.

His first job at the age of 16 was manning the switchboard on Friday nights and weekends City-TV, a Toronto tv station co-founded by his mother Phyllis Switzer. He was paid $1.50/hour.

His father was Canadian cable pioneer Israel &quot;Sruki&quot; Switzer.

In October 2000 he was named President of Chum Television.

In 1984 he launched MusicMusic followed by Fashion Television, Movie Television, Bravo!, Star!, Space, MuchMoreMusic and CP24.

Graduated from the University of Toronto with an undergraduate degree in business.

In 1995 he was named VP Programming for Chum Television.

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