tonight, it's et's ultimate fall tv preview. >> i love doing what you do. >> yeah? >> it was really -- fun. >> from jen and rooeese's morni show to the big changes coming to "this is us." plus, causing controversy. >> and gwen stefani's facing off >> plus, the show signing off for good and your tv favorites return to go prime time. >> i'm still not eating too much carbs just in case they have dad take his shirt off. >> happy labor day. hopefully you're enjoying a

little ar&r. the fall tv season is about to begin. we're going to start with jennifer aniston and reeseey st. it is a dramatic new series ripped straight from the headlines. >> cue her. >> i love doing what you do. >> yeah? >> yes. it was really -- fun. >> how about ripped from real life drama. >> good morning. i am bringing you some sad and upsetting news. >> this is a sad morning here at "today" and nbc news. >> and while i don't know the details of the allegations -- >> she's throwing me under the bus. >> mitch kessler, my co-host and partner of 15 years was fired today. >> pat, he is my dear, dear friend and my partner. we have decided to terminate his employment. >> it's steve core rel's first tv role since the office and first for aniston's "friends."

now she's after something else. >> i don't want your job. >> oh, fine. [ bleep ]. >> very surprising. and jen is wonderful. >> your words spoke to america. >> the characters is the head book of talent. so it's kind of fun. >> your show sucks. it's barely news. >> thank you. thank you. >> i play the producer of the show. he's perennially stressed out and want to keep it altogether. >> most people want to trust that the person telling them about the world is an honest person, like you. >> the morning show has a on ru apple tv plus. jen are executive producers. look for jen's character to make boss moves, too. >> i've let you bozos handle this long enough. we are doing this my way. >> the morning show world on tv is cutthroat. so is the world of reality competition shows and three of your favorites will be back this fall withars" kickings f. >> i literally don't know how to dance. >> oh, come on now.

i nd believe. >> oh, yeah, i forgot that dance. so i know four dances. "uptown girl" and my dances from "chicago." ♪ of 65-year-old super model christie brinkley is a favorite. she has a strategy. >> if i can't do it with my feet, i'll distract them withis the music. >> you planned that. >> i did. >> valentine and i are going to win "dancing with the stars." >> i pitched a story line where the fake me went on the fake "dancing with the stars." >> but there was some controversy following the announcement of the new cast. e. >> can we look forward to perhaps a podium being rolled past the dance floor?

its time.he will be a new forma and voting changes putting on dancing shoes, chloe's ex lamar odom sharing his story. over on nbc, gwen stefani returns to "the voice." >> i'm very excited to see america's favorite couple fight it out. >> yes! >> do you want to fight, blakeky? >> i'm probably going to fipay this later. >> looks like gwen has a new best buddy, kelly clarkson. >> oh, my god! >> why are you doing this to me? i thought you loved me? >> and our matt cohen got an exclusive look costumes for the mass singer's second season. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment you've been waiting for. >> wow, this feels big time.

♪ do you want to go >> it's bigger, it's better. >> the show switching it up with even more mass sings, up to 16 instead of 12, and you know security will still be tight. >> how can you keep it a secret at this point? >> it's what laborious. even when i drive into the lot, i see people with capes and hoodies and masks, like random masks. ike like, wow, whe >>p a clue. let's shift gears. celse, what's up? >> let's start with the comedy queen, patricia heaton, who is now in the business of prescribing some prime time laughs. >> patti, you're coming off two fan favorite searry that's both ran for nine seasons each. >> i need that squawk. >> are you as turned on as i am right now? >> what was it about carol's second act that made you want to be part of this series? >> i heard kyle was available.

>> steven frost. steven attending. >> i'm dr. carol kenny, intern. >> patricia is playing a retired teacher turned medicaldoc, kyl m mcgloughlin. >> there is probably an intense burning flame ant to see us get together. >> nothing like old people doing it. >> right there in the hospital. >> in the supply closet. >> exactly. that's where everything happens. >> hey, it happens on "grey's aa anatomy." >> that's all that happens. those poor patient necessary that hospital. >> many, many deaths. >> party of five scott wolf is the dad in nancy drew. originally, freddie prince jr. was picked for the producerer recast the part with scott. >> my life off camera has evolved, obviously. i'm a dad myself and i have kids of my own. >> i'm still not eating too much

c a irbs in case they have dad take his shirt off. >> matthew morrison goes from glee teacher to guy with a porn stash in american horror story 1984. >> we're all going to die. and nearly three decades after courts. >> for review! >> that was brilliant in there. >> jimmy is so good at playing lawyer, people get confused in real life. >> i've been invited to speak at bar association meetings. >> oh, my god, you have? >> what would i have to offer? no. no, no. >> yeah. >> ask ellen pompeo to really cut someone open? >> i love that. i do the same thing all the time when i see my favorite characters out in the real world. i'm like, oh, there we go. orange is the new black final season is streaming now on netflix. ruby rose, her first major tv show and mow the australian beauty is making superhero moves as cw's new bat woman.

>> i need you to fit his suit. >> the suit is literal perfection. >> it will be when it fits a woman. >> when i put the suit on, it was like a second skin. it fits only me. then you put it on and you're like, oh, i feel like i could go and fight crime. anyone? anyone have a crime they want me to fight? i am ready. >> i definitely had a little black eye at one point. i had a cut in my lip covered in bruises. so far, fun. >> josie. >> katie keen. >> another woman to watch out for, pretty little liars star lucy starring as indicateky keen. >> immediately when i read it, i couldn't stop smiling. it's all set in a fairytale-like back drop. it's a sweet show. >> mysteries are everywhere and i love solving them. >> and we pair to be on the edge of your seat with nancy drew

with a dark and edgy twist. >> it's full of mystery on a bunch of different levels. and there is this darkness that has always been a part of who she is. >> coming up, mark paul gothler, 30 years after saved by the bell. >> thanks for making me feel old. >> then we're getting down with the new stars of the crown. queen elizabeth. >> how they're channelling the og cast. and who is funnier, tiffany haddish or these kids? >> i need you to pretend your me. >> our sneak peek at her what laborious new show. >> if you forget

welcome back to our fall tv preview. next up, the ever expanding "empire." in the beginning, there was blackish. and overdinner, i told anthony, that name is a bad idea. but now it's being followed by grownish and followed by mixish. >> in the summer of 1985, i was 12 years old. >> the third show in the "ish" trilogy is the throwback story of rainbow growing up with mixed parents. >> i think it's exciting. we spend a lot of blackish

explaining where drake comes from and the world he comes from, his family and all the different pieces. so we've been living with bowe for quite some time. now we get to see the world wei with? >> what's mixed? >> park paul gosler place her h hippie dad. >> we're just grateful to be together here and create our own family. >> you don't have to worry what those other kids think. they're idiots. >> i want to be an idiot so bad. >> you were literally on a show in the 80s. show. the hair and all this stuff. i've gotten more compliments about my shirts. what do they call that? >> a caftan. >> no, the -- is that what it's called, what i wear? >> you've done all the decades now on tv. >> yeah, i know. thanks for making me feel old. >> the stars on of all three ish shows came together for a panel

show at the disney expo. the og, blackish, it's about to launch season six. as for yara shahidi, she does double duty as zoe on blackish and grownish. >> pop in and with no explanation disappear and go back to college. although we make references to one another, so i feel like i'm part of the family. >> she pops in and does her laundry like every millennial. >> still ahead, "this is us" season four scoop. >> you're the pern in the cast that knows everything. >> yeah. >> how is katobie's life with a baby? >> oh, my goodness. >> then meet the woman mrags principle sis di. >> and then prime time signing off. denial. >> i would be sobbing uncontrollably on stage, open, open, wet, snot-faced crying. ♪

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22 days, not that we're counting or anything, to the season premier of "this is us." and i love what the poster says. if you think you know what's coming next, you don't know us. but what does that mean? here is what we do know. four seasons in, this cast knows how to keep us inve sthing. tell>> okay. if you turn the camera off, i'll tell you. i know that you're the person in the cast that knows everything.

>> yeah, but at the same time, it's okay. september 24th will be here real soon. >> season four, tell me everything about it. >> yes. no. what can i tell you? >> you want to know all the secrets? >> yes. >> well, you can't have any. >> here is what we do know about it pickses up months after the finale and expect a twist as big as the season one premier. >> i think the first episode, like, our universe fundamentally exe expecting. >> beth and randall have already packed up the family and moved to philadelphia. >> i think that's a big move for #blackpearsons. and sort of figuring out what their new normal is going to be. >> so new house, much smaller. and he's starting up being a councilman. i am going to now start my own dance studio. >> once upon a time star jennifere a new

love interest for kevin after his break-up with zoe. d new love relationships will interests will be introduced. >> and it appears we'll see the big three as preschoolers. what about baby jack? he's 5 months old now. for christy, working with a baby is a whole new world. >> i am working with a real human now. it's challenging in a way that, like, you know, you have to make it believable and authentic, but it's someone else's cast so muc i love that they're expanding. the kids are so cute. basically, we have 22 days to stock up on the tissue boxes because you know we're going to need them. meanwhile, we have a couple of months before the crown return wes a new cast and a different oscar winning queen. >> queen elizabeth. everyone knows, you know, her

hair. there's only one woman in the world with that hair do. >> yes. >> and the voice, it is so much fun to do. >> it's much smaller, isn't it? >> olivia coleman is squeeze elizabeth in season three, taking the throne from claire foye. when filming started, olivia felt the pressure. >> i literally did for the first through weeks tried to channel claire. >> et was on set and saw how they used green screen to bring us buckingham palace. >> it's less abouthe at. >> helena plays princess margaret. she has a personal connection t her uncle. >> i think she was unexpectedly nervous. i was like, why? you're perfect.

>> i've seen so much of you. yeah. you're a very lucky man. >> but fans will have to wait until season four to get a first xwlims of a young princess diana played by emma corrin. >> i am so ready to netflix with my teirra and my tea. it's such a good show. kevin, back to you. >> you have the date locked in. mean wile, there is tv royalty that is gearing up for their big series finale. >> i haven't dealt with the reality of having to say good-bye to "modern family" yet. i think we're all in deep, deep denial. >> the modern family era is coming to an end. this season will be the show's 11th and last. sofia shared this now and then photo of the cast. >> e show that we genuinely liked and liked the people. >> i am anxious to see how they're going to tie up the series. i they're going

i kind of don't want to know because that will make the end seem too real. >> abc execs have hinted at the possibility of a spin-off. meanwhile, kristin bell was in tears talking about the last season of "the good place." >> i feel like it has to be a happy ending, right? it's an incredibly satisfying ending. >> the cast describes the end like a break-up when you're still in love. as for the cw's fair wall to supernatural after 15 seasons -- >> we wanted to go out while the party was at its peak. >> because it is the last season, yeah, i know that on the outside, but for me, i'm kind of trying to block the -- whatever emotional rabbit hole that might take me down and just stay focused on doing the best job that i can. >> and expect a killer last season for how to get away with murder. viola davis could walk away with her second lead actress emmy. >> this is not worth thrilled t

nominated. and this is our last season, so it's like the cherry on top. it really is. >> viola, i just need you to ge. come up, kids say the darnest things, but come on, so does tiffany haddish. we're on set for an epic tv collaboration. of it's been a long road back in. i'm how much is a most of us haven't since the last year in has yeah because israel process with the mind in and to work on things get back to its planes ships on idea of things team from mean i i was really expecting its first time out.

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of her mouth. but has tiffany finally met her match? because kids say the good night, everybody. >> hey, this is jay. >> and this is tiffany. we ready to start the show. yep, she ready. >> tiffany is putting her spin on the tv classic, kids say the darnedest things. >> can you spell your name? >> ginna. >> can you spell it backwards? >> youo this. >> oh, the twist? boy, please.

to the bank. she's also executive producer of the show that debuts october 6th on abc. >> i'm expecting a really important phone call from my agent. i need you to pretend you're me. >> she ready. >> she ready. >> she ready. if you forget to blend it in, then -- then

>>dozens of people are still missing tonight after a boat carrying diving enthusiasts expect in a weekend of fun burst into flames off the channel islands good evening, everybody i'm paying more and i'm vicki in for ken wayne conner powell has the latest now on this tragedy.

>>26 people are still unaccounted for is the search for the missing scuba divers continue this is increasingly becoming a recovery operation. authorities here say they have recovered 4 bodies 2 men and 2 women and it also located 2 others at the bottom of t