Fall TV is already well underway, with a spate of nominally new projects building off old IP that includes Peacock’s “The Office” spinoff “The Paper,” FX’s “Alien: Earth,” and the first half of Season 2 of Netflix’s Addams Family spinoff “Wednesday.” Recycling works! Relatedly, CBS’s “Good Wife” spinoff “Elsbeth” and the “Matlock” reboot starring Kathy Bates both return Oct. 12.

Plenty of beloved feel-good shows are returning, too: Netflix juggernaut “Nobody Wants This” returns for a second season Oct. 23, the fifth season of “Only Murders in the Building” premieres Sept. 9, and ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” returns Oct. 1. Political thrillers continue to do well: Netflix’s “The Diplomat,” starring Keri Russell, comes back Oct. 16, and “Slow Horses” returns for a new season Sept. 24 on Apple

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