Boston Globe Spotlights 10 New Fall TV Shows as Streamers Pack Sept.-Nov. Slate

Q: Why does a notorious 20th-century serial killer unexpectedly appear in a new series about the infamous 1892 Lizzie Borden murders?

Aileen Wuornos appears in **“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story”** not because she was involved in the 1892 murders, but because the series uses her to extend its central theme: how Lizzie Borden’s story echoed through later ideas about women, violence and notoriety. According to the promotional material and interviews around the show, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan depict Wuornos, played by Sarah Paulson, in scenes set decades after the Borden case. Their version suggests Wuornos was influenced by Lizzie’s legacy as a woman accused of shocking, culturally defining violence. The creators are using that link to explore what star Ella Beatty called a broader question about “why women kill,” along with themes of female rage, repression, power and revenge. So Wuornos’ role is thematic rather than historical. She is there to show how Borden became an enduring symbol in American culture and to connect the anthology’s first female-centered “Monster” season to another infamous female killer from the 20th century. In short, the series is drawing a through-line between Borden and Wuornos as part of its exploration of women, mythmaking and criminal psychology.

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10 new series lead the Globe’s fall TV preview, with literary adaptations, reboots, spinoffs and comedies arriving from Sept. 16 through November.
Prime Video and Netflix dominate the highlighted newcomers, including “Neagley” on Sept. 16, “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” on Sept. 17, “Carrie” on Oct. 7 and “The Greatest” on Nov. 4.
Several projects lean on familiar franchises and names: “A Different World” returns as a sequel, Mike Flanagan adapts Stephen King again with “Carrie,” and Netflix readies “East of Eden” and “Pride and Prejudice.”
Returning favorites still crowd the schedule, from “Dancing with the Stars” and “Slow Horses” in mid-September to “Abbott Elementary,” “The Diplomat” and NBC’s Nov. 2 comedies.
The lineup underscores the Globe’s broader point that fall TV is no longer a broadcast-only launch window but a streaming-heavy, year-round release cycle.

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