All The Things to Look Forward to in September

SPORTS

• UofSC vs. Georgia State | Sat., Sept. 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Williams-Brice Stadium | $40 | The Gamecocks faceoff against former coach Shawn Elliot and his Georgia State team — streaming only via SEC Network Plus and ESPN Plus
• There’s a lot of other college football too!
• The NFL season starts a week from today
• and tennis fans have the U.S. Open through September 12th

MOVIES & TV

The live-action “Pinocchio” remake hits Disney+ next Thursday.  Then later this month

• Jon Hamm’s Fletch reboot “Confess, Fletch”
• “Don’t Worry Darling” with Harry Styles
• “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” with a BUNCH of big names in it
• and “Hocus Pocus 2” on September 30th

Prime’s new “Lord of the Rings” series lands tonight at midnight, and Disney’s fourth live-action “Star Wars” series “Andor” premieres the 21st.

It also seems like EVERY big TV show returns this month:  “Rick & Morty” . . . “Cobra Kai” . . . “Handmaid’s Tale” . . . “Atlanta” . . . “9-1-1” . . . “Dancing with the Stars” . . . “NCIS” . . . “The Voice” . . . “The Masked Singer” . . . the “Chicago” shows . . . the “Law & Order” shows . . . “Bob’s Burgers” . . . “Family Guy” . . . AND “The Simpsons”.

HOLIDAYS

Monday is Labor Day! Then there’s

• Beer Lovers Day on the 7th
• Talk Like a Pirate Day on the 19th
• Pepperoni Pizza Day on the 20th
• the first day of fall on the 22nd
• and the 29th is National Coffee Day