Fall TV’s Must-Watch Music Moments: Keith Richards’ ‘Under the Influence’ Doc, Ariana Grande’s a ‘Scream’ Queen and More

The television airwaves are filled this fall with with the sound of music, ranging from superstar documentaries to artists flexing their acting muscles. A few highlights of autumn’s offerings:

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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, Showtime, Sept. 4: Previously unreleased footage of Hendrix’s appearance at 1970’s Atlanta Pop Music Festival just weeks before his death anchors this doc that also includes reflections on Hendrix by Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood and Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.

Keith Richards: Under the Influence (doc), Netflix, Sept. 18: Academy Award-winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) follows the heart and soul of the Rolling Stones as Richards lovingly explores his blues and country influences.

Lady Gaga, American Horror Story, FX, October: Following in the footsteps of Stevie Nicks and Adam Levine, Lady Gaga checks into AHS as a creepy fashion-obsessed countess and hotel proprietor.

Ja Rule, Follow The Rules, MTV, October: Don’t look for nemesis 50 Cent to show up in Ja Rule’s reality show: it’s already a full house with the rapper, his wife, three kids, mother and mother-in-law.

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Ariana Grande and Nick Jonas, Scream Queens, Fox, Sept. 22: Grande plays a malevolent Kappa Kappa Tau sorority sister and Jonas a preppy fraternity brother in Ryan Murphy’s new campy horror anthology series.

Britney Spears, Jane the Virgin, The CW, (Episode 5): The “Toxic” singer, who has displayed her comedic chops on How I Met Your Mother and Will & Grace, appears as herself, the foe of Jane’s dad, the deliciously self-involved Rogelio.

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The Wiz, NBC, Dec. 3: Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah ease on down the road in NBC’s latest live musical adaptation with newcomer Shanice Wilson playing Dorothy and David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion.

U2, iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE (Nov. 7 and Nov. 14): HBO doubles down on the Dublin quartet with a behind-the-scenes documentary from the current world tour on Nov. 7 and a concert beamed from Paris a week later.

Jennifer Nettles to Play Dolly Parton’s Mom in NBC TV Movie

Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, NBC, (December): Based on Parton’s beloved song of the same name, this three-hankie film tells the story of the threadbare, patchwork jacket that her mom, played by Jennifer Nettles, sewed for Parton when she was an impoverished girl growing up in the Smokey Mountains.

An edited version of this story originally appeared in the Sept. 5 issue of Billboard.