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It’s that time of year again

Monday, August 9, 2010 by admin.

Get ready to program your DVRs! The Fall TV season is just around the corner and everyone is asking for premiere dates. So, without further ado, here is your requested list of new and returning TV geek- and genre-friendly shows, which a few other shows thrown in for good measure.

This list of fall and midseason shows is sorted by premiere date:

Date Show Network New? Notes
FALL
Aug. 16 Weeds Showtime No Happy birthday to me! The quirky and flawed Botwin family is back this next Monday with season 6 of Weeds. The Botwins are on the run after the unfortunate circumstances of last season. It should prove to be just as funny and irreverent as we expect.
Aug. 25 Ghost Hunters Syfy No Jay, Grant, and the rest of the TAPS team are back at 9 p.m. for another season of searching out things that go bump in the night. You know I’m down.
Sept. 9 The Vampire Diaries The CW No God help us all but Vampire Diaries is returning Thursday nights at 8 p.m. Several of my friends watch it but I just couldn’t get into it. I guess I’ll have to give it another chance at some point.
Sept. 9 Nikita The CW Yes I’m really anticipating this new show starring Maggie Q and Shane West on Thursdays at 9 p.m.. I saw the premiere at Comic-Con and was sold, despite having mucho doubts about another reboot of the Nikita franchise. It’s worth a watch, folks.
Sept. 9 Destination Truth Syfy No For reasons I can’t quite explain, I’m totally addicted to this show that follows a team of researchers across the globe to search out, well, the truth, in claims of the paranormal. Host Josh Gates and his team searches for crypozoological creatures mostly but there’s a few times they’ve gone old-fashioned ghost hunting. Check it out. There are full episodes on Syfy.com. You should also check out the new show airing currently Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files on Thursdays at 10 p.m. with Destination Truth alum Jael. Fact or Faked is sort of a Mythbusters meets X-Files thing. It’s just as addicting.
Sept. 20 House FOX No Gregory House and his team of diagnosing geniuses return on Monday nights at 8 p.m.
Sept. 20 Chuck NBC No Chuck is finally getting its Fall time-slot back, Mondays at 8 p.m. Can’t wait to meet Chuck’s mom!
Sept. 20 The Event NBC Yes NBC’s new show The Event will be following Chuck at 9 p.m. on Mondays. I’ve heard talk that this “conspiracy thriller” could be the next Lost but we’ll have to wait and see.
Sept. 20 Chase NBC Yes NBC’s has another new show about US Marshals called Chase which will follow The Event at 10 p.m. Looks like an In Plain Sight knock off to me. Not sure if I’ll be catching this one or not. It will have to be on Hulu if I do watch it. Nathan Fillion and Alex O’Lauglin trump anyone.
Sept. 20 Castle ABC No Nathan Fillion returns as mystery writer Rick Castle at 10 p.m. Set your DVRs folks, it’s definitely worth it; not just for Nate but also for Stana Katic and her teammates Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever.
Sept. 20 Hawaii Five 0 ABC Yes Anytime you hear that a favorite old show is going to be remade you automatically cringe. But with a cast like Alex O’Laughlin (Moonlight), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) and Scott Caan (Entourage) it’s entirely possible this show will be fairly rockin’. I’ve already seen a sneak peek of the title sequence and that alone makes me want to watch.
Sept. 23 Bones FOX No Bones returns on Thursdays at 8 p.m. I’m wondering how they’re going to handle all of the intimacy stuff between Bones and Booth–real or imagined it changes the dynamic for sure!
Sept. 23 Fringe FOX No Fringe returns Thursday nights at 9 p.m.
Sept. 24 The Good Guys FOX No This quirky buddy cop show starring Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford returns in September. Once again this show has been moved to the death slot: Fridays at 9 p.m.
Sept. 28 No Ordinary Family ABC Yes I got to see a preview of this superhero family dramedy and I’m really looking forward to it. Besides, I have to support my girl Julie Benz! Tune in Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
Sept. 23 The Big Bang Theory CBS No My favorite geeks are back! The Big Bang Theory is on the move again to a new date and time Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Sept. 23 $#*! My Dad Says CBS Yes I think this is the first time a show has been created from a book that was a compilation of Tweets. The ever popular Twitter feed @shitmydadsays has spawned this new show starring none other than William Shatner. I think that in and of itself will be entertaining. $#*! My Dad Says follows The Big Bang Theory on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 Grey’s Anatomy ABC No Another crazy cliff hanger last season will keep me tuning in even though this show airs in the coveted 9 p.m. slot on Thursdays. There’s always Hulu!
Sept. 23 The Mentalist CBS No The show the writers of Psych love to poke fun at returns Thursday nights at 10 p.m.
Sept. 24 Smallville The CW No Clark Kent and the gang return at 8 p.m. on Friday nights for their final season complete with a new villain and the intro of the famous Superman suit. W00t!
Sept. 24 Supernatural The CW No Apparently Eric Kripke got the message because we squeezed another season of The Winchester brothers out of him! The boys are moving to Fridays at 9 p.m. to reunite with their former lead-in, Smallville. Let’s hope new show runner Sera Gamble can keep the magic alive for at least one more season.
Sept. 25 Medium CBS No Medium is moving to Friday nights at 8 p.m. but apparently the premiere is listed on Saturday the 25th. Not sure what that’s about. I don’t watch this show but I know it’s popular so I offer the info for your convenience.
Sept. 26 Dexter Showtime No Dexter’s back and now he’s struggling not only with his dark passenger but the stresses of being a single dad to young Harrison and Rita’s kids. Expect loads of new-found angst on both sides of the coin.
Oct. 1 Human Target FOX No I can’t wait for Human Target to return! I think Fox pushed the premiere date forward a week simply because they know that. I’m glad that Fox is giving this show another chance. Unfortunately, Fox made the brilliant decision to move it to the day where good shows go to die, Fridays at 8 p.m.
October Stargate Universe Syfy No This show gets a lot of flak but I like it. I think it’s mostly because of David Blue’s awesome portrayal of the every-geek Eli. Whatever it is, I keep watching. No official date but at least we got a month out of Syfy, which is more than we usually get for Fall returns. I’ll let you know when the official date is announced. Incidentally, look for the SGU marathon happening September 28th starting at 8 a.m.
November V ABC No V will return at 8 p.m. just not sure on the day yet. I’ll let you know when it’s announced.
MIDSEASON
January Californication Showtime No David Duchovny returns as hedonistic writer Hank Moody at 10 p.m.
January Caprica Syfy No The Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica will be returning in January with the back half of season 1, or as they like to call it, season 1.5. You can catch up with the show on Syfy.com which is what I’ll be doing. I watched the first four and got annoyed with it. Everyone tells me it got better after that. We shall see!

That should help everyone get organized. Type at you again soon!

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