Are you kids hugging the TV?!

It's here! It's finally here! New TV!!!!

After months and months of sorrow and suffering, my one true love is finally returning. The writers' strike made last year particularly difficult, what with half my shows not coming back after Christmas, so I am even more excited for this season to start than usual. I'm still a bit bummed about the meager options being presented as new pilots this year, but I'll get over it. So long as my oldies but goodies are on the docket, I'm happy!

The next few weeks are going to be jam-packed, so fire up your DVRs and cancel your dinner plans because you've got more important things to do. Speaking of which, my DVR has changed my life. It was hell on earth getting it set-up (a big thanks to DirecTV for finally being competent for 10 little minutes--I know that was tough), but it was allll worth it. I will now be able to watch more TV than ever before! So this is what happiness feels like...

Anyway, below is the line-up for the coming weeks and if you want to see a day-by-day calendar of what's on when and against what, go here.


---SEPTEMBER---

Monday, September 1

• 7:00 PM
  Gossip Girl (CW)
  Prison Break (Fox)

  8:00 PM
  One Tree Hill (CW)

Tuesday, September 2

• 7:00 PM
  90210 (CW)

  9:00 PM
  The Shield (FX)

Wednesday, September 3

• 7:00 PM
  America's Next Top Model (CW)
  Bones (Fox)

Sunday, September 7

• 8:00 PM
  True Blood (HBO)

  9:00 PM
  Entourage (HBO)

Monday, September 8

• 7:00 PM
  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox)

Tuesday, September 9

• 7:00 PM
  Fringe (Fox)

  8:00 PM
  Privileged (CW)

Tuesday, September 16

• 7:00 PM
  Biggest Loser: Families (NBC)

  8:00 PM
  House (Fox)

Thursday, September 18

• 7:00 PM
  Survivor: Gabon (CBS)
  Smallville (CW)

  8:00 PM
  Supernatural (CW)

Monday, September 22

• 7:00 PM
  Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
  The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

  7:30 PM
  How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

  8:00 PM
  Two and Half Men (CBS)
  Heroes (NBC)

  8:30 PM
  Worst Week (CBS)

  9:00 PM
  Boston Legal (ABC)
  CSI: Miami (CBS)
  Californication (Showtime)

Tuesday, September 23

• 7:00 PM
  Opportunity Knocks (ABC)
  NCIS (CBS)

  8:00 PM
  The Mentalist (CBS)

  9:00 PM
  Without a Trace (CBS)
  Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

Wednesday, September 24

• 7:00 PM
  New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
  Knight Rider (NBC)

  7:30 PM
  Gary Unmarried (CBS)

  8:00 PM
  Criminal Minds (CBS)

  9:00 PM
  CSI: NY (CBS)
  Lipstick Jungle (NBC)

Thursday, September 25

• 7:00 PM
  Ugly Betty (ABC)
  Survivor: Gabon (CBS)
  My Name Is Earl (NBC)

  8:00 PM
  Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
  The Office (NBC)

  9:00 PM
  ER (NBC)

Sunday, September 28

• 6:00 PM
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)

  7:00 PM
  Amazing Race 13 (CBS)
  The Simpsons (Fox)

  7:30 PM
  King of the Hill (Fox)

  8:00 PM
  Desperate Housewives (ABC)
  Cold Case (CBS)
  Family Guy (Fox)
  Dexter (Showtime)

  8:30 PM
  American Dad (Fox)

  9:00 PM
  Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
  The Unit (CBS)
  Californication (Showtime)

Monday, September 29

• 7:00 PM
  Chuck (NBC)

  9:00 PM
  Life (NBC)

---OCTOBER---

Wednesday, October 1

• 7:00 PM
  Pushing Daisies (ABC)
  Friday Night Lights (DirecTV Channel 101)

  8:00 PM
  Private Practice (ABC)

  9:00 PM
  Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)

Friday, October 3

• 7:00 PM
  Wife Swap (ABC)
  Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
  Everybody Hates Chris (CW)

  7:30 PM
  The Game (CW)

  8:00 PM
  Supernanny (ABC)
  The Ex List (CBS)

  9:00 PM
  Numbers (CBS)

Monday, October 6

• 8:30 PM
  Samantha Who? (ABC)

Thursday, October 9

• 7:30 PM
  Kath & Kim (NBC)

  8:00 PM
  CSI (CBS)

  8:30 PM
  SNL on Thursday Night (NBC)

  9:00 PM
  Life on Mars (ABC)
  Eleventh Hour (CBS)

Monday, October 13

• 9:00 PM
  My Own Worst Enemy (NBC)

Tuesday, October 14

• 9:00 PM
  Eli Stone (ABC)

Friday, October 17

• 7:00 PM
  Crusoe (NBC)

Thursday, October 30

• 8:30 PM
  30 Rock (NBC)