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FALL PREMIERES: Mark your calendar

If you love TV and you've got plans to do something else the week of Sept. 20, change 'em. The broadcast networks are loading up a "fall premiere week" like they haven't done in ages.

A whopping 68 shows will either debut or return for new seasons the week of Sept. 20-27. That Thursday night alone, there are 14 series/season premieres across the five major networks (ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC).

If you love TV and you don't have a DVR, get one.

(And we haven't even factored in cable yet.)

Here's a handy chronological list compiled from the networks' official fall-lineup announcements. As always, be prepared for last-minute shuffles, adds, deletions and other competitive changes.

New shows in CAPS. All times ET.

FALL 2010-11 NETWORK TV PREMIERE DATES

WED., SEPT. 8

8 p.m. - America's Next Top Model (CW)
9 p.m. - HELLCATS (CW)

nikita cw fall 2010.jpg THURS., SEPT. 9

8 p.m. - The Vampire Diaries (CW)
9 p.m. - NIKITA (CW)

SAT., SEPT. 11

8 and 8:30 p.m. - Cops
9 p.m. - America's Most Wanted

MON., SEPT. 13

8 p.m. - 90210 (CW)
9 p.m. - Gossip Girl (CW)

TUES., SEPT. 14

8 p.m. - One Tree Hill (CW)
9 p.m. - Life Unexpected (CW)

WED., SEPT. 15

8 p.m. - Survivor: Nicaragua (CBS)

mike molly cbs 2010 fall.jpg MON., SEPT. 20

8 p.m. - Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
8 p.m. - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
8 p.m. - House (Fox)
8 p.m. - Chuck (NBC)
8:30 p.m. - Rules of Engagement (CBS)
9 p.m. - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
9 p.m. - LONE STAR (Fox)
9 p.m. - THE EVENT (NBC)
9:30 p.m. - MIKE & MOLLY (CBS)
10 p.m. - Castle (ABC)
10 p.m. - HAWAII FIVE-0 (CBS)
10 p.m. - CHASE (NBC)

TUES., SEPT. 21

8 p.m. - Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
10 p.m. - DETROIT 1-8-7 (ABC)
8 p.m. - NCIS (CBS)
9 p.m. - NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
8 p.m. - Glee (Fox)
9 p.m. - RAISING HOPE (Fox)
9:30 p.m. - RUNNING WILDE (Fox)
8 p.m. - The Biggest Loser (NBC)
10 p.m. - Parenthood (NBC)

undercovers nbc fall 2010.jpg WED., SEPT. 22

8 p.m. - The Middle (ABC)
8 p.m. - Hell's Kitchen (Fox)
8 p.m. - UNDERCOVERS (NBC)
8:30 p.m. - BETTER WITH YOU (ABC)
9 p.m. - Modern Family (ABC)
9 p.m. - Criminal Minds (CBS)
9 p.m. - Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
9:30 p.m. - Cougar Town (ABC)
10 p.m. - THE WHOLE TRUTH (ABC)
10 p.m. - THE DEFENDERS (CBS)
10 p.m. - Law & Order LA (NBC)

THURS., SEPT. 23

8 p.m. - MY GENERATION (ABC)
8 p.m. - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
8 p.m. - Bones (Fox)
8 p.m. - Community (NBC)
8:30 p.m. - $#*! MY DAD SAYS (CBS)
8:30 p.m. - 30 Rock (NBC)
9 p.m. - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
9 p.m. - CSI (CBS)
9 p.m. - Fringe (Fox)
9 p.m. - The Office (NBC)
9:30 p.m. - OUTSOURCED (NBC)
10 p.m. - Private Practice (ABC)
10 p.m. - The Mentalist (CBS)
10 p.m. - The Apprentice (NBC)

blue bloods cbs 2010 fall.jpg FRI., SEPT. 24

8 p.m. - 20/20 (ABC)
8 p.m. - Medium (CBS)
8 p.m. - Smallville (CW)
8 p.m. - Human Target (Fox)
8 p.m. - SCHOOL PRIDE (NBC)
9 p.m. - CSI: NY (CBS)
9 p.m. - Supernatural (CW)
9 p.m. - The Good Guys (Fox)
9 p.m. - Dateline (NBC)
10 p.m. - BLUE BLOODS (CBS)
10 p.m. - OUTLAW (NBC)

SAT., SEPT. 25

10 p.m. - 48 Hours Mystery (CBS)

SUN., SEPT. 26

7 p.m. - America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
7:30 p.m. - 60 Minutes (CBS)
8 p.m. - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
8 p.m. - The Simpsons (Fox)
8:30 p.m. - The Amazing Race (CBS)
8:30 p.m. - The Cleveland Show (Fox)
9 p.m. - Desperate Housewives (ABC)
9 p.m. - Family Guy (Fox)
10 p.m. - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
10 p.m. - Undercover Boss (CBS)

abc no ordinary family chiklis.jpg TUES., SEPT. 28

8 p.m. - NO ORDINARY FAMILY (ABC)
9 p.m. - Dancing With the Stars results show (ABC)
10 p.m. - The Good Wife (CBS)

SUN., OCT. 3

9:30 p.m. - American Dad (Fox)
10 p.m. - CSI: Miami (CBS)

WED., NOV. 10

8 p.m. - Lie to Me (Fox)
9 p.m. - Hell's Kitchen (Fox)

3 Comments

Ed Q. said:

GREAT!... Now tell us what's worth our time :)

I mean Hawaii Five-0 with Grace Park is enough for me to spend an hour but after that, I need help.

[Don't worry -- we're already working on our fall preview. Hope to have the site redesign up first, though. We'll definitely help you decide what to watch. And after screening the pilot, I'd say the Hawaii Five-0 reboot isn't bad, even to a huge fan of the original like me. - Diane]

July 23, 2010 10:36 AM

Angela said:

Yup, definitely going to need some help with 68 shows without including cable!!! And now I have a really good excuse to get that DVR. But which one? Is there a site dedicated to what's what in TV technology that you know of?

I'm on a really tight budget or it wouldn't matter much which one I chose. Maybe it's impossible to figure out who has the best plan for the $$$? I know I spent over an hour with local cable only to find out I was better off not taking their bundle package and staying with AT&T phone and DSL. (This reminds me of Medicare Part D.) ;;sigh; Plus they probably have promotions depending on where one lives.

My plan is to get an HD Internet ready TV. Maybe Roku ,
drop down to the most basic of cable packages, ditto on Netflix, maybe switch to Dish or that other satellite plan, or AT& T's new service which may really just be one of the above satellite plans.

In other words, I really need a plan! And September is going to be here way too fast!

July 25, 2010 8:00 PM

Bill H said:

Looking forward to the new Hawaii 5-0. Big hype on our local CBS station, of course, out here in the islands. One of the independent stations still reruns the original series nightly so the draw is still there. Looking forward to your review of the 1st episode. Be honest and don't worry about breaking any hopes. Aloha Diane. Bill & "M".

August 18, 2010 11:37 PM

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Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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