Monday, Sept. 21
Monday brings a couple of returning favorites.
Dancing With The Stars
ABC
8:00—10:00 p.m.
Get ready for three straight nights of the “DWTS” premiere. Tonight, eight teams take to the dance floor with the other half performing on Tuesday. By Wednesday, the first star will be eliminated.
House
FOX
8:00—10:00 p.m.
The season opens not at Princeton-Plainsboro, but in a mental facility where House is trying to recuperate from his hallucinations. House and Wilson are the only two familiar faces tonight—you’ll have to wait until next week to see Foreman, Cameron, and Cuddy.
Brick City
Sundance
10:00—11:00 p.m.
This five-part documentary follows Newark’s Mayor Booker and his city’s fight against poverty, violence, and corruption. Sundance is airing an hour of “Brick City” each night this week at 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Christian Slater, Julianna Marguiles, and Chris Noth all return to TV.
The Colony
Discovery
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Discovery’s experiment to see how 10 people would survive in a post-apocalyptic world culminates tonight.
The Good Wife
CBS
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Julianna Marguilies (“ER”) stars as a woman who must get her life back on track after a very public political scandal lands her husband (Chris Noth, “Sex and the City”) in jail.
The Forgotten
ABC
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Christian Slater headlines this new series about a group of citizens dedicated to solving cases involving unidentified victims.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Odds are the “Modern Family” may be the funniest comedy of the new season.
Mercy
NBC
8:00—9:00 p.m.
Another medical drama enters the fold, this time told from the nurses’ perspectives. Leading the team is Nurse Callahan, who just returned from a military tour in Iraq.
Modern Family
ABC
9:00—9:30 p.m.
The show, starring Ed O’Neill (“Married With Children”), follows three intertwined families and is filmed in a style similar to “The Office” with characters speaking directly to the camera.
Thursday, Sept. 24
ABC has a strong line-up for Thursday.
FlashForward
ABC
8:00—9:00 p.m.
The world blacks out for two minutes and sees a glimpse of the future six months from now. Why did it happen and can you change what you see?
Grey’s Anatomy
ABC
9:00—11:00 p.m.
We know that George dies, but Izzy survives. The two-hour premiere picks up with Seattle Grace dealing with George’s death.
Friday, Sept. 25
“Medium” moves to CBS tonight at 9:00 p.m.
Ghost Whisperer
CBS
8:00—9:00 p.m.
In the fifth season opener, Melinda becomes a mom and realizes her son shares her gift for seeing ghosts.
Dollhouse
FOX
9:00—10:00 p.m.
Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” almost didn’t make it back for a second season, but now there’s a lot of buzz around it. The first episode sets up the storyline for the season, so be sure to tune in.
Weekend, Sept. 26-27
Stay up late to kick off the 35th season of “Saturday Night Live.”
Saturday, Sept. 26
Saturday Night Live
NBC
11:30 p.m.—1:00 a.m.
“Transformers” star, Megan Fox, has hosting duties and U2 takes a break from its tour to perform.
Sunday, Sept. 27
The Amazing Race
CBS
8:00—9:00 p.m.
In the 15th installment, the teams hit up eight countries in 21 days and one team gets booted before the race even begins.
Dexter
Showtime
10:00—11:00 p.m.
The new baby is cramping Dexter’s style and leaving him very little time to pursue his hobbies, which is too bad because there’s a serial killer in town (John Lithgow, “3rd Rock from the Sun.”)
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