Television Premieres and Notables: September 21-27, 2015

I don't have the time to go through each series that's beginning this week, and you don't come here for my commentary anyway. Check out the links below-- or Google/Bing/whatever show you see here that you want to know more about.

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Monday, 9/21

The Big Bang Theory; CBS. 7 pm CST. 9th Season Premiere.

The Voice; NBC. 7 pm CST. 9th Cycle Premiere.

Gotham; Fox. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Life in Pieces; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Scorpion; CBS. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Minority Report; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Castle; ABC. 9 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

NCIS: Los Angeles; CBS. 9 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Blindspot; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Tuesday, 9/22

The Muppets; ABC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

NCIS; CBS. 7 pm CST. 13th Season Premiere.

Scream Queens; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Fresh Off the Boat; ABC. 2nd Season Premiere.

If you missed this last season, make it up and watch this season.

NCIS: New Orleans; CBS. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Limitless; CBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Wednesday, 9/23

The Middle; ABC. 7 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Survivor; CBS. 7 pm CST. 31st Cycle Premiere

Rosewood; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The Mysteries of Laura; NBC. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Goldbergs; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Modern Family; ABC. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Empire; Fox. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Law & Order: SVU; NBC. 8 pm CST. 17th Season Premiere.

Blackish; 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Another one to watch if you didn't give it a chance last year.

Nashville; ABC. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Thursday, 9/24

Gray's Anatomy; ABC. 7 pm CST. 12th Season Premiere.

Heroes Reborn; NBC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Scandal; ABC. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

How to Get Away With Murder; ABC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Player; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Fashionably Late With Rachel Zoe; Lifetime. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Friday, 9/25

Last Man Standing; ABC. 7 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

The Amazing Race; CBS. 7 pm CST. 27th Season Premiere.

Shark Tank; ABC. 7 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Hawaii Five-O; CBS. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Blue Bloods; CBS. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Saturday, 9/26

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy; Disney XD. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Sunday, 9/27

Bob's Burgers; Fox. 6:30 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Likely to be pushed-- or preempted-- every week due to football...

Once Upon a Time; ABC. 7 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

The Simpsons; Fox. 7 pm CST. 27th Season Premiere.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Fox. 7:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Blood & Oil; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

CSI; CBS. 8 pm CST. Series Finale.

CBS brought it back for one last movie, incorporating everyone who they could fit in and who was available.

Family Guy; Fox. 8 pm CST. 14th Season Premiere.

Indian Summers; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.

The Last Man on Earth; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Quantico; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 14-20, 2015

The new Fall Season is starting up; another couple premieres this week.
--Time to clear-out the DVR because it's gonna be coming hard next week...


Monday, 9/14

Dancing With the Stars; ABC. 7 pm CST. 21st Cycle Premiere.


Tuesday, 9/15

Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An 8-part live variety show starring NPH.

The Bastard Executioner; FX. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sons of Anarchy's Kurt Sutter brings us this series about a knight who takes up being an executioner.

The Mindy Project; Hulu. Streaming. 4th Season Premiere.



Wednesday, 9/16

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. 19th Season Premiere.

Moonbeam City; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 9/18

Black Jesus; adult swim, 10:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 9/19

Doctor Who; BBC America. 8 pm CST. 9th ("New Who") Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 7-13, 2015

Monday, 9/7

The Civil War; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Mini-series Premiere.
The classic Ken Burns documentary gets an HD upgrade.


Tuesday, 9/8

Late Night With Stephen Colbert; CBS. 10:35 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Colbert picks up the baton passed to him by David Letterman.

The Awesomes; Hulu. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/9

Extant (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Last Comic Standing (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Key & Peele (Comedy Central; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.

The League; FXX. 9 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

You're the Worst; FXX. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 9/10

Longmire; Netflix. Steaming. Season Premiere.
The former A&E series now at a new home.


Friday, 9/11

Z Nation; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 9/12

Farrell Takes the Field; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.
Will Farrell, in the interest of raising money for a charity, played all ten baseball positions (incl DH) in a single day in spring training.
This is his story.


Sunday, 9/3

Project Greenlight; HBO. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere (after a 10-year hiatus).

Doll & Em; HBO. 9:40 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 31-September 6, 2015

Monday, 8/31

Awkward; MTV. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

The Whispers (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 9/1

Rizzoli & Isles (TNT; 8 pm CST). Midseason Finale.

Drunk History; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Puffin Rock; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Chris O'Dowd narrates this kids show featuring a puffin.


Friday, 9/4

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Special.

Hand of God; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Ron Perelman stars as a bad man who may or may not have "found God".


Sunday, 9/6

The Great British Baking Show; PBS. 6 pm CST (check local listings). Season Premiere.

Arthur & George; PBS. 7 pm CST (check local listings). Mini-series Premiere.
Arthur Conan Doyle is having a rough time of it-- and decides to take on the case of a man named George.


The Last Ship (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.