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This week’s TV picks
Seth Rogan guest stars as a personal fitness trainer on the season premiere of “The Simpsons.”
Monday:
‘House’ 7 p.m., FOX: Aw, nuts! The season 6 opener finds the good doctor held against his will in a psychiatric facility.
Other season premieres: ‘Heroes’ 7 p.m., NBC; ‘How I Met Your Mother’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘Accidentally on Purpose’ 7:30 p.m., CBS; ‘Two and a Half Men’ 8 p.m., CBS; ‘The Big Bang Theory’ 8:30 p.m., CBS; ‘Castle’ 9 p.m., ABC; ‘CSI: Miami’ 9 p.m., CBS.
Tuesday:
‘The Good Wife’ 9 p.m., CBS: Julianna Margulies returns to television as a lawyer (anybody remember ‘Canterbury’s Law’?) in one of the fall’s best new dramatic series. Margulies’ Alicia Florrick rejoins the workforce as a junior partner in a Chicago law firm when her corrupt politico husband is jailed.
Other season premieres: ‘NCIS’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ 8 p.m., CBS; ‘The Forgotten’ 9 p.m., ABC.
Wednesday:
‘Modern Family’ 8 p.m., ABC: Ed O’Neill is just one standout in the best new comedy of the season, a mockumentary-style, ensemble examination of an extended family with razor-sharp writing and hilarious performances all around.
Other season premieres: ‘Mercy’ 7 p.m., NBC; ‘New Adventures of Old Christine’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘Gary Unmarried’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’ 8 p.m., NBC; ‘Criminal Minds’ 8 p.m., CBS; ‘Cougar Town’ 8:30 p.m., ABC; ‘Eastwick’ 9 p.m., ABC; ‘CSI: NY’ 9 p.m., CBS.
Thursday:
‘Flash Forward’ 7 p.m., ABC: The entire population of Earth blacks out for just over 2 minutes, receiving a vision of each of their lives six months in the future in this gripping, trippy sci-fi ride. ‘Lost’ veterans Sonya Walger and Dominic Monaghan appear in this series, strongly influenced by that series.
Other season premieres: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ 8 p.m., ABC; ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ 8 p.m., CBS; ‘The Mentalist’ 9 p.m., CBS.
Friday:
‘Dollhouse’ 8 p.m., FOX: Creator Joss Whedon wrote the second season premiere of his unconventional, critically-mixed sci-fi series which really picked up steam in the second half of it’s freshman year.
Other season premieres: ‘Brothers’ 7 p.m., FOX; ‘Law and Order’ 7 p.m., NBC; ‘Ghost Whisperer’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘Smallville’ 7 p.m., The CW; ‘Medium’ 8 p.m., CBS; ‘Num3ers’ 9 p.m., CBS.
Saturday:
‘Saturday Night Live’ 10:30 p.m., NBC: Live from New York, the ubiquitous Megan Fox hosts the sketch comedy show’s 35th season opener with musical guest U2.
Sunday:
‘The Simpsons’ 7 p.m., FOX: Seth Rogen co-wrote and stars in the 21st season opener as a personal trainer who whips Homer into shape for his role in Comic Book Guy’s superhero film, ‘Everyman’.
Other season premieres: ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ 6 p.m., ABC; ‘Amazing Race 15’ 7 p.m., CBS; ‘The Cleveland Show’ 7:30 p.m., FOX; ‘Family Guy’ 8 p.m., FOX; ‘Desperate Housewives’ 8 p.m., ABC; ‘American Dad’ 8:30 p.m., FOX; ‘Brothers and Sisters’ 9 p.m., ABC; ‘Cold Case’ 9 p.m., CBS.
‘The National Parks: America’s Best Idea’ 7 p.m., PBS: Ken Burns’ history of America’s national parks begins in 1851 in California’s Yosemite Valley.
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