This week kicks off the new season of network TV shows, not that things really get into full swing until October. Nonetheless, here is what my fall viewing schedule is looking like, though things might rapidly change depending on how well each series does in keeping my interest.

Mondays

Of possible interest is NBC’s third season of Heroes and FOX’s Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles (2nd season) and their mid-season series Dollhouse, from Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly.

Tuesdays

CBS: N.C.I.S. Season six, premieres September 23rd.

Of possible interest will be FOX’s Fringe (premiering September 9th), and CBS’ The Mentalist (which looks like a pathetic rip-off of USA’s Psych) . Hard to say if either will be worth anything.

Wednesday

ABC: Pushing Daisies. Second season. Premieres October 1st. Quirky, fun, colourful, vivid! At the end of a very short first season, we found out that Charlotte mother was still alive. Not too mention that sicko after her, convinced she smells strange. And this season Charlotte’s secret is out, as people discover that she is alive, and then she and Ned become involved in some very odd and dangerous conspiracy centered on them and bees…

FOX: Bones. Fourth season. Premiered September 3rd. Not much of a beginning, but this epsiode and the next two were actually part of the back half of season three and were moved to season four, so, well, that’s it. There really is no explanation for poor writing and lackluster plots. Hopefully, the season will improve… I really want to see the Grave Digger issue brought to a satisfying conclusion. I cannot believe that they have left that hanging for so long, especially after what happened to Brennan and Jack. I would have thought that a) they would have been a bit more traumatized, and b) that they would have been more driven to catch the creep. Angela promised Jack, who was the only one that seemed really shaken by the event, that they were going to get him. That was two seasons ago. They are way past due concluding that storyline!

Fridays

CBS: Numb3rs. Fifth season. Premieres September 26th. I am not sure how they are going to fix the mess they made of last year’s finale, but they had better. Charlie lost his clearance, over an issue that did not seem properly nor sufficiently motivated, but more of a plot device than anything else, and so now he can’t work with Don.

And for those lucky enough to have cable access

Sci Fi: Sanctuary (Season One) and Stargate Atlantis (Fifth and Final season) And Eureka (season 3), but I believe that is still on Tuesdays.

USA: Monk (season 7) and Psych (season 3)

I have to wait for the DVDs, but at least then we can watch them all closer together…

Quote of the Day: “The encounter with the beautiful can become the wound of the arrow that strikes the heart and in this way opens our eyes.” H.H. Pope Benedict XVI