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TV Guide

A peek at the new fall season

ABC: 7 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars” (9/21), 8:30 p.m. “Samantha Who?” (10/15), 9 p.m. “The Bachelor” (10/15)

NBC: 7 p.m. “Chuck” (9/24), 8 p.m. “Heroes” (9/24), “Journeyman” (9/24)

CBS: 7 p.m. “How I Met Your Mother” (9/24), 7:30 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (9/24), 8 p.m. “Two and a Half Men” (9/24). 8:30 p.m. “Rules of Engagement” (9/24), 9 p.m. “C.S.I.: Miami” (9/24)

FOX: 7 p.m. “Prison Break” (9/17), 8 p.m. “K-Ville (9/17)

MyNet: 7 p.m. “Celebrity Expose (10/1), 8 p.m. “Control Room Presents” (10/1)

CW: 7 p.m. “Everybody Hates Chris” (10/1), 7:30 p.m. “Aliens in America” (10/1), 8 p.m.) “Girlfriends” (10/1), 8:30 p.m. “The Game” (10/1)

ABC: 7 p.m. “Cavemen” (10/2), 7:30 p.m. “Carpoolers” (10/2), 8 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars” (9/25), 9 p.m. “Boston Legal” (9/25)

NBC: 7 p.m. “The Biggest Loser” (9/11), 8:30 p.m. “The Singing Bee” (9/25), 9 p.m. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9/25)

CBS: 7 p.m. “N.C.I.S.” (9/25), 8 p.m. “The Unit” (9/25), 9 p.m. “Cane” (9/25)

FOX: 7 p.m. “Bones” (9/25), 8 p.m. “House” (9/25)

NyNet: 7 p.m. “The Academy” (9/4), 8 p.m. “Jail” (9/4)

CW: 7 p.m. “Beauty and the Geek” (9/18), 8 p.m. “reaper” (9/25)

ABC: 7 p.m. “Pushing Daisies” (10/3), 8 p.m. “Private Practice” (9/26), 9 p.m. “Dirty Sexy Money” (9/26)

NBC: 7 p.m. “Deal or No Deal” (9/19), 8 p.m. “Bionic Woman” (9/26), 9 p.m. “Life” (9/26)

CBS: 7 p.m. “Kid Nation” (9/19), 8 p.m. “Criminal Minds” (9/26), 9 p.m. “C.S.I.: New York” (9/26)

FOX: 7 p.m. “Back to You” (9/19), 7:30 p.m. “’Til Death” (9/19), 8 p.m. “Kitchen Nightmares” (9/19)

MyNet: 7 p.m. “Decision House” (9/12), 8 p.m. “Meet My Folks” (9/12)

CW: 7 p.m. “America’s Next Top Model” (9/19), 8 p.m. “Gossip Girl” (9/19)

ABC: 7 p.m. “Ugly Betty” (9/27), 8 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (9/27), 9 p.m. “Big Shots” (9/27)

NBC: 7 p.m. “My Name is Earl” (9/27), 7:30 p.m. “30 Rock” (10/4), 8 p.m. “The Office” (9/27), 8:30 p.m. “Scrubs” (10/25), 9 p.m. “ER” (9/27)

CBS: 7 p.m. “Survivor” (9/20), 8 p.m. “C.S.I.” (9/27), 9 p.m. “Without a Trace” (9/27)

FOX: 7 p.m. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” (9/6), 8 p.m. “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” (9/6)

MyNet: 7 p.m. MyNetworkTV Movie

CW: 7 p.m. “Smallville” (9/27), 8 p.m. “Supernatural” (10/4)

ABC: 7 p.m. “20/20” (10/12), 8 p.m. “Women’s Murder Club” (10/12), 9 p.m. “Men in Trees” (10/12)

NBC: 7 p.m. “Deal or No Deal” (9/28), 8 p.m. “Friday Night Lights” (10/5), 9 p.m. “Las Vegas” (9/28)

CBS: 7 p.m. “Ghost Whisperer” (9/28), “Moonlight” (9/28), 9 p.m. “Numb3rs” (9/28)

FOX: 7 p.m. “American Band” (10/19), 8 p.m. “Nashville” (9/14)

MyNet: 7 p.m. MyNetworkTV movie

CW: 7 p.m. “WWE Smackdown” (9/19)

ABC: 7 p.m. College Football (9/1)

NBC: “7 p.m. “NBC Dateline” (9/29) 8 p.m. Repeats

CBS: 7 p.m. Repeats

FOX: 7 p.m. “COPS” (9/8), 8 p.m. “America’s Most Wanted”

MyNet: 7 p.m. “IFL Battleground” Repeats, 8 p.m. “NFL Total Access” (9/8)

ABC: 6 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (10/7), 7 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (9/30), 8 p.m. “Desperate Housewives” (9/30), 9 p.m. “Brothers & Sisters” (9/30)

NBC: 6 p.m. “Football Night in America” (9/9), 7:15 p.m. “Sunday Night Football” (9/9)

CBS: 6 p.m. “60 Minutes” (9/23), 7 p.m. “Viva Laughlin” (10/21), 8 p.m. “Cold Case” (9/23), 9 p.m. “Shark” (9/23)

FOX: 6 p.m. Reruns, 7 p.m. “The Simpsons” (9/23), 7:30 p.m. “King of the Hill” (9/23), 8 p.m. “The Family Guy” (9/23), 8:30 p.m. “American Dad” (9/30)

CW: 6 p.m. “CW Now” (9/23), 6:30 p.m. “Online Nation” (9/23), 7 p.m. “Life is Wild” (10/7), 8 p.m. “America’s Next Top Model” Reruns (9/23)