90210
– Liam will become a male model this season. Source: TV Line
– Chris McKenna will appear in multiple episodes as “Patrick, a rich, powerful and very charming businessman who falls for Annie.” Source: Entertainment Weekly
Bones
– New intel about this year’s new foe: Pelant is an “hacktivist” who is currently under house arrest. Despite not being able to set foot outside and not having a computer hooked to the Internet, he’ll go on a murder spree. Source: TV Line
– In the clip below, you’ll get a taste of how protective Booth is of a pregnant Brennan out on the field. As expected, Brennan tries to calm him down with some medical and historical facts!
Chuck
– David Koechner and Catherine Dent will play Buy More managers in the fourth episode of the season. This episode follows Chuck and Sarah as they go to the company’s Employee of the Year Convention. Source: TV Line
Community
– For a preview of John Goodman joining the series and a taste of the musical episode, check the clip below!
Desperate Housewives
– When the series return, Gaby’s stepfather will not have been buried yet as the premiere picks up where the finale ended. The ladies will help Carlos dispose of the body. Source: Zap2It
– Tom won’t be the only one getting a new love interest, Lynette will get one too. She’ll meet this man outside of a bar. Source: TV Guide
– Below is a two-minute scene from the season premiere during which the ladies bury Gaby’s step-father and discuss having to keep this secret forever.
Glee
- Glee Project‘s Damian McGinty will first appear in episode four as an exchange student who will be staying with Brittany’s family. This means that we will see a few of Brittany’s family members, including her mother. The other Glee Project winner, Samuel Larsen, will join the series around episode nine. Source: Watch with Kristin
– The show is looking for someone to play a younger Emma for what will surely be a flashback sequence. Source: Watch with Kristin
– Watch the new promo below filled with glitter, slushies, and spaghetti!
Grey’s Anatomy
– Jason George is coming back to Seattle Grace! This will complicate things between Bailey and Nurse Eli. Source: TV Line
House
– Jaleel White, best known for playing Steven Urkel in the ’90s TV series Family Matters, will play one of House’s fellow inmates in the season premiere, which will pick up a year after last season’s finale. Michael Paré will play the prison warden. Source: TV Line
– As you might know, the show is doing a one-year time jump between seasons. A lot can happen in that time frame! Including the fact that Taub will now be the father of two kids. Source: TV Guide
How I Met Your Mother
– When Lily’s body starts to change due to the pregnancy, Barney starts to lust after her … breasts and desperately wants to catch a glimpse of them. Source: TV Line
– Below is a preview clip for the season’s premiere.
Modern Family
– The premiere will feature the family going to a ranch. Source: Watch with Kristin
– Josh Gad will appear in an episode set to air this fall as “Kenny, a neighbor of the Dunphys who worships the ground that Phil walks stumbles on — and he’s made all decisions in his life based on what Phil would do.” Source: Entertainment Weekly
– The show is not only planning a Thanksgiving episode but also a Christmas one this season. The latter will be set a few weeks ahead of Christmas and will see the family going over their plans for the Holidays: “Mitch and Cam are going back to see his family, Jay and Gloria are heading out of town.” When they analyze everyone’s plan, they discover that the only day they will all be in town together is … today! They’ll work together to create an express Christmas: Gloria and Luke will have to find a Christmas tree, Phil and Manny will be tasked with getting presents, Jay and Cam will be paired to do another task. Source: TV Guide
– When Hayley discovers that she didn’t do much of the activities that colleges are interested in, she’ll try to play catch up in one year. Source: TV Guide
– Benjamin Bratt will reprise his role of Gloria’s ex-husband Javier in an episode that will air midseason. Source: TV Line
– David Cross will play the recurring role of a city councilman who goes toe-to-toe with Claire. Source: TV Line
Parenthood
– Sarah will help her ex Seth get back to rehab. Source: Watch with Kristin
– Cee Lo Green is in talks to guest star as himself in one episode. He will be recording at a new studio now owned by Adam and Crosby. Source: Watch with Kristin
Parks & Recreation
– In the season premiere, Leslie will decide if she’ll run for office or continue to date Ben. In the following episodes, Leslie will wonder if she made the right decision. Source: TV Line
– For a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming season, including footage of upcoming episodes and intel about storylines (including about Tammy 0 and Tammy 1), check the promo clip below! Once you’ve watched the preview, vote in our poll found just below the clip.
Pretty Little Liars
– Two new characters will be introduced when the series return. Alexander Nifong will play a character named Sam in at least one episode. Sam is a blind student that went to the same blind school Jenna went to for her rehabilitation. Jenna will go forward with eye surgery but it’s unknown if she’ll regain her eye sight. Shane Coffey will appear in two episodes as Aria’s childhood friend who is returning to town. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
– In an interview with TV Line, exec producer Oliver Goldstick said the following about Jenna and Garrett claiming they killed Alison and if they are A: “Either A piggybacked on the Jenna/Garrett of it all, or Jenna and Garrett are A — that’s part of what we’re putting out there. There’s the possibility that these two — and possibly another — are A.” A few weeks/months will have passed between the mid-season finale and the mid-season premiere. Even though no formal charges will be held against the girls, they will be persons of interest and will have to do some community service. Source: TV Line
– There will be a Halloween prequel episode — meaning that Alison is alive at that time — that will answer some questions while uncovering new secrets, including the first secrets the girls ever had together. Melissa and Ian will appear in that episode. Source: TV Guide
– Melissa will return near the end of the season while Kate will stick around as Hanna’s new arch-nemesis. We will discover that there could be up to two more members of the N.A.T. club. Source: Zapt2It
Private Practice
– In the season premiere, after her flight is delayed, Violet will help someone out … but it won’t be Peter. Source: TV Line
Supernatural
– Kevin McNally, whom you probably remember from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, will play an old friend of Bobby’s. The character, named Frank Devereaux, is a computer genius. Source: Zap2It
Two and a Half Men
– As you have probably read over the summer, Charlie Sheen’s character will die in the season premiere. To fill the void, Ashton Kutcher is joining the series as Walden Schmidth, a filty rich man with a broken heart. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jon Cryer revealed that one character will be institutionalized but that which character and what kind of institution is unknown to him yet. Source: Entertainment Weekly
– Judy Greer will return to the show but not as Myra, the character she played in two 2007 episodes. Instead, she will play the recurring role of Bridget, Walden’s soon-to-be ex-wife. How does Walden end up living with Alan and Jake? He buys Charlie’s home and, since he needs help to mend his broken heart and because he is needy and socially inept, Walden will ask Alan and Jake to stay. Source: TV Guide
– Courtney Thorne-Smith will return as Lyndsey in multiple episodes. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Clacked by Isabelle Carreau 
on Sep 05, 2011 @ 12:00 EST5EDT
I will be amazed if Two and a Half Men can actually pull this off.
*POST AUTHOR*
My guess is that people will flock to watch the premiere and will probably tune in to the second episode to see what a normal episode with Kutcher will look like. If the show can’t pull it off, ratings will start to go down starting with the third episode.
I agree, but I think the whole idea of killing off the lead because you have personal issues with him is tasteless for a comedy show. It just doesn’t fit the show at all.
Just my own humble opinion, but after sampling the show a few times over the years the word “tasteless” comes to the forefront. I found the jokes to be lowbrow and derivative, the show to be very non-funny and, much like “According To Jim” I wonder how and why so many people enjoy it.
Then again, I also concede that comedy is the most subjective form of entertainment and my tastes in television have always run counter to the masses. My favorite comedy by far is “Community” yet the ratings pale in comparison to the likes of this show and “Modern Family,” neither of which even made me crack a smile and I watched the first 10 episodes of MF so I think I gave it a fair chance.
I think the killing off of Sheen’s character is more a spiteful move than a tasteless one, but I suppose one could assert that spite is, by nature, tasteless. (Did I just end up convincing myself that I agree with you when I started in the other direction?)