Five new prime-time TV series premiere the week of Monday, Oct. 1 (all times Eastern): ''Aliens in America'' What: A sitcom that mines humor from the miseries of adolescence as well as America's post-9/11 anxiety.

Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment, today outlined ABC's plans for next season and unveiled the network's 2007-08 fall schedule. Scheduled to debut next season are four new comedy series: "Carpoolers," "Cavemen," "Miss/Guided" and "Sam I Am"; along with seven new drama series: "Big Shots," "Cashmere Mafia," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Eli Stone," "Private Practice," "Pushing Daisies" and "Women's Murder Club."