It's that time of year again. Television fans have appointments with their couches as the fall season kicks off this month with tons of returning favorites and new shows. DVRs will be working overtime as viewers record their must-see-TV programs and talk about them later at the watercooler.

Check out the premiere dates of the new season (brand new shows are indicated with italics and by *). All times are eastern unless otherwise indicated.

Monday, September 10
The Voice 8 p.m. NBC

Tuesday, September 11
Go On 9 p.m. NBC *
The New Normal 9:30 p.m. NBC *
Parenthood 10 p.m. NBC

Wednesday, ...

At the end of season 8, several of our favorite "Grey's Anatomy" doctors were hurt and battling for their lives after their plane crashed in the woods.

Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) was coughing up blood and had a badly injured leg while Mark (Eric Dane) had an internal injury that forced Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) to surgically release the blood building up in his chest.

Derek severely injured his hand (bad news for a surgeon), and sadly, Meredith's half-sister Lexie (Chyler Leight) died. Also, Teddy (Kim Raver) left Seattle Grace for a new job.

So what's going to happ...

The upcoming ninth season of "Grey's Anatomy" will be the last for actor Eric Dane. The star has portrayed Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan since 2006, but he has decided it's time move on.

He told TVLine.com, "I am extremely grateful to everyone at Grey's, (network) ABC and Shondaland for the experience and memories I have had over the course of this run. It has been wonderful to work alongside and learn from a creative force such as Shonda Rhimes."

Creator Shonda Rhimes' has branded Sloan "one of the most beloved characters on Grey's Anatomy" and adds, "(Dane) did not come to this decision lig...

It's always the nice ones that end up playing the best villains on TV. Amanda Leighton, who recently played the scheming Wendy Capshaw in the third and final season of ABC Family's Make It or Break It, is much sweeter than her fictional alter-ego.

"I'm not that bad. I'm not peppy like Wendy in real life," she said with a laugh during a recent chat, but added, "I've got a bit of an edge to me."

Make It or Break It wasn't Amanda's only TV role; she's had quite a few small-screen parts, including shows like Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Six Feet Under and another ABC Family series, Prett...

Season finales are essentially the Hollywood version of final exams. They have to shock and awe and entice viewers into returning after four arduous months of dead air. From births and deaths to break-ups and OMG-worthy shockers, I’m grading 10 season finales. The SPOILER ALERT is implied.

Reckoning, Revenge’s thrilling season ender saw Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) not only confront her father’s killer in a satisfying and strangely sweet final fight, but surrender to her feelings for ruggedly handsome bartender, Jack. It wouldn’t be “Revenge” without infuriating twists and double-c...

If the latest TV ratings week was a final exam, CBS would get an A+ and NCIS would graduate at the top of the class. The stalwart once again topped the Nielsen ratings, besting all other scripted and reality programming, even as American Idol geared up for its finale.

‘NCIS’ attracted over 19 million viewers and spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles got over 15 million. By comparison, the Wednesday and Thursday editions of "Idol' attracted 17.7 million and 16.4 million, respectively.

CBS had 12 of the Top 20 shows, including Person of Interest, The Mentalist and How I Met Your Mother. Mike & Molly ac...

Who would have thought "Grey's Anatomy" writers could top the episode where George died after being run over by a bus? Or the episode where a shooter rampaged Seattle Grace Hospital? Well, they topped those episodes. Easily. (Warning: serious spoilers ahead.)

The season eight finale began with several of the doctors dazed, confused, and seriously injured after their plane crashed in the woods. A very pale and gray faced Meredith pulled a large sliver out of her leg before beginning the hunt for her husband Derek, who Cristina (with a serious shoulder injury) said was sucked out of the side...

ABC announced the renewal of seven of their shows on Thursday, including medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

The show's star, Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd, aka "McDreamy", will also be sticking around as the star has signed a two-year contract extension to appear on the show.

The star, who's spent the last eight seasons is also passionate about auto racing, was initially unsure about returning to the show.

"The question is will I do a full season, a half season or come back at all?" he told TV guide in December. "There are a lot of things I'd like to do: racing, films... so if...

"Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey turned real-life hero on Tuesday when he pulled a teenage driver from a wrecked car after a serious accident outside his Malibu, California, home.

The TV hunk, who plays top neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the hit medical drama, raced into action after witnessing the young motorist's Mustang flip over several times and crash into his front yard.

According to TMZ.com, Dempsey used a crowbar to free the boy from the wreckage as he waited for paramedics to arrive on the scene.

The crash victim, whose name has not been released, had an extremely lucky...

After a week long hiatus, our favorite doctors are back with a bang. Well, more like a roar. The episode begins with a free roaming lion, who turns out to be a pet of one an incoming patient. Yes, pet. Then, attentions quickly turn to the gaping emotional wounds left by Henry’s passing and Owen’s infidelity.

Stricken by grief, Teddy and Christina throw their focus into building new hearts as part of their stem-cell heart research. After strong avoidance of personal issues, Teddy is forced to confront her denial when the wife of a patient dies. Meanwhile, Christina has a breakthrough of he...

Shonda Rhimes’ newest creation, ABC’s political thriller “Scandal” (based on the real life of President George H.W. Bush’s aid, Judy Smith) wants you to believe that Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), a corporate fixer with some surprising and sexy ties to the President, is a superhero with a chic trench coat and stilettos instead of a mask and a cape. She can intimidate gun-wielding Ukranian kidnappers with a single monologue, identify liars with her fine-tuned internal polygraph and is armed with a set of fabulously lethal cheekbones. To gain entrance to her high-end batcave, you must be a...

Racing enthusiast Patrick Dempsey is bringing his passion for cars to the small screen in a new documentary series about his involvement in the famous Le Mans 24-hour competition.

The Grey's Anatomy star has his own professional car racing team, Dempsey Racing, and he will be among the drivers taking part in the grueling 24 Heures du Mans car contest in Le Mans, France next year.

Dempsey has now revealed he will be making a TV series about the challenges his team faces as he prepares for the endurance-testing event.

The actor, who came ninth in the same competition in 2009, will docum...

Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes has a new show starting this week. Scandal stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, a crisis management expert who handles top level executive scandals. Olivia is inspired by the real life work of Judy Smith, who is also involved in the show.

“I’m not playing Judy,” Washington said. “I’m definitely not playing Judy but I am playing a character who is inspired by Judy so there are very important distinctions between Olivia Pope and Judy Smith. For example, Judy Smith never had a complicated relationship with the president of the united states. So what make...

Actor Patrick Dempsey has poked fun at false rumors suggesting he had died in a car accident by posting a funny message on Twitter.com on Thursday.

The Grey's Anatomy hunk, an avid car racer, became the latest celebrity to be killed off in a sick online hoax this week, and "RIP Patrick Dempsey" quickly became a trending topic on the social networking site.

But the actor, whose last tweet was sent out last week, has since brushed off the cruel joke by writing, "Hi I am back From the dead!"

Dempsey joins a long list of stars targeted by pranksters - country veteran Reba McEntire, superstar...

In any given TV week, a TV network could make it sound like they trumped everyone else, that they had something to be proud of. This week, all four major networks could actually mean it.

While the top shows were an also-ran (yep, ‘American Idol’ is perched on top, with ‘The Voice’ close behind and boasting its 18-49 demo), every network had a Top 20 show. NBC didn’t have one besides ‘The Voice,’ but every other network had multiple shows. And that doesn’t happen much these days.

FOX had both weekly editions of ‘American Idol’ as well as Keifer Sutherland’s ‘Touch' (Number 19); CBS had its...

“We're trained to be vigilant, to chase down the problem, to ask all the right questions, to find the root cause until we know exactly what it is and we confront it. It takes an extreme amount of caution or we can't overstep ourselves. We can create problems that don't exist,” introduces Meredith.

Thursday’s episode of Grey’s was definitely one of the best of the season. Derek asks Meredith to come back to neuro for a day, Christina finds out if Owen is cheating, Avery’s mom is back for another visit and so much more! Here are the highlights:

Hesitant, but willing, Meredith agrees to ind...

"Right now, I feel really healthy, confident, and sexy," Kate Walsh tells Shape magazine about posing nude on the cover for its March issue.

"I'm enjoying my 40s and wanted to share that. Is it a mid-life crisis? I do drive a Porsche, so maybe it is!"

The Private Practice star, 44, leaves little to the imagination - and she's very proud of it.

"I was terrified, but I really wanted to do a naked cover - especially with Shape, because the magazine is about loving yourself inside and out," she says.

So how does Kate keep her fantastic figure?

"I'd rather have a smaller serving of somethin...

As doctors, and especially as surgeons, our favorite residents are always calculating. Calculating the risks and calculating the advantages, weighing all their options scientifically and rarely, emotionally. Or so they would like to think. Truth is, even the best surgeons have emotions. They’re human, it’s natural. On the latest episode of Grey’s, that nature was put to the test.

For some, it was more lighthearted and playful. Avery, Mr. Eye of the tiger with boards coming up, was a little stressed out, snapping at paramedics and even at patients. Noticing his ‘bro’ might need a little, ...

Law & Order: SVU fans: you landed the best detective working in television.

After seven seasons as a major part of what made Cold Case a cult hit (one that's still talked about two years after its cancellation), Danny Pino has revitalized SVU in its thirteenth season. If anyone could fill the major void left by the departure of series star Christopher Meloni, it was Pino, who created a memorable character of his own in Cold Case's smart and often smart-mouthed Scotty Valens (and stepped in to replace a character on that series as well; current Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers had his ...

Drum roll please! After much ado and several sneak peaks, one of the most anticipated (and overly hyped) episodes of the season aired this week. ‘If/Then’ was the making of Meredith’s imagination as she laid down to sleep pondering life’s choices. ‘What if one little thing I said or did, could have make it all fall apart?’ she wonders.

In Meredith’s twilight zone, her mother Ellis is still alive (and Chief for that matter) and Richard is her father. Alex is her fiance (and a preppy Chief resident), Christina is her arch enemy and of course, Addison is back. This time she is still married ...

Katherine Heigl is eager to return to her breakthrough role on Grey's Anatomy, two years after walking away from the TV show.

The actress got her big break playing popular character Dr. Izzie Stevens for six years on the hit medical drama.

She was dogged by rumors of a rift with co-stars and producers following her success in 2007 movie Knocked Up, and she finally left the series after adopting her daughter Naleigh in late 2009.

Heigl has carved out a big screen career since her departure, but she has now declared her desire to return to the show because she is desperate to find out w...

Critically-acclaimed drama The Help looks set to dominate the 2012 NAACP Image Awards after landing eight nominations.

The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's bestselling book of the same name will compete for Outstanding Motion Picture against seven-time nominee Pariah, comedy Tower Heist, Jumping The Broom and The First Grader, while stars Viola Davis and Emma Stone will go head-to-head for the title of Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.

The Help co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Cicely Tyson are also nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress field, alon...

Pop superstar Lady Gaga and hit show Glee are among the nominees for this year's Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards.

The Poker Face hit-maker has been named as a contender for the outstanding music artist category alongside MEN, Girl In A Coma and Beverly McClellan.

Glee is in the running for outstanding comedy series, and goes up against other shows including Modern Family and The Big C, while Grey's Anatomy and Shameless have been nominated for outstanding drama series.

The best film category contenders include J. Edgar, Beginners and Albert Nobbs, while Dancin...

Yesterday we brought you TV's sexiest female stars 2012 edition and to follow suit and not disappoint the ladies - here's our list of the sexiest males on TV.

Some of these Hollywood hunks star on your favorite shows, and a few others are making fresh starts in some of the new midseason replacement series' that have been debuting.

Check them all out and don't forget to leave us a comment below to let us know who we left off our list and who's on your list!

Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars

Christian Kane, Leverage

Shane West, Nikita

Shemar Moore, Criminal Minds

C...

Patrick Dempsey is considering an extension to his Grey's Anatomy contract - if producers can accommodate his passion for car racing and his film career.

The actor has led the cast of the hit TV medical drama for eight seasons, but his contract is up in May and he has yet to decide whether to stay with the show.

But Dempsey insists so-called experts who claim he'll be leaving have it all wrong.

He tells America's TV Guide magazine, "I have a family to support, and why not have a discussion about continuing. The question is will I do a full season, a half season or come back at all?

"The...

Katherine Heigl was dropped by her own publicist following a string of bad press in 2008 because she consistently exhibited "diarrhea of the mouth."

The star courted controversy after claiming director Judd Apatow's script for her hit film "Knocked Up" was "a little sexist."

She then infuriated a number of her TV co-stars soon afterwards by insisting she didn't deserve an Emmy Award for her work on "Grey's Anatomy" because her character "had no material worthy to submit."

Heigl's publicist worked overtime to repair the damage the comments had done to her reputation, but when the actress ...

I have a love-hate relationship with spoilers. As a television addict who can barely survive the mere seven days between episodes, I covet the irresistible nuggets of coming attractions. As an invested fan, I want to experience the adventure with the characters and be as shocked and awed as the next unspoiled viewer. It’s a pop culture quagmire. I heard about “Slash Fiction’s” awesome premise weeks ago. The episode had a fabulous potential for badassery, gore and the patented fraternal angst that keeps the fangirls swooning after more than 130 episodes. Sadly, “Slash Fiction”—while ent...

Thanksgiving is a few short weeks away, and before you slice into those turkeys, let’s take a look back at the new TV shows that are thriving and those that don’t have a Thanksgiving prayer. We’ll break it down by category.

Modest Hits

(We would have had a full-on “Hits” category, but there are certainly no runaways so far.) FOX’s ‘New Girl’ can be deemed a first-season success. The Zooey Deschanel comedy was the first fall series to earn a full season pickup, and for good reason: Its ratings are better than lead-in ‘Glee’ and it’s frequently tops on Tuesdays in 18-49. To date it’s ave...

Singer/actress Mandy Moore is set to star in a TV sitcom.

The Tangled star has landed the leading lady role in upcoming series Us and Them, a light-hearted take on family conflicts.

The show will revolve around Moore's character, a young newlywed named Annie, and her husband Ben, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

It's not the first time Moore has appeared on the small screen - she had a recurring guest role on hospital drama Grey's Anatomy and has made cameos in Scrubs, Entourage and How I Met Your Mother.

Fall is one of my favorite times of year, and it’s not because of everything from, lattes to cakes, is pumpkin-flavored and stores are stuffed with caramel apples. It’s because there is a fresh, shiny crop of new and returning shows to devour. Most shows are at least three episodes in, so it’s time to grade 10 new and returning shows to gauge their progress in this burgeoning season.

NEW SHOWS

“2 Broke Girls” CBS Mondays 8:30 P.M. EST

“2 Broke Girls” is a snappy, odd couple sitcom about Max (“Thor’s” Kat Dennings), an uber-sarcastic and cynical waitress who takes in Caroline (Bet...