CBS
How I Met Your Mother
When: Returns on September 22; airs Monday nights at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.
Main Players: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Bob Saget (voice)
What’s it all about?: A comedy about how Ted met his love, as narrated through clue-giving flashbacks from the future.
Where’d we leave off?: A couple of auto disasters, Ted’s car accident and Barney’s being hit by a bus, led to the easing up of all inter-crew battling. Shockingly, the fallout from the mayhem also inspired Ted to propose to Stella.
CBS
Two and a Half Men
When: Returns on September 22; airs Monday nights at 9/8c on CBS.
Main Players: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Conchata Ferrell, Marin Hinkle, Holland Taylor
What’s it all about?: The show follows two brothers, one brother’s son, and the many women that surround them.
Where’d we leave off?: Never one to settle down, Charlie spent last season’s finale resisting the temptations brought on by the future daughter-in-law of the woman he’d been dating. He’s back to the same tricks in this season’s premiere when he runs into an ex who has a son that suspiciously looks just like him.