CBS
Criminal Minds
When: Returns on September 24; airs Wednesday nights at 9/8c on CBS.
Main Players: Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness
What’s it all about?: Investigating the future, the FBI profilers of Criminal Minds spend their days analyzing the country’s most twisted minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.
Where’d we leave off?: So who’s dead and who isn’t? In the last moments of season three, we saw the team split up into a few SUVS, one of which suddenly explodes. Did we get answers? Nope, only a fade to black and credits. Tune in to the premiere, aptly titled “Mayhem,” to be enlightened.
CBS
CSI: NY
When: Returns on September 24; airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on CBS.
Main Players: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Eddie Cahill, Emmanuelle Vaugier
What’s it all about?: Forensic investigators solve crimes in the Big Apple.
Where’d we leave off?: Mac realizes that a bank robbery and hostage situation was part of a plot to kidnap him. This storyline will be continued as the curtain to season five swings open.