CBS
The Amazing Race
When: Returns on September 28; airs Sunday nights at 8/7c on CBS.
Main Players: Phil Keoghan
What’s it all about?: Teams travel the world by foot, boat, plane, or otherwise, in a race for $1 million.
Where’d we leave off?: Youngsters TK and Rachel took home the prize money last season. The rules for the 14th installation remain the same.
CBS
Cold Case
When: Returns on September 28; airs Sunday nights at 9/8c on CBS.
Main Players: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Thom Barry, Jeremy Ratchford, Tracie Thoms
What’s it all about?: Detective Lilly Rush found her niche within the Philadelphia homicide squad by mastering “cold cases”—crimes that have never been solved.
Where’d we leave off?: Lilly, like many CBS characters it seems, ended last season by being shot. Good news for Lilly fans, though, she’s ok, and she’s not taking a break. Season five opens with the team investigating a triple murder case from 1994.