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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
When: Returns on September 8; airs Monday nights at 8/7c on FOX.
Main Players: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson, Garret Dillahunt, Brian Austin Green
What’s it all about?: The newest addition to the Terminator franchise reveals what happens when Sarah Connor stops running and goes on the offensive against a technological enemy set on destroying her life and the world.
Where’d we leave off?: Only a small run of episodes came our way before the strike wreaked havoc on the Connors, so the Terminator universe is still open for plenty of exploration. A pack of new cast members and the warning that one major player will soon be dead were the bits we got from the cast and crew’s panel at this year’s Comic Con. No, it won’t be Cameron, at least in regards to last season’s cliffhanger.
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House
When: Returns on September 16; airs Tuesday nights at 8/7c on FOX.
Main Players: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde
What’s it all about?: Gregory House, the doctor with the least possible amount of bedside manner, solves medical enigmas while incessantly causing turmoil among his staff.
Where’d we leave off?: The shocking death of Amber in last season’s finale will still be felt throughout the Princeton-Plainview Teaching Hospital. When Wilson, still heartbroken, decides to resign from his post, House must use his wit and guile, not to cause further trouble for once, but to get him to stay and keep their friendship alive.