FOX
Bones
When: Returns on September 3; airs Wednesday nights at 8/7c on FOX.
Main Players: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J Thyne, Michael Badalucco
What’s it all about?: Dr. Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who needs no crime scene evidence--aside from the ones left on the victim’s bones.
Where’d we leave off?: Last time around we bade farewell to the young intern Zack, who was discovered to have been working as the Gormogon serial killer’s apprentice all along. Expect a new face to replace him, and more than enough cases to keep pouring into the lab.
FOX
24: Exile
When: The two-hour prequel to 24’s seventh season airs November 23.
Main Players: Kiefer Sutherland, Peter MacNicol, Cherry Jones, Colm Feore, Gil Bellows, Robert Carlyle, Tony Todd, Jon Voight, Powers Boothe
What’s it all about?: Jack Bauer winds up in Africa in the middle of a charged military coup.
Where’d we leave off?: It’s been so long, who could remember? All that needs to be known is that more than a year ago, Jack Bauer ended his last mission beaten physically and emotionally. But instead of R&R, he gets an African civil war instead. Poor guy.