With friends like Johnny Drama, Olive Snook, Gabrielle Solis and Gregory House, who needs a life? Though there’s a fair share of new kids on the block invading the networks, the majority of shows set to storm our living rooms again are those old favorites--the ones we’ve missed for what seems like an eternity.
Read our "Fall TV Preview Guide: Returning Shows" to find out what gifts our familiar friends have lined-up for this beautifully strike-less fall season.
For new shows premiering this fall, check out our Fall TV Preview: New Shows
For other returning show roundups, check out ABC and FOX, CW and other cable networks
CBS
Big Bang Theory
When: Returns on September 22; airs Monday nights at 8/7c on CBS.
Main Players: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar
What’s it all about?: The oh-so beautiful Penny teaches Leonard and Sheldon, two socially inept physicists, the ways of the world outside of the latest science journal.
Where’d we leave off?: There were nine episodes of Big Bang Theory that rolled out post strike, and nerds worldwide celebrated into the night as Leonard finally scored with Penny. Well if a kiss and a date count as scoring these days. This juicy development will surely complicate the dynamic of the three main characters moving forward.