Fall 2009 television premiere dates – ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC

Following are the premiere dates for the fall 2009-10 television schedule for the five major networks. Click here to read more about the new and returning series for the fall.
ABC
Sept. 5: “Saturday Night Football” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 11:  “20/20″ (10 p.m.)
Sept. 21: “Dancing with the Stars” (8 p.m.);  “Castle” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 22: “Dancing with the Stars” results show (8 p.m.);  “The Forgotten” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 23: “Modern Family”(9 p.m.); “Cougar Town” (9:30 p.m.)
Sept. 24: “Flash Forward” (8 p.m.); “Grey’s Anatomy” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 27: “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (7 p.m.); “Desperate Housewives” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 29: “Shark Tank” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 30: “Hank”(8 p.m.); “The Middle” (8:30 p.m.)
Oct. 4: “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (7 p.m.)
Oct. 9: “Ugly Betty” (8 p.m.)
Oct. 16: “Supernanny” (8 p.m.)

CBS
Sept. 17: “Survivor: Samoa” (8 p.m.
Sept. 21: “How I Met Your Mother” (8 p.m.; “Accidentally on Purpose” (8:30 p.m.); “Two and a Half Men” (9 p.m.); “The Big Bang Theory” (9:30 p.m.; “CSI: Miami” (10 p.m.)
Sept: 22: “NCIS” (8 p.m.); “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m.); “The Good Wife” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 23: “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (8 p.m.); “Gary Unmarried” (8:30 p.m.); “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m.); “CSI: NY” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 24: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (9 p.m.); “The Mentalist” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 25: “Ghost Whisperer” (8 p.m.); “Medium” (9 p.m.); “Numb3rs” (10 p.m.
Sept. 26: “Crimetime Saturday” (8 p.m.); “48 Hours Mystery” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 27: “60 Minutes” (7 p.m.); “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m.); “Cold Case” (10 p.m.)
Oct. 4: “Three Rivers” (9 p.m.)

CW
Sept. 8: “90210” (8 p.m.); “Melrose Place” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 9: “America’s Next Top Model” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 10: “The Vampire Diaries (8 p.m.); “Supernatural” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 14: “One Tree Hill” (8 p.m.); “Gossip Girl” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 16: “The Beautiful Life” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 25: “Smallville” (8 p.m.)

Fox
Sept. 12: “Cops” (8 p.m.); “America’s Most Wanted” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 16: “So You Think You Can Dance” (8 p.m.); “Glee” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 17: “Bones” (8 p.m.); “Fringe” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 18: “Brothers” (8 p.m.); “Til Death” (8:30 p.m.); “Dollhouse” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 21: “House” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 27: “The Simpsons” (8 p.m.); “The Cleveland Show” (8:30 p.m.); “Family Guy” (9 p.m.); “American Dad” (9:30 p.m.
Sept. 28: “Lie to Me” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 29: “Hell’s Kitchen” (8 p.m.)
Nov. 7: “The Wanda Sykes Show” (11 p.m.)

NBC
Sept. 13:  “NBC Sunday Night Football” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 14: “The Jay Leno Show” (10 p.m.)
Sept. 15: “The Biggest Loser” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 17:  “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” (8 p.m.); “Parks and Recreation”(8:30 p.m.); “The Office” (9 p.m.); “Community” (9:30 p.m.)
Sept. 21:  “Heroes” (8 p.m.)
Sept. 23: “Parenthood” (8 p.m.); “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 25:  “Law & Order” (8 p.m.); “Southland” (9 p.m.)
Sept. 26:  “Dateline NBC” (8 p.m.); “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m.)
Sept. 28: “Trauma” (9 p.m.)