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When I saw the list of new shows last year, I'll admit that wasn't that excited.  After Samantha Who, Private Practice, and Pushing Daisies, nothing really caught my attention.  Samantha Who and Private Practice ended up being semi-disappointments while we only got 9 episodes out of Pushing Daisies because of the strike.  From silly reality shows to the latest project from J.J. Abrams to U.S. remakes, I'm practically salivating over the new crop of programs the networks have for us this fall.  Thank God for TiVo!

5. My Own Worst Enemy

I'm not going to lie.  I'm not sure that I would pay so much attention to My Own Worst Enemy, had it not had a big name attached to it like Christian Slater.  This NBC drama features Slater as both Henry Spivey and Edward Albright, one man with two very different personalities.  I'm slightly apprehensive about Mike O'Malley (GUTS!  Do ya have it?) as Slater's best friend, who apparently also has two sides to him, one of them being a sadistic secret agent.  When I see O'Malley, I just see the Aggro-Crag but maybe he can show me another side.  My Own Worst Enemy sounds interesting enough, with a unique premise, so I'm tuning in this fall.


4. Hole in the Wall

One of my favorite time wasters is to jump on YouTube and watch Japanese game shows.  I Survived a Japanese Game Show may have been the worst show ever but I'm so excited about Hole In The Wall because it involves my favorite event, Human Tetris.  For those unfamiliar, contestants stand on a platform just a few inches from a pool of water while a platform with cut out shapes moves at them.  They must fit through the shapes to move on or the platform will send them sailing into the water.  The Japanese version makes me laugh every time and I'm just praying it translates well when it debuts here in the states this fall.


3. Kath and Kim

I've heard nothing but good things about the original, Australian version of Kath and Kim, so I'm looking forward to seeing what happens when it's imported to the U.S. this fall.  I'm a fan of the four stars of the show, particularly John Michael Higgins and Mikey Day.  I've been a fan of Higgins for years from his work in the Christopher Guest movies and Day had me cracking up in his YouTube videos, spoofing David Blaine.  I have faith that Molly Shannon and Selma Blair can pull off the laughs as mother-daughter duo, Kath and Kim, and will be crossing my fingers that the show will make it through the season.


2. 90210

When Beverly Hills 90210 first came out, I was 12 years old and my parents told me I couldn't watch it.  I totally did anyway and continued to do so for the next 10 years.  The show returns, in spinoff form, this fall on the CW and nobody can tell me that I can't watch it this time around.  90210 brings back original cast members, such as Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty, as well as a fresh new crop of West Beverly High students.  As long as this doesn't turn into Saved By The Bell: The New Class, I'll be sold.  Of any of the shows this fall, new or returning,


1. Fringe

I only needed to hear one thing to be sold on Fringe: J.J. Abrams.  From Felicity to Alias to Lost, I've loved everything Abrams has put on television in the last 10 years so I'm already sold on his latest project, Fringe.  I also can't help but be excited about the return of Joshua Jackson to primetime television.  It's being touted as The X-Files meets The Twilight Zone and though sci-fi has never really been my thing, I'll do just about anything for Abrams.  I'm in, I'm hooked, and I'm there when the show premieres September 9th!


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