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Ahh, the return of television

Finally! The Fall television lineup is here and new episodes are beginning to air. I still think it's funny that I watch television for a living (and no that's not just what I tell my wife ). Watching movies and television is a big part of the job when it comes to working in the entertainment industry, because you have to know what's going on... what's hot, what's not... what new shows are the ones to watch... what old shows have still got it and which ones have "jumped the shark" as they say...

And for those of you who say, "Oh yeah... watching television... that sounds like real hard work, Jeff..." I humbly offer you the list of shows that I need to track this season, just to keep abreast of all the industry news:

NEW SHOWS
Better With You
Blue Bloods
Chase
Detroit 1-8-7
Hawaii Five-O
Hellcats
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Lone Star
Mike & Molly
My Generation
Nikita
No Ordinary Family
Outlaw
Outsourced
Raising Hope
Running Wilde
S#*! My Dad Says
School Pride
The Event
The Whole Truth
Undercovers

RETURNING SHOWS
30 Rock
90210
Big Bang Theory
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Burn Notice
Castle
Chuck
Community
Cougar Town
Criminal Minds
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Dancing With The Stars
Dark Blue
Desperate Housewives
Fringe
Glee
Good Guys
Gossip Girl
Grey’s Anatomy
House
How I Met Your Mother
Human Target
In Plain Sight
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Leverage
Lie to Me
Life Unexpected
Medium
Melissa & Joey
Men of a Certain Age
Modern Family
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Parenthood
Pretty Little Liars
Private Practice
Psych
Rizzoli & Isles
Rookie Blue
Royal Pains
Smallville
Supernatural
The Amazing Race
The Closer
The Good Wife
The Mentalist
The Middle
The Office
Undercover Boss
Vampire Diaries
White Collar

While I don't have to actually watch every minute of every episode of every show... I do need to know what happens week-to-week, how the show is performing in the ratings, whether the ratings are higher or lower than last week, where it stacks up against shows in the same time slot, how the actors are tracking, etc. (For the record, on the list there are 12 new shows and 34 returning shows that I will be watching.)

So if anybody wants to know what shows they should be watching this year... I'm your guy.