CW

The Secret Circle

Cassie Blake is just a normal, happy teenage girl until her mother, Amelia, dies in an accidental fire. She moves to Chance Harbor, Washington to be with her sweet grandmother, Jane, a town where everybody knows more about Cassie than she does. When she starts school, a group of teenagers befriend and induct her into their secret circle. Then her new friends tell her they’re all descended from a powerful line of witches and so is Cassie. Cassie doesn’t believe them until they show her how to unlock her magical powers. Then Cassie discovers her mother’s old notebook full of spells and realizes her mother’s death might not have been an accident, after all. The Secret Circle stars Britt Robertson as Cassie and Ashley Crow as Jake.

The Secret Circle will air Thursdays at 9pm.

Ringer

Sarah Michelle Gellar is back on TV and this time, she plays a woman trapped in another woman’s identity. Gellar plays Bridget, a woman who has just witnessed a murder and she tries to run away and escape by taking the identity of her estranged but wealthy twin sister, Siobhan. When Siobhan mysteriously disappears, she takes over her life. But what Bridget doesn’t realize is that Siobhan has a few secrets of her own and her seemingly perfect, quiet life might not be so idyllic after all, especially when someone tries to kill Bridget in Siobhan’s penthouse.

Ringer will air Tuesdays at 9pm.

Hart Of Dixie

Hart Of Dixie stars Rachel Bilson, as a hotshot doctor from New York, who moves to Bluebell, Alabama when her dreams fall apart. She’s set to work with a doctor from Alabama, Dr. Harley Wilkes, after an invitation from him but finds out when she gets there that he has passed away and has left his practice to her. Now, she’s trying to figure out the Southerners while she competes with the other doctor in town, Dr. Brick Breeland, whose daughter, Lemon, has not taken a liking to her.

Hart of Dixie will air Mondays at 9pm.

Tune in next week for new shows from CBS and ABC.

Smallville has rambled through various phases, moving from a comic book fan-service dream to a standard and uninspired teen drama to a superhero mash-up to its current state of continuity-heavy melodrama. The Freak of the Week formula that once made Smallville the flagship of the WB has given way to a long, can’t-miss-a-week, ongoing story line.

Superman’s comic book wife, Lois Lane, along with such long-time comic book super heroes such as Hawkman, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Black Canary have become regulars on the show, making the newest season of Smallville into a sort of pre-Justice League on TV. The current iteration of Smallville should be my favorite thing on TV – superheroes, solid commitment to continuity, and Erica Durance.

But somewhere along the way, Small has lost the very soul that made it great. Talking heads, over-the-top melodrama, unreasonable leaps of logic, and cheesy dialog have overwhelmed a grand concept. The latest episode, “Collateral,” was blatantly clipped from the hit movie Inception. Smallville has had a good run, provided us with some good years, but its time is nearing an end.

My one hope for the final episodes is that we get to see Clark transform into Superman. I know that the show’s creators have held a “no tights, no flights” policy since the very beginning, but here’s hoping that they’re willing to break it – just once – for the final episode.

ABC

Look forward to a lot of dramas from ABC this fall. No Ordinary Family, a superhero show, starring Michael Chiklis goes against FOX’s Glee on Tuesdays. Crime dramedy Detroit 1-8-7 goes head-to-head-to-head with CSI: Miami (CBS) and Parenthood (NBC). The Whole Truth with Rob Morrow battles with CSI: NY (CBS) on Wednesdays. Flashforward has been cancelled and will be replaced with docu-style dramedy My Generation.

The Friday night schedule killed Ugly Betty. Let’s hope it won’t be the same for Dana Delaney and Body Proof on Friday nights. Off The Map, from Shonda Rhimes, and Mr. Sunshine, starring Matthew Perry, will start midseason. Better Together, from Shana Goldberg-Meehan, joins the Wednesday comedy nights on ABC.

CBS

Mike and Molly, with Swoosie Kurtz, will fill in the Monday night slot left empty by Accidentally on Purpose. S**t My Dad Says starring William Shatner will also join the Monday night lineup. Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods and Defenders completes the new drama lineup.

CW

Nikita, with Maggie Q as a government agency operative, will debut this fall on The CW. Hellcats, about a pre-law student trying to pay for her tuition, will also mark its premiere this fall. Life Unexpected will be back for another season.

FOX

The new comedy lineup on FOX include Running Wilde, with Keri Russell, Raising Hope and Mixed Signals. Dallas-inspired Lonestar and cop show Ride Along will occupy Monday nights. Sci-fi drama Terra Nova will also premiere this fall but no date has been set.

NBC

A conspiracy thriller starring Jason Ritter, The Events, will premiere Monday nights. Jerry Bruckheimer‘s The Chase battles CSI: Miami. On Wednesdays, Law & Order: SVU will be flanked on both sides by JJ Abrams‘ new spy drama, The Undercovers, and the newest member of the franchise, Law & Order: Los Angeles. Outsourced will be joining 30 Rock and The Office on Thursday comedy night. Jimmy Smits will be invading your Friday nights with Outlaw.

What do you think? Lots of new shows to look forward to this fall. Who will make the cut?

This relationship begin to form back in season 1 when Blair and Nate had just broken up and Blair found out that Nate and Serena had slept together before Serena had skipped out of town. We all remember how it went down, don’t we? The back of a limo, champagne and Chuck Bass himself all proved to be a lethal combination for Blair Waldorf. After a brief reconciliation of their relationship, Nate and Blair called it quits for good. After Blair’s pregnancy scandal, Chuck kinda kicked Blair to the curb for a while telling her that she became like any other slutty girl on the Upper East side and that the thrill of chasing her was over. At the end of season 1, Serena’s mother, Lily, and Chuck’s father, Bart, got married, and Chuck made the traditional best man speech. Although publicly referring to his father and new bride, Chuck’s toast was a declaration of love for Blair. He promised to take her to Europe for the summer, but after a conversation with his father on what relationships do to the “people of our world,” Chuck abandoned Blair at the helipad and forced her to go to Europe alone.

In season 2, they attended the annual cricket game in upstate New York. It’s from this episode throughout the entire season that they went back and forth trying to put in words their feelings for each other. “Just say it. 3 words, 8 letters.” Blair finally said it, and Chuck had another breakdown. In the season 2 finale, before Blair and Serena jet off to Europe for the summer again, Chuck finally said those 3 small words.

In the season 3 premiere, Gossip Girl suspected Chuck was up to his old ways, but it turned out Blair and Chuck had come up with some pretty interesting games to play with each other. In season 3 Blair and Chuck became closer than ever, especially dealing with the death of Bart, Serena’s car accident, finding out that Chuck’s mother wasn’t dead and Chuck’s Uncle Jack coming back for some revenge. This revenge was what ultimately made Blair and Chuck break up. Although they were a pretty twisted couple, they were perfect for each other, and I’m sad to see them apart.

ABC

From the same creator of Friends comes a comedy about sisters. Scoundrels, from Shana Goldberg-Meehan, is about two sisters in different kinds of romantic relationships. Jennifer Finnigan plays the sister in a long-term but unmarried relationship and Joanna Garcia plays the other sister, who gets pregnant and marries the baby-daddy.

CBS

An untitled Criminal Minds spinoff is set to be introduced during an episode of Criminal Minds this spring. Starring Michael Kelly and Forest Whitaker, the series centers around a group of profilers working outside the FBI bureaucracy.

A new comedy is set to premiere on CBS called True Love. Written by Scrubs’ Matt Tarses, the story is about four friends in New York, looking for love. Minka Kelly is set to play one of the friends, Kate, a “sweet but strong-willed romantic”.

NBC

Jerry Bruckheimer is set to bring a new show to NBC called Chase. Starring Rose Rollings, it revolves around a “high-priority fugitive-apprehension team in South Texas”. Rollings will be playing the group’s weapons and tactical specialist.

FOX

Bret Harrison will be starring in a new comedy produced by Adam Goldberg. Directed by Seth Gordon, it stars twenty-something computer geniuses, cracking computer security systems.

ABC

A new comedy called Awkward Situations For Men is set to premiere on ABC. Starring Danny Wallace and Laura Prepon, Wallace moves to the US and gets in trouble with the Americans because of his British habits.

Shonda Rhimes brings another medical drama to ABC. Off The Map stars Enrique Marciano, as one of three doctors who leaves the States to work in an isolated tropical clinic. Marciano will play a plastic surgeon.

Another comedy, written by Mad TV’s Stephanie Weir, called Wright vs Wrong, was signed by ABC. No news yet on the cast.

CW

Two reality shows are set to debut on the CW: Fly Girls and High Society. Fly Girls follows the lives of five Virgin American flight attendants. High Society follows the lives of New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer and her friends. Both shows are set to premiere this March on the CW.

Syfy

Syfy has signed a new supernatural drama series called Haven. It stars Emily Rose as an FBI agent who arrives in Haven, Maine, to solve the murder of a local ex-con and discovers a refuge for people with supernatural powers.

Are you excited to watch these shows?