July

Rizzoli and Isles (TNT)

Boston detective Jane Rizzoli (played by Angie Harmon) and medical examiner Maura Isles (played by Sasha Alexander), despite having opposite personalities, team up together to solve crimes and bust Boston’s most notorious criminals. Jane is the only female detective in her division. She’s a tough cop who doesn’t let her guard down (except with Maura) and plays basketball than her brother. Maura prefers being with the dead than the living and must learn not to diagnose every single person she meets, including her dates.

TNT, July 12, 2010, Mondays, 10/9c

The Bridge (CBS)

A police drama from Canada, The Bridge is loosely based on the work of former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell. Frank Leo has been unanimously elected as head of the police union. And he has vowed to rid the city of its notorious criminals while keeping the best interest for his rank-and-file members.

CBS, July 10, 2010, Saturday, 8/7c

Covert Affairs (USA)

Piper Perabo plays Annie Walker, an exceptional linguist (fluent in six languages), has just been promoted to field operative, a month before her CIA training is supposed to end. She suspects they’re using her to get to someone from her past but she doesn’t know what or who. Christopher Gorham plays Auggie Anderson, a CIA tech ops expert who was blinded while on assignment and helps Annie weave through the political web of the CIA.

USA, July 13, 2010, Tuesday, 10/9c

August

The Big C (Showtime)

Laura Linney is a reserved suburban wife  and mother who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. She now forces herself to shake up her life and live with hope and humor despite living with an immature husband.

Showtime, August 16, 2010, Monday, 1030p PT/ET

Rubicon (AMC)

Fresh from the success of the miniseries The Pacific, James Badge Dale is back as Will Travers, an intelligence analyst who cracks codes for a living. He begins to suspect that his employers are not exactly who they appear to be.

AMC, August 1, 2010, Sunday, 8/7c

Melissa and Joey (ABC Family)

Melissa Joan Hart plays Mel, an overworked local politician. When her sister goes to prison and her husband fleeing, she finds a herself an instant parent to her teenaged niece Lennox and pre-teen nephew Ryder. Joey Lawrence plays Joe, who’s desperate for a job and agrees to be the family’s “manny”.

ABC Family, August 17, 2010, Tuesday, 8/7c

This week, we’re discussing four more shows.

Cougar Town

Missing Courteney Cox? No need to worry. You can watch her every Wednesday night on her newest show, Cougar Town. Cougar Town is about Jules Cobb (played by Courtney Cox), a 40-something newly divorced woman who ventures into the dating world again while living with her 17-year-old son. Together with her young assistant, Laurie (played by Busy Phillips), she reenters the dating scenes and makes up for lost time by dating younger men.

Wednesday, 930/830c, ABC

The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show stars Cleveland Brown, Family Guy’s Peter Griffin’s former neighbor. He’s come out on his own and has followed his former sweetheart, Donna, to their hometown, Stoolbend, Virginia. Together with his son, Cleveland Brown, Jr, his new wife, Donna, and Donna’s two kids, Roberta and Rallo, they start a new life.

Sunday, 830/730c, FOX

White Collar

In White Collar, Matt Bomer plays Neal Caffrey, a con man who escapes from maximum security federal prison three months before completing his four-year sentence to find his old girlfriend, Kate, who he believes is in trouble. Peter Burke (played by Tim DeKay), the same FBI agent who captured him the first time, captures him again. Caffrey strikes a deal with Burke: he will help Burke catch criminals as part of a work-release program. Burke hesitatingly agrees until Caffrey manages to convince him that he will not try to escape again.

Tuesday, 10/9c, USA

The Middle

The Middle stars Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck, married to Mike Heck and mother to three kids, in the midwestern town of Orson, Indiana. Frankie is a not-so-successful car dealer at the local dealership, which is not a problem for her because her family is always the priority, not her career. Besides she’s got enough problems dealing with her husband, Mike, the sarcastic manager at the quarry who tends to be brutally honest, the rebel first-born Axl, where Guns’N'Roses was a factor in his conception, her socially-awkward daughter Sue, who always tries to get into anything but fails all the time, and her youngest and smartest of the kids, Brick.

Wednesday, 830/730c, ABC

What do you think? What was your favorite new show in 2009?

Note: This random list was compiled through users’ and critics’ review.