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Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth are shown in a scene from "The Good Wife."
/ Giovanni Rufino/CBSNow that Sunday's Emmy Awards have firmly planted the last TV season in the rearview mirror, it is time to sample the new season.
Pictures: The fall TV season
Pictures: Fall movies
New shows that make their debut this year include "Partners" (CBS) on Monday; "Vegas" (CBS), "Ben and Kate" (Fox) and "The Mindy Project" (Fox) on Tuesday; "Guys with Kids" (NBC) and "The Neighbors" (ABC) on Wednesday; "Elementary" (CBS), "Last Resort" (ABC) and "Scandal " (ABC) on Thursday; "Made in Jersey" (CBS) and "Kitchen Nightmares" (Fox) on Fridays; and "666 Park Avenue" (ABC) on Sunday.
"Dancing With Stars" opens a new season with all-stars Monday, which is also the date for season openers for "How I met Your Mother," "Mike and Molly," "2 Broke Girls,""Hawaii Five-0," and "Castle." On Tuesday, look for season openers for "NCIS,""NCIS: Los Angeles,""New Girl" and "Private Practice." Wednesday season openers include "Criminal Minds," "CSI," "Law & Order: SUV," "The Middle" and "Modern Family." New seasons start Thursday for "The Big Bang Theory," "Two and a Half Men," "Person of Interest" and "Grey's Anatomy."
Friday season openers include "CSI:NY," "Blue Bloods" and "Fringe." On Sunday, new seasons start for "The Amazing Race," "The Good Wife," "The Mentalist," "The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers," "Family Guy," 'American Dad," "Once Upon a Time," "Revenge," "Dexter" and "Homeland."
Opening on the big screen Friday are the animated "Hotel Transylvania" with voices by Adam Sandler and Kevin James, and the time-travel thriller "Looper" with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a younger version of Willis.
Being released on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday are "The Avengers" and "Bond at 50: Five Decades of James Bond."
Music lovers will see "Uno," the first of a Green Day trilogy hit store shelves on Tuesday. That's also the day for release of "Babel" by Mumford & Sons and "In Case You Didn't Know " by Olly Murs.
"Casual Vacancy," the eagerly anticipated first novel for adults by "Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling, is being published on Tuesday. Also out this week are "Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy" with a foreword by his daughter Caroline Kennedy; "Sutton," a look at bank robber Willie Sutton by Pulitzer Prize-winning author J.R. Moehringer; and "Streets of Fire: Bruce Springsteen in Photographs and Lyrics 1977-1979" by Eric Meola.
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