It’s been 7 weeks since our last podcast and 7 weeks since we last saw each other. You totally thought GMMR and Ducky had called it quits didn’t you? How dare you…

An extended gig in the Hamptons originally sidelined the podcast, then a horrible back injury kept this terrible TV twosome apart until now!

For our first big podcast of the Fall, we thought we’d make up for lost time with a huge 2 hour 10 minute carcast full of laughs, tears, a near death experience and even some New England leaf peeping!

Shows covered in this podcast:

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, BIG BANG THEORY, GOSSIP GIRL, HOUSE, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, THE BIGGEST LOSER, THE GOOD WIFE, V, GLEE, MODERN FAMILY, COUGAR TOWN, TOP CHEF, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, FLASH FORWARD, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, BONES, SUPERNATURAL, FRINGE, THE OFFICE, PARKS & RECREATION, 30 ROCK, COMMUNITY, GREY’S ANATOMY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, UGLY BETTY, DOLLHOUSE, SOUTHLAND, WHITE COLLAR, THE AMAZING RACE, SURVIVOR, DEXTER, MAD MEN and GREEK.

We hope you enjoy our ode to Fall TV so far this season and hope you’ll join in the conversation. Leave your thoughts on what we covered in the comments section of this post! We’d love to hear what you’ve got to say about the new Fall lineup.

Click here to listen to the latest TV Talk Podcast!

Every year, blogger buddy Scooter McGavin prompts some TV Bloggers to pick their favorite new shows of the fall season. He then tabulates it all, uses a Snapple Abacus to determine the Top 10 shows and the results are now in!

Fall 2009’s Top Blogger Rated Shows:
1. GLEE
2. MODERN FAMILY
3. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
4. COMMUNITY
5. COUGAR TOWN
6. V
7. WHITE COLLAR
8. THE GOOD WIFE
9. MERCY
10. THE MIDDLE

If you just did a spit take, I did too… who knew anyone watched THE MIDDLE! It seemed to be a pretty cut and dry competition this season as a lot of my picks are represented here. Sweeeeeeet!

Because I like to give away too much of my personal information on here, below is my Top 5 list for the Fall season. I didn’t do too bad, huh?

Ducky’s Top 5 Fall Shows:
1. MODERN FAMILY
2. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
3. GLEE
4. THE GOOD WIFE
5. COUGAR TOWN

What do you folks think? What would your Top 5 shows be this season? Did we totally get it wrong? Speak!

Thanks to the Voters: Ducky, Kath, Kim, Sandie, Scooter, TV Fan, Vance

Our final Fall TV Preview for 2009 is the combined podcast for the new FOX and NBC shows.

We’re giving you the lowdown on COMMUNITY, TRAUMA, MERCY, THE CLEVELAND SHOW and BROTHERS.

Check out our FOX and NBC Fall TV Previews!

Hopefully you’ve listened to our other podcasts for The CW, CBS, ABC – if not, what the hell are you waiting for?

Remember when Thursday night was a bat-shit crazy night of television. NBC owned the night and the counter programming was pretty fierce as well. Last season for some reason, I only watched a couple shows on Thursday’s and while I was happy to have some free time in my TV schedule, I kinda missed the chaos.

Tonight, the Fall Season starts to get really hectic! To make things even more chaotic for me, I’m in LA and can’t watch most of it because tonight I’ll be chillin’ with the final 3 crews of AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW!

Last week, The CW premiered THE VAMPIRE DIARIES to huge numbers. It was the biggest series premiere the network had ever seen and I’m happy to report I fucking love the show. Listen to our CW Fall Preview Podcast for more on why I’m totally addicted to TVD! SUPERNATURAL’s Season 5 premiere was crazy good and seriously, having the Winchesters back is like a little slice of heaven (or hell) right here on earth.

Tonight the premieres of SURVIVOR: SAMOA, BONES, PARKS & RECREATION, THE OFFICE, COMMUNITY and FRINGE little the landscape.

I was super excited for COMMUNITY but didn’t love it. It’s got a lot of promise but the pilot falls a little flat and reads quirky for quirks-sake. I’ve always been a huge fan of SURVIVOR so I’m psyched to see the newest castaways battle it out this season. THE OFFICE is always there for a good laugh and I can’t wait to see what expecting parents Jim & Pam do about telling the rest of Dunder Mifflin. I’ve had the BONES season premiere for a couple weeks but have been too busy to watch. Cannot wait! The FRINGE Season 2 premiere is one of the best hours of television I’ve watched so far this fall. Killer shit happens and I’m so glad that the Fringe Science Division is back in action (or is it?)!

What are you watching tonight and are you at all worried about having so many shows up against each other? I hate that the networks have pitted FRINGE against SUPERNATURAL. I love both shows and forcing genre fans to choose between the two is just bullshit. I’m obviously going to watch SUPERNATURAL live and watch FRINGE at a later date as the season plays out but damn… Just remember that GREY’S and PRIVATE PRACTICE are still to debut. Oy Vey!

The new Fall TV season is less than a week away and while I’ve been busy trying to watch all the new pilots I have to say that I’m not super excited about the new crop of shows. Bummer huh?

Want to know when everything premieres? Check out our Fall TV 2009 Premiere Date list!

My podcasting partner in crime GMMR and I have been trying to schedule time to talk Fall TV and we hope to have all of the network podcasts up in the next week so hold tight. We’ve posted our thoughts on the new shows for The CW so please listen to that podcast to see what we love and/or hate.

In the meantime here are the shows I plan on watching this Fall. Shows in BLUE are what I plan on watching LIVE or DVR’d. Shows in PINK are ones that I will have to catch online or via iTunes.

MONDAY (click to enlarge)

Monday’s have traditionally been a pretty busy night of TV viewing for me. However, this year it’s looking pretty open.

I’m annoyed that the power hour that started my night of television last year has been split up because BIG BANG THEORY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was a partnership made in heaven. I’ll be interested to see what happens to BBT at such a late hour (and I hope to remember its on that late) and if I feel like the vibe is the same without it’s partner.

Another year, another chance to officially drop HEROES. Last year I decided to watch then within 5 episodes I dropped that lame duck for the 2nd time in 3 seasons. Going into Season 4, I’ve vowed to not even give it a single frame of consideration. Will. Not. Watch!

After a brief vacation from the kids on the Upper East Side, a summer marathon has renewed my love for all things GOSSIP GIRL. That doesn’t mean I won’t get annoyed with the repetitive storylines and the lame quick-wrap secondary storylines – it just means I’m excited for the show to return and kick some ass! Let’s not fuck it up Savage & Schwartz.

If you’re interested in ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE starring Jenna Elfman, Ashley Jensen and Grant Show you should watch. It’s a very traditional sitcom and paired with TWO AND A HALF MEN, I think it’s going to be a huge hit. I just don’t see myself watching it week to week. The pilot is cute, Elfman is adorable and the premise is fun. Mark my words, this is one of the biggest new shows in 09.

TUESDAY (click to enlarge)

Believe it or not, I’m only watching two shows on Tuesday’s but hell if that isn’t four frakkin’ hours of television.

I’m a total sucker for the weight loss and emotional meltdowns of THE BIGGEST LOSER so there’s no chance I’m not watching Bob and Jillian bust some fatties once again. Love that damn show.

Obviously you know I’m a huge SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE junkie so that’s a no brainer – or is it? I’ve been very vocal about how I don’t love the idea of bringing SYTYCD to the Fall. I love having it as my summer obsession because I have less shows to watch in the summertime which means more time for a Paso Doble or two. Pushing it on us in the middle of the onslaught of new and returning shows seems cruel and I hate that it’s going to take up two hours of my Fall TV schedule. There… I’ve said it.

I’m not gonna lie – from time to time I will probably watch The CW’s reboot of MELROSE PLACE. I actually enjoyed the pilot episode. It’s 100% better than I expected it to be and surely my partner Jon will want to pop in and out of that salacious complex.

*If you’re wondering about BETTER OFF TED, don’t worry its coming back after DwtS ends (which isn’t soon enough)!

**ABC’s reboot of V starts November 3rd at 8pm (shitty time slot for a show that is not suited for 8pm) and I’m super excited. I loved the original as a kid and I really enjoyed the pilot for the remake. Plus, it’s got Elizabeth Mitchell, Alan Tudyk and Scott Wolf!

WEDNESDAY (click to enlarge)

Wednesday night is really the only night I’m giving new shows a chance at making it into my live/dvr rotation.

SYTYCD has it’s results show at 8pm and that’s followed by GLEE (which we all know I flippin’ heart). It’s a great one-two punch and I’m really looking forward to Wednesday’s – thanks FOX!

Over on ABC, my favorite new comedy, MODERN FAMILY gets paired up with the pretty good COUGAR TOWN. Trust me when I tell you to tune in to MODERN FAMILY. The pilot has laugh out loud funny jokes throughout and one of the best, THE BEST, things I’ve ever seen in the final few minutes. COUGAR TOWN is fun, a little dirty and honestly who doesn’t love having Courtney Cox, Busy Phillips and Josh Hopkins back on their screens?

EASTWICK is not as bad as you think it might be. The hour grew on me as it progressed and I’m willing to give it a couple weeks which is more than I can say for many of the new shows this Fall.

More Fall 2009 shows after the jump… (more…)

NBC has announced their Fall 2009, Midseason 2010 Schedule and there’s a couple new shows peppered amongst the network veterans. Gone are MEDIUM (moved to CBS) and MY NAME IS EARL but if you’re wondering where FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is, don’t worry it will return to NBC but not until next summer… yup, summer 2010.

NBC’s Fall 2009 Schedule:
MONDAY
8 p.m. HEROES
9 p.m. TRAUMA
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

TUESDAY
8 p.m. THE BIGGEST LOSER
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. PARENTHOOD
9 p.m. LAW & ORDER: SVU
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

THURSDAY
8 p.m. SNL WEEKEND UPDATE: THURSDAY
*COMMUNITY will air at 8 after SNL’s initial run
8:30 p.m. PARKS AND RECREATION
9 p.m. THE OFFICE
9:30 p.m. COMMUNITY
*30 ROCK will air at 9:30 after COMMUNITY moves to 8 p.m. (confused yet?)
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

FRIDAY
8 p.m. LAW & ORDER
9 p.m. SOUTHLAND
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

NBC’s Midseason Schedule (after the Winter Olympics):
MONDAY
8 p.m. CHUCK
9 p.m. DAY ONE
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

TUESDAY
8 p.m. THE BIGGEST LOSER (90 min edition)
9:30 p.m. 100 QUESTIONS
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. MERCY
9 p.m. LAW & ORDER: SVU
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

THURSDAY
8 p.m. COMMUNITY
8:30 p.m. PARKS AND RECREATION
9 p.m. THE OFFICE
9:30 p.m. 30 ROCK
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

FRIDAY
8 p.m. LAW & ORDER
9 p.m. SOUTHLAND
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW

SUNDAY
8 p.m. THE MARRIAGE REF
9 p.m. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE