Which new TV pilots should you watch? Our guide will help you decide!

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We're so relieved to finally have our old standbys back ("Grey's Anatomy," "Samantha Who?" "The Office," "30 Rock," "Gossip Girl," "Heroes," "Top Design," "Ugly Betty," "Brothers & Sisters," etc) but we're also psyched to check out a ton of new programs. This season there are loads of sitcoms, dramas, cartoons, and a lot of overseas imports we hope will stand up to their already successful counterparts. Don't know which to watch? We've conveniently summed them all up in one sentence apiece. Happy viewing!






NBC

  • "Kath & Kim" - based on an Australian comedy, a newly-separated woman moves back in with her divorced mom who's also looking for love.

  • "Kings" - a contemporary plot based on the biblical story of King David where a small town guy rises to high society.

  • "Crusoe" - a show about Robinson Crusoe (aka another program about being lost on an island).

  • "Listener" - a paramedic who reads people's minds in order to solve crimes.

  • "My Own Worst Enemy" - Christian Slater plays a man with multiple personality disorder who divides his time between being a suburban dad and a spy.


CBS

  • "Eleventh Hour" -based on a British sci-fi series, a science adviser to the US government saves people from the worst abuses of science accompanied by a feisty female bodyguard.

  • "Mentalist" - a private investigator helps police solve cases, including the serial killer who murdered his family.

  • "Worst Week" - a guy has to tell his girlfriend's parents she is three months pregnant and they're getting married.

  • "Gary Unmarried" - a man juggles two teens, his ex-wife and her new fiancée.

  • "The Ex List" - a woman goes on a quest to find the love of her life after a psychic tells her they've already met.


ABC

  • "The Goode Family" - a cartoon about a green, politically correct family from the creator of Beavis and Butthead.

  • "Life On Mars" - based on the British show of the same name, a detective from the 21st century time travels to the '70s and solves crimes.

  • Opportunity Knocks - Families prove how well they know each other on a "Newlywed Game" style format set up on their front lawns


FOX

  • "Dollhouse" - slaves are forced into killers at a secret facility.

  • "Fringe" - an FBI agent tries to contain a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon.

  • "Do Not Disturb" - Employees at a hip NYC hotel try to keep workplace drama behind the scenes.

  • "Lie To Me" - A body and language expert helps solve crimes as a human lie detector.

  • "Outnumbered" - Two parents + five kids = hilarity ensues with this improv-based comedy.

  • "Secret Millionaire" - each week a different millionaire goes undercover to one of the most impoverished and dangerous towns in America to learn life lessons.


The CW

  • "90210" - a spin off/reunion of Beverly Hills 90210 about a new crop of rich kids in the infamous zip code with several key members of the original cast appearing.

  • "Privileged" - based on the book, "How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls," a recent Yale graduate and wannabe journalist is laid off and becomes a tutor to two rebellious teen girls in Palm Springs.

Still don't know what to watch? The editors at Entertainment Weekly have stuck a deal with TiVo that allows them to program your boxes for you and stop recording mid-season if a show starts to suck. If you're one of those people who needs to be told what you're in the mood to eat for dinner, this could be a viable option. [Gawker]