Best Shows for the 2009 Fall Season

CBS will spend the upcoming fall season doing a lot of what it does best, playing episodes of CSI: (insert any city name). But if you have gotten a bit bored of the CSI series, CBS does have a number of shows that are sure to entertain. For a full list of shows check out cbs.com

How I Met Your Mother (Mondays at 8 pm): How I Met Your Mother heads into its 5^th season and fans are hoping we may finally figure out who the "mother" is. However, creator Craig Thomas promises a bit longer of a wait. For those who don't know, How I Met Your Mother is the story of a man, Ted, meeting his future wife. The story is told in the form of a flashback, as an older Ted tells his kids How he met their mother (hence the name).

NCIS: Los Angeles (Tuesday at 9pm): I have to admit as much as I have gotten tired of all the CSI spin-offs, I have high hopes for this NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative service) spin-off that debuts this fall. CBS promises that it will be a "a drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a division of NCIS" and I have to admit that gets me a bit excited. I mean, who doesn't like undercover spy gear and high tech gadgets? Although, I have to admit an NCIS without Gibbs and Abby might not be worth watching.

The Good Wife (Tuesdays at 10pm): Another new drama packed show with a lot of potential. The Good Wife is about a women who must take control of her family after "her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail." The allure of a scandal plus that fact that the "good wife" will take on a job as a lawyer (who doesn't love a good legal drama) makes me think CBS might have a winner on its hands.

Criminal Minds (Wednesdays at 9pm): This analytical crime drama about the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit is heading into its 5^th season. Instead of being just another crime drama, it really stands out because of its deep analysis of the actual criminal, rather than focusing on a specific crime. And, hey, it had 13.79 million viewers for its season finale, so it has to be good, right?

Sources:

Cbs.com

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