Don't Miss Your Favorite Television Shows: Premieres and Restarts

For those of us waiting on our favorite television shows to start their new season or to restart midseason, figuring out the start dates, new days and new times can be very confusing. If you are wondering when your favorite television show will start, read on.

American Idol, a Fox television show, premieres tonight, January 16 and 17, 2007 at 8pm Eastern. Tonight's and tomorrow's episode will be 2 hours each. If you are an American Idol fan, make sure to set up your TiVo or a reminder so you don't miss the premiere. You can find out more about American Idol at http://www.americanidol.com.

Lost, an ABC television show, is scheduled to restart on February 7, 2007 at 10pm Eastern, a new time. Be sure to set your TiVo to record or set up a reminder so you don't miss the first of 16 straight weeks of new Lost episodes. You can find out more about Lost at the ABC website: http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index.

As you may have heard, 24, a Fox television show, just premiered its sixth season on January 14 and 15, 2007. If you missed 24's premiere, you can purchase it from Barnes and Noble at http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?EAN=0024543418788&z=y&cds2Pid=322&linkid=801152. 24 will be showing on your television every Monday night at 9pm Eastern. For more information about 24, visit http://www.fox.com/24.

Smallville, a CW television show, premiered, after a midseason break, on January 11, 2007 and will be showing on Thursdays at 8pm Eastern. For a full synopsis of Hydro, the midseason premiere episode, visit http://www.thewb.com/shows/smallville/episodes/610. Visit http://www.thewb.com/shows/smallville for more information about Smallville.

Battlestar Galactica, SciFi's highly acclaimed television show, premieres on January 21, 2007 at 10pm Eastern. Battlestar Galactica has a new day and time this year, so be sure to set up your TiVo or a reminder so you don't miss out on the resumption of Season 3 with the episode Rapture. For more information about the television show, Battlestar Galactica, visit http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/.

Monk and Psyche, USA television shows, premiere on January 19, 2007 at 9pm and 10pm Eastern. For more information about both of these shows, please visit http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/ and http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/. For those of us that are waiting on The 4400 and The Dead Zone, we have a bit longer wait. The 4400 and The Dead Zone will both premiere in the summer; an exact date has not yet been released. For more information on The 4400 and The Dead Zone, visit http://www.usanetwork.com/series/the4400/ and http://www.usanetwork.com/series/thedeadzone/.

Prison Break, another Fox television show, premieres on January 22, 2007 at 8pm Eastern. For recaps of last season, visit http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/recaps/. To watch previous episodes at no charge, visit http://creative.myspace.com/VOD/prison_break/index.html.

To check on other television shows that I haven't listed, enter the name of the show you are looking for in a search engine and visit your television show's website on the internet. Most, if not all, official websites will list the start date and time for your favorite television shows. You can also visit sites like TVGuide.Com and TV.com to look up your favorite television show and find out when it will restart or premiere its new season.