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Ahh...fall. It means football, leaves turning colors in the crisp winter air, delightful little scamps getting dressed up for Halloween, and most importantly: New seasons on TV!!! Sometimes the season's anticipation is legendary like the season after someone capped Mr. Burns on "The Simpsons" or when "10 Simple Rules" came back even after John Ritter had passed away. Some could stand to somehow get lost in the summer like "Wildboyz" on MTV (seriously, name someone who likes that show. Go ahead.) Others leave you saying, "NBC is going to base its weekly rotation on the last legs of ER, Will and Grace, and Law & Order? Really? Do they plan to show "The Apprentice" six nights a week next fall?" Here are some TV highlights for all who maybe have real lives and don't sit around and watch TV every night.

Scrubs- Watch this show. Watch this show. Watch this show. It's on Tuesdays at 9:30/8:30C. Watch this show. On NBC. I will not tell you again.

NYPD Blue- I have a soft spot for this show. One of my very guiltiest pleasures. If I had the time everyday I would watch the two episodes that are on TNT early afternoon...oh, wait, that was my last semester in college. I love the characters for their flaws as well as the heroism they display in cleaning up the streets of New York. That being said, when you subtitle the show in its last season "NYPD BLUE: The Final Season," you know this is going to be a train wreck. And then last week I see this on a preview: "When a friend from the past returns... Jimmy Smits guest stars on an all new Blue." Gulp. They killed him off the show!!! His ghost is returning? Is this Days of Our Freakin Lives?

Joey- I never really got into Friends. You take a small, played out, NYC accented part of that show and create a spin off and it's a recipe for disaster, right? Not so fast. This show is not that bad. I can't believe I just said that. Joey is still the same as he was on Friends, just more of the focal point of the show rather than occassional comic relief. Of course, on the obligatory hottie side Drea de Matteo who plays his sister is downright scrumptious.

Scrubs- Seriously, watch this show.

King of the Pride- Pixar animation and the voice of John Goodman. That's like saying ketchup with brats...you can't go wrong.

Will and Grace- This show is like an old boxer that doesn't know when to retire. When it becomes painfully obvious that the reruns of a show are exponentially better than the new episodes, it's timeto hang it up. Alas, I still like this show. I think we can all agree that Karen is one of the finest supporting sitcom characters ever created, right up there with Kramer and Andy Kaufman in Taxi.

JAG- This show has flown under the radar (teehee) for years and it's still great.

Things I don't care about- The OC, The Apprentice, Survivor, The Biggest Loser, CSI's: Miami, New York, Detroit, Negaunee.

I'm finished,
Nate