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This week the other networks follow Fox's lead and bring out their new shows. There's even the debut of a new network. Monday brings the premieres of The Class. Billed as from the creator of Friends, it fits in better with the other co-creators' work. The other new show is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I'm already on record as recommending Sorkin's latest offering. It follows the two-hour season premiere of Deal or No Deal. CBS returns most of it's Monday night lineup from last season, with The Class being the new addition that leads off the night. How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and CSI: Miami are all back with new offerings. The new network is, of course, The CW. It debuts with a special on the launch. This will most likely be a promo piece for the network's offerings. I would also like to remind everyone that Scrubs starts its syndication run this week, including an early evening spot on Comedy Central. If you've not watched the show before, you now have another opportunity.

The lone new series debuting on Tuesday is CBS's Smith, about a crew of thieves. From the pilot, it seems inferior to NBC's ill-fated Heist. CBS is banking on the star power of Ray Liotta, Amy Smart, and Virginia Madsen to save it from a similar fate, which seems like a risky proposition to me. It will follow the season openers of NCIS and The Unit, the latter of which has made the wise decision to add Summer Glau to the cast. As competition, NBC launches the new seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after another new episode of Deal or No Deal. A new season of Boston Legal starts up on ABC, and The CW has another special, this one dealing with their Launch Party.

The CW finally gets into actual programming on Wednesday, with the two-hour premiere of the latest America's Next Top Model offering. Similarly, NBC offers up a two-hour premiere of the latest The Biggest Loser, followed by the premiere of Kidnapped. If the writer is anywhere close to the level of the acting talent on Kidnapped it should be one of the better shows on television. Unfortunately, I've heard that isn't the case. CBS starts off their night with the series debut of the intriguing Jericho followed by the season debuts of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.

On Thursday, NBC starts off the night with arguably the best hour of comedy on television with My Name is Earl and The Office. They follow that up with yet another airing of Deal or No Deal - showing they thought ABC handled Who Want to be a Millionaire the best way they could - and the latest season ER. On ABC it's the start of Grey's Anatomy on its new night, starting with a recap episode before the season debut. They finish off the night with the latest J.J. Abrams production, Six Degrees. Following the newest Survivor offering on CBS is the latest season of CSI with new writer Douglas Petrie and the new James Woods court room drama Shark.

Content with their performance last season, CBS keeps the Friday night lineup of Ghost Whisperer, Close To Home, and Numbers intact, though the same can't be said for the casts of all of them. All three premiere against yet another Deal or No Deal, an off-night airing of Dateline NBC, and the 17th season premiere of the original Law & Order on NBC.

As an alternative to football and Fox's mostly animated lineup on Sunday night, CBS offers the new seasons of Cold Case and Without a Trace after yet another season of 60 Minutes and the already debuted Amazing Race in it's regular time slot. ABC starts off the night with the two-hour season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, follows it with the new season of Desperate Housewives, and finishes the night with the new Calista Flockhart series Brothers & Sisters.