Premiering Tonight 09.24.08

The 2008 Fall Season is upon us and that signals the return of Premiering Tonight. Welcome to Premiering Tonight, highlighting all the new and returning shows premiering on the Fall 2008 schedule.

Premiering tonight on TV are the season premieres of New Adventures of Old Christine, Criminal Minds and CSI: New York along with the series premiere of Gary Unmarried on CBS. Lipstick Jungle returns to ABC for a sophmore season. NBC revs up tonight with the series premiere of the new Knight Rider.

Knight Rider – 8 pm/ET NBC
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A revved-up retread of the 1982-86 TV vehicle of the same name, the series slips into gear tonight with Mike Tracer and KITT delivering a package – but their parcel turns out to be a man with top-secret codes inscribed in his DNA. Tracer’s travels turn perilous upon the encroachment of enemies, including an enigmatic lady (Paula Garcés) who has detailed knowledge of a past Tracer can’t remember.

The New Adventures of Old Christine – 8 pm/ET CBS

The fourth season begins with Christine proposing to Barb to keep her from being deported to the Bahamas. Meanwhile, Richard considers asking new Christine to marry him.

Gary Unmarried – 8:30 pm/ET CBS

Divorce can be a funny thing – or at least it is when it’s in Jay Mohr’s hands. Playing a painting contractor who has recently parted ways with his spouse, Mohr’s Gary Brooks is readjusting to single life. In tonight’s series premiere, Gary discovers that simple things like dating have become a bit more challenging, and juggling his ex-wife (Paula Marshall) and kids doesn’t help.

Criminal Minds – 9 pm/ET CBS

The fourth-season opener follows the aftermath of the bombing in New York City. When an SUV carrying members of the BAU explodes, the rest of the team fights to save their colleagues and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing. Two team members are injured and the rest of the team hunt for terrorists who may be planning a bigger attack.

CSI: NY – 10 pm/ET CBS

Last season ended with Mac being taken hostage by a bank robber who claimed he wasn’t really a thief or a murderer. (A man was killed during the heist.) He said he was forced into the situation by crooks who are holding his family at gunpoint. The fifth season begins right where Year 4 concluded. Mac, thankfully, is OK after waking up in a submerged car, but he has no memory of how he got there. The investigation then seeks to unravel the truth behind the bizarre heist and the mysterious man at its center.

Lipstick Jungle – 10 pm/ET NBC

Tonight’s second-season premiere opens with Wendy, Nico and Victory huddled together and laughing . . . at a funeral. To find out what’s so funny, we have to go back five days. When Charles gives Nico a photo that Kirby took of her, Nico immediately plunges into panic mode and considers telling him about her affair. Wendy is in her own state of panic after she catches her daughter using a fake ID and her mother (Mary Tyler Moore) stops by for a surprise visit. Victory, however, is cool and in control after hiring a publicist (Rosie Perez) to help free her from Joe.