Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop and Photos on 45 Returning Favorites!
A summer of spoilers, weeks of promos and many a night spent obsessively re-watching old episodes…. It has all come down to this, TVLiners: The fall TV season is finally upon us.
To celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, we’ve compiled a comprehensive rundown on 45 returning favorites — from The Vampire Diaries to Scandal, from NCIS to Sons of Anarchy — packed with exclusive scoop and photos you won’t find anywhere else.
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Which rock-solid marriage will show signs of wear and tear? Who will do something terrible — and live to regret it? Which gory drama is about to get romantic? And who spent the summer in a catatonic state?!
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YES! Criminal Minds 200 is JJ-Centric. THAT IS WHY Criminal Minds is my favorite show. Erica Messer, I-LOVE-YOU! Can’t wait!!! <3
I’m also really excited for this!! not only CM will reach a great landmark of 200 episodes but that 200 episode will be JJ centric? awesome! I love the character (and I really wanted to know what exactly was she doing over there)
I wasn’t expecting the caring part of JJ’s relationship with the new section chief, after they said it wasn’t romantic, the way it was phrased was a little odd, so it’ll be interesting to see where they take the story line, I just hope they do JJ’s arc justice.
Also, I’m really looking forwards to Garcis origin episode, I wanted them to look more into her hacking days since season3, so I’m glad they’re finally going back to it.
(And JJ’s time away from the BAU… It’s almost like they’ve remembered that they didn’t give us any follow up to JJ’s departure and return).
at Beth: the caring part surprised me also. This is really intriguing .. I wonder what’s going on there. I can see the series really trying to make us think there was some affair going on only to discover it something else.. like maybe he has some disease that he needs help dealing with, or he lost son/wife and she was just helping him deal with.. (which why they might seem close) maybe he’s just a creep that JJ rejected and now he followed her up to the BAU lol maybe the are some feelings but he’s the only one wanted to act on it.. (and still do) or they both acted on it (kissing) … yeah, no idea what’s going on lol very intrigued. Hoping I’ll be loving this arc.
Also looking forward to more on Garcia.
People like Messer? She messed stuff up on CM ever since she became showrunner. We have yet to see the cause of Reid’s headaches. That better come up soon before Matthew decides he doesn’t want to be part of the series anymore. His contract expires at the end of season 9 after all. But I do want to see what JJ did during the time she was gone, and I do want to see Garcia’s origin episode. I just hope this season is good… and we get more Morgan and Reid moments.
Reids headaches were psychological. He turned to Maeve, who was a specialist and then became his girlfriend, for advice. They wrapped up the headaches, got Reid a girlfriend and killed her in a few episodes. It wasn’t explained brilliantly, but it was all addressed last season.
I don’t think Messer has screwed up the show completely before she took over, I think the spin off, the network, a bunch of new writers and actors coming and going has been a big chunk of unbalancing the show. I happen to like Messers’ episodes but I do agree that since season 6, when she became show runner, CM has changed. They could do so much, but chose to go down a route that isn’t meshing well with what CM is supposed to be. The profilers and victims were supposed to be at the core of the show, now it’s unsubs and love lives.
I’m going to politely disagree, because Criminal Minds is one of the few shows that love lives takes very, very little screen time off the show and doesn’t interfere with the cases nearly as much as most other shows. I also love that they don’t do in-team dating, except for Kevin and Garcia, and Kevin isn’t really on the team, so, that’s my favorite. Keeps a lot of drama out of it.
I do agree that they’ve kept a lot of focus on the unsubs — not that I mind that, because they always did that up to some point, and it’s fascinating — but they have steered away from the victims, like you said. I’d like to see more victims and families and profiler/family interaction like they used to do all the time.
Maybe it used to be ” one of the few shows that love lives takes very, very little screen time off the show “, but ever since Erica Messer took over the opposite has been true. Remember when Hotch’s overall screentime wasn’t dependent on whther they could pull Bellamy Young away from “Scandal”? Remember when that Maeve chick didn’t exist, let alone define everything about Reid (and it would’ve been worse had she lived)? Remember when we didn’t care if JJ had an affair or not?
Remember that except for one or maybe two episodes a season, all of these things take maybe 5 minutes per episodes? Instead of becoming the whole center of the show? Yeah.
Just tell us when we will start getting more NY and less Lima.
yes please the only thing keeping me watching is hopes they will do more NY.
More New York please. With Finn gone there is nothing left for me in Lima.
I feel the exact opposite about that. More Lima, Less NY!
Ditto! I guess we’re the only two!
Seriously. Lima is such a drag. All the interesting characters are on the NY side.
Kate Beckett was NOT kissed by Vaughn. He leaned in and she pushed him away. Also, can we please stop calling her Rick’s “lady love”? It makes them sound like they’re 90 years old.
Amen to the first part. He tried but he failed because she pushed him away (which was the imp part) It got blown out of proportion for the wrong reasons & I’m so sick of this being constantly brought up. C and B are past it, so should the viewers be.
But I think lady love is ok ;)
Rick and Kate have plenty more to offer. Relationships complicate things more than tension. So I am not going to give up on my favorite silly lovers. I am a straight female and even I think she is hot and he is adorable. He will always be my type of guy. Funny, smart and delicious, plus he has a great voice. He could talk me into anything.
Their lips touched, so it was a kiss; even if it only lasted a fraction of a second before she pushed him away. And if she didn’t want to kiss him she could’ve pushed him away during the lean-in rather then after the lips touching. It wasn’t like she didn’t understand what him invading her space like that was going to lead to. :)
I’d argue that she was utterly lost in those moments and her head was jumbled & upside down that’s why it got far as it did, not because she wanted it.
Clearly whatever happened meant nth to her and they both moved on from it (much like the incident in 5×02) I just wish the audience would get over it too. Sick of it getting dragged into everything.
Yes, please. Please. Kindly stop calling her “lady love.” Not only has it been grossly overused on this site, but it’s just plain weird. :-P
Well they can’t say “fiance” yet. That would be a BIG spoiler….for some people at least ;)
I don’t think “Fiance” is going to happen. I think the defining moment came in the episode where Castle and Beckett were sort of kidnapped by the CIA and at one point Beckett asked Castle’s old flame “What happened to the two of you” and the response was “I wish I wouldn’t have slept with him” which got Beckett thinking that she and Castle were heading in the wrong direction and she now has her doubts. I think her move to D.C. takes its toll on each of them and Beckett finds a new love interest and Castle moves on. This will change the whole direction of the show and it may lose many viewers. TELL ME I’M WRONG.
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Homeland, The Middle, The Mindy Project, Nahville, Revenge, Scandal, The Vampire Diaries, and The Walking Dead! CAN’T WAIT! Waiting for these premieres is torture. I am so pumped now!!!
Homeland premiere is already out!
Yes, I saw it too.
It was leaked online but it’s an incomplete copy. Some of the visual effects and sound is incomplete. No opening credits scene either.
Thanks for that MerDer baby adorable pic. Reason I watch Grey’s.
me too girl, me too
You remeber Klaine kiss in 5×01 and a Proposal right?
You’re so patetic…
you mean Blaine is pathetic.
Words cannot describe how excited I am for REVENGE to come back!!
One word “dying”…I’m glad the new show runner is going back why season one worked so well.
There are not enough words to tell you how excited I was when I saw the promo picture for OUAT with Emma and Hook! I love their dynamic, it’s off the charts and I can never get enough Emma scoop she’s my favorite. I’m really looking forward to all the dynamics in Neverland though between all the characters, it should be a fun yet bumpy ride!
So excited!!! I LOVE them together!!!
Emma is my favorite too! I can’t wait to see her kickass.
Mine too, i love Emma and i do want to see her kickass and be a badass but i also feel we need to see those tender moments of Emma, and she is keeping alot in which she needs to get out as well. Which will do her good as well. She has the strength in her to be everything and anything she wants, but i do love tender Emma.
Emma-Hook “you and i, we understand each other” that has to come into play with them bonding
Agreed CaptainSwan <3, looking forward to Neverland and the plot of the characters esp to learn more about Hook and him becoming a pirate etc.
Looking forward to the build up of Hook-Emma, and what that brings two of my fave characters and also want to see more of Snowing, Honestly more of the main cast to be honest.
WOW, i didnt realise how much TV i watch lol
Revenge, OUAT, Modern Family, The Middle, Grey’s Anatomy, Mindy Project, Two Broke Girls, CSI, Nashville (only for the songs), Parks and Rec, Chicago Fire.
Mainly just want to look at the Emma-Hook pic now <3
So excited for CASTLE, ARROW and Person of Interest to return!!!THanks for the scoop :)
My three favorites too! Looking forward to them!!
Emma badass Swan, her arms are to die foooor. yum.
Can’t wait for Castle!
Looking forward to Arrow and Supernatural (though I hope they don’t bring Charlie back too much). I’m curious to see how the angel storyline turns out… And the part of my brain that is into the details is wondering if all of those angels will be taking human vessels or if something else happened to give them bodies.
I’ll give Revolution a chance to get better, but we’ll see. Last season wasn’t great.
CAPTAIN SWAN, HOOK AND EMMA!
I kind of hope that Cam finds out she’s pregnant in Ep 2 of Bones.
That was my initial thought as well…their baby would be incredibly cute!
NEVERLAND here we come!!!
(Meanwhile on the romantic front, “The feelings between some of these characters will be hard to deny.”) = Hook and Emma <3
I am also hoping we see more of Jack-Emily in S3 revenge
YAY! Captain Swan!!!!
Hope not. I don’t think Emma needs to even be considering romance with anyone while in the middle of trying to save Henry from Pan. And Hook is all wrong for her. She doesn’t need to get involved with a man who has spent more than 300 years looking to avenge the murder of the woman he had been involved with, who was also the grandmother of Emma’s son.
she won’t be considering romance but haven’t you read… THE FEELINGS BETWEEN SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS WILL BE HARD TO DENY (and sshhhh with the Milah thing, haven’t you heard too, Hook is trying to move on) :D
I doubt Emma would be going oh no i need a romance lol… but obviously she is with a man who she feels a connection to and understands each other, those kind of feelings building will be there with Hook – simmering between them in whatever situation there is, esp when a couple is having those ‘something is between them’ element in them. Thats how you build a couple and story and scenes
Hook is not related in any way to Emma is he! I think we meant to see two ppl who understand each other rather then oh no he was with her before or she was with him etc
Why wouldn’t you want a man that is capable of loving someone so much that he spent 300 years looking for revenge. The grandmother/Henry argument is banal and reeks of straw grasping
From what i gather and feel that Hook is motivated by love. He has loved very fiercely and deeply and it was natural human emotion he felt to want to avenge the woman he loved – i mean she got killed right in front of his eyes and then his hand cut off (and lets be honest he puts more emphasis on his love dying then his hand) And he is fought so long and hard and didnt even give up to want his revenge
Combine fighting and loving – this man is deep and i would want that for Emma, to someone to love her like that and someone to appreciate her qualities and see her – just Emma which is what Hook done and has done ever since they met
YES CAPTAIN SWAN!!! thank you Matt! This is the best thing EVER
foooooook=(((( no way
Booo to the writers on SPN once again causing unnecessary tension between the brothers YET AGAIN by continuing with the lying and keeping secrets between the two. We have been there and done that. And done it again. I’m over it.
The brothers are smart. You would think at some point they would have learned that keeping secrets from one another never ends well.
SPN can be interesting and entertaining without constant drama between the bros.
I think the brother’s relationship is the central point of the show so naturally “conflict in the relationship” is going to be a critical component to the show. While I can understand the fan fatigue associated with lying, I suspect Dean is backed into a corner at this point and he’s trading keeping Sam alive for something else.
I don’t know what trade/deal he’s made (or is going to make) but clearly Sam is not going to approve or Dean would have told him. Dean had little time to pull him back from the edge of dying, and Sam was pretty strung out and ready to die. Playing fast and loose with the truth at the crunch moment may have been the only way to keep Sam alive. Truth will come out but I think Dean had to make a real-time decision and decided to “beg forgiveness”. It may not be the same old ‘Dean thinks his life is worth less than Sam’s’. It could be some ethical decision Sam may not approve of. I just don’t think it’s realistic to presume that Sam could come back from death’s door without something else being sacrificed. He’s apparently physically been changed. Dean’s simplistic “just let it go” at the end of S8 is probably not enough.
On Arrow, please, please, PLEASE bring in Regina King as Amanda Waller!
My favorite isn’t returning this year and I am still upset about it!
I have been waiting for this for weeks.
Way to mention a plotline that will never come up again (Brittany going to MIT) and ignore one that seems to be getting pretty heavy focus in the first episode (Blaine proposing) in your Glee section.
The less Blaine is mentioned, the better.
I never really connected to that character either. I get that they needed a boyfriend for Kurt, but there were much better singers and dancers (Jake) and it seemed Blaine had all the song leads.
Jess has a sister? She is the epitome of an only child.
Meredith, Derek and their baby boy!! Can’t handle all of that cuteness.
“Neverland makes people confront their pasts” – i guess they all will confronting that within themselves and more. I do want to see Snow & Regina finally talk or something with what has happened & the damage in their lives has done, something needs to be said.
Hook / Emma will be confronting pasts (esp Hook being back in Neverland), the loss and broken ppl they are and very much ppl who are perceptive and strong but also dont sugar coat who they are and have those walls, i can only see them bringing those walls down with each other more so.
“it’s magical yet at the same time dark and sexy” – Sounds sensual lol
on the romantic front, “The feelings between some of these characters will be hard to deny.”
All i see is CAPTAIN SWAN – HOOK & EMMA.
Neverland sounds like its in a trance of dark and sexy, and dangerous
Agree with this post!!!
HOOK-EMMA <3