Warning: Thar be spoilers here. If you don’t wanna find out what happened in the previous season(s) of the shows mentioned in this post, then you’d be wise to skip over that show’s section. With that being said…

Summer is fading fast in the rearview mirror, which means the networks will be trotting out their season premieres soon.  Here’s a quick rundown of what I’ll be keeping my eyes on this season, starting with the returning shows:

Californication – I started watching Californication this summer thanks to Netflix Instant  Streaming, and was hooked pretty quick.  I had caught the first few episodes when it premiered back in 2007, but it didn’t really grab me then (I’m not really sure why not, because it is a terrific show).  I quickly went through the first two seasons, and now sit in wait for more.  David Duchovny plays a writer struggling to come up with anything new, while constantly screwing up his relationships and sleeping with half of L.A.  The third season looks to have him teaching college courses after his latest book flops, while raising his daughter on his own after the mother moves back to New York City.  The third season of Californication will premiere on Sunday, September 27  at 10PM on Showtime

Castle – Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Dr. Horrible) plays a writer who is experiencing a bit of writer’s block after killing off his main character due to boredom with the series.  The first season saw him shadowing a female detective named Kate Beckett (played by Stana Katic), who is serving as the model for the main character in his next chain of novels.  The last season ended with Castle revealing some information to Beckett about the unsolved murder of her mother, and Season 2 looks to pick up with the aftermath of his reveal.  The second season of Castle will premiere on Monday, September 21 at 10PM on ABC.

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To celebrate the upcoming second season of Dollhouse, this month’s babe is the show’s star, Eliza Dushku.  If you’re not a watcher of Dollhouse, maybe you’ve seen her as one of the cat burglars in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, or from her turn as The Governator’s daughter in True Lies.  Or perhaps you remember her from her previous turn in a Joss Whedon show, when she was on Buffy/Angel.

Hell, maybe you have no idea who she is…but does it really matter?  She’s in Dollhouse, she’s the BotM, and that’s all that really matters.   Oh, and if these pictures don’t give you reason enough to watch Dollhouse, the upcoming season will also feature Dichen Lachman, Summer Glau, and Felicia Day.  I threw in three photos of them at the end as an extra treat.

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