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Don't Bother Me, I'm Watching ... Fall's Hottest TV Shows

The day is done, the kids are asleep and we've just plopped onto the couch. These are the shows we can't wait to see! (15 Photos)

Melissa Silverstein on Sep 2, 2009 at 10:00AM

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Don't Bother Me, I'm Watching ... Fall's Hottest TV Shows

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FlashForward

Network: ABC
Age: Teen, Adult
Premieres: Sept. 24 at 8 p.m.

In this riveting drama, before the first commercial everyone in the world loses consciousness at the same time for 2 minutes and 17 seconds and all flash forward to the same moment six months later for a short glimpse into the future. Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) leads the cast as FBI agent Mark Benford the leader of a team of agents attempting to figure out what and who has caused the blackout. Sonya Walger (Lost) plays his surgeon wife whose fast forward leaves her shaken because it shows her in a relationship with a man other than her husband, a man she doesn't even know. There are many more questions than answers on this show which will probably become the new hot watercooler show after Lost departs the airwaves next spring. The good news is the producers have confirmed that the mystery behind the flashforwards will be answered by the end of the season. The show also stars John Cho (Star Trek); Dominic Monaghan (Lost); Courtney B. Vance; (Law & Order: Criminal Intent); Christine Woods; Zachary Knighton and Brían F. O'Byrne.