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Your Guide to Midseason TV's Hottest Shows!

From Jersey Shore to American Idol, the crop of new and returning series offers big laughs, big drama and Snooki! (46 Photos)

Kim Potts on Jan 1, 2010 at 4:24PM

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Your Guide to Midseason TV's Hottest Shows!

'The Bachelor,' season 15, ABC

Mondays, 8 p.m. ET, starting Jan. 3

Where we left off: Season 14 Bachelor Jake Pavelka and his love match, Vienna Girardi, went through a vicious public crash and burn.

Why we can't wait: And speaking of disasters ... Brad Womack, the season 11 Bachelor who notoriously declined to give a ring to either of his two finalists, Deanna Pappas and Jenni Croft, returns for a second shot at love in season 15. He says he's sincere about choosing someone this time, but his potential love mates are a bit cautious at first. Like the woman who gets out of the limo and greets him with a slap!