DRAMA – NEW SHOW

Family dynamics

A BIG drama gets under way with “Brothers & Sisters.” The Walkers (Tom Skerritt, Sally Field) have five children:

Kitty (Calista Flockhart), a right-wing radio host; Sarah (Rachel Griffiths), a corporate VP returning home to run the family business; Tommy (Balthazar Getty), a lady-killer; Kevin (Matthew Rhys), a lawyer navigating the gay dating world.

The baby of the family is Justin (Dave Annable), a soldier with addiction issues.

BROTHERS & SISTERS

Sunday,10 p.m.,ABC

COMEDY – NEW SHOW

Group Therapy Isn’t Enough for this Doc

DR. BILL HOFFMAN (Ted Danson) is a therapist who is an icon among his peers but a dud at home – his wife (Jane Kaczmarek) dumps him in the premiere of “Help Me, Help You.” Hoffman has his work cut out for him with patients, too. The newest one, Dave (Charlie Finn) recently attempted suicide by jumping out of his office window – and landing on his boss. Jonathan (Jim Rash) is in denial about his sexuality. Millionaire Inger (Suzy Nakamura) hasn’t had a date in six years. Hoffman will help these lost souls while sorting out his own problems.

HELP ME, HELP YOU

Tuesday,9:30 p.m.,ABC

DRAMA – SEASON PREMIERE

CHICK FLICK

THE SEASON kicks off with a humdinger. Lorelai (Lauren Graham) wakes up in bed with Christopher (David Sutcliffe). Mortified, she flees. Back home, she starts throwing everything out that reminds her of Luke (Scott Patterson). Her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), decides she should join her boyfriend in London for the summer, only to learn he wants her to wait until Christmas. Then Luke asks Lorelai to elope.

GILMORE GIRLS

Tuesday,8 p.m.,CW

ALSO RETURNING

* Without a Trace, Sunday, 10 p.m., CBS.

* Seventh Heaven, Monday, 8 p.m., CW.

* One Tree Hill, Wed.,9 p.m., CW.

* Supernatural, Thursday, 9 p.m., CW.

DRAMA – SEASON PREMIERE

Murder at the mall

THE 1995 case involving two teenage boys who committed suicide after going on a murderous rampage at the local mall is re-opened when evidence shows there may have been a third shooter, on the fourth season premiere of “Cold Case.” When a video tape of the shooting is discovered hidden in an air vent in the mall, Lilly (Kathryn Morris) and the team see that the third shooter managed to leave the crime scene pretending to be a survivor. Now, Lilly and the team must retrace the lives of the teenage boys and the events that led up to that fateful day, and re-interview all of the survivors.

COLD CASE

Sunday,9 p.m., CBS

DRAMA – NEW SHOW

On the lam

AFTER Paul Rader (Donnie Wahlberg) is wrongly accused of murder and his family threatened by the real killer, he takes his wife Lily (Leslie Hope) and their three children, Henry, Hannah and Tommy on the run, leaving everything they own behind. While Federal Agent Huntley (Karen LeBlanc) and her team pursue Paul, the family assumes new identities in a small town in Iowa and attempt to blend in as a close loving family, something they have never been. Henry battles with his father over forcing them to leave their old life behind, while Hannah is secretly thrilled at the chance to start over and try on a new identity.

RUNAWAY

Monday,9 p.m.,CW

DRAMA – SEASON PREMIERE

Clark’s in the Zone

A KRYPTONIAN jail called the Phantom Zone is where Clark (Tom Welling) finds himself at the beginning of the season on “Smallville.” His powers fail him while behind bars. Meanwhile, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) finds herself the prisoner of Zod, who has taken over Lex’s body, and she bristles at his peculiar demands. Back at the Daily Planet, Chloe (Allison Mack) reunites with old flame, Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore).

SMALLVILLE

Thursday,8 p.m.,CW