Warm up the DVR, because the beginning of the new fall television season is going to be here sooner than you think. In a trend that has continued for several years now, thanks in part to FOX's schedule of football games and broadcast of baseball's World Series, the fall television season actually begins in late August rather than right after the Emmy Awards (which are being held on August 27th). This year is no exception.

As mentioned back in June, FOX will roll out some its more popular shows this month, starting with the second season of Prison Break starting on August 21st. In fact, out of the 15 shows that will air before the 'official' start of the season on September 18th, 12 of them are on FOX. This includes the season premieres of Bones (August 30th), House (September 5th) and the animated shows The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad (September 10th).

Premiere pandemonium arrives in mid-September. Fifty-three series, new and old, will premiere between September 18th until October 5th. The latest series to premiere in the actual fall season will be ABC's Day Break, which will take its bow on November 15th. A complete list of shows and their airdates can be found below (most dates obtained through StarPulse).

Monday, Aug. 21
8 pm Prison Break (Fox)
9 pm Vanished (Fox)

Wednesday, Aug. 30
8 pm Bones (Fox)
9 pm Justice (Fox)

Tuesday, Sept. 5
8 pm Standoff (Fox)
9 pm House (Fox)

Thursday, Sept. 7
8 pm 'Til Death (Fox)
8:30 pm Happy Hour (Fox)

Sunday, Sept. 10
8 pm The Simpsons (Fox)
8:30 pm American Dad (Fox)
9 pm Family Guy (Fox)
9:30 pm The War at Home (Fox)

Tuesday, Sept. 12
8 pm Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
10 pm Men In Trees (ABC)

Thursday, Sept. 14
8 pm Survivor: Cook Islands (CBS)
11 pm Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Sunday, Sept. 17
8:30 pm The Amazing Race 10 (CBS)

Monday, Sept. 18
8 pm The Class (CBS)
8:30 pm How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
9 pm Two And A Half Men (CBS)
9:30 pm The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
10 pm CSI: Miami (CBS)
10 pm Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)

Tuesday, Sept. 19
8 pm NCIS (CBS)
9 pm Law & Order CI (NBC)
9 pm The Unit (CBS)
10 pm Smith (CBS)
10 pm Boston Legal (NBC)
10 pm Law & Order SVU (NBC)

Wednesday, Sept. 20
8 pm Jericho (CBS)
8 pm America's Next Top Model (CW)
8 pm The Biggest Loser (NBC)
9 pm Criminal Minds (CBS)
10 pm Kidnapped (NBC)
10 pm CSI: NY (CBS)

Thursday, Sept. 21
8 pm My Name Is Earl (NBC)
8:30 pm The Office (NBC)
9 pm Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
10:01 pm Six Degrees (ABC)
9 pm CSI (CBS)
10 pm Shark (CBS)
10 pm ER (NBC)

Friday, Sept. 22
8 pm Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
9 pm Close To Home (CBS)
10 pm Numb3rs (CBS)
10 pm Law & Order (NBC)

Sunday, Sept. 24
7 pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
9 pm Desperate Housewives (ABC)
9 pm Cold Case (CBS)
10 pm Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
10 pm Without a Trace (CBS)

Monday, Sept. 25
8 pm 7th Heaven (CW)
9 pm Runaway (CW)
9 pm Heroes (NBC)

Tuesday, Sept. 26
8 pm Gilmore Girls (CW)
9:30 pm Help Me Help You (ABC)

Wednesday, Sept. 27
9 pm One Tree Hill (CW)

Thursday, Sept. 28
8 pm Ugly Betty (ABC)
8 pm Smallville (CW)
9 pm Supernatural (CW)

Saturday, Sept. 30
11:30 pm Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Sunday, Oct. 1
7 pm Everybody Hates Chris (CW)
7:30 pm All of Us (CW)
8 pm Girlfriends (CW)
8:30 pm The Game (CW)
10:00 pm Dexter (Showtime)

Monday, Oct. 2
The Bachelor: Rome (ABC)

Tuesday, Oct. 3
8 pm Friday Night Lights (NBC)
9 pm Veronica Mars (CW)

Wednesday, Oct. 4
9 pm Lost (ABC)
10 pm The Nine (ABC)
10:30 pm Freak Show (Comedy Central)

Thursday, Oct. 5
8 pm Big Day (ABC)
8:30 pm Notes From The Underbelly (ABC)

Friday, Oct. 6
9 pm Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)

Monday, Oct. 9
10 pm What About Brian (ABC)

Wednesday, Oct. 11
8:00 pm 30 Rock (NBC)
8:30 pm 20 Good Years (NBC)
9:00 pm Ghost Hunters (Sci Fi)
10:00 pm Sci Fi Investigates (Sci Fi)

Tuesday, Oct. 17
9 pm The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)

Friday, Oct. 20
8 pm Crossing Jordan (NBC)
9 pm Las Vegas (NBC)

Thursday, Nov. 2
9 pm The O.C. (Fox)

Wednesday, Nov. 15
9 pm Day Break (ABC)

Sunday, January 14
24 (Fox) [Added]

Sunday, January 21
7:30 pm King of the Kill (Fox) [Added]

Sunday, March 18
10 pm Entourage (HBO)

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