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We're on the bring of the new fall TV season, and while there are a lot of new shows coming down the pike, not all of them are appointment television.

Below, we champion nine new series that you don't want to miss—at least until they prove otherwise!

Red Band Society 

Wednesday, September 17, at 9pm on Fox

The pitch: Gray's Anatomy meets The Fault in Our Stars.

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer plays takes-no-shit Nurse Jackson in this dramedy about young patients in a hospital pediatric ward.

Madame Secretary

Sunday, September 21, at 8pm on CBS

The pitch: The Good Wife meets Hillary Clinton

We've missed Teo Leoni in our lives, and this no-nonsense role could be just her ticket to small-screen success.

Gotham

September 22 at 8pm on Fox

The pitch: Smallville meets The Sopranos

Turn on the bat signal! Our hopes are high for this pre-Batman drama, where Bruce Wayne is a traumatized little boy and Commissioner Gordon is a DILF-y Benjamin Mackenzie.

How to Get Away with Murder

September 25 at 10pm on ABC

The pitch: Scandal meets The Practice

Oscar nominee Viola Davis (The Help) is bad-ass law professor/attorney Annalise Keating, who teaches her students how to practice law the way they do in the real world.

Transparent

September 26 on Amazon Prime

The pitch: Modern Family meets Brothers and Sisters

Jeffrey Tambor plays a middle-class dad who reveals that he's started to transition into being a woman. The highly anticipated series has an all-star cast including Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light and Gaby Hoffman.

Gracepoint

Thursday, October 2, on Fox

The pitch: CSI meets Twin Peaks

This remake of the acclaimed British series Broadchurch sees David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) as police detectives who must investigate the murder of a young boy in a seemingly idyllic seaside town.

Marry Me

Thursday, October 2, on NBC

The pitch: Happy Ending meets Mad About You

Casey Wilson (SNL, Happy Endings)can't seem to catch a break. Hopefully this rom-com—which pairs her with Ken Marino as a longtime couple who finally decide to make it legal—will break this hilarious comic actress' unlucky streak.

The Flash

October 7 at 8pm on the CW

The pitch: Arrow meets Red Bull

Arrow's out producer, Greg Berlanti, brings us another superhero drama—this one about DC's scarlet speedster. It's got Grant Gustin in tight red leather, plus a lightening-sharp blend of humor, drama and thrills. All that, and Wentworth Miller, too!

Jane the Virgin

October 13 at 9pm on the CW

The pitch: Ugly Betty meets The New Testament

A soap opera about a young woman accidentally inseminated by her gynocologist could be a recipe for disaster. Fortunately this dramedy has tongue planted firmly in cheek as it spoofs telenovelas and embraces the immigrant experience in America.

The McCarthys

October 30 at 9:30pm on CBS

The pitch: Will & Grace meets All in the Family

Tyler Ritter plays a fictional version of producer-creator Brian Gallivan, a gay Bostonian struggling to deal with his blue-collar family. Okay, the trailer doesn't look all that great (the annoying laugh track doesn't help) but we really want to support the sole new series with a gay lead.

And who doesn't love Roseanne's Laurie Metcalf and former NKOTB Joey McIntyre?