This week, the season premieres come fast and furious.
Trying to watch as many of them as possible and then give an opinion leaves open the possibility of getting it all mixed up. I'm like Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "My head is filled with it." The broadcast networks are hitting hard this week.
Most of the week is what it is, thus a description should suffice. But the others?
Well, to make it more fun for you, reader, I'm going the Twitter route for what I've seen: 140 characters or less. Hang on. This could be bumpy.
SUNDAY
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel presides over The Game of Thrones love fest. 7 p.m. ABC
MONDAY
The Good Place: A smart start with the wrong woman in the right place flies a little too close to the sun. But it's Kristen Bell, so we're nursing it. 9 p.m. NBC
Lucifer: Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galatica) joins the cast as Lucifer's mother for its second season. 7 p.m. Fox
Dancing With the Stars: Rick Perry walks to music again! 7 p.m. Monday
TUESDAY
This Is Us: Great characters and diverse in lots of ways, if a little treacly. Can't wait to see where this goes. Don't let me down, @NBCThisIsUs.
Dancing With the Stars: It's time for the first elimination. 7 p.m. ABC
Scream Queens: Oh, the old time jump. We're three years past the murders in the return of this sometimes campy series. And John Stamos and Taylor Lautner are on staff. 8 p.m. Fox
WEDNESDAY
Lethal Weapon: You are what I thought you are. Love seeing you back on my TV, @DamonkWayans. 7 p.m. Fox
Empire: The third season begins. I know you want to know who made it off that roof, but wait ... take a look at these clothes. 8 p.m. Fox
THURSDAY
Pitch: Why is it that the first shot I get of the first female pitcher to start in the Big Leagues is her panty-clad butt? #JustSaying 7 p.m. Fox
FRIDAY
The Exorcist: Geena Davis looks equal parts pained and tortured in this reboot. You won't. You might wince, but you won't. 8 p.m. Fox
Transparent: Touching, enlightening, gripping and so many family shenanigans. Maura is all that. Amazon
SATURDAY
Portlandia: Season 6 of the offbeat sketch show lands for streaming. Netflix
This week in home entertainment
I love it when a movie teaches as it entertains. So it is with this story about Newt Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a Mississippi farmer working alongside slave in a fight to secede from the Confederacy.
Also out this week: Children's Hospital: The Complete Sixth and Seventh Season; Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders -- Season One; The Good Wife: The Final Season; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical; Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising; The Originals: The Complete Third Season; Pele: Birth of a Legend; Rookie Blue: The Complete Series; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows; and Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery.
