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FX announced their fall premiere dates today and it turns out that they've got quite the schedule lined up for the autumn months.

With Rescue Me set to end it's 22 episode fifth season on Tuesday, September 1st, it comes as no surprise that Sons of Anarchy has been scheduled to fill the Tuesday 10PM ET time-slot starting the very next week on September 8th. The motorcycle drama's sophomore season is generating a lot of buzz ever since the announcement of Henry Rollins and Adam Arkin joining the cast.

But wait - there's more!

• At 8, CBS has a new Million Dollar Password.
• FOX has a new Secret Millionaire at 8, followed by a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
• Discovery has a new HowStuffWorks at 8, then a new Destroyed in Seconds.
• Food Network has Holiday Extravaganza at 8.
• BBC America has a new Dragon's Den at 8.
• Also at 8: Nickelodeon has Christmas episodes of iCarly, Fairly OddParents, Home Improvement, and George Lopez.
• At 9, Lifetime has the movie Holiday Affair.
• Spike has a new TNA Impact! at 9.
• At 10, FX has two new episodes of Testees.
• At 10:30, AMC has the movie Big.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars.
• CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour.
• NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER.
• FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares at 8.
• The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• TBS has four great episodes of Friends starting at 8.
• TCM has 1925's Phantom of the Opera at 8, followed by 1923's Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Chowder.
• At 9, PBS has a new Live From Lincoln Center.
• Food Network has another Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving special at 9.
• HGTV has a new Rate My Space at 9.
• At 10, FX has the season finale of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10, followed by a new Testees.
• There's a new Tim Gunn's Guide To Style on Bravo at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Sarah Silverman Program.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour.
• NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER.
• FOX has two new episodes of Kitchen Nightmares starting at 8.
• There's a new Smallville on The CW at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• At 9, Spike has a new TNA Impact!
• History Channel has a new Ancient Discoveries at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, followed by a new Testees.
• Sundance has a new Iconoclasts at 10, with Bill Maher and Clive Davis.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars.
• CBS has Survivor at 8, followed by new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour.
• NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, and The Office, followed by the season premiere of 30 Rock and a new ER.
• The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• Also at 8, TCM has Dead of Night.
• At 9, FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares.
• Discovery has a new Destroyed in Seconds at 9.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new It's Always Sunny..., followed by a new Testees.
• Bravo has a new Tim Gunn's Guide To Style.
• Sundance has a new Iconoclasts at 10, with Jon Favreau and Tony Hawk.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Sarah Silverman Program.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

With a healthy stable of hits including The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, and Damages, you can easily make the argument that FX has a pretty good idea of what makes a good drama and what doesn't. Unfortunately, you can't say the same thing for comedies.

The cable network has scored a huge hit with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (now in its fourth season), but they've had no other comedic successes. You might recall that when Sunny premiered back in the summer of 2005, it aired in tandem with FX's only other sitcom attempt, the Eric Schaeffer vehicle Starved. Personally, I thought Starved was a great show and deserved a second season but the ratings didn't justify it. The subject matter (eating disorders) probably didn't help either.

So after a long hiatus, FX is finally giving comedy another shot with Testees, a new sitcom from the mind of Kenny Hotz (Kenny vs. Spenny). I had a chance to see the pilot episode and after viewing it, I think it'll probably do OK.