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THE NEW FALL SEASON: "Up All Night"

Although I like everyone in the cast of "Up All Night," (NBC, 10 tonight) I was kind of 'meh' on the concept. I'm too exhausted from raising my kid to get excited about a show about exhaustion from raising a kid. But I think I love this show. 

We meet wild and carefree couple Christina Applegate and Will Arnett just as they find out she's pregnant. Fast-forward, and she's back to work as a TV producer; he becomes a stay-at-home dad. Maya Rudolph, plays Ava, the host of the TV show Applegate works on. If Oprah wasn't her highest self, maybe was proud of her druggie past, she'd be Ava.

Everybody is great as the show explores what you gain and what you give up with life's choices; it can be a painful, depressing, revelatory and funny experience. 

Yep, I love this show.

"Running Wilde" not totally arresting

Any time we get a chance to sample something new from the creators of the critically acclaimed but short-lived "Arrested Development," even if it's saddled with Keri Russell in a comedic role, clear our calendars.

Not surprisingly, there are some obvious parallels to be made between our beloved AD — created by Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard's creative team, — and Hurwitz's new show "Running Wilde," premiering tonight (FOX, 9:30 p.m. tonight).

While the more subversive "Arrested Development," revolved around the crumbling, financial empire of the dysfunctional Bluth family, "Running Wilde" tightens its focus on just one rich, dysfunctional character played by AD cast member Will Arnett. Picture Steve Wilde, the alcoholic, immature trust-fund heir portrayed by Arnett, as a reimagining of AD's Gob Bluth as an only child, only without the incompetent magic tricks.

A look at Fox's fall TV schedule

Fox is saying goodbye to both Jack Bauer and Simon Cowell this year, two entities that helped establish them as a television powerhouse. The network doesn't appear to be too worried about it, though...

Fox still has the huge hit "Glee," and also "House," "The Simpsons," "Bones," and "Fringe." Plus, they're adding seven new series.

Here's the breakdown (new shows in bold):

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