It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And, no, not the winter holidays. It’s finally fall, which means three things: sweater weather, pumpkin spice, and the best shows on television are back in full swing. Not only are your favorite series returning in the coming weeks, but there are plenty of others to look forward to as well. With numerous rom-coms, comic-book variations and detective dramas, it may be hard to figure out just which new series to obsess over. Of course, television’s new additions will have to compete against the many returning favorites which fans are eagerly waiting to see again.

In September, The League (Sept 10) and Boardwalk Empire (Sept 7) will both slip in to the fall TV schedule early, in what will become a chaotic month of television premieres, returns, and, as always, cancellations. Also, the seventh and final season of Sons of Anarchy (Sept 9) will help put you back in your familiar viewing schedule before the final two weeks of the month test your affinity for all things television, including the newest shows Gotham (Sept 22) and Red Band Society (Sept 17). Gotham is based on the original story of Gotham detective Jim Gordon, Bruce Wayne, and various Batman villains. Red Band Society is based on sick kids living in the children’s ward of a fancy Los Angeles hospital. The end of September also calls for the return of The Blacklist (Sept 21), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Sept 23), Big Bang Theory (Sept 22), Modern Family (Sept 24), Saturday Night Live (Sept 27), Scandal (Sept 25), and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Sept 28).

Now in the midst of the fall television, October continues the onslaught of new and returning shows. If you still have room in your viewing schedule, Gracepoint (Oct 2) and Flash (Oct 7) help you kick off the month with their premieres. Gracepoint is the American version of the U.K. small-town murder drama “Broad-church,” featuring David Tennant, who reprises his role as a detective here, alongside Anna Gunn. Flash is a spin-off of the CW show “Arrow,” which follows DC Comic’s crime-fighting titular superhero and stars Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin and the original Flash, John Wesley Shipp. As October draws to a close, the series premiere of Constantine (Oct 24) is saved for the Friday before Halloween, which is based on a demon hunter played by Harold Perrineau. Of course, don’t forget about the return premieres of Supernatural (Oct 7), Arrow (Oct 8) Walking Dead (Oct 12), The 100 (Oct 22), American Horror Story: Freak Show (Oct 8), and Homeland (Oct 5).

November means it’s all over, essentially. Sure, you may now have an overly-packed DVR to contend with – which makes this month’s minimal premieres a godsend. Unfortunately in December, all of the shows you’ve started to watch will take a lengthy hiatus until the middle of July. The war is not over, however, and the numerous mid-season replacements that will make their way to television in the months following November may have you rethink your entire viewing schedule. The season premiere of The Comeback ‘’comes back’’ on Nov. 9, and Getting On returns for its second season on Nov. 9 as well. Also, the highly anticipated series premiere of State of Affairs where Katherine Heigl plays a CIA analyst with personal issues who must brief the President (Alfre Woodward) on daily security issues. State of Affairs will be premiered on Nov. 17 on NBC.