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Fall TV kicks off this week with ‘Muppets’, ‘Scream Queens’ and more

1. Blindspot

Monday, 10 p.m., NBC

Series premiere. A naked amnesiac known only as Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) is found in Times Square covered in mysterious tattoos, including one bearing the name of FBI Agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton). Weller must decode the clues on Jane’s body in order to thwart a terrorist attack. Who is Jane Doe? Is she an asset or an enemy? Also starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Without a Trace”).

2. Modern Family

Wednesday, 9 p.m., ABC

Season premiere. Haley’s (Sarah Hyland) attempt to stop Andy (Adam DeVine) from proposing to Beth ends up with the millennials dealing with their emotions. Haley’s parents, Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen), only make matters worse. Meanwhile, with money getting a little tight in the same-sex household, Cam (Eric Stonestreet) takes charge of Mitch’s (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) midlife crisis and comes up with a scheme to his old job back.

3. Scream Queens

Tuesday, 8 p.m., Fox

Series premiere. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist by Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts). She is so repellent she refers to her minions as the Chanels. Not everyone is afraid of her, though. Dean Cathy Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) is determined to make her rot in hell. Dean Cathy decrees that pledging must be open to all students, and not just Chanel’s craven clique. That’s not the only problem on campus, though. A man in a red devil’s costume is killing people, and they are screaming. Skyler Samuels co-stars as Grace Gardner, the voice of conscience in a mean world. Ariana Grande makes a guest appearance as Chanel No. 2. Lea Michele of “Glee” wears a neck brace.

4. The Muppets

Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC

Series premiere. Miss Piggy is furious that Kermit has booked Elizabeth Banks as a guest on her late-night talk show, “Up Late with Miss Piggy,” Fozzie Bear meets his girlfriend’s parents, and Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons perform their new single “Roots.” Joining in the fun are Laurence Fishburne, Josh Groban, Jay Leno and Lea Thompson.

5. Heroes Reborn

Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC

Series premiere. After a terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas, decimates the city, the survivors with extraordinary abilities go into hiding after they are blamed for the catastrophe. A new world order has them being hunted by those with nefarious motives, such as Luke and Joanne Collins (Zachary Levi). Elsewhere, some are discovering their newfound skills. Tommy (Robbie Kay) just wants to be a normal teenager, but normalcy is impossible after learning of a new ability that terrifies him. Another teenager, Malina (Danika Yarosh), has been told she is destined for greatness. Miko (Kiki Sukezane) is trying to track down her missing father while hiding an extraordinary secret that will make her a force to be reckoned with.

6. Minority Report

Monday, 9 p.m., Fox

Series premiere. Crime-stopping veers into the future with the TV version of the film “Minority Report.” Set in Washington, DC, in the year 2065, it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, an agency that identified criminals before they committed crimes. The agency relied on three “precognitives” — Dash, Arthur and Agatha — who were able to see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving leans more on technology than on the instincts of the precogs. Precog Dash (Stark Sands) has returned in secret to help police detective Lara Vega (Meagan Good) attempt to stop the murders that he predicts. As they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin brother, Arthur, and elude foes who will stop at nothing to exploit their precog abilities.

7. Rosewood

Wednesday, 8 p.m., Fox

Series premiere. Miami pathologist Beaumont Rosewood (Morris Chestnut) performs for-hire autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. He meets his match in Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz), a widow who finds his methods unusually effective but his behavior out of line. As they work on their first murder case, sparks fly, but Rosewood is living on borrowed time. Co-starring Lorraine Toussaint as Rosewood’s mother, Donna.

8. The Player

Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC

Series premiere. Special-op turned security expert Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) could not catch his ex-wife Ginny’s (Daisy Betts) murderer. In his search for justice he crosses paths with a shadowy organization called the House, led by Mr. Johnson (Wesley Snipes) and Cassandra King (Charity Wakefield). Kane reluctantly joins forces with the elite organization, whose members bet on whether he can stop future crimes. Also starring Damon Gupton and Jade Bender.