Most new series are already under way, but a few are still dribbling out, such as The Ex List, which makes its premiere on Friday (CBS, 9 p.m.). An adaptation of a hit Israeli show, it stars Elizabeth Reaser as Bella, a woman who gets two disturbing messages from a psychic: that if she doesn't marry in the next year, she never will; and that the man she is supposed to marry is someone she's already met and passed on. Bella's goal thus becomes working through her relationship history to find the guy she shouldn't have let get away. Like many new series, the premise seems a mite thin on its face, but Reaser is charming enough (and that goes a long way on Friday nights -- just look how long that Jennifer Love Hewitt show has hung in there), and that gives The Ex List a shot at catching on.

Also this week:

Monday: Life (NBC, 10 p.m.): My favorite new series from last year is barely hanging on -- a second episode airs on Friday at 10, its regular and ominous new time slot -- but kudos to NBC for choosing Life, for now. The season opens with Charlie and Dani (Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi) tailing an unusual serial killer, while Charlie continues to sniff out clues surrounding the conspiracy that locked him up for 12 years. Watch this show or I'll never speak to any of you again.

Tuesday: Paris Hilton's My New BFF: (MTV, 10 p.m.): A collection of completely pathetic people vie to become the "best friend" of the occasionally imprisoned, never employed waste of organic molecules. MTV needs a clue, stat.

Wednesday: Pushing Daisies, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money (ABC, 8 p.m., 9 p.m., and 10 p.m.): A trio of shows -- none of which came back after the writers' strike -- return for their second seasons. Daisies finds Lily taking measures to keep Olive from spilling her big secret; the Practice is battling a recently discovered financial crisis; and DSM says goodbye to a family member and hello to new regular Lucy Liu.

Thursday: My Name Is Earl (NBC, 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.): Too many shows fail to make use of the comedic potential of flesh-eating bacteria, but Earl has no such fear. The lucky victim: Joy.

Friday: 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs: Part 5 (VH1, 10 p.m.): The channel that began its life as a place for adults to get away from that dirty rap stuff on MTV has now given rap its own historical countdown show, which airs all week at 10 and concludes Friday. Throw your remote in the air and wave it like you just don't care.

Sunday: I Love Money (VH1, 9 p.m.): After another competition, the finalists will plead their $250,000 cases before a jury of their insane peers, before a final challenge decides everything.

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