Who do you think will win the ratings battle tonight between CSI and Grey’s Anatomy? I will be watching one while recording the other. Which relationships are you most looking forward to learning more about what happened? Jim and Pam on The Office? Meredith and McDreamy and McVet on Grey’s Anatomy? Or Sara and Grissom on CSI? Let us know in the comments.

Prime Picks

My Name Is Earl (NBC): Season Premiere. Joy and Darnell are fighting and for some reason Earl takes Joy’s side.
The Office (NBC): Season Premiere. Michael outs an employee and we get to find out what the deal with Jim and Pam is. What do you think will have happened?

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Season Premiere. Izzie is trying to cope with losing Denny and quitting her internship at the hospital. Meanwhile Meredith has to make some decisions about her life. What do you think she will do? Runs 62 minutes.

Six Degrees (ABC): Series Premiere. Six people who don’t know each other affect the others with the decisions they make. What if the Lost flashback sequences were a show by themselves? Would you watch? That sure looks like what they have done here.

Solid Selections

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Clip show to get you caught up on all the goings on at Sacred Heart last season before the season premiere in the next hour. Also see and extended music video of “How to Save a Life.”

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Season Premiere. A murder back stage at a Cirque du Soleil performance is investigated. John Mayer also performs.

Shark (CBS): Series Premiere. Sebastian Shark played by James Woods is a top defense attorney. He gets a client off for beating his wife and the guy turns around and kills her. He is shaken by this turn of events and recruited by the district attorney’s office to head up a prosecution team for high profile cases.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Repeat. Emeril bakes up some delicious recipes.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. See how Iron Chef Bobby Flay did against Chef John Dechellis in battle chicken egg.

Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Food Network): New. Watch a mixology challenge tonight.
Ace of Cakes (Food Network): New. Some amusing cakes are made tonight.

Other Options

• The Kids Are in Charge: Family Vacation (Travel Channel): New. Kids take the reins and plan the family trip.
• Mrs. Doubtfire (ABC Family): Released 1993. Robin Williams in drag as a British nanny so he can stay close to his kids without his wife knowing. Runs three hours.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Virginia at Georgia Tech in college football action.
• ESPN2 has Thursday Night Baseball with the Minnesota Twins at the Boston Red Sox.

What will you be watching tonight?