Fall TV Premieres: Tuesday Night

On this first day of Fall, we welcome back an old favorite and three new series to the Tuesday night line-up. Here are today's season and series premieres.

THE FORGOTTEN (ABC 10:00 pm): ABC enters into the case-of-the-week genre with Christian Slater as Alex the leader of a group of civilian volunteers who try to ID the remains of victims long after cops have given up. The whole story of the victim will be depicted on this show.

THE GOOD WIFE (CBS 10:00 pm): Julianna Margulies returns to TV as Alicia, the devoted wife of an imposed-upon civil sergeant (Chris Noth). In the opening sequence, the politician (Noth) holds a press conference where he responds to allegations of sexual misconduct and resigns in disgrace, while his wife (Margulies) stands by his side. This is the one to watch tonight!

NCIS (CBS 8:00 pm): The 7th season premieres with Ziva (Cote de Pablo) surviving last May's cliff-hanger. Her slowly evolving relationship with Tony (Michael Weatherly) will never be the same after her near-death experience. We also find out what happened to Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) boat.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES (CBS 9:00 pm): Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J star in this NCIS spin-off where they portray (G. Callen and Sam Hanna) as naval officers tracking high-value targets as on the "mother" show.

O'Donnell, LL Cool J Eye Roles in "NCIS" Spinoff

Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J are in talks to star in CBS' "NCIS" spinoff.

The pilot for an offshoot from the hit police procedural series will air as an episode of "NCIS" this spring, just as the pilot for "NCIS" aired as an episode of "JAG."

O'Donnell would play Callen, an average guy born to do undercover work as the ultimate chameleon, taking on different identities.

LL Cool J is eyed for the role of Sam Hannah, a former U.S. Navy Seal who is tough but charming.

In 2006, the network signed the actor-rapper to a rich development deal, which led to him starring in the 2007 CBS pilot "The Man."