Day 2 of our look at the new fall television season brings us to Mondays.

7:00

How I Met Your Mother – Entering its 8th, and possibly last, season, this is a show in desperate need of a change.  I’ve never been one of those people who felt that the show needed to introduce the title mother in order to make the show worth while, it has started to feel that the writers and producers are treading water while waiting to bring the mother on board.  That could give the show enough juice to energize not just this season, but any possible future ones as well.

Bones – Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz returned last week for the 8th season with a move to Mondays, taking over the House timeslot.

8:00

2 Broke Girls – In some ways, this was one of the more disappointing series to debut last season.  Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are both talented actresses who could use better material.  Hopefully the writers and producers spent the summer focusing on what worked last year and got rid of the base racial stereotypes that tended to drag things down.

The Mob Doctor – The first new show of the night that is getting a chance from me.  The premiere, which aired last week, was not great, so it might not be long for this world and I don’t think I’ll be sticking around for long.

9:00

Hawaii Five-0 – This continues to be a fun little popcorn show that somehow manages to be more entertaining than it should be.

Revolution – NBC’s latest attempt at a big mythology show puts us 13 years in the future where something has caused electricity to vanish.  The pilot debuted last week to better-than-average reviews, so I’ll be giving this one a shot.

Castle – Somehow this fun little procedural with the will-they-or-won’t-they love story has turned in to one of my favorite shows.  Last season ended with Castle and Beckett finally hooking up, so the status quo will be changed this year.