Man-centric basic-cable network Spike TV has a brand-new original sitcom called Blue Mountain State premiering with two back-to-back episodes on January 12 at 10pm ET.

The series focuses on three freshmen football players at fictional Blue Mountain State college, who have to cope with girls, hazing, partying, and classes, in addition to playing a sport at the national level.

FX has a new single-camera, ensemble sitcom called The League premiering on Thursday, October 29, at 10:31pm ET.

The series stars Mark Duplass (The Intervention), Nick Kroll (Worst Week), newcomer Jon Lajoie, Steve Rannazzisi (Samantha Who?), and Paul Scheer (Human Giant) as a group of Chicago-based yuppies who participate in a fantasy football league, as well as Katie Aselton (The Office).

Comedy Central’s latest comedy, Secret Girlfriend, kicks off its six-episode first season on October 7 at 10:30pm ET.

Follow the jump to preview it in two clips: the uncensored, unapologetic Red Band Trailer and a handy 90-second sneak peek. Looks like typical “wacky” Comedy Central fare.

Lifetime’s new sitcom Sherri premieres on October 5 at 7pm ET with the pilot episode.

The multi-camera comedy stars Sherri Shepherd (The View, 30 Rock) as the title character, a newly single mom, paralegal, and part-time actress and comedienne eager to start dating again.

Former Fox Back to You co-stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton are together again, albeit on a new network and in two separate comedies that ABC just happened to pair up on the same night.

Following the September 30 the premiere of Grammer’s new sitcom Hank is the 8:30pm ET debut of Heaton’s own new comedy The Middle.

Frasier veteran Kelsey Grammer returns to comedy television at 8pm ET on September 30 in the new ABC sitcom Hank.

The five-time Emmy winner’s latest series finds him playing the title character Hank Pryor, a successful sports entrepreneur whose high-class world tumbles down a whole lotta notches when he’s pushed out of his executive job and forced to relocate his family to a small Virginia town called River Bend. Much culture shock and disappointment ensue.

Closing ABC’s new one-hour Wednesday-night comedy block at 9:30pm ET on September 23 is Cougar Town, the latest sitcom starring Friends veteran Courteney Cox.

The former Dirt star heads the cast of the single-camera comedy as forty-something Jules, a recently divorced mother of one teenage son named Travis (Aliens in America’s Dan Byrd).

ABC has a new, highly anticipated hourlong comedy block debuting on September 23, and the first 30 minutes beginning at 9pm ET are reserved for the rookie sitcom Modern Family.

A documentary-style series that claims to explore contemporary family dynamics in the United States, Modern Family boasts an impressive ensemble cast that includes Ed O’Neill (Married with Children), Julie Bowen (Boston Legal), Ty Burrell (Back to You), Sofía Vergara (The Knights of Prosperity), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Do Not Disturb), and Eric Stonestreet (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), as well as child actors Sarah Hyland (Lipstick Jungle), Nolan Gould (Space Buddies), Ariel Winter …read more

It’s almost time to check out the September 21 series premiere of CBS’ latest original sitcom Accidentally on Purpose, starring former Dharma & Greg lead actress Jenna Elfman.

During the debut pilot episode…

Sunday, September 20 is a big day for fans of scripted comedies on premium-cable network HBO. Not only will Larry David kick off the seventh season of his twisted hit Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9pm ET, but the new original sitcom Bored to Death will premiere immediately afterward at 9:30pm.

Bored to Death stars Jason Schwartzman (Cracking Up), pictured above at left with his co-star Zach Galifianakis (Reno 911!), as Brooklyn, New York-based writer Jonathan Ames. The pen slinger is so affected by a painful breakup that he attempts to get over the failed relationship by pretending he’s a private eye …read more