Telemystery: Fall 2011 Prime Time Crime Fridays

In just under two weeks, the Fall 2011 Prime Time Crime season begins. All this week we are profiling new crime dramas (and other shows with mystery, suspense and thriller elements), as well as taking a quick look at the returning series. (All listed times are ET/PT.)

Fridays … Blue Bloods … CSI: NY … Fringe … Grimm …

The new show this season on Fridays is Grimm, though it doesn't premiere on NBC until well into October, the 21st to be specific.

In a series inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales, Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.

As he tries to hide the dangers of his new found calling from his fiancée, Juliette Silverton, (Bitsie Tulloch), and his partner, Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby), he becomes ever more entrenched in the ancient rivalries and alliances of the Grimm world.

With help from his confidant, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), a reformed Grimm creature himself, Nick must navigate through the forces of a larger-than-life mythology, facing off with Hexenbiests, Blutbads and all manner of ancient evils, including royal lines dating back to the original profilers themselves, The Grimm Brothers.

Watch a preview for the series below.

Returning series include the eighth season of CSI: NY (CBS, September 23rd at 9 PM), the second season of Blue Bloods (CBS, September 23rd at 10 PM), and fourth season of Fringe (Fox, September 23rd at 9 PM).