This is the night -- Monday, Sept. 19 -- when the TV season begins for real. It's the first official night of the new season and it's crowded.

With that in mind, I've included here more than usual of the stories that I sent to papers. If you scroll down after this, you'll find:

1) A profile of Whitney Cummings, who has two new shows. Tonight's "2 Broke Girls" (9:31 p.m., CBS) is the best new comedy; Thursday's "Whitney" (9:31 p.m., NBC) is above average.

In a minute, I'm going to do a chronological view of the Emmys. First, however, let me jump to the good news; then I'll digress:

1) The good -- great, actually -- news: Jim Parsons has won the Emmy for best actor in a comedy series. Parsons is brilliant in "The Big Bang Theory," which has quickly become the best comedy on TV.

OK, we'll try to do this as the Emmys are going on. I'll throw in some comments from time to time; please add yours: