There's two shows I'm really excited about for the new fall season, 30 Rock and The Office. Even moreso after rewatching episodes from the just released DVDs of their previous seasons. Both shows are kicking off their seasons with one-hour premieres, but will ultimately fill half-hour slots back-to-back. The Office premieres on Thursday, September 27th at 8c, and the first 4 episodes are all going to be an hour long.

30 Rock now comes before The Office (it was the other way around last season) at 7:30c. The season premiere is an hour long and starts on October 4th, and Jerry Seinfeld is guest starring (it sounds like they've got a few cameos lined up this season). And NBC has put the entire first season online in their video player.

My guess would be that on Oct. 4th the hour-long episode of The Office that's supposed to be on must start at 8:30 instead of 8c since 30 Rock ill run until 8:30. It's a good thing you don't have to worry about figuring out the schedule if you've got a DVR!

In other fall TV news I'm also excited about Family Guy and The Simpsons.