NGTV Guide: Friday, September 23

Nikita – 8/7c  the CW – SEASON PREMIERE
“Game Change” – Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) plot to take down Division and Oversight and are prepared to use the contents of the black box to do so. Amanda (Melinda Clarke) is now running Division but Oversight has assigned one of their own, a new agent named Sean (guest star Dillon Casey), to keep an eye on her. Amanda’s first mission is to get back the black box from Nikita, and she enlists Alex’s help to do so. Alex refuses until Amanda tells her she will help her find the man who killed Alex’s father. Meanwhile, Nikita and Michael find help from an unlikely ally.

A Gifted Man – 8/7c CBS – SERIES PREMIERE
“Pilot” – After the ghost of Michael’s ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help continue running her low income clinic, he finds himself rushing back and forth between taking care of his own patients at Holt Neuro and her less fortunate patients at the clinic.

Fringe – 9/8c FOX – SEASON PREMIERE
“Neither Here Nor There” – Just one week after Peter Bishop saved the day and was then wiped from existence, the truce between the two worlds remains intact and the two sides are forced to work together. Lincoln Lee joins the Fringe team as they investigate a shapeshifter case that is very personal to him.

Supernatural – 9/8c the CW – SEASON PREMIERE
“Meet the New Boss” – Castiel (Misha Collins) doesn’t kill Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Bobby (Jim Beaver) but warns them not to interfere in his business. Assuming his new role as God, Castiel sets out to right some of the wrongs in the world. Dean decides they should bind Death (guest star Julian Richings) and order him to stop Castiel, but the former angel is one step ahead of them, leaving Dean to face a very angry Death. Meanwhile, Sam struggles to deal with the broken wall in his head.

Haven – 10/9c Syfy
“Business As Usual” – Audrey and Nathan investigate murders in which the victims were mummified; a secret from Duke’s past may affect his future.