As for The Vampire Diaries’ fourth season? The new season begins with the “the knowledge that everything is changing. As Elena (Nina Dobrev) and her friends enter into the final stretch of high school before graduation sends them off on different paths, their bond to their home town of Mystic Falls takes on a deeper meaning when a new villain seems intent on destroying it.” Joseph Morgan is still listed as a series regular, so take from that what you will… Source

MONDAY

8 p.m.: 90210

9 p.m.: Gossip Girl (final season)

(The Carrie Diaries, the network’s Sex and the City prequel starring AnnaSophia Robb, will take over Gossip Girl‘s timeslot in January)

TUESDAY

8 p.m.: Hart of Dixie

9 p.m.: Emily Owens, M.D. (Grey’s Anatomy-esque medical drama, formerly titled First Cut, starring Mamie Gummer and Smallville’s Justin Hartley)

WEDNESDAY

8 p.m. Arrow (Modern retelling of DC Comic’s Green Arrow starring Stephen Amell as the ace archer and Katie Cassidy as his crime-fighting love interest Black Canary)

9 p.m. Supernatural 

THURSDAY

8 p.m.: The Vampire Diaries

9 p.m.: Beauty and the Beast (Reboot of the CBS series from the ’80s with Smallville‘s Kristin Kreuk filling Linda Hamilton‘s shoes)

FRIDAY

8 p.m.: America’s Next Top Model

9 p.m.: Nikita