The Closer – The Complete Third Season (Warner Home Video) – Speaking of The Closer … Kyra Sedgwick as quirky, pastry-lovin' LAPD super interrogator Brenda Johnson has made this TNT drama one of the top rated shows on cable. Brenda is tough, sassy, complicated and sharp, able to pull a confession out of any criminal and still be endearing and vulnerable. Sedgwick's been up for three Emmys and three Golden Globes (with one win) for the series, and she's deserved every one of them.

Set bonus materials: Unaired scenes, a featurette and a gag reel

Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season (Warner Home Video) – This boob tube take on the Terminator storyline got just nine first-season episodes, thanks to the crazy season that unspooled with the writers strike, but with a season two premiere right around the corner (Sept. 8 on Fox, to be exact), this little box set is truly must-see-TV-on-DVD.

Set bonus materials: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes on the show's production process, audition footage and a gag reel

Burn Notice – Season One (Fox) – Stylish, fast-paced, cool and frequently funny – add in the perfectly cast Jeffrey Donovan and cult fave Bruce Campbell and you've got another worthy addition to USA Network's line-up. Donovan is Miami-based spy guy Michael Westen, who's been disavowed (a.k.a. burn notice-d) by the government. He doesn't know why, and while he searches for answers – with the part-time assistance of his pal and fellow former spy Sam (Campbell) – he takes on freelance PI cases to pay the bills. The second season is currently airing on USA, but it's worth a little weekend marathon to catch up with season one on DVD.

Set bonus materials: Audio commentary, gag reel, action montage and Donovan's audition

Dexter – The Complete Second Season (Paramount) – He's creepy, kooky and altogether ookie, yet still, oddly, serial killer Dexter is a sympathetic, and yes, even likable dude. The third season starts on Sept. 28 and features the addition of Jimmy Smits as an assistant district attorney and Dex's new friend, meaning now's the perfect time to immerse yourself in Dexter-ville, no matter how disturbing, and darkly funny, it may be.

Set bonus materials: An interview and podcast with Emmy-worthy star Michael C. Hall

Gossip Girl – The Complete First Season (Warner Home Video) – It may not have made a huge ratings impact, but the TV take on the popular young adult novel series is nothing short of a pop culture phenomenon. And if that means you automatically wrote it off as not worthy of your channel surfing hours, give it another whirl. Yes, it's trendy – painfully so at this point, since, again, the number of viewers the show has won over isn't proportionate to the amount of press it's gotten – but it's a pretty show, cast with pretty people (it's the CW, which means even the 'rents are gorgeous) and the soapy storylines often unfold via witty dialogue.

Set bonus materials: Unaired scenes, a gag reel, music videos and a downloadable audiobook of the first Gossip Girl novel

The Hills – The Complete Third Season (MTV) – LC hates Spencer, Spencer hates LC, Heidi and LC are no longer friends, Heidi wants to be friends with Audrina, Audrina is LC's new BFF, LC's other BFF Lo hates Audrina, Audrina hates Lo, Lauren still likes Brody, Brody likes anyone who looks good in a short skirt … you don't even have to watch the show to know what its "stars" are up to, but it is the guiltiest guilty pleasure on TV, and watching the whole season unfold back-to-back via a DVD marathon is just a great way to kill a few hours (and more than a few brain cells).

Set bonus materials: Deleted scenes and interviews

One Tree Hill – The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Home Video) – The new season (the show's sixth) kicked off on Sept. 1 on The CW, so it's the perfect time to replay season five, in which the Tree Hill gang left high school behind and jumped forward in time five years. That means they're all in that post-college, real world frame of mind, and their relationships have gotten even more complicated, in that angsty, overly dramatic kinda way. Plus, it still feels surreal to watch real-life divorced couple Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush play on-screen pals – what must that be like, having to hug and kiss your ex, week in and week out, especially since the rumored cause of their split was his extramarital fling with Paris Hilton?!?!

Set bonus materials: Extra scenes, featurettes, music videos, episode commentary and a gag reel.