I looked it up, there are only going to be five episodes in the fall, then the Christmas episode that introduces her, then the remaining eight episodes will air after that. That's a bit daft. It's gone from airing in the spring to airing first-half spring, second-half fall, to airing first-half fall, second-half spring. That means we only get five episodes between one Christmas special and the next this year. Oh well, as long as it's good I won't complain.