What’s on TV this summer?

By tblack@coxohio.com | Thursday, June 5, 2008, 12:30 PM

I don’t know about you, but when summer comes around I find there is nothing good to watch on TV. Of course there are some exceptions but I’d rather be watching ‘The Office,’ ‘30 Rock,’ ‘LOST,’ or ‘Ugly Betty.’ Yes, I know that there has always been a summer break for television. The thought being that everyone is outside enjoying the weather, not inside watching TV… though the hot weather lately is keeping me indoors.

I can’t say, however, that there is absolutely nothing to watch. Here is what my DVR is set to record this summer:

Battlestar Galactica: This sci-fi TV show remake airs on the Sci-Fi channel on Friday nights at 10 p.m. It is almost halfway through its fourth and final season. It is a really good show with lots of action and lots of drama. The previous season are out on DVD if you want to catch up. If you have DirecTV (or possibly any satellite TV provider) you can watch it in High Definition on Sci-Fi HD. Trust me when I say this show was meant for HD. » Learn more about the show

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-list The fabulous stand-up comedian Kathy Griffin returns to Bravo for season 4 of her Emmy award-winning show. The season premiere is Thursday, June 12 at 9 p.m. I can’t wait to see what type of crazy situations she gets herself into in her quest to get off the D-list. Her assistants (also known as Team Griffin) are also a delight to watch, as is her vibrant mother. » Learn more about the show

Shear Genius: Okay, so the first season was awful. We had hope that the producers would realize that and fix it for the second season (make the host Jonathan Antin from ‘Blow Out’), but the commercials tell a different story. The cast also appears to be just as eccentric as the first season (we’ll have to wait and see if there is another closeted homosexual named Doctor Boogie). I have my fingers crossed for a cat-fight involving scissors, but I’ll just have to wait and see. You can catch the season premiere on Wednesday, June 25 at 10 p.m. » Learn about the show and this season’s stylists

Project Runway: Season 5 of the best reality-TV show ever invented (in my opinion) is set to begin later this summer on Bravo (and its supposedly the last season to air on Bravo since the show will be moving to Lifetime). It has always held the Wednesday night 10 p.m. slot so my guess is that it will premiere after ‘Shear Genius’ ends its second season. I liked season 4 but it didn’t have nearly as much drama as the previous seasons, which is fine with me but probably bad for ratings.

Those are all the shows I can think of airing on TV this summer that I will be watching. Zack and I will also try to watch ‘Torchwood,’ ‘Pushing Daisies,’ ‘Six Feet Under,’ ‘Jericho,’ and ‘Sex and the City’ (I never watched past season 4) on DVD.

What will you be watching this summer?

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