SUMMER 2006 - WEEK #3: What's "New" This Week?!

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball

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Jun 11, 2006, 3:27:45 PM6/11/06

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Note: I'm not promising to do this every week of Summer. Let's just see
how it goes... (And, if I'm forgetting anything, please feel free to add
to this!)

With "Everwood" and "Degrassi:TNG" both having finished their seasons
last week, and "Commander-in-Chief" poised to do so this week, I think
we can safely say that we have left the "regular" season behind, and are
now embarking on the true "Summer" season starting this week.

Indeed, a number of "new" Summer shows premiere this week, including
USA's "The 4400" tonight, a trifecta of new shows on HBO (including
"Deadwood") also tonight, two TNT dramas tomorrow night, and a couple
"reality" programs on 'The Big Three' early in the week.

Next Sunday's edition will give us the season premiere of USA's "The
Dead Zone" (YAY!), and some more 'reality' series on 'The Big Three'.

So here's the "new" offerings (focusing more on the scripted end) for
this coming week:

SUNDAY (06/10):
9:00pm THE 4400 (USA) {2-hour season premiere}

9:00pm DEADWOOD (HBO) {season premiere}
10:00pm ENTOURAGE (HBO) {season premiere}
10:30pm LUCKY LOUIE (HBO) {series premiere}

MONDAY (06/11):
9:00pm FALCON BEACH (ABC FAM.)
10:00pm HOW TO GET THE GUY (ABC) {series premiere}
11:00pm LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL (LIFE)

9:00pm THE CLOSER (TNT) {season premiere}
10:00pm SAVED (TNT) {series premiere}

TUESDAY (06/12):
8:00pm FEAR FACTOR (NCB) {season premiere}
9:00pm LAST COMIC STANDING (NBC)
9:00pm PEPPER DENNIS (The WB) {rerun of pilot - new ep next week}
10:00pm TUESDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB (CBS) {series premiere}
10:00pm EXTREME CHAMP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}
10:00pm RESCUE ME (FX)

NOTE: Preempted by NBC Finals:
[8:30pm RODNEY (ABC) {burn-off}]
[9:30pm LESS THAN PERFECT (ABC) {burn-off}]

WEDNESDAY (06/13):
8:00pm GAMESHOW MARATHON (CBS)
8:00pm BLUE COLLAR TV (The WB) {burn-off}
8:30pm BLUE COLLAR TV (The WB) {rerun?...}
9:00pm SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE [2] (FOX)
10:00pm COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (ABC) {*series finale*}

THURSDAY (06/14):
8:00pm GAMESHOW MARATHON (CBS)
9:00pm SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE [2] (FOX)
9:00pm WATERLOO ROAD (BBC America) {series premiere}
10:00pm HEX (BBC America)
10:00pm WINDFALL (NBC)

FRIDAY (06/15):
8:30pm BEYOND THE BREAK (The N)

--
"Teenagers *are* FREAKS." - Lizzie McDonald, from "Life With Derek"
(episode 1.3 (#104), "The Party")

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David

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Jun 11, 2006, 3:39:53 PM6/11/06

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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:27:45 GMT, "Casey McDonald's Guidance
Counsellor, Ian J. Ball" <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:

>SUNDAY (06/10):

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on FOX. Since only a million
people saw it last Summer it's new for practically everyone.

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball

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Jun 11, 2006, 4:39:16 PM6/11/06

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In article <haso82tpj47mfmv1m...@4ax.com>,
David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:27:45 GMT, "Casey McDonald's Guidance
> Counsellor, Ian J. Ball" <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >SUNDAY (06/10):
>
> "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on FOX.

At 9:30pm, to be specific.

> Since only a million
> people saw it last Summer it's new for practically everyone.

That's right, I forgot - FOX is doing some advance promo for that show.

The FX premiere date for season #2 is still Thursday, June 29 tho...

CoasterKev!

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Jun 11, 2006, 10:52:38 PM6/11/06

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"Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball"

<ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Note: I'm not promising to do this every week of Summer. Let's just see
> how it goes... (And, if I'm forgetting anything, please feel free to add
> to this!)

> WEDNESDAY (06/13):

> 8:00pm GAMESHOW MARATHON (CBS)

Only on Thursdays now.

cK

Ken from Chicago

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Jun 12, 2006, 4:24:55 AM6/12/06

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"Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball"
<ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:ijball***SPAM-No***-E1507F.122...@news-lb-02.socal.rr.com...

> Note: I'm not promising to do this every week of Summer. Let's just see
> how it goes... (And, if I'm forgetting anything, please feel free to add

Psst, behold the power of the internet:

Seasonal highlights:

http://www.tv.com/story/story.html&story_id=4752

Monthly highlights:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/calendar.aspx

And daily highlights:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/calendar.aspx?view=whatsnew

http://tv.yahoo.com/picks/

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,584|||,00.html

-- Ken from Chicago

Jeremy Billones

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Jun 12, 2006, 9:41:13 AM6/12/06

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In article <ijball***SPAM-No***-E1507F.122...@news-lb-02.socal.rr.com>,
Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:

>TUESDAY (06/12):

>10:00pm EXTREME CHAMP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}

Depending on your critera, you should probably either drop this or
add Raw and Smackdown :)

--
Jeremy Billones
"It's a place used the world over where people can come together to bitch about
movies and share pornography together." This is a much more sophisticated idea
of the Net than we find in high-tech cyberthrillers, where the Net is a place
that makes your computer beep a lot. - Roger Ebert on "Jay & Silent Bob..."

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball

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Jun 12, 2006, 10:22:38 AM6/12/06

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In article <WF4jg.4791$o4....@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"CoasterKev!" <coastern...@mindeverspring.com> wrote:

Good of CBS to announce that for everyone. </sarcasm> >:/

Ian J. Ball

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Jun 12, 2006, 1:31:05 PM6/12/06

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In article <128qrnp...@corp.supernews.com>,
bill...@radix.net (Jeremy Billones) wrote:

> In article
> <ijball***SPAM-No***-E1507F.122...@news-lb-02.socal.rr.com>,
> Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball
> <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >TUESDAY (06/12):
> >10:00pm EXTREME CHAMP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}
>
> Depending on your critera, you should probably either drop this or
> add Raw and Smackdown :)

I think I'm only going to list that one for this week. ;)

--
"Read less. More TV." - Dr. Greg House, "House"
http://homepage.mac.com/ijball/TV-Blog/

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DickCheney Shotgun FaceVictim Mr Hole

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Jun 12, 2006, 8:14:02 PM6/12/06

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Mr. Hole

The favor of your reply is requested.

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pathetic and ineffectual." -- Heck

DickCheney Shotgun FaceVictim Mr Hole

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Jun 12, 2006, 8:14:49 PM6/12/06

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Hell's Kitchen start on FOX tonight.

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball

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Jun 12, 2006, 8:44:41 PM6/12/06

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In article <22594-448...@storefull-3273.bay.webtv.net>,

holef...@webtv.net (DickCheney Shotgun FaceVictim Mr Hole) wrote:

> (Snipered)
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> Hell's Kitchen start on FOX tonight.

Dang, You're right. I missed that one.

Tim McDaniel

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Jun 13, 2006, 2:24:09 AM6/13/06

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In article <ijball***SPAM-No***-E1507F.122...@news-lb-02.socal.rr.com>,
Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:

>10:00pm EXTREME CHAMP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}

Every time I glance at a message with that line, I read it as

10:00pm EXTREME CRAP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}

--
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tm...@panix.com

David

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Jun 13, 2006, 2:56:35 PM6/13/06

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On 13 Jun 2006 01:24:09 -0500, tm...@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) wrote:

>In article <ijball***SPAM-No***-E1507F.122...@news-lb-02.socal.rr.com>,
>Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:
>>10:00pm EXTREME CHAMP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}
>
>Every time I glance at a message with that line, I read it as
>
>10:00pm EXTREME CRAP. WRESTLING (SCI-FI) {series premiere}

As long as that's not a variant of "Extreme Mud Wrestling"