Saturday, June 21, 2008

Premieres and Notables; June 23-29, 2008

Monday, 6/23

101 Cars You Must Drive; Speed. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sounds pretty straightforward. The Plymouth Superbird gets the focus in the premiere.

Wimbledon; ESPN2. 6 am CST. Sports.
ESPN2 gets the tourney all week, then NBC picks it up on Saturday.

And I want to give a shout-out to a show I'm really starting to like: Travel Channel's Lawrence of America. Englishman Lawrence Beldon-Smythe travels to American cities to look at distinctly American customs and places. So far he's seen Vegas strip clubs, Civil War reenactments, sorority houses, a NASCAR weekend, college football games, NASA, and many more.
Just a few days ago, I kinda talked it down to a friend; but since then, I watched a 3 ep marathon, and I really am starting to think it's worth mentioning. It's not flashy or even great, but Beldon-Smythe is very witty, and I just love the way he goes about talking about the things he's witnessing as if he was watching some lost jungle tribe in some instances and overemphasizing things in other instances.
It airs on Travel at 10 and 10:30 pm on Tuesdays, and in an odd move for a cable network, it doesn't air the eps again at all during the week, so 10 & 10:30 pm Tuesdays are currently the only time to catch the show.
It's worth a look.

Tuesday, 6/24

Wipeout; ABC. 7 pm. Series Premiere.
You know those Japanese obstacle course game show imports G4 and Spike air? This is the American version.

I Survived a Japanese Game Show; ABC. 8 pm. Series Premiere.
You know those Japanese game shows that air on G4 and Spike? ABC is sending 10 Americans to Japan to try 'em out.

Primetime: The Outsiders; ABC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Rescue Me; FX. 9 pm. Minisode.
Since the show doesn't return until next year, you can get your fix the next ten weeks with these five minute mini-sodes.


Wednesday, 6/25

Baby Borrowers; NBC. 7 pm. Series Premiere.
Adolescent couples gets a taste of adult life when they get children to watch over.

Primetime: Crime; ABC. 9 pm. 2nd Season Premiere.

Shear Genius; Bravo. 9 pm. 2nd Season Premiere.

Wife Swap (ABC; 7 pm). Season finale.
Farmer Wants a Wife (CW; 8 pm). Season finale. [This show was, seriously, still on?]


Thursday, 6/26

Hopkins; ABC. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Six-part look at the doctors of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Instant Star (The N; 7 pm). Series Finale.


Friday, 6/27

Dance Machine; ABC. 7 pm. Series Premiere.
Yet another dance competition. But wait!-- there is something different here. You see, these contestants have to use props. Yeah. Suck on that, So You Think You Can Dance.


Saturday, 6/28

Groomer Has It (Animal Planet; 8 pm). Season Finale.


Sunday, 6/29

The Singing Office; TLC. 8 pm. Series Premiere.
Joey Fatone, who has never met a reality competition he didn't like, apparently, and Mel B. look for singers in offices to compete against each other in a sing-off.

The Factory; Spike. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
A partially-improvised sitcom about four factory workers.

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