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Points: 59,171, Level: 100 | | The Summer Reality Invasion Begins
Well as usual, when the good shows like CSI, Prison Break, LOST and others go off the air for the season, many wonder what they will watch during those hot and sticky nights where nothing but air conditioning and ice cold beer will suffice.
Needless to say if you don't like Baseball you are pretty much out of luck.
Until NOW. Here comes the Reality invasion. For the past few years reality tv has really started to take over the summer dog days. Here is a list of upcoming shows for you to sink your sunburned brain into. Big Brother US is my personal favorite. Wooooooo Quote:
On the Lot (premieres Tuesday, May 22 at 9PM ET/PT and Thursday, May 24 at 9PM ET/PT on Fox)
It's Lights! Camera! Action! for this American Idol-like series that was created by Mark Burnett and reality-television aficionado Steven Spielberg and focuses on finding the country's next great filmmaker. With its "Film Premiere" episodes mirroring performance broadcasts and "Box Office" episodes mimicking results shows -- On the Lot certainly has similar content to Idol, but can it produce the same ratings?
So You Think You Can Dance 3 (premieres Thursday, May 24 at 8PM ET/PT and Wednesday, May 30 at 8PM ET/PT on Fox)
This reality competition series turned living rooms across America into dance floors last summer, and it looks to do the same this time around as viewers vote for their favorite up and coming two-steppers. From last season's champ, the swing-dancing Benji Schwimmer, to other fan favorites like break-dancing Musa Cooper and graceful Travis Wall, it remains to be seen if this summer's cast can combine their talents and personalities to make judge Mary Murphy bellow her trademark shriek of joy.
The Simple Life Goes to Camp (premieres Monday, May 28 at 10PM ET/PT on E!)
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie rekindled their friendship and stayed out of jail and rehab just long enough to film the fifth installment of The Simple Life, which will have the BFFs traveling to various camps and working as counselors. As ludicrous as it may seem to have the two serving as counselors at a fat camp and couples camp, Hilton and Richie hopefully learned how to sharpen their acting chops during their time at drama camp.
The Next Best Thing (premieres Wednesday, May 30 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC)
People across America who perform their favorite celebrity impressions in-front of their bedroom mirrors will now have the opportunity to do so in-front of a studio and television audience thanks to this new series, which aims to find the country's best celebrity impersonators.
Pirate Masters (premieres Thursday, May 31 at 8PM ET/PT on CBS)
It will be a pirate's life for the 16 buccaneer wannabes competing on this new Mark Burnett-created reality competition series, as they'll plunder and swash-buckle their way through 33 days on a 179-foot, square-rigged barque set adrift in the Caribbean in search of Spanish doubloons that total $1 million. Think of Survivor on a boat, minus Jeff Probst.
Hell's Kitchen 3 (premieres Monday, June 4 at 9PM ET/PT on Fox)
If you can't take the summer heat, retreat to your living room to watch foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay light a fire under the butts of the culinary competitors cast for the third season of this reality competition series.
America's Got Talent 2 (premieres Tuesday, June 5 at 9PM ET/PT on NBC)
This glorified talent show will have a few new faces for its second season, as Jerry Springer is in as host and Regis Philbin is out while Sharon Osbourne is in as the third judge and Brandy Norwood is out. Who knows? Perhaps judge David Hasselhoff could be the next domino to (drunkenly) fall.
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (premieres Tuesday, June 5 at 10PM ET/PT on Bravo)
Despite an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Programming, comedian Kathy Griffin is still living it up on the D-List, and the third season of her reality series will follow the unabashed reality TV junkie at her prison comedy tour; on a trip to her hometown of Chicago for her high-school reunion; to the U.K. where she's attempting to launch her career; as she hits the dating scene as a recent divorcee; as well as at the Gay Adult Video Awards.
American Inventor 2 (premieres Wednesday, June 6 at 9PM ET/PT on ABC)
Possessing a patent can be a bureaucratic process -- that is unless you're featured on the second season of this reality competition series -- which aims to find the country's next great invention as well as the brain behind its creation. Aspiring inventors need look no further than former The Rebel Billionaire runner-up Sarah Blakely for inspiration, as the creator of Spanx footless pantyhose will serve as one of three judges for the series.
Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race (premieres Thursday, June 7 at 8PM ET on ABC)
A mix of 12 athletes and entertainers will find themselves behind the wheels of stock-cars in this new seven-episode reality series. With the ultimate goal being to master a time-trial with the quickest laps, at least the celebrity participants will be racing on closed courses.
Bindi: The Jungle Girl (premieres Saturday, June 9 on Discovery Kids Channel)
Wasting little time on picking up where her recently deceased father -- Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin -- left off, this new reality series aimed at children will teach the importance of wildlife conservation. With the entire Irwin family included in several of the episodes, the series will also offer fans of the famed Crocodile Hunter an opportunity to watch him pass-on life lessons of respecting nature to a new generation of conservationists, as his daughter leads the way.
Last Comic Standing 5 (premieres Wednesday, June 13 at 9PM ET/PT on NBC)
While love may be the international language -- laughter is also universal -- and the fifth season of this reality competition hopes to prove just that as it went global with it's casting call to find the funniest up and coming stand-up comedians. Considering the new $250,000 grand prize the winner will receive in addition to the standard NBC talent contract deal and Bravo half-hour comedy special, the stakes are no laughing matter.
Top Chef 3 Miami (premieres Wednesday, June 13 at 10PM ET/PT on Bravo)
The kitchen won't be able to contain the heat generated by the third season cast of this culinary competition series, as they'll be living and working in sunny Miami. With a cast of 15 including sous chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, and even a Jamaican cheese maker (that's a cheese maker from Jamaica, not one who makes Jamaican cheese), some are sure to sizzle while others will just leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Age of Love (premieres Monday, June 18 at 10PM ET/PT on NBC)
If age is really just a number when looking for love, tennis pro Mark Philippoussis will soon learn the hard way. In this new reality dating competition series Philippoussis will serve as the object of affection for six young women in their 20's -- the "Kittens" -- as well as seven women in their 40's, the "Cougars." Hopefully he remembers that both cougars and kittens have claws.
Shaq's Big Challenge (premieres Tuesday, June 26 at 9PM ET/PT on ABC)
Add reality television star to Shaquille O'Neal's resume, as the NBA star, rapper, actor, and reserve police officer will star in this new six-episode weight-loss reality series. While Shaq is unquestionably big, he's not the one who will be shedding the pounds, as instead he'll be trying to help transform six obese middle-school students from Florida into healthy kids. Hopefully there are a few dunks thrown in there too. Who doesn't like a good dunk?
HGTV Design Star 2 (premieres Sunday, July 22 at 10PM ET/PT)
It will be viva Las Vegas for the 11 interior designers, artists, architects and craftsmen pitted against one another in the second season of this reality competition series, as they all attempt to show-off their creativity, ingenuity and skills in the hopes of landing the grand prize of his or her own HGTV television show.
Who Wants to be a Superhero 2 (premieres Wednesday, July 25 at 9PM ET/PT on Sci Fi Channel)
The fictional crime-fighting alter egos of this reality competition series' second installment will be unmasked as they vie for the opportunity to be immortalized in their own comic book. With legendary comic-book creator Stan Lee returning to identify this generation's next superhero, he's probably hoping the contestants are more Spider-Man and less Nitro G, who failed to impress anyone with his super powers during the series' first season when he gave the cold shoulder to a girl in distress. | |
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