What are you watching this summer?

[JonathanBelles]

So You Think You Can Dance is getting better and better. Its cultural diversity, talent, personalities, and technicallity are outstanding. This show with 12 people has the same quality of dance as does Dancing with the Stars in the Semi-Finals, and I have a feeling SYTYCD can easily well outperform and excite by the time we are to the final 6 or final 4.

[Stephanie]

So You Think You Can Dance is getting better and better. Its cultural diversity, talent, personalities, and technicallity are outstanding. This show with 12 people has the same quality of dance as does Dancing with the Stars in the Semi-Finals, and I have a feeling SYTYCD can easily well outperform and excite by the time we are to the final 6 or final 4.

I LOVE this show! Chelsea/Mark, Courtney/Gev and KATIE/JOSHUA! Will and Twitch are great too and I'd love to see what they could do with other partners.

Personally, I think that the top two are Katie and Chelsea, but Will and Twitch are very strong too.

[Brent]

ABC ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES

Fall premiere dates for the 2008-2009 season were announced today for the ABC Television Network by Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment.

"We are very excited about the return of our core group of shows from last Fall. They dominated for us, and it will be great to see viewers reconnect," said Mr. McPherson. "We are building momentum for our two new shows, 'Opportunity Knocks' and 'Life on Mars,' and are thrilled by their tremendous potential."

ABC primetime fall premiere dates are as follows:

Friday, September 19

10:00-11:00 p.m. "20/20"

Monday, September 22

8:00-10:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" (special two-hour performance show premiere)

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"

Tuesday, September 23

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Opportunity Knocks" (new series debut)

9:00-11:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" (special performance show)

Wednesday, September 24

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars Results Show Special" (special day and time)

9:00-11:00 p.m. "David Blaine Special"

Thursday, September 25

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"

9:00-11:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy" (special two-hour season premiere)

Sunday, September 28

7:00-9:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (two-hour season premiere)

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"

Tuesday, September 30

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars Result Show" (regular day and time period premiere)

Wednesday, October 1

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies"

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Private Practice"

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money"

Friday, October 3

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Wife Swap"

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Supernanny"

Sunday, October 5

7:00-8:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"

8:00-9:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (regular time period premiere)

Monday, October 6

9:30-10:00 p.m. "Samantha Who?"

Thursday, October 9

9:00-10:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy" (regular time period premiere)

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Life on Mars" (new series debut)

Tuesday, October 14

10:00-11:00 p.m. "Eli Stone"

[lurkey]

EMMY Nominations

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Monk · USA · Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office · NBC · Steve Carell as Michael Scott
Pushing Daisies · ABC · Lee Pace as Ned
30 Rock · NBC · Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Two And A Half Men · CBS · Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal · ABC · James Spader as Alan Shore
Breaking Bad · AMC · Bryan Cranston as Walt White
Dexter · Showtime · Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
House · FOX · Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
In Treatment · HBO · Gabriel Byrne as Paul
Mad Men · AMC · Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Bernard And Doris · HBO · Ralph Fiennes as Bernard Lafferty
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale · HBO · Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
John Adams · HBO · Paul Giamatti as John Adams
Recount · HBO · Kevin Spacey as Ron Klain
Recount · HBO · Tom Wilkinson as James Baker

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The New Adventures Of Old Christine · CBS · Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Samantha Who? · ABC · Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
30 Rock · NBC · Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Ugly Betty · ABC · America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
Weeds · Showtime · Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters · ABC · Sally Field as Nora Holden-Walker
The Closer · TNT · Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Damages · FX Networks · Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · NBC · Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
Saving Grace · TNT · Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
An American Crime · Showtime · Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski
Bernard And Doris · HBO · Susan Sarandon as Doris Duke
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) · PBS · Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
John Adams · HBO · Laura Linney as Abigail Adams
A Raisin In The Sun · ABC · Phylicia Rashad as Lena Younger

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Entourage · HBO · Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Entourage · HBO · Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
How I Met Your Mother · CBS · Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
The Office · NBC · Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
Two And A Half Men · CBS · Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal · ABC · William Shatner as Denny Crane
Damages · FX Networks · Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
Damages · FX Networks · Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
Lost · ABC · Michael Emerson as Ben
Mad Men · AMC · John Slattery as Roger Sterling

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
John Adams · HBO · David Morse as George Washington
John Adams · HBO · Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson
John Adams · HBO · Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin
Recount · HBO · Denis Leary as Michael Whouley
Recount · HBO · Bob Balaban as Ben Ginsberg

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies · ABC · Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Samantha Who? · ABC · Jean Smart as Regina Newly
Saturday Night Live · NBC · Amy Poehler as Performer
Two And A Half Men · CBS · Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Ugly Betty · ABC · Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Boston Legal · ABC · Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
Brothers & Sisters · ABC · Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon
Grey's Anatomy · ABC · Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
Grey's Anatomy · ABC · Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
In Treatment · HBO · Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) · PBS · Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale · HBO · Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
Pictures Of Hollis Woods (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation) · CBS · Alfre Woodard as Edna Reilly
A Raisin In The Sun · ABC · Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
Recount · HBO · Laura Dern as Katherine Harris


Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
80th Annual Academy Awards · ABC · Jon Stewart, Host
The Colbert Report · Comedy Central · Stephen Colbert, Host
Late Show With David Letterman · CBS · David Letterman, Host
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · HBO · Don Rickles, Performer
Saturday Night Live · NBC · Tina Fey, Host/Performer

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
American Idol · FOX · Ryan Seacrest, Host
Dancing With The Stars · ABC · Tom Bergeron, Host
Deal Or No Deal · NBC · Howie Mandel, Host
Project Runway · Bravo · Heidi Klum, Host
Survivor · CBS · Jeff Probst, Host

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm · HBO
Entourage · HBO
The Office · NBC
30 Rock · NBC
Two And A Half Men · CBS

Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal · ABC
Damages · FX Networks
Dexter · Showtime
House · FOX
Lost · ABC
Mad Men · AMC

Outstanding Miniseries
The Andromeda Strain · A&E
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) · PBS
John Adams · HBO
Tin Man · Sci Fi Channel

Outstanding Made For Television Movie
Bernard And Doris · HBO
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale · HBO
The Memory Keeper's Daughter · Lifetime
A Raisin In The Sun · ABC
Recount · HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report · Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart · Comedy Central
Late Show With David Letterman · CBS
Real Time With Bill Maher · HBO
Saturday Night Live · NBC

[lurkey]

Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog -- from the evil mind of Joss Whedon (BTVS, Angel)

[JonathanBelles]

Geez...Americas got Talent and Japanese Game Show are both being squeezed out of the picture tonight. I gave up on Japanese Game Show a couple weeks ago, and im about to give up on Americas got Talent.

[Cyclenall]

Geez...Americas got Talent and Japanese Game Show are both being squeezed out of the picture tonight. I gave up on Japanese Game Show a couple weeks ago, and im about to give up on Americas got Talent.

Not to mention that British version of Hell's Kitchen that started airing on CityTV Canada is just terrible, very boring and lame. There is no music and the camera angles don't change much at all. Nothing really to that series.

[Brent]

Geez...Americas got Talent and Japanese Game Show are both being squeezed out of the picture tonight. I gave up on Japanese Game Show a couple weeks ago, and im about to give up on Americas got Talent.

I haven't watched either show in weeks. I'm barely watching Wipeout and Big Brother on Tuesday right now, and both of those may be dropped soon.

SO ready for the Olympics and then the fall season. TV right now is zzzzzzzzzzz.

[JonathanBelles]

My take on tonights TV....

I watched Americas Got Talent tonight and I couldnt believe that they were still in auditions. Well the only audition that stuck out to me was the last audition, the Armed Forces Specialist.

I also watched the new So You Think You Can Dance. I really think that So You Think You Can Dance is at this point much better than DWTS. So You Think You Can Dance has more passion, a wider variety of dance, is more culturally diverse, has more heart, better contestants, and great judges that keep changing. A few of the contestants even have very little experience like DWTS. Out of 6 contestants, 5 can win right now. Courtney and Mark/Katee and Joshua are two power couples that should be moving through. Twitch is amazing, but one male and one female have to go, he may be in danger. Chelsea is the only one that I really dont think can win...she doesnt have the wow factor like the other 5 do.

[JonathanBelles]

Facebook has this new app that you answer trivia/take polls/make predictions about each show. I played for both BB and So You Think You Can Dance. I made 6th/48 people for BB (stupid predictions knocked my score down just about every time) and 6th/25 people for So You Think You can Dance. I had a great time!

Reviews:
BB: WHY ANGIE!!!! d'OH!! I love how BB played off the HOH comp with the earthquake lol.

SYTYCD: Im happy with the results. What the Heck was the singer. One of the questions in the game was what is wrong with her....her shoes, her dress, her voice, her dancing, everything...I voted everything and was right along with everyone else. Who sings with a snorkel!

[Miss Mary]

I have to post what my family and I are watching this summer.

We've rented the entire one and only season of Freaks and Geeks, on DVD, from Blockbuster.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193676/

We love this show! We've been hearing how good this show was and should have been renewed but it was jacked around by the network, bounced from slot to slot, taken off the air for months at a time. Brought back, had terrible ratings. You will recognize many well known stars from the show. Ben Stiller even guested in one episode.

It now has a cult-like following, living on in reruns and DVD rentals.

So if you and your family are bored this summer with nothing to watch, rent this show. You will not regret it! It's one of the most accurate and very funny sitcoms about teen angst, high school, etc. We especially like the parents - they're hysterical, in a similar way the parents on That 70s Show were to fans.

Anyway, this is my suggestion, until new shows return this Fall.

Mary

[lurkey]

for those who watch really badly made weather flicks, I bring this gem to your attention on the Sci-Fi Channel:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7723

Also of note in October: "Destination Truth" will wrap the back half of its second season on Wednesday, October 15 at 10:00/9:00c; and the previously delayed original movie "NYC: Tornado Terror" will roll out on Saturday, October 4 at 9:00/8:00c.

[Miss Mary]

for those who watch really badly made weather flicks, I bring this gem to your attention on the Sci-Fi Channel:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7723

Also of note in October: "Destination Truth" will wrap the back half of its second season on Wednesday, October 15 at 10:00/9:00c; and the previously delayed original movie "NYC: Tornado Terror" will roll out on Saturday, October 4 at 9:00/8:00c.

I'm always a huge sucker for disaster films, LOL!

Thanks.

[Tireman4]

Let me see. America's Got Talent...Hells Kitchen..which is over.....And So You Think You Can Dance. God please bring on the Olympics.

[Ptarmigan]

Let me see. America's Got Talent...Hells Kitchen..which is over.....And So You Think You Can Dance. God please bring on the Olympics.

The Olympics does make life more interesting for sure. Looking forward to it too.

[CajunMama]

sytycd is horrible this year.

[JonathanBelles]

sytycd is horrible this year.

How do you figure?

[vbhoutex]

sytycd is horrible this year.

How do you figure?

Yeh, I want to know too. I think the last 4 are incredible dancers.

[CajunMama]

I've been around dance for 18 years. The 2 guys can't do much more than hiphop. The girls aren't the best they've had either. The choreography is pretty bad this year. The judges criticize the dancers who are doing the best they can with the choreography that's been given to them. Will was one of the best dancers on there. He had good technique and knowledge of dance. He should still be up there.

[Pburgh]

I'm enjoying sytycd too. I don't know much about dance but when I'm tapping my foot and bouncing around when they're dancing, I think they're good.