Series about 70s swingers new police drama round out summer
Summer TV doesn't have to be about rerun doldrums and cheesy reality series. Last year proved it, with the premieres of such noteworthy scripted series as Mad Men, Burn Notice, Army Wives, Saving Grace and Damages, as well as strong seasons of such existing series as Big Love and The Closer.
Many of those shows will be back, but the writers strike appears to have had a lingering effect, as there are fewer new scripted series and a lot more cheesy reality shows -- some of which make America's Got Talent look like a Frontline documentary. Some series, such as American Gladiators and So You Think You Can Dance, couldn't wait for June and have already been on for a few weeks. But today, the dam bursts with more than a half-dozen series and season premieres.
Here's what's coming up, with the usual caveats: Dates are subject to change, and these are just the shows we could fit in this space.
What's starting today
Million Dollar Password: The password is "Reeg," as Regis Philbin hosts this update of the popular game show, in which celebrities help players guess secret words and vice-versa. Neil Patrick Harris and Rachael Ray are in the premiere; the show will play tribute to its heritage in a future episode featuring Betty White, a frequent Password player who was married to the show's longtime host, Allen Ludden, until his 1981 death. 7 tonight, KTVT/Channel 11
The Next Food Network Star: Season four of this competition, which plays like a Top Chef in which contestants not only have to cook but explain what they're doing as they go along, begins with a North Texan in the hunt: Lisa Garza of Dallas' Suze Restaurant Catering, which has been praised by national food magazines such as Bon Appetit. Check it out at www.suzerestaurant.net
Food Network
Gospel Dream 2008: Missing American Idol and seeking something more spiritual? Tune into this competition for gospel and Christian-music singers. This third-season premiere will be preceded by the brand-new Bobby Jones: Next Generation, a showcase for up-and-coming Christian-music performers. 8 tonight, Gospel Music Channel
Rock the Reception: In this new series, choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo, who have worked with such music stars as Beyonce, help engaged couples prepare a fabulous dance routine for their receptions, sometimes (line-dance alert!) roping in the entire wedding party as well. TLC is making this the cornerstone of a 12-hour "Wedding Day Event" that begins at 11 a.m. with a special Little People, Big World. 8 tonight, TLC
In Plain Sight: Fans of Burn Notice should enjoy this similarly light, somewhat old-fashioned crime drama in which Mary McCormack plays a U.S. Marshal who helps relocate criminals in the witness protection program. But protecting these witnesses isn't easy. This is shot in the Albuquerque area; could she wind up working with one of the low-lifes in Breaking Bad? 9 tonight, USA
Bridezillas: For its fifth season, the high-maintenance wedding series focuses on families who fight back when the bride-to-be demands too much. Such as in the season premiere, in which the bride wants no tattoos or cleavage in her wedding party (seems reasonable) and also doesn't want anyone to touch her (um, OK) -- including the groom (uh-oh). This will pair with season three of the glitzy Platinum Weddings. 8 tonight, WE
What else is new, scripted division
Swingtown: CBS gets all Boogie Nights on us (or at least Ice Storm on us) with this new series following two generations through swinging suburban Chicago in 1976. Deadwood's Molly Parker and Pirates of the Caribbean's Jack Davenport play a couple who discover their neighbors (Grant Show, Lana Parrilla) are a little more adventurous than they are. 9 p.m. Thursday, KTVT/Channel 11
The Middleman: Matt Keeslar plays the title role in this series based on Javier Grillo-Marxuach's graphic novels about a "milk-drinking, ruggedly wholesome" superhero who recruits a young art-school graduate (Natalie Morales) in his fight against crime. And if that sounds odd, we haven't even mentioned the cranky robot assistant (Mary Pat Gleason). 7 p.m. June 16, ABC Family
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: British actress Billie Piper stars in this new comedy as Hannah Baxter, a 27-year-old college graduate who lives a double life as a high-priced escort-service worker named Belle. Supporting characters include Belle's materialistic "agent" (Cherie Lunghi); Hannah's friendly ex (Iddo Goldberg) who is secretly in love ... with Belle; and her parents (Toyah Willcox and Stuart Organ), who think she's a legal secretary. 9:30 p.m. June 16, Showtime
Factory: Spike TV's first sitcom stars Curb Your Enthusiasm alumni Michael Coleman and David Pasquesi, as well as In Living Color's Jay Leggett, as factory-worker buddies who spend more time hanging out with one another than they do working. 9 p.m. June 29, Spike
Flashpoint:Veronica Mars dad Enrico Colantoni heads the cast in this drama about a special police unit (inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task Force) that "rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens." 9 p.m. July 11, KTVT/Channel 11
The Cleaner: The title makes it sound like some hit-man (or, I suppose, laundry) series, but it's not. Benjamin Bratt, who recently appeared in A E's overblown Andromeda Strain remake, stars as an "extreme interventionist," a recovering addict who makes a deal with God to help other people kick their addictions. 9 p.m. July 15, A E
Sordid Lives: The Series: Native Texan Del Shores guided his seriocomic play about small-town life, which had its Texas premiere in 1997 at Fort Worth's Circle Theatre, in a movie version. Now it comes to TV, with local fave (and original cast member) Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John (who will sing five new songs) among the cast members. 9 p.m. July 23, Logo
What else is new, reality division
Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods: Haylie Duff stars in and is executive producer of this eight-episode reality-competition series about the search for an actress to replace Legally Blonde lead Laura Bell Bundy on Broadway. Remember, contestants: bend -- and snap! 9 p.m. Monday, MTV
On the Road in America: In this 12-part nonfiction series, four young Arabs take a road trip across America in an effort to learn about the United States' diversity. In later episodes, the young people take members of the production team to their home countries so that the filmmakers can learn more about the Middle East. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sundance
She's Got the Look: Kim Alexis hosts this latest twist on modeling competitions, in which women over 35 compete to become supermodels. 9 p.m. Wednesday, TV Land
Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation: Animal Planet's popular family drama -- about a family of oddly cute critters -- enters its next stage. 8 p.m. Friday, Animal Planet
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of NASA, Discovery airs this three-week series about American space exploration, as told by some of the astronauts who were there. Gary Sinise -- he's not an astronaut, but he played one in Apollo 13 -- narrates. 8 p.m. June 8, Discovery
Master of Dance: Apparently, dance-competition reality series aren't going to stop till every network does one. This time, it's TLC's turn, as Dancing With the Stars alum Joey Lawrence hosts this show in which contestants' moves are challenged when songs change in mid-performance. 7 p.m. June 9, TLC
Celebrity Circus: No, the title doesn't refer to what happens when Britney Spears tries to drive down the Sunset Strip. It is, indeed, a celebrity circus, in which folks such as Antonio Sabato Jr. and Rachel Hunter "attempt death-defying stunts in a head-to-head competition" in front of an audience. 8:30 p.m. June 11, KXAS/Channel 5
The Wendy Williams Show: The longtime New York DJ brings her twists on celebrity gossip, news and just about everything else to daytime TV in this new syndicated show that's debuting in a handful of markets, including Dallas-Fort Worth. 11 a.m. June 14, KDFW/Channel 4
Black Gold: The macho-reality genre that brought us Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men finally comes to Texas to report on oil men and roughnecks in the Permian Basin. 9 p.m. June 18, TruTV
I Survived a Japanese Game Show: ABC continues Intellectually Challenging Tuesdays with this fairly self-explanatory reality series about 10 Americans who are whisked away to Japan, where they compete in such game-show challenges as "Why Is This Food So Hard to Eat?," "Chicken Butt Scramble" and "Honey, Why Did You Remove the Batteries From the Remote?" OK, so I made that last one up. 8 p.m. June 24, WFAA/Channel 8
The Baby Borrowers: This reality series isn't as disturbing as its title makes it sound -- or maybe it is. It follows five teenage couples over the course of three weeks as they set up homes, get jobs and then care for real babies (provided by volunteer parents, some of whom were teen parents themselves). But wait, there's more: After three days, the baby is replaced by a toddler, who's replaced by a preteen, who's replaced by a teen and so on through the cycle of contrived life. 7 p.m. June 25, KXAS/Channel 5
Hopkins: Sure, it sounds like a mystery series that aired on CBS in 1976, but this is actually a six-episode ABC News documentary series about doctors and patients in Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. Shot in high-definition. 9 p.m. June 26, WFAA/Channel 8
Dance Machine: So you think you haven't had enough of dance-reality shows? This series features people from all walks of life going head to head -- or feet to feet, anyway -- in dance-offs set to the most popular songs of all time. "Imagine a 70-year-old grandmother in a dance-off with a 25-year-old gravedigger to the tune of Michael Jackson's Thriller," the release says. Imagine me changing channels. 7 p.m. June 27, WFAA/Channel 8
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence: Mitchell -- who was the Star-Telegram film critic from late 1997 to late '99 and has also written for The New York Times and other publications -- is an engaging, eccentric personality, and he'll bring his love of film geekery to this interview series. The premiere features one of the last interviews with Sydney Pollack, the longtime film director and actor who died Monday at age 73. 7 p.m. July 7, Turner Classic Movies
High School Musical: Get in the Picture: You might as well just hand the remote to your kids when this competition series goes on a big casting search for people 16 to 22 years old who want to be in show biz. The winner will appear in a music video that will air at the end of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. 7 p.m. July 20, WFAA/Channel 8
What's coming back
The Mole: ABC's once-canceled reality series resurfaces (get it?) with Jon Kelley hosting the competition in which one player is secretly working to sabotage the rest in challenges and "missions." Victoria, a former pageant girl and cheerleader from Bishop, about 35 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, represents Texas. She says don't underestimate her because she's a cute small-town girl. 9 p.m. Monday , WFAA/Channel 8
30 Days: Gonzo filmmaker Morgan Spurlock kicks off a third season of his series in which he has people walk in someone else's shoes. Or in other clothing, as Spurlock himself finds out in the season premiere what it's like to be a coal miner in his home state of West Virginia. 9 p.m. Tuesday, FX
HGTV Design Star: HGTV's popular competition series begins a third season, with College Station's Michael Stribling representing Texas. A fan-selected contestant will be revealed on the premiere, increasing the field to nine. 9 p.m. June 8, HGTV
Ice Road Truckers: The show about truckers who haul equipment through the Arctic returns for a second season. 9 p.m. June 8, History
Army Wives: When last we left this hit Lifetime series -- which finds the middle ground between the cynicism of Desperate Housewives and the tension of The Unit -- some guy had just walked into the bar where the wives hang out with a bomb strapped to his chest. Find out in the second-season premiere if he blew anyone up. Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell lead a strong ensemble cast. 9 p.m. June 8, Lifetime
Nashville Star: After five seasons on cable's USA Network, the country-music answer to American Idol makes the leap (or the two-step) to network TV, with a new host, Billy Ray Cyrus. Singer Jewel, singer-producer John Rich and songwriter Jeffrey Steele are around to provide the contestants feedback. 8:30 p.m. June 9, KXAS/Channel 5
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List: Griffin, whom we're pretty sure is at least at C-plus status by now, returns for a fourth season of this entertaining, funny and occasionally touching look at her family and her life on the road. 8 p.m. June 12, Bravo
Burn Notice: This entertaining, very summery series, starring Jeffrey Donovan as a fired spy who helps people while trying not to get snuffed himself, returns for a second breezy season. Co-stars Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless are all expected back. 9 p.m. July 10, USA
The Bill Engvall Show: The former Dallas comedian kicks off a second season of his (relatively) old-school family sitcom, with Nancy Travis back as his wife. 8 p.m. June 12, TBS
My Boys: The first season of this pleasant comedy about a female sportswriter (Jordana Spiro) ended with her jetting off to Rome with a mystery companion. The second-season opener reveals who her pal is, and it could be one of three guys. And they aren't even the Boys of the title, which refers to her platonic poker buddies. 8:30 p.m. June 12, TBS
Weeds: Mary-Louise Parker returns for a fourth season as dope-dealing single mom Nancy Botwin in this shotgun satire of modern-day suburbia. 9 p.m. June 16, Showtime
America's Got Talent: This hit was a big, big deal around here last year, with Mesquite ventriloquist Terry Fator winning and Arlington-based singer Cas Haley the runner-up. So will North Texas heat things up again this year? 8 p.m. June 17, KXAS/Channel 5
Flipping Out: Real-estate honcho Jeff Lewis is back for another season of house-flipping, obsessive-compulsive disorder and frequent tantrums. Or maybe not so frequent -- thanks to therapy, Lewis is trying to reduce his "flip-outs" by 66 percent. Which still leaves several per day. 9 p.m. June 17, Bravo
Tori Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood: The third season of Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott's look inside their marriage finds them moving back to Los Angeles and dealing with parenthood, as well as with Tori's book tour and other incidents that threaten to turn this into a long-distance relationship. 9 p.m. June 17, Oxygen
Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew: This show did so well for MTV this spring, the network can't wait to bring it back, beginning with a casting special at 1 p.m. June 7. The second-season premiere begins a less than two weeks later. 9 p.m. June 19, MTV
P.O.V.: The public-television series begins its 21st season with Traces of the Trade, in which filmmaker Katrina Browne confronts her family's slave-holding past. 10 p.m. June 24, KERA/Channel 13
Shear Genius: Season two of the hair-styling competition features two stylists from Dallas: Matthew Tully, who attended cosmetology school in Big D; and Daniel Lewis, who grew up in Tallahassee but has settled in the Dallas area. 9 p.m. June 25, Bravo
The Closer: Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) returns for another season of squirreling away junk food and interrogating squirrelly crime suspects. 8 p.m. July 14, TNT
Saving Grace: Holly Hunter comes back for a second season as foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, hard-loving Oklahoma City cop Grace Hanadarko, who'd probably be even more of a mess if it weren't for the angel who's always coming around to guide her. 9 p.m. July 14, TNT
Mad Men: There's not a lot of info out there yet about season two of AMC's stunning series about 1960s Madison Avenue advertising executives. 9 p.m. July 27, AMC
Project Runway: Despite reports that Lifetime had nabbed this competition from Bravo, the fifth season begins on the show's longtime home, with host Heidi Klum still auffing contestants and the dapper Tim Gunn telling them to make it work. July, Bravo (day and time TBA)
Summer TV doesn't have to be about rerun doldrums and cheesy reality series. Last year proved it, with the premieres of such noteworthy scripted series as Mad Men, Burn Notice, Army Wives, Saving Grace and Damages, as well as strong seasons of such existing series as Big Love and The Closer.
Many of those shows will be back, but the writers strike appears to have had a lingering effect, as there are fewer new scripted series and a lot more cheesy reality shows -- some of which make America's Got Talent look like a Frontline documentary. Some series, such as American Gladiators and So You Think You Can Dance, couldn't wait for June and have already been on for a few weeks. But today, the dam bursts with more than a half-dozen series and season premieres.
Here's what's coming up, with the usual caveats: Dates are subject to change, and these are just the shows we could fit in this space.
What's starting today
Million Dollar Password: The password is "Reeg," as Regis Philbin hosts this update of the popular game show, in which celebrities help players guess secret words and vice-versa. Neil Patrick Harris and Rachael Ray are in the premiere; the show will play tribute to its heritage in a future episode featuring Betty White, a frequent Password player who was married to the show's longtime host, Allen Ludden, until his 1981 death. 7 tonight, KTVT/Channel 11
The Next Food Network Star: Season four of this competition, which plays like a Top Chef in which contestants not only have to cook but explain what they're doing as they go along, begins with a North Texan in the hunt: Lisa Garza of Dallas' Suze Restaurant Catering, which has been praised by national food magazines such as Bon Appetit. Check it out at www.suzerestaurant.net
Food Network
Gospel Dream 2008: Missing American Idol and seeking something more spiritual? Tune into this competition for gospel and Christian-music singers. This third-season premiere will be preceded by the brand-new Bobby Jones: Next Generation, a showcase for up-and-coming Christian-music performers. 8 tonight, Gospel Music Channel
Rock the Reception: In this new series, choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo, who have worked with such music stars as Beyonce, help engaged couples prepare a fabulous dance routine for their receptions, sometimes (line-dance alert!) roping in the entire wedding party as well. TLC is making this the cornerstone of a 12-hour "Wedding Day Event" that begins at 11 a.m. with a special Little People, Big World. 8 tonight, TLC
In Plain Sight: Fans of Burn Notice should enjoy this similarly light, somewhat old-fashioned crime drama in which Mary McCormack plays a U.S. Marshal who helps relocate criminals in the witness protection program. But protecting these witnesses isn't easy. This is shot in the Albuquerque area; could she wind up working with one of the low-lifes in Breaking Bad? 9 tonight, USA
Bridezillas: For its fifth season, the high-maintenance wedding series focuses on families who fight back when the bride-to-be demands too much. Such as in the season premiere, in which the bride wants no tattoos or cleavage in her wedding party (seems reasonable) and also doesn't want anyone to touch her (um, OK) -- including the groom (uh-oh). This will pair with season three of the glitzy Platinum Weddings. 8 tonight, WE
What else is new, scripted division
Swingtown: CBS gets all Boogie Nights on us (or at least Ice Storm on us) with this new series following two generations through swinging suburban Chicago in 1976. Deadwood's Molly Parker and Pirates of the Caribbean's Jack Davenport play a couple who discover their neighbors (Grant Show, Lana Parrilla) are a little more adventurous than they are. 9 p.m. Thursday, KTVT/Channel 11
The Middleman: Matt Keeslar plays the title role in this series based on Javier Grillo-Marxuach's graphic novels about a "milk-drinking, ruggedly wholesome" superhero who recruits a young art-school graduate (Natalie Morales) in his fight against crime. And if that sounds odd, we haven't even mentioned the cranky robot assistant (Mary Pat Gleason). 7 p.m. June 16, ABC Family
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: British actress Billie Piper stars in this new comedy as Hannah Baxter, a 27-year-old college graduate who lives a double life as a high-priced escort-service worker named Belle. Supporting characters include Belle's materialistic "agent" (Cherie Lunghi); Hannah's friendly ex (Iddo Goldberg) who is secretly in love ... with Belle; and her parents (Toyah Willcox and Stuart Organ), who think she's a legal secretary. 9:30 p.m. June 16, Showtime
Factory: Spike TV's first sitcom stars Curb Your Enthusiasm alumni Michael Coleman and David Pasquesi, as well as In Living Color's Jay Leggett, as factory-worker buddies who spend more time hanging out with one another than they do working. 9 p.m. June 29, Spike
Flashpoint:Veronica Mars dad Enrico Colantoni heads the cast in this drama about a special police unit (inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task Force) that "rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens." 9 p.m. July 11, KTVT/Channel 11
The Cleaner: The title makes it sound like some hit-man (or, I suppose, laundry) series, but it's not. Benjamin Bratt, who recently appeared in A E's overblown Andromeda Strain remake, stars as an "extreme interventionist," a recovering addict who makes a deal with God to help other people kick their addictions. 9 p.m. July 15, A E
Sordid Lives: The Series: Native Texan Del Shores guided his seriocomic play about small-town life, which had its Texas premiere in 1997 at Fort Worth's Circle Theatre, in a movie version. Now it comes to TV, with local fave (and original cast member) Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John (who will sing five new songs) among the cast members. 9 p.m. July 23, Logo
What else is new, reality division
Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods: Haylie Duff stars in and is executive producer of this eight-episode reality-competition series about the search for an actress to replace Legally Blonde lead Laura Bell Bundy on Broadway. Remember, contestants: bend -- and snap! 9 p.m. Monday, MTV
On the Road in America: In this 12-part nonfiction series, four young Arabs take a road trip across America in an effort to learn about the United States' diversity. In later episodes, the young people take members of the production team to their home countries so that the filmmakers can learn more about the Middle East. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sundance
She's Got the Look: Kim Alexis hosts this latest twist on modeling competitions, in which women over 35 compete to become supermodels. 9 p.m. Wednesday, TV Land
Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation: Animal Planet's popular family drama -- about a family of oddly cute critters -- enters its next stage. 8 p.m. Friday, Animal Planet
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions: In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of NASA, Discovery airs this three-week series about American space exploration, as told by some of the astronauts who were there. Gary Sinise -- he's not an astronaut, but he played one in Apollo 13 -- narrates. 8 p.m. June 8, Discovery
Master of Dance: Apparently, dance-competition reality series aren't going to stop till every network does one. This time, it's TLC's turn, as Dancing With the Stars alum Joey Lawrence hosts this show in which contestants' moves are challenged when songs change in mid-performance. 7 p.m. June 9, TLC
Celebrity Circus: No, the title doesn't refer to what happens when Britney Spears tries to drive down the Sunset Strip. It is, indeed, a celebrity circus, in which folks such as Antonio Sabato Jr. and Rachel Hunter "attempt death-defying stunts in a head-to-head competition" in front of an audience. 8:30 p.m. June 11, KXAS/Channel 5
The Wendy Williams Show: The longtime New York DJ brings her twists on celebrity gossip, news and just about everything else to daytime TV in this new syndicated show that's debuting in a handful of markets, including Dallas-Fort Worth. 11 a.m. June 14, KDFW/Channel 4
Black Gold: The macho-reality genre that brought us Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men finally comes to Texas to report on oil men and roughnecks in the Permian Basin. 9 p.m. June 18, TruTV
I Survived a Japanese Game Show: ABC continues Intellectually Challenging Tuesdays with this fairly self-explanatory reality series about 10 Americans who are whisked away to Japan, where they compete in such game-show challenges as "Why Is This Food So Hard to Eat?," "Chicken Butt Scramble" and "Honey, Why Did You Remove the Batteries From the Remote?" OK, so I made that last one up. 8 p.m. June 24, WFAA/Channel 8
The Baby Borrowers: This reality series isn't as disturbing as its title makes it sound -- or maybe it is. It follows five teenage couples over the course of three weeks as they set up homes, get jobs and then care for real babies (provided by volunteer parents, some of whom were teen parents themselves). But wait, there's more: After three days, the baby is replaced by a toddler, who's replaced by a preteen, who's replaced by a teen and so on through the cycle of contrived life. 7 p.m. June 25, KXAS/Channel 5
Hopkins: Sure, it sounds like a mystery series that aired on CBS in 1976, but this is actually a six-episode ABC News documentary series about doctors and patients in Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. Shot in high-definition. 9 p.m. June 26, WFAA/Channel 8
Dance Machine: So you think you haven't had enough of dance-reality shows? This series features people from all walks of life going head to head -- or feet to feet, anyway -- in dance-offs set to the most popular songs of all time. "Imagine a 70-year-old grandmother in a dance-off with a 25-year-old gravedigger to the tune of Michael Jackson's Thriller," the release says. Imagine me changing channels. 7 p.m. June 27, WFAA/Channel 8
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence: Mitchell -- who was the Star-Telegram film critic from late 1997 to late '99 and has also written for The New York Times and other publications -- is an engaging, eccentric personality, and he'll bring his love of film geekery to this interview series. The premiere features one of the last interviews with Sydney Pollack, the longtime film director and actor who died Monday at age 73. 7 p.m. July 7, Turner Classic Movies
High School Musical: Get in the Picture: You might as well just hand the remote to your kids when this competition series goes on a big casting search for people 16 to 22 years old who want to be in show biz. The winner will appear in a music video that will air at the end of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. 7 p.m. July 20, WFAA/Channel 8
What's coming back
The Mole: ABC's once-canceled reality series resurfaces (get it?) with Jon Kelley hosting the competition in which one player is secretly working to sabotage the rest in challenges and "missions." Victoria, a former pageant girl and cheerleader from Bishop, about 35 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, represents Texas. She says don't underestimate her because she's a cute small-town girl. 9 p.m. Monday , WFAA/Channel 8
30 Days: Gonzo filmmaker Morgan Spurlock kicks off a third season of his series in which he has people walk in someone else's shoes. Or in other clothing, as Spurlock himself finds out in the season premiere what it's like to be a coal miner in his home state of West Virginia. 9 p.m. Tuesday, FX
HGTV Design Star: HGTV's popular competition series begins a third season, with College Station's Michael Stribling representing Texas. A fan-selected contestant will be revealed on the premiere, increasing the field to nine. 9 p.m. June 8, HGTV
Ice Road Truckers: The show about truckers who haul equipment through the Arctic returns for a second season. 9 p.m. June 8, History
Army Wives: When last we left this hit Lifetime series -- which finds the middle ground between the cynicism of Desperate Housewives and the tension of The Unit -- some guy had just walked into the bar where the wives hang out with a bomb strapped to his chest. Find out in the second-season premiere if he blew anyone up. Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell lead a strong ensemble cast. 9 p.m. June 8, Lifetime
Nashville Star: After five seasons on cable's USA Network, the country-music answer to American Idol makes the leap (or the two-step) to network TV, with a new host, Billy Ray Cyrus. Singer Jewel, singer-producer John Rich and songwriter Jeffrey Steele are around to provide the contestants feedback. 8:30 p.m. June 9, KXAS/Channel 5
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List: Griffin, whom we're pretty sure is at least at C-plus status by now, returns for a fourth season of this entertaining, funny and occasionally touching look at her family and her life on the road. 8 p.m. June 12, Bravo
Burn Notice: This entertaining, very summery series, starring Jeffrey Donovan as a fired spy who helps people while trying not to get snuffed himself, returns for a second breezy season. Co-stars Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless are all expected back. 9 p.m. July 10, USA
The Bill Engvall Show: The former Dallas comedian kicks off a second season of his (relatively) old-school family sitcom, with Nancy Travis back as his wife. 8 p.m. June 12, TBS
My Boys: The first season of this pleasant comedy about a female sportswriter (Jordana Spiro) ended with her jetting off to Rome with a mystery companion. The second-season opener reveals who her pal is, and it could be one of three guys. And they aren't even the Boys of the title, which refers to her platonic poker buddies. 8:30 p.m. June 12, TBS
Weeds: Mary-Louise Parker returns for a fourth season as dope-dealing single mom Nancy Botwin in this shotgun satire of modern-day suburbia. 9 p.m. June 16, Showtime
America's Got Talent: This hit was a big, big deal around here last year, with Mesquite ventriloquist Terry Fator winning and Arlington-based singer Cas Haley the runner-up. So will North Texas heat things up again this year? 8 p.m. June 17, KXAS/Channel 5
Flipping Out: Real-estate honcho Jeff Lewis is back for another season of house-flipping, obsessive-compulsive disorder and frequent tantrums. Or maybe not so frequent -- thanks to therapy, Lewis is trying to reduce his "flip-outs" by 66 percent. Which still leaves several per day. 9 p.m. June 17, Bravo
Tori Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood: The third season of Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott's look inside their marriage finds them moving back to Los Angeles and dealing with parenthood, as well as with Tori's book tour and other incidents that threaten to turn this into a long-distance relationship. 9 p.m. June 17, Oxygen
Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew: This show did so well for MTV this spring, the network can't wait to bring it back, beginning with a casting special at 1 p.m. June 7. The second-season premiere begins a less than two weeks later. 9 p.m. June 19, MTV
P.O.V.: The public-television series begins its 21st season with Traces of the Trade, in which filmmaker Katrina Browne confronts her family's slave-holding past. 10 p.m. June 24, KERA/Channel 13
Shear Genius: Season two of the hair-styling competition features two stylists from Dallas: Matthew Tully, who attended cosmetology school in Big D; and Daniel Lewis, who grew up in Tallahassee but has settled in the Dallas area. 9 p.m. June 25, Bravo
The Closer: Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) returns for another season of squirreling away junk food and interrogating squirrelly crime suspects. 8 p.m. July 14, TNT
Saving Grace: Holly Hunter comes back for a second season as foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, hard-loving Oklahoma City cop Grace Hanadarko, who'd probably be even more of a mess if it weren't for the angel who's always coming around to guide her. 9 p.m. July 14, TNT
Mad Men: There's not a lot of info out there yet about season two of AMC's stunning series about 1960s Madison Avenue advertising executives. 9 p.m. July 27, AMC
Project Runway: Despite reports that Lifetime had nabbed this competition from Bravo, the fifth season begins on the show's longtime home, with host Heidi Klum still auffing contestants and the dapper Tim Gunn telling them to make it work. July, Bravo (day and time TBA)
Macau news three from Turkey and Germany in the 1000 master, the Sands Macau casino in 1000 when he was to see through. Police will be one network Chengqin.
Police investigations revealed that three old 1000 regulations already have casinos, informed of every two hours to replace the cards, then the bet, display their speed practices, with a nail in the cards marked S on the scratch on a small point, and Different points of playing cards, small points of the position are different in order to identify the quality of licensed bookmakers, and then decide whether to add or abstain from voting, to take this opportunity to improve the winning. Secretary police seized gambling table playing cards, found that most were scratch marks on, the counting for the old 1000 chips, they have won by more than 70,000 yuan.
Caribbean poker, popular in Europe and the United States casinos, gamblers are free to bet, the Notes and progressive Award , but alone can not bet progressive award. Gamblers bet, bankers and family have been allocated among five licensing, gambling-read the cards and bankers hands of the end of the licence, should decide whether to add , not when the word surrender, guests only need to get over Makers of the marriage licensing portfolio, you can win.
Source: Dayang Wang - Information Times
