By now, most shows have aired their finales for the season, and now “reruns/repeats” of those shows are now filling those slots on TV. I’m in the process of trying to figure out what I’ll be watching for the summer. Some things are obvious, like The Bachelorette, and So You Think You Can Dance. On cable TV, a new season of Cake Boss and Top Chef are starting, which I know I’ll watch, too. Also, at the end of this month the new seasons for Leverage and Dark Blue (both on TNT) will start, which I’m excited about, since I really love both of those series. Other than that, there isn’t a whole lot that’s on TV (that I know about) that I just have to see.
So, what shows are you planning on watching this summer? Anything new or exciting? I’m hoping you all can give me some good recommendations for new shows to watch to fill my evenings!
Janelle Denison finds it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since she first started writing romance novels. At first, it was a way to pass idle time while her husband worked swing shift, but before long it became an obsession to get published. Luckily, she kept at it (it took her over 5 years to get that first book published!) and is now a Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, and USA Today Bestselling author! Now, after selling over 45 plus novels, she finds that her Plotmonkey pals help to keep her stories fresh and unique, and she can’t imagine writing a story without their input. Janelle lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, along with two teenage daughters that keep life interesting.
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Is there a one stop place where we can see the summer TV schedule? I know LIE TO ME is back, so is RESCUE ME at the end of June, the Chef Ramsey show (name I forget on Sunday nights), … my dh is good at setting the DVR for these things. I tend to forget what’s on when during the summer. I’m much better at winter TV!
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I’ve never seen LIE TO ME, but I’ve wanted to for a long time. Thanks for mentioning this, I’ll go on a search to find it.
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I haven’t watched Rescue Me in a few years…forgot all about it, honestly. I loved it!
The other FX show I really am liking is Justified, with Timothy Olyphant. Yummmm….
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Ohh, I LOVE Timothy Olyphant! will have to check out that series!
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We LOVE summer TV, because on USA channel Royal Pains just came back on, and White Collar will start a new season in July.
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And Burn Notice too!! LOVE both of those shows!
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Since I don’t watch TV, all I can say is pick up a good romance novel instead!
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That’s a good idea, too, Kris!
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I used to say that I watched no TV except for NASCAR. Since my husband introduced me to NCIS, I can’t say that anymore, because I have gotten so addicted to that show I watch it all the time!!
And I’d really like to start watching LIE TO ME, I’m going to see if I can find that listed. I’ll do a handy-dandy “Smart Search” on my DVR. But I have no recommendations for you. Sorry.
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LIE TO ME is a great show. I forgot that the new season for that one is coming soon!
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The only show I’m looking forward to is The Closer but it doesn’t start until July. There just isn’t that much on television during the summer that I really want to watch.
Have a great day,
Cher
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If you like medical shows Hawthorne will be starting up again on June 20th. Lie to Me is pretty good also. I love Closer on USA and just started watching Royal Pains.
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I did watch the first season of Hawthorne and REALLY liked it. I’ll add that to my DVR list!
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Some of my favs are Hell’s kitchen, The Closer, Ice Road Truckers, True Blood, Leverage, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, & Billy The Extreminater(my son started me on this one…lol).
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Summertime is when I catch up on all of the books I haven’t read (except for L and O: CI). LOL. There really isn’t anything that ‘catches’ me. I watched an hour of “The Bachelorette” on Saturday night (because I heard of the swimsuit thing in People).
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Royal Pains started back on Thursday on USA network. True Blood starts back this Sunday(for those who have HBO). I know there are a couple of new shows starting this month, but can’t remember the names of them right now.
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Oh didn’t know THAT. HUNG is nuts, LOL. Looking forward to it.
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I love HUNG, too! I guess there are a lot of shows coming up that I didn’t realize! Thanks for all the reminders!
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Flashpoint just started on Friday for the second season. I really like that one!
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Me too!
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I’m looking forward to The Closer, Hawthorne, Leverage, Burn Notice, Royal Pain. Ice Road Truckers and also checking out the new shows Memphis Beat and Rizzoli and Isles
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Drop Dead Diva premiered the second season on lifetime last night. I love that show.
It’s recordbreaking heat here in Vegas. Had no A/C this weekend, come into work and no A/C here. Gonna be a long day.
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I’m gonna give Hawthorne another try and I’m curious about memphis beat also Rizzoli and Isles sounds pretty good .
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Hell’s Kitchen and True Blood are on the top of my must see TV.
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I don’t watch much TV, but The Closer is a very good program that is new in the summer. (Don’t you want us all reading books instead?)
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Yes.
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Not sure what I’ll be watching this summer. I don’t get a lot of the shows you have all mentioned but I’ll muddle through. There are always books to read
& of course there is my DVD’s from Netflix! 
ABC has advertised a new cop show I will check out. I do like Flashpoint can’t think of any others at the moment. I’m watching The Bachelorette. This week I am heading out to Oregon to visit family & friends so TV is not upper most in my mind. 
Not leaving yet!!
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Donna, Oregon is BEAUTIFUL right now!!! The temperature is perfect — mostly in the 60′s to 70′s!
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I will be watching the Bachelorette too. I also love Ghost Hunters, Hell’s Kitchen and can’t wait for Big Brother. Here and there I’ll watch So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Got Talent. I get a laugh out of Wipeout too.
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P.S What about True Beauty, can’t decide if I want to watch again or not! Also Boston Med might be good. I like Three Rivers it is a summer show.
Bye again!
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I watch True Beauty, too! It’s a fun show to watch, if you like reality TV — which of course I DO!
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I’m eagerly anticipating the return of Mad Men in July. All of the summer shows on the USA network are great but my two favorites are White Collar and Pysch. The guilty pleasure show I watch in the summer is Wipe Out. I mean how can one not enjoy seeing people fall off big red balls?
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Big Brother and Drop Dead Diva
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My family is doing an entire Lost DVD marathon this summer, starting with the pilot and going through the finale. We’ve talked about it for 2 years!
Then Season 4 of Dexter comes out on DVD in August–can’t wait for that one! Plus the girls have started getting me into Buffy. (They are actually going to ComiCon in Philadelphia next Saturday with Bruce, just because James Marstars–Spike, he of the fabulous cheekbones–is appearing there!)
I honestly don’t watch regular TV during the summer. But we sure do watch those DVD collections.
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I adore Flashpoint and Lie to Me. So happy that they are back on!
I also watch Justified, but that’s been on, so I’m not including it in a “summer”update.
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I’ve heard good things about Justified — I hope I’m not too late to give it a try!
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We like Burn Notice and Royal Pains for summer viewing…..
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Betty White has a new show on TV Land starting in a couple of weeks. I think it premiers on 6/18.
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Definitely going to watch Lie to Me tonight and Eureka! and Warehouse 13 start up in July.
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I will be watching Burn Notice, Army Wives, reruns of L&O SVU, NCIS, Cold Case, The Closer and some Psych. Les, I have checked out Justified, and I like it, but I want to watch it from the beginning so that I understand everything. And, I will be reading lots of books too.
Les, picked up your Hqn Showcase today. I can’t wait to get into both stories.
Janelle, looks like you will be watching a lot of tv…LOL!!!
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Yeah, more than I realized, Paula!
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I’ll be watching The Gate(ABC),Hell’s Kitchen(Fox) and Big Brother (CBS) which is on Sun,Tues,Thurs. I love BB,its such a guilty pleasure. I also read the live online feeds for this show.
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I might give The Gate a try, too!
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BIG BROTHER!
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I plan to watch So You Think You Can Dance. My daughters come over and we watch it together. I also hope to catch up on episodes of my favorites that I’ve missed first time around. It’s the first summer in 18 years that I have no children in a sport. I’m going through soccer mom withdrawal. So now I can watch tv, or not, any night.
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well of course I’m excited for True Blood’s new season starting the 13th, but I’m also looking forward to trying out Rizzoli & Isles w/Angie Harmon in it b/c I loved Women’s Murder Club and was sad when it got canceled. I didn’t even know it was from books by James Patterson at the time, but know this new one is based on books by Tess Gerritsen. If I like the show, I may even pick the books
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Wednesday, I will be watching 2010 CMT Music Awards on CMT at8/7c. Love country music. Also a new reality show, Sunset Daze on WE tv. Get this, A retirement village in Surprize, Arizona. The real-life characters, are funny, amazing, and outstanding.
God Bless!
Rebecca
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We watch Leverage and The Closer. Some of the new TNT shows look interesting.
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Summer T.V. really sucks, there just isn’t all that much to pick from.
I Started watching ‘Lie to Me’ again, the new show ; ‘Gate’ looks intresting, ‘Happy Town’ is a bit over the line and ‘Persons Unknown’ is weird, but there isn’t alot to choose from. There’s always ‘America’s Got Talent’ it’s good for a laugh…
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I can’t wait for bib Brother to start. I also want to see that rookie show on ABC and The Gate and another show that is on on Sunday on ABC that they have been advertising and of course read read read….
Donna
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I’m watching “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Drop Dead Diva,” and I’m waiting for “Top Chef,” “The Gates” and “Leverage.” A friend is also taping “True Blood” and “Being Human” for me since I don’t get those channels. “Mad Men” is a summer show too.
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Not too much on – so that gives me more reading time. But I like that Miami Medical show, Flashpoint, And America So You think you got Talent.