# Summer TV -- anything good coming? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362 "2006-05-26T19:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/21 "2006-05-27T23:09:19Z")
I have read the Psych (which follows Monk) is supposed to be good, and in the same neurotic tic fashion as Monk. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/22 "2006-05-28T04:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] You didn’t answer my question. What would you call it? Do you consider it to be a drama? [/QUOTE] I’d call it a Police Procedural or, more accurately, a Monk Procedural. Other than that, there’s not really any element that stands out. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/23 "2006-05-29T01:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] I’d call it a Police Procedural or, more accurately, a Monk Procedural. Other than that, there’s not really any element that stands out. [/QUOTE] It’s a comedy with detective elements. It’s a comedy more than anything esle. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/24 "2006-05-29T01:52:20Z")
Comedies are supposed to be, yaknow, _funny_. For me, “Monk” is slightly more funny than “Seinfeld” and infinitely more watchable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/25 "2006-05-30T01:06:53Z")
My apologies for hijacking the _Monk_ discussion – but I just saw a promo for [_The Treasure Hunters_](http://www.nbc.com/Treasure_Hunters/), which seems worth checking out. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/26 "2006-05-30T02:05:02Z")
[QUOTE=ronincyberpunk] There’s that new show, **Saved** starting up. I plan to check it out. [/QUOTE] I saw an ad for that in the movie theatre last night, before _X-Men_: it was the first I’d seen of it, and it looks interesting! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/27 "2006-05-30T12:02:48Z")
For me, _Monk, Saved,_ and _The Dead Zone_. Seems like ages since _Dead Zone_ was on. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/28 "2006-05-30T13:03:16Z")
**Deadwood** and **Project Runway** are both coming up soon. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/29 "2006-05-30T13:04:09Z")
For me, _Entourage_ really came into its own in Season 2, and I’m really looking forward to this season. Also, [Louis CK](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127373/) has a show starting on HBO called _Lucky Louis_ which is being billed as your standard 4-camera sitcom set up, only on HBO. It will be interesting to see where that goes. Louis CK is a funny dude. _Deadwood_, naturally. Beyond that, there’s really nothing I’m looking forward to. Best title for summer shows: “Master of Champions”. Looks like a repackaged “That’s Incredible”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/30 "2006-05-30T15:50:18Z")
[Kyle XY](http://www.tv.com/kyle-xy/show/35825/summary.html), eh? The teasers look interesting and creepy kids are always fun…“looks like a teenager but otherwise appears to be a newborn?” Of course I will watch **Falcon Beach** since I tune in for any over-the-top evening soap operas. And I thought I saw a preview of an ensemble twenty-something type show. (Perhaps I’m thinking of Windfall–twenty lottery winners and their adventures, featuring Luke Perry!) Like that one on FOX where every week was the next year but it got cancelled before we found out all the secrets. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/31 "2006-05-30T16:26:22Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Project Runway\*\* [is] coming up soon. [/QUOTE] Tentatively scheduled to start July 12. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/32 "2006-05-30T17:22:44Z")
Does anyone know how much of Lost will be repeated? Iris only just finished watching the first season and did’t want to jump into the middle of the second. They are repeating at least some of it starting this week, but it would suck to only get 2/3 of the way though it and then the next season starts. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/33 "2006-06-29T14:40:17Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] [Kyle XY](http://www.tv.com/kyle-xy/show/35825/summary.html), eh? The teasers look interesting and creepy kids are always fun…“looks like a teenager but otherwise appears to be a newborn?” : [/QUOTE] My god, the opening scene was EXACTLY like _John Doe_. They even called the Kid John Doe to start. If I were the dudes who wrote \*John Doe, \* I’d be acalling my attorney about now. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/34 "2006-06-29T15:13:04Z")
_The Dead Zone_ has gotten off to a good start. It would be even better if hottie female psychic Alex Sinclair was back, though. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/35 "2006-07-01T17:38:27Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] My god, the opening scene was EXACTLY like _John Doe_. They even called the Kid John Doe to start. If I were the dudes who wrote \*John Doe, \* I’d be acalling my attorney about now. [/QUOTE] I didn’t see the opening scene, but I did catch part of this on TV last night, and I thought it was horrid. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362/36 "2006-07-01T22:02:33Z")
Did anyone else watch Wednesday night’s premiere of _Blade_ on SpikeTV? I taped it, and just watched it today. I can’t decide what I think yet, but I will say that it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’ll probably watch it again. (Well, actually I’ll probably _tape_ it again, because it’s on at the same time as _Hustle_ on AMC. :)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-anything-good-coming/358362.md?page=1)