# Summer TV -- how/will you be watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436 "2007-05-25T00:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/21 "2007-05-25T16:35:14Z")
As much as I like TV, I’m always relieved not to have to tune into anything during the summer. Sit on the porch until 9:00. Take a long walk after supper. Take in a mid-week movie. I’ll still watch HBO on Sunday, but other than that. . .I don’t really plan on tuning into anything that isn’t a sporting event until about September. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/22 "2007-05-25T16:36:30Z")
Sweet Eureka is coming back. I loved the first season and I will definitely be watching it this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/23 "2007-05-25T16:45:00Z")
[QUOTE=Tangent] And though I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, I’ll probably be watching Big Brother when it starts up again this summer. [/QUOTE] Add me to that list, too. Except for that, I can’t think of anything specific. I suspect Netflix will see lots of action out of us for a few months. Come on Football!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/24 "2007-05-25T17:25:14Z")
We’ll be watching _So You Think You Can Dance_, which is vastly more entertaining that _AI_, IMHO. I’ll be catching up on seasons 1 and 2 of _The Unit_. I’ll watch reruns of _Supernatural_and _Criminal Minds_. Other than that, it’ll be Netflix all the way. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/25 "2007-05-25T22:09:26Z")
American Inventor is coming back on, so I will keep track of it. Otherwise, it’s Blockbuster and Netflix for me. I want to see **Bones, Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica** and several others on DVD, as I lack cable and always forget to watch Bones. I keep forgetting to watch Traveler, too. Never even caught the first one. ---
**Author:** ![ectype](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ectype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ectype)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/26 "2007-05-25T22:14:52Z")
Monk starts July 13 and I’ll be there. Why is that show always off season? Makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![ectype](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ectype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ectype)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/27 "2007-05-25T22:19:25Z")
Last Comic Standing is back. I like the comedy parts but hate the parts about them being cooped up in a mansion and voting each other off. That’s just filler to be skipped over. There’s 5 or 6 episodes of Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip that are playing starting now. I guess they were filmed before cancellation and are being wasted now. Why couldn’t they have run them when originally scheduled, when all the fans were there? Such a waste. Now most casual viewers won’t watch and the fans might think they are reruns. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/28 "2007-05-25T22:25:09Z")
I talked to someone at Netflix today, and as of now, they have no contract to offer \*\*Eureka Season One \*\*this summer. ☹ However, if you have Netflix and want them to offer it, go to Contact Us/ Title Request to ask for it. She said that requests do make a difference! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/29 "2007-05-27T14:53:34Z")
**Last Comic Standing** (June 13th) and **The 4400** (June 17th). LCS is the only reality show I watch, and the 4400…call it inertia. And starting tonight they’re reairing **Brothers & Sisters** from the pilot, and I’m going to give it a shot. I meant to watch it this season but didn’t and found it hard to follow mid-way through when I finally caught a couple of episodes. I was hoping they’d do the same with this season of CSI but they started at least five eps in when it went to reruns last week. oh well. Does anyone know if they’ll replay last season of **Psych**? I missed most of that too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/30 "2007-05-27T16:09:48Z")
Something else I’m looking forward to is the third season of Weeds, which starts on July 30, according to IMDB. I’m interested to see what they do with it, especially given the last episode of the second season. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/31 "2007-05-27T16:23:11Z")
I’ll appreciate the time off from TV, once the last two episodes of The Shield are aired. I may check out It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia when it returns in late summer, but with a day job, a night job, and two grad classes, I’m probably better off even without my few shows from this past season. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/32 "2007-05-27T16:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] And starting tonight they’re reairing **Brothers & Sisters** from the pilot, and I’m going to give it a shot. I meant to watch it this season but didn’t and found it hard to follow mid-way through when I finally caught a couple of episodes. [/QUOTE] Hey, thanks for that. I was thinking I’d have to wait for dvd, but I’m set to record it now. I only watched a few shows this year, so if anyone hears of reruns about to start from this past season, please share it here. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/33 "2007-05-27T17:43:56Z")
NBC is repeating Friday Night Lights starting tonight (Sunday). [Here’s](http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/05/friday_night_li.html) a link to a review from the Seattle P.I. I think it was the best of the new shows this season. Like the reviewer says, it’s not about football. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/34 "2007-05-29T17:01:21Z")
eureka will be the only show i’ll try to watch regularly. the closer, too - when i remember it’s on. other than that, no additional tube worshiping for me this summer. the only shows i make a point to watch regularly during the year are desperate housewives, lost, csi las vegas, ncis and the unit. deadliest catch is slowly becoming an addiction over time. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/35 "2007-05-29T19:14:59Z")
I’m looking forward to watching season 2 of **Eureka** and **Psych**. Right now I’ve got **Pirate Master** scheduled on my DVR, but I’m not hold high expectations for it. Otherwise, I’ll be checking the schedules of Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel and AMC for some films to watch. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436/36 "2007-05-29T19:31:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] Something else I’m looking forward to is the third season of Weeds, which starts on July 30, according to IMDB. I’m interested to see what they do with it, especially given the last episode of the second season. [/QUOTE] Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. I’m also looking forward to the return of Big Love and Hell’s Kitchen. Has anyone heard whether Big Brother and Rock Star are returning this summer? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-tv-how-will-you-be-watching/405436.md?page=1)