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Here's What We'll Be Watching on TV This Summer

BuzzSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:30:35 -0700

ABC, CBS, and Fox have joined NBC in releasing their Summer schedules in recent days, and while we're still waiting on The CW, this already gives us a pretty good sense of how the season will look. There's a lot of reality, of course, but at least one cool scripted series is also on the schedule. Here are some of the goodies:

Swingtown, the CBS series about '70s swinger couples, will finally see the light of day! It's scheduled to air Thursday nights at 10 starting June 5.
So You Think You Can Dance will be the centerpiece of Fox's Summer schedule again (yay!), following last year's pattern of performance shows on Wednesdays and results shows on Thursdays. The show will also have a two-night premiere starting Thursday, May 22, and continuing the following Wednesday.
NBC is touting this as its All-American Summer, thanks to the August broadcast of the Summer Olympics. Apparently, a big part of that is American Gladiators, which returns May 12.
The High School Musical reality show, now called High School Musical: Summer Session, will begin airing July 20, taking over both Sundays and Mondays for three weeks and ultimately airing on Mondays until the grand-prize winner is chosen.
ABC's two big reality franchises, The Bachelorette and The Mole, both kick off in May: The Bachelorette starts May 19, while the new edition of The Mole starts May 26.
Last Comic Standing, meanwhile, returns to NBC May 22.

As for other reality shows, there's a ridiculous-sounding crop in the works - many of which were in my spot the fake pilot quiz. To check out a list, just read more.

CBS has Greatest American Dog (dogs and their owners competing on various tasks), Million Dollar Password (like the old-school game show but with celebrities and Regis Philbin as host), and Jingles (contestants have to write jingles pitching products, sports teams, or entertainment options).
ABC has Wipeout (the falling-down game show), I Survived a Japanese Game Show (which ships contestants to Japan and judges them on how best they adapt to the culture, which just sounds odd), and Dance Machine (which pits regular people against each other in "dance-offs" to popular songs).
NBC has two we've already talked about, but they're so crazy I have to mention them again: The Baby Borrowers (teenage couples are entrusted with raising children) and Celebrity Circus (exactly what it sounds like). Luckily, ABC has canceled its own celeb-circus show.

Photos courtesy of CBS, NBC, and ABC, Inc.

Buzz News Roundup, 4/7

BuzzSugar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:26:35 -0700

Newsday talks to Nicollette Sheridan about her future on Wisteria Lane (caution: spoilery).
The full Lollapalooza lineup has been announced and the headliners that leaked Friday (Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails) are confirmed, Billboard reports.
Tobey Maguire will star in the dramatic thriller Hungry Rabbit Jumps, writes Variety.
Zap2it reports that cast members from Scrubs, Cheers, and The Office will serve as "talent scouts" for this summer's Last Comic Standing.
The French comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the home of the Ch'tis) has surpassed Titanic to become the most successful movie in France ever, Reuters reports.
According to Billboard, Duran Duran is looking to collaborate with the Arctic Monkeys and Mark Ronson on a music project.

"Last Comic Standing": Which City is Funniest?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:15:00 -0700

NBC's stand-up comedy show "Last Comic Standing" returns tonight for its fifth season. If you're like me, you might have just done a double-take at the words "fifth season" - I honestly had no idea the show had been around for so long. This year, "Last Comic Standing" is changing things up by giving the hosting gig to Bill Bellamy (who will always be Mr. "MTV Jams" to me) and adding a $250,000 cash prize to the package of goodies awaiting the winner.

The judges traveled to eight cities around the world to audition contestants, and the results of some of those open calls will be seen on tonight's two-hour premiere. But videos culling the best and worst from the audition cities are already on YouTube, so we can start guessing which city will be the funniest.

I usually stay away from "Last Comic Standing" because I don't want to watch a lot of embarrassingly awkward jokes, but some of these clips at least made me chuckle. I liked the comics from Tempe the most, but that's probably because I watched their clips first. To check out the rest, just click over to London, San Antonio, Sydney, New York, Los Angeles and Montreal. Curiously, Minneapolis was the only audition city not to make it to YouTube so far.

Will you be watching the show? And, based on these clips, which city deserves the most laughs?

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