By Evelyn David
Remember when summer
television was a vast wasteland of reruns! Not so much anymore.
With all the cable
stations available, the competition for viewers is tough and in order to compete
many networks now offer shows that air new material in the summer months.
Some of my favorites
have returned this month, more next month.
Rizzoli and Isles is airing new episodes. Often it’s just too cute
for words with the junior high “girl buddy” theme, but out of loyalty
to the brilliant novels by Tess Gerritsen, I watch. Lorraine Bracco is
excellent as “Jane’s” mother. She’s probably my favorite character on the tv series.
Falling Skies is returning for its second season. Aliens have taken
over the world and Dr. John Carter from ER fame, okay Noah Wyle is famous for other
roles now, but he’ll always be Dr. Carter to me – anyway he’s leading a group
of survivors who are fighting back. Special effects are well done and the
plot’s interesting. Last season ended with Dr. Carter about to be sucked up
into an alien spacecraft.
For light fun, I enjoy
USA Network’s Royal Pains. Nothing
like spending the summer in The Hamptons seeing how the other half vacations. Great
scenery and likeable characters.
If the temperatures get
too hot, there’s always Ice Road Truckers.
I lived in Alaska for a couple of years and I enjoy the show for the scenery. I
also liked watching trucker “Lisa” compete with the guys, but for
some reason she’s not back this season. The series probably won’t have the same
appeal for me.
My favorite, The Closer, is back in July with its
final six episodes. The star, Kyra Sedgwick, has decided she’d “closed”
enough cases and is headed back to New York and husband Kevin Bacon. Not sure
how the writers are going to end “Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson’s” employment
with the LAPD. My bets are either with a pregnancy or a long overdue return to
visit her parents in Atlanta. The rest of “Chief Johnson’s” squad
will immediately, as in the hour following the final Closer episode, become the ensemble cast of the new spinoff series,
Major Crimes. The incomparable
actress, Mary McDonnell, “Stands With a Fist” from Dancing with Wolves and more recently of
Battlestar Galactica fame, headlines
the new show. I think it should be a great addition to TNT’s network, if Mary’s
character, “Captain Sharon Raydor,” can manage to get out from under
the shadow of “Chief Johnson.” Only time will tell.
Anyone planning to watch
the new Dallas? I will if only for
the nostalgia factor. When I was in high school the marching band played the
theme from Dallas at all our football games. “Who shot J.R.?” was the
first cliffhanger I remember my generation talking about for an entire summer.
I’d write more but I
this is shark week on the Syfy channel. Jersey Shore just got attacked by
red-eyed albino sharks and I’ve got to see how the movie ends.
What are you watching this
summer?
Rhonda
aka The Southern Half of Evelyn David
Zoned for Murder – Kindle (Exclusive at Amazon this month)
Brianna Sullivan Mysteries – e-book series
I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries- Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah- Kindle (Exclusive at Amazon this month)
The Holiday Spirit(s) of Lottawatah- Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Undying Love in Lottawatah- Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
A Haunting in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Lottawatah Twister – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Missing in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Good Grief in Lottawatah – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
The Ghosts of Lottawatah – trade paperback collection of the Brianna e-books
Book 1 – I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries (includes the first four Brianna e-books)
Book 2 – A Haunting in Lottawatah (includes the 5th, 6th, and 7th Brianna e-books)
Sullivan Investigations Mystery
Murder Off the Books Kindle – Nook – Smashwords – Trade Paperback
Murder Takes the Cake Kindle – Nook – Smashwords – Trade Paperback
Riley Come Home (short story)- Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Moonlighting at the Mall (short story) – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
Romances
Love Lessons – Kindle – Nook – Smashwords
