jlh | In summer TV's programming heavily turns to thoughts of reality (Reply)

Now that my grades are handed in, and some other things taken care of, I have all these posts to make, so call me spammy mcspamerson. Given that I post like, three times a week, I'm not going to try not to feel too guilty about this.

You know, nothing makes you realize just how good at his job Ryan Seacrest is like watching some other reality show. On the Lot is doing the same, "America voted and you are safe" and this chick is just not up to snuff, not even as much as Ryan was first season when he had to compete with Dunkelman. Also now that On the Lot has become Idol for Movies, I don't find it as interesting.
Cat Deeley, OTOH, is awesome and I adore her. SYTYCD is really a better show than American Idol in many ways: dance just pops on television. Also there isn't the money imperative with dance that there is with music, so there isn't an actual Simon stand in—no producer, only choreographers. And I adore Nigel on so many levels, and Mary is crazy without being under the influence, and I already love all the choreographers. The auditions are so much less painful for SYTYCD than for AI.
I'm tired of the Hell's Kitchen promos. I like Gordon Ramsay but not when he's like, screaming at people. That said, Harold went on season one Top Chef to disprove that all head chefs are screamers, so I guess we can thank them for that. *pulls out Harold icon*
Another reason to love Harold: as a stunt before the premiere of Top Chef Bravo is airing a season 1 v season 2 showdown, with Harold, Tiffany, Dave and Stephen vs. Ilan, Marcel, Sam and Elia. (LeeAnn works for the show, so she's not on a team.) Also they've apparently brought Ted Allen in as another judge this season, so we'll see how that will actually work.
One more reason to love Harold: His restaurant is finally open and I'm so totally going later this summer, boy howdy.
Also, in praise of fangirls: the cakeforever fangirls are love for billions of reasons that I can't even lay out here, and I'm looking forward to the SYTYCD fangirls, most of whom are dancers, and the discussion on _sytycd_!

What shows are you looking forward to this summer?