SUMMER SERIES' RETURN (Part 2)

Here are some more of the programs I'm looking forward to:

KYLE XY [ABC Family, Second Season] This show is poorly written, and barely acted, but my younger sister hooked me into watching this one. Aside from the homosexual subtext (which makes for fun viewing), the basic concept driving the show is pretty fascinating.

I would file this show under brainless summer fun. It isn't all that hard to follow, and the concept is engaging, but doesn't require regular, weekly viewing.

As far as eye candy, there's not much here... unless you're into young, hairless, button-belly-less guys.

Overall show rating: 5

TOP CHEF [Bravo Network, Third Season] This show is from the same producers as Top Design, Shear Genius and Project Runway. And it is in the same echelon, quality-wise. The first season kind of dragged, but once they found a new presenter, and a better judge panel, the show started to rock.

Interestingly enough, the newest addition to the judges' panel is one of the guys from the American version of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. And the co-host for Shear Genius was from the Danish Queer Eye crew.

This show, like many reality competitions, requires knowledge of the previous shows, but luckily Bravo only has 4 new shows on the air at a time, and it plays them over and over again... so if you miss an episode, don't worry, it will be re-broadcast at some point.

There isn't much guy-candy on this show, but the raw, competitive environment is entertaining enough on its own.

Overall show rating: 6.5

VARIOUS SCI-FI SHOWS: Who Wants To Be A Superhero, Flash Gordon and Eureka [Sci Fi Channel, various times, various seasons] There isn't a single one of these shows that I'm looking forward to watching more than the others... in fact, I don't have any intention of watching more than one or two episodes of each show. The Sci Fi network offers some great programming (like Battlestar Galactica), and some really iffy shows, and ends up as one of the channels I surf to first when I'm bored, and just wanna see what's on.

These shows are heavy on the eye-candy, and fun to watch... OK, I haven't seen Flash Gordon yet, but it's got that cute guy from Smallville, and is on my fave channel, so I'll go out on a limb and call it watchable.

For more info on summer shows, check out the Summer TV Guide over at AOL.