Summer TV Part One

I remember summer as a kid- TV was all reruns all the time... and we had six channels.... And series ran from September to June solid...

Boy, how times have changed. Now we get new series popping up at any time of year, on hundreds of channels and "Network" TV is not the be all/end all of programming. We have mid season breaks, limited run series, and final seasons split over two years. We can DVR and skip commercials. OH THE JOY!

We have first run series during the summer. And I have my favorites...

Royal Pains came back for a new season on June 10th and I was not disappointed. Hank has traveled the world with Boris, Evan and Paige are closer than ever, and Divya has a precious baby girl. Boris has started to lose bone mass- a sign his family disease is symptomatic and Hank is still his go to medical MacGyver. Jeremiah is still mad for her, and now the baby, and we get to witness his presence at the birth of her daughter via crash c-section as a flashback. The baby's dad, Raffa is spoken of but not featured... We do meet Emma- we don't know if she is Hank's daughter, sister or what, that will be next week...

Graceland  premiered on June 11and I love this bunch- even the new guy, "Bates" who took over Mike's room- it has the biggest turnover in the place. I am a little grossed out by Charlie and Paul Briggs... Mike and the hot Washington chick, whose name I already don't care about- MUCH HOTTER. But I liked the idea of him and Paige.... Johnny and Jakes are delighted to see him... Jakes delighted?!?

Mike is back because Briggs discovered a hit out on Mike- he thinks it is Caza- still pissed about Bello.  Since Mike's smuggling investigation of the bus lines from Mexico has found nothing, it was shut down, so it was the perfect time for him to return to Graceland.

Of course the hit-men, who torture Mike, turn out to be from the folks from the busline that is smuggling stuff over the border... So the hot chick in DC gets Mike funded for eight weeks and his team- the Graceland folks...  Looking forward to the journey...

And coming soon- on June 24th: Covert Affairs and Rizzoli & Isles...

Can't wait...