Summer for most people is a time of relaxation. Vacations are planned, kids are free from the burden of school, and days are care free.

On this particular day I’m not very fond of summer. August is the worst month when it comes to television watching normally because the networks all know that people are burning up their last remaining days for vacation. Things are even worse now with the Summer Olympic Games on in prime time every night. The other networks aren’t trying hard at all to counter program so this week’s choices look bleaker than an all you can eat vegetarian buffet.

In writing this week’s column I have literally sat through two entire movies just trying to find things that are worthwhile to recommend or watch. I have toiled over every single day, struggling my hardest to come up with something, heck ANYTHING to recommend. I am now officially counting down the days until the new fall programming kicks in and there are fun and exciting things to write about with new shows to be found by the handful.

Next week I will be happily reviewing one of the big four’s new show line ups, with each week subsequent cover another until we’ve gotten through them all. In other words, pleas stick around until next week.

With all that knowledge in hand, faithful reader, I thank you for dropping in and give you the poorly woven together tapestry that is this week’s viewing choices.

MONDAY

FOX – 8:00 PM: I’m not really recommending Prison Break tonight. I’m just writing about it because I’m amazed that they are bringing the show’s repeats back smack dab in the middle of this last season. What the hell?!? I can only guess they are getting us back in to the swing of the show for its impending return.

NGC – 8:00 PM: NASA-philes may enjoy tonight’s showing of Secrets of the Moon Landings. Conspiracy theorists won’t enjoy it as this covers the hurdles the Apollo program had to overcome, not the faking of the

SCIFI – 10:00 PM: Die Hard and MacGyver meet Star Trek: The Next Generation with tonight’s episode titled Starship Mine. Picard brings down some intergalactic chop shop guys armed with nothing but a saddle and junk laying around the ship.

TUESDAY

NGC – 8:00 PM: A salvage expert attempts to reap the booty of the Whydah, the flag ship of Black Sam Bellamy and the first authenticated pirate ship in US waters, on The Pirate Code.

SCIFI – 9:00 PM: A robotic dog show and magma all on this week’s episode of Eureka.

BIO – 10:00 PM: Tonight on Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals they take a look at the cast of Lost in Space. What dread hath Will Robinson wrought?

WEDNESDAY

FOOD – 10:00 PM: This is the last week to watch chef Robert Irvine on Dinner: Impossible! after he cooked up tall tales to dress up his resume, and was caught. Will the show still be as good with Iron Chef Michael Symon?

THURSDAY

CBS – 8:00 PM: Someone else gets the boot on Big Brother 10. If nothing else I hope the retired Marine goes next week because his voice is like sand paper in my ears.

FRIDAY

ABC – 8:00 PM: I was amazingly surprised how much I enjoyed the original Legally Blonde, and it holds up. How they ever thought that the sequel actually was a movie was beyond me. Who would have thought this would have lead to a musical?

USA – 9:00 PM: OK, for reals this time, Monk gets trapped on a submarine while investigating a murder. Whackiness ensues.

SATURDAY

FOX MOVIE CHANNEL – 5:00 PM: Phantom of the Paradise is a bizarre memory from my childhood that starts a three play marathon. The brain child of Brian DePalma this confusing story merges Phantom of the Opera, Faust and The Picture of Dorian Gray into one hallucinogenic storyline.

HBO –9:00 PM: In No Reservations star Catherin-Zeta Jones plays a career centered chef who’s life changes when she has to be her young nieces guardian. Don’t care? Neither did movie goers.

SUNDAY

BBC America – 8:00 PM: Three women who feel very defined by their, um, attributes and the complications from having them are covered in My Big Breasts and Me.

VH1 – 10:00 PM: A roommate’s friend ends up couch surfing and taking over the living room and Brooke gets annoyed on Brooke Knows Best. Welcome to living with room mates kiddo.

A&E– 10:00 PM: Two hours of The Two Coreys.

– Will Wilkins is looking for another good book to get him through the week.

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