Erin's Lounge

Summer is winding down, and we’re almost ready for Fall TV.  I have to tell you, I find summer television to be just as good these days.  I’m growing a little tired of the old standbys we’ve come to become so accustomed to in the Fall.  Before I share with you my DVR list, let me tell you I am already ashamed of some of my selections (in particular a specific Liftetime TV reality show), but I’m addicted to television.  And when my crazy days wind down or the weekend comes and it’s time to relax and lounge around on the couch with my Westie, here’s what I’ll be tuning into.

Daily Recordings

The Young & the Restless (CBS)
This is a guilty staple that remains a constant in my DVR.  I’ve been watching this one since childhood.  I wouldn’t recommend it, but since I’m sharing my DVR lineup with you, I had to include it.

This is it now that Wendy Williams is on hiatus and Oprah is gone!

Monday August 15th

Basketball Wives (VH1)
I was so late to this show.  But when I finally discovered it, I caught up with it in a couple of days by logging online to VH1′s website and watching all of the episodes.  This show is beyond ridiculous, and just another Real Housewives type of franchise, but on the urban end of things.  Very entertaining.  Tonight’s episode is the season reunion show, so it should be pretty interesting.

Tia & Tamera (STYLE)
I think these girls are super cute and fun.  I watched the premiere last week and was pretty entertained.  It’s really just another reality show but I think they deserve one.  At least one season’s worth.  One is pregnant and the other is getting married.  Watching twins struggle through that is enough.

The Millionaire Matchmaker (BRAVO)
Patty Stanger cracks me up and tonight is the season premiere.  I have to admit that last season was a little disappointing, but I continue to tune-in.  I would love for her to actually do some follow-up so the viewers actually believe that she can do what she says.  She boasts about the number of marriages and long-term relationships she’s responsible for, and I believe her.  I just want to see the happily-ever-after beyond some one sentence blurb at the end of the show.

Tuesday August 16th

Flipping Out (BRAVO)
Jeff Lewis is still a mess, but I think it’s a little more believable this season.  He’s fired two people from his staff already and I liked them!  It’s also fun for a local L.A. viewer to watch because you actually know where he is driving and what houses he’s working on.  I try and pull any sort of inspiration out of this man as I can, since he, too, home offices.

Born to Dance: Laurieann Gibson (BET)
Ok…this show is a great one!  I cannot stress it enough.  For those of you in the dark on this woman, she was a Fly Girl on In Living Color, she choreographs for Gaga, she’s Emmy nominated, was on Diddy’s Making of the Band, etc., etc.  I always liked her on Making of the Band and now she’s doing her own dance show competition.   As a fan of most dance reality shows, this one is cool because she is looking for the girl with the most heart and passion to dance for her Boom Cat troupe.  I love it!  Some of the girls are strippers, exotic dancers, etc.  Just girls trying to make it.  I love these types of stories.  It’s an hour long and well worth it.  The contestants are from all backgrounds, nationalities and races.  All shapes and sizes!  Highly recommended!

Wednesday August 17th

Dance Moms (LifeTV)
This is the one that I have to say is embarrassing for me to admit I watch, but my best friend convinced me to and so I am.  All I can say is hot mess!  Everyone on this damn show is crazy! EVERYONE.  I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to keep this up, because I can’t imagine the storyline can stem much farther than bored mothers trying to live through their daughters and a crazy dance teacher who is getting paid tons of money to run kids around the country to these dance competitions.  But perhaps it will stay interesting.  For those of you with On Demand, you can catch up by downloading the previous shows.  That’s if this sounds remotely interesting to you.

Royal Pains (USA)
USA Network has some great shows and this is no acception.  Fun, bright, aesthetically pleasing to watch.  Good twist on the overdone doctor dramas they have going these days.  Comedy, love, suspense.  Just a very light show to watch in the summers.  Doctor concierge services in the Hamptons.  It’s a fun watch.

Necessary Roughness (USA)
I was originally just going to watch this because I think Mechad Brooks is so fine, but it’s actually a good show.  Something different than what’s out there.  Athletes in therapy, athletes’ wives in therapy, inside look into professional athlete world.  It could totally be a lie, but I like it.  Dr. Santini, the main character, is a special type of therapist who finds out her husband cheated on her, so after she kicks his ass to the curb she stumbles into a thriving practice because she fell into bed with the right trainer.  Gotta love that!

Thursday August 18th

Project Runway (Lifetime)
What can I say?  This is a given.  Get into it if you’re not already!

Suits (USA)
Probably my favorite new show.  The main premise is a super cute, successful lawyer in NYC finds a protege that is pretending to have gone to Harvard (because the entire law firm went to Harvard).  The protege has a photographic memory and used to take the LSTATs for students trying to get into law school.  Somehow he ended up on a path of destruction, selling marijuana before he stumbled into a six figure law career.  Of course this is completely unrealistic, but super entertaining. And it doesn’t hurt that the managing partner in this fictitious law firm is a beautiful black woman.

Drop Dead Diva (LIfetime)
Lifetime’s special programming isn’t the best, but this show is okay.  There isn’t much to watch on Sunday nights in the summer.  It’s very much a light-hearted, girly show.  Some romance, some mystery.  A cute, aspiring model dies and comes back as a homely, smart, overweight attorney .  Of course the new attorney gets a makeover and is now stylish and fun.  Nothing much, just another show to watch if you’re looking for a Sunday evening program.