The Shield (FX, 10 p.m. ET)
The immediate aftermath of the close of the traditional broadcast television season is the true dog day period of summer for scripted entertainment series. The second season of HBO's Entourage and its
new comedy series The Comeback, starring Lisa Kudrow, will debut this Sunday, June 5, with the fifth and final season of the network's hit drama Six Feet Under following on Monday June 6. USA Network's The Dead Zone and The 4400 will also return in June. TNT will debut its police drama The Closer and the miniseries Into the West later in the month. FX' Rescue Me also returns in June. But this week, all we
have is Showtime's Queer as Folk and FX' The Shield, the latter more blistering than ever with Glenn Close in the mix. Tonight, the reunited Strike Team ramps up its efforts to find the cop killers.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
Beauty and the Geek (The WB, 8 p.m. ET)
Series Premiere. Executive producer Ashton Kutcher delivers the perfect summer reality series to The WB audience with this funny, insightful and sometimes touching show in which brilliant male nerds are teamed
with beautiful but dim babes to compete in a series of challenges. One couple is dumped every week. The last pair standing pockets $250,000. Kutcher's pal Wilmer Valderrama would have been the ideal host for this show. Instead, we get the uninteresting Brian McFayden.
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 9 p.m. ET)
Series Premiere. Celebrities Trista Sutter (The Bachelorette), Kelly Monaco (General Hospital), Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block, Boston Public), John O'Hurley (Seinfeld), Rachel Hunter (numerous tragic reality series) and world heavyweight boxing
champion Evander Holyfield team with professional dancers to train and compete in a televised dance competition.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
Hit Me Baby One More Time (NBC, 9 p.m. ET)
Series Premiere. It's like American Idol, but with an uncomfortable twist. Faded pop and rock stars compete for another shot in the spotlight by performing one of their top songs and a current hit, while the
home audience determines who's best. Watch for Tiffany, A Flock of Seagulls, Loverboy, Wang Chung, The Knack, Irene Cara, Vanilla Ice and others.
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