Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Summer TV shows on tap

Here's a list of new summer series and returning favorites.



New



Sundays: "In Plain Sight" (10 p.m., USA). Mary McCormack ("The West Wing") stars as a marshal for the witness-protection program.



Thursdays: "Swingtown" (10 p.m., CBS) revisits the 1970s and the heyday of wife-swapping and adulterous exhibitionism.



June 18: "Black Gold" (10 p.m., TruTV) follows the tough-guy genre to the world of oil fields and wildcatters. From the makers of "Ice Road Truckers," "Deadliest Catch" and "Ax Men."



June 29: "The Factory" (10 p.m., Spike) offers a blue-collar variation on "The Office," following four characters working (and avoiding work) at a drab, small-town assembly-line job.



Returning



Sundays: "Army Wives" (10 p.m., Lifetime) ended its first season with a bomb on the base and the perfect cliffhanger.



June 16: "Weeds" (10 p.m., Showtime), considered smart by some, smug by others and habit-forming by many, enters its fourth season.



July 10: "Burn Notice" (10 p.m., USA). A spy on the lam survives on wit, sex appeal, charm and his ability to MacGyver his way out of situations.



July 14: "The Closer" (9 p.m., TNT). Kyra Sedgwick as a detective from Georgia who joins an L.A. police unit that solves high-profile murder cases.








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