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(S05E16) Drunk dialing usually doesn't turn out well. But when I got a call in the middle of the night asking me to cover Rescue Me this week, I gladly obliged. Apparently, Jonathan Toomey has been on an all night bender with a bunch of his dead relatives, and I'm not one to get in the way of family. "You work it out, buddy," I told him, "And we'll be here for you in the morning."

I didn't discover Rescue Me until the second season, but I was immediately drawn in by the intimacy and idiocy of the boys. Watching Tommy try to rise from the pits he'd fallen into was impressive, as was the strength he showed. But even more painful, and yet far more riveting and satisfying, is watching him slowly falling flat on his face, and yet he has no idea the pavement is coming. Season five is blowing me away ... so how about next year, Emmy?

Bad girls rule this summer. Lifetime will premiere three new original movies this summer: Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal, True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, and Confessions of a Go-Go Girl. The movies will air on three consecutive Saturdays, beginning August 2nd at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Fab Five, based on a true story, follows head cheerleader and daughter of the principal Brooke and her clique. They break the rules and run the school until a new cheerleading coach comes in to whip them into shape. Ashley Benson stars as Brooke. Tatum O'Neal (Rescue Me) will play the principal, Brooke's mother. And Jenna Dewan of Step Up will play the cheerleading coach. I wonder if Dewan will show off some of her dance moves.