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• At 8, FOX has a new Bones, followed by the season premiere of 'Til Death and the series premiere of Do Not Disturb.
• CBS has the season finale of Greatest American Dog at 8.
• NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 8.
• There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new Great Performances.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9, then a new Man vs. Wild.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9, followed by a new Top Design.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, then a new Destination Truth.
• GAC has a new Next GAC Star at 9.
• Sundance has a new Architecture School at 9.
• Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by two new episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak.
• At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
  
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil.
• Also at 10:30, TCM has Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• More all-night coverage of the Republican National Convention on the news channels, some PBS channels, and CSPAN. Networks at 10.
• TCM has political movies all night.
• At 7, USA has The U.S. Open.
• At 8, FOX has the two-hour season premiere of Bones.
• CBS has a new Greatest American Dog at 8.
• The CW has the season premiere of America's Next Top Model at 8.
• Discovery has a new NextWorld at 8.
• At 9, FX has the series premiere of Sons of Anarchy.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9.
  
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Criss Angel Mindfreak.
  
• At 10, Bravo has the season premiere of Top Design.
• There's a new Man vs. Wild on Discovery at 10.
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.

Check your local TV listings for more.

No, it's not going away. The reality television genre is growing even stronger as it becomes the umbrella for shows ranging from the traditional reality "game" shows like Survivor or The Apprentice, to actual game shows, to real life drama such as The First 48 or Intervention to talent contests and beyond.

What I'll be doing here is taking a look at some of the current newsworthy bits from recently-aired shows, checking out upcoming shows, and sharing the latest reality TV gossip. Is it real or is it just reality TV? As long as I'm entertained, that's all I ask of any show, scripted or not. Are you game? Join me beyond the jump.

• NBC has The Olympics all night.
• At 8, CBS has a new Greatest American Dog.
• PBS has a new Click & Clack at 8, followed by a new Nova scienceNOW.
• At 9, Discovery Channel has a new Mythbusters, then a new Man vs. Wild.
• History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
• There's a new Deserving Design on HGTV at 9, followed by a new Design on a Dime.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9, then a new Shear Genius.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters International at 9, followed by two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
• Also at 9: Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
• At 10, A&E has two new episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
• Also at 10:30: TCM has The Maltese Falcon.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• G4 has live Comic-Con coverage until 10pm.
• At 8, CBS has a new Greatest American Dog.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• NBC has a new, two hour Last Comic Standing at 8, followed by a new Fear Itself.
• Cartoon Network has a new Chowder at 8, then new episodes of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Total Drama Island.
• At 8:30, HGTV has a new Myles of Style, then new episodes of Rate My Space, Extreme Living, and House Hunters.
• At 9, TBS has a new Bill Engvall Show, then a new My Boys.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• At 10, ABC has a new Hopkins.
• CBS has a new Flashpoint at 10 (new night).
• There's a new Burn Notice on USA at 10.
• Food Network has a new Ace of Cakes at 10.
• Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
• Showtime has a new Penn & Teller's Bullshit at 10.
• Also at 10: History Channel has a new Modern Marvels, followed by a new episode of The Works.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.

What, no America's Got Talent in the top spot or Wipeout in the #2 spot this week? Nope, thanks to FOX's All-Star Game. Wipeout fell all the way to #7, beaten by repeats of Criminal Minds and CSI.

CBS' Flashpoint came in at #18, which explains why they moved Swingtown to Fridays at 10 and put Flashpoint on Thursdays at 10.

1. MLB All-Star Game (FOX)
2. America's Got Talent (NBC)
3. MLB All-Star Pre-Game Show (FOX)

• At 8, CBS has a new Greatest American Dog.
• NBC has a new, two hour Last Comic Standing at 8, followed by a new Fear Itself.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• HGTV has all new episodes starting at 8: Designed To Sell, Myles of Style, Rate My Space, Extreme Living, and House Hunters.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Chowder, then new episodes of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Total Drama Island.
• At 9, TBS has a new Bill Engvall Show, followed by a new My Boys.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 9, then a new The Works.
• At 10, ABC has a new Hopkins.
• CBS has a new Swingtown at 10.
• There's a new Burn Notice on USA at 10.
• Food Network has a new Ace of Cakes at 10.
• Spike has a new TNA Impact at 10.
• Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
• The new Gong Show premieres on Comedy Central at 10. It's followed by the premiere of Reality Bites Back.
• Showtime has a new Penn & Teller's Bullshit at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.

Doing the ratings during the summer is rather boring. America's Got Talent and Wipeout are on top again, and the rest of it is the usual mix of other reality shows and game shows and the CBS lineup of crime crime crime, which even gets big ratings when they're repeated, for some reason. Even the newest crime drama Flashpoint grabbed the #15 slot with its premiere, and it's on Friday nights.

1. America's Got Talent (NBC)
2. Wipeout (ABC)

At least CBS is having a little fun with their new summer reality competition.

The network sent out a press release saying that the premiere of Greatest American Dog got the highest prime-time audience among dogs since an episode of Lassie in 1974. They also say that the show won its time slot against Ugly Betty "in dog-patrolled households, canine viewers, upscale purebreds, Heinz 57 (mutt) adults, and the advertiser-coveted 1.79-7 year-olds."

The press release goes on to say that the show did better than the network thought, especially since the test audience of dogs in Las Vegas didn't show numbers this high. The number should go higher later today when "factoring in dogs who know how to use their paws to program their DVRs."

• At 8, CBS has the premiere of Greatest American Dog.
• TLC has two new episodes of Monster Garage at 8, then a new American Chopper.
• Versus has more coverage of the Tour de France at 8.
• There's a new Chowder on Cartoon Network at 9, followed by new episodes of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Total Drama Island.
• At 9, NBC has a new, two hour Last Comic Standing.
• TBS has a new Bill Engvall Show at 9, followed by a new My Boys.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 9, then a new episode of The Works.
• Hallmark has the new movie A Gunfighter's Pledge at 9.
• At 10, CBS has a new Swingtown.
• ABC has a new Hopkins at 10.
• USA has the season premiere of Burn Notice at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.

Check your local TV listings for more.

This July CBS will be airing Greatest American Dog, a new reality competition show hosted by zoologist Jarod Miller. Twelve owner / dog teams will come from across the country to live together and participate in challenges that test the owner's ability to train his/her dog. Each week the judges, who include Wendy Diamond, Allan Reznick, and Victoria Sitwell, will eliminate one team. The last team will go home with the title and $250,000.

Greatest American Dog starts July 10th at 8 p.m. on CBS. Get to know the twelve teams after the jump.

Like many of its network companions, CBS is using the lazy days of summer to roll out a schedule light on original scripted fare and heavy on unscripted programming. Unlike many of its network companions, CBS is going a different route with some of its original material.

Out of the two original dramas Swingtown is probably the one readers of TV Squad will remember as it was introduced to us during the network's upfronts last year. The show will cover the social and sexual revolutions of the 1970s -- a time when gas was in short supply, inflation was skyrocketing, and the world was in political upheaval. You know, nothing like it is now in the 2000s. The other scripted show will be Flashpoint. This cop drama will follow the adventures of SRU, a task force that is sent out to diffuse emergency situations.