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

A little behind the scenes info about the making of this post. When I started to type the #16 entry, my eye drifted to the #17 entry and I actually started to type Are You Smarter Than The Bachelorette? Which got me thinking that we could probably create other TV shows from this list, if the networks are looking for new ideas. How about America's Got Bones? Two and Half 60 Million? CSI: So You Think You Can Dance?

1. NBA Finals - Game 6 (ABC)
2. America's Got Talent (NBC)

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

Summer is a funny time for TV ratings. You're not quite sure what's going to be in the mix, just that's it's going to be a mix of new shows and repeats. This isn't a big surprise, but it which repeats that make the list. CBS seems to be dominating the summer, with repeats of CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Rules of Engagement, and 60 Minutes taking up many spots in the top 20. The top show with new episodes is also a CBS show, Million Dollar Password.

1. NBA Finals - Game 5 (ABC)
2. NBA Finals - Game 3 (ABC)
3. NBA Finals - Game 4 (ABC)

• At 8, ABC has game six of the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals.
• CBS has the new special AFI's 10 Top 10 at 8.
• NBC has a new Deal or No Deal at 8, followed by the season premiere of America's Got Talent.
• FOX has new episodes of Moment of Truth and Hell's Kitchen.
• At 9, PBS has a new Frontline.
• Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9, then a new After The Catch.
• At 10, FX has a new 30 Days.
• Bravo has the season premiere of Flipping Out at 10.
• History Channel has a new Mega Disasters at 10.
• Oxygen has the premiere of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood at 10.
• Also at 10: Sci-Fi has a new ECW.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has another Celtics/Lakers game.
• CBS has a new Million Dollar Password (with Betty White!) at 8.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Chowder, then a new Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
• At 8:30, NBC has a new Last Comic Standing, followed by a new Fear Itself.
• At 9, TBS has the season premiere of The Bill Engvall Show, then the season premiere of My Boys.
• Bravo has the season premiere of My Life on the D List at 9, followed by The A List Awards.
• Spike has a new TNA Impact at 9.
• At 10, CBS has a new Swingtown.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Reno 911.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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

While ABC is probably happy with the NBA Finals games (predictably) grabbing the top slots, CBS has to be happy with the way two of their new shows fared. Million Dollar Password was number 6 this week (number three last week) and the debut of Swingtown hit number 12. Actually, CBS has to be happy in general, as they grabbed 13 of the top 20 shows, though I'm kinda surprised that 60 Minutes continues to do so well in the off season, considering the episodes are all repeat segments.

1. NBA Finals - Game 1 (ABC)
2. NBA Finals - Game 2 (ABC)

• TCM has Charlie Chan movies all night.
• At 8, ABC has Game 3 of the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals.
• FOX has a new Moment of Truth at 8, followed by a new Hell's Kitchen.
• At 9, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new 30 Days.
• History Channel has a new Mega Disasters at 10.
• Bravo has a new Work Out at 10.
• Also at 10: Sci-Fi has a new ECW.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.

1. The Battlestar Galactica season finale. I hear Boxey and Muffitt are kidnapped! (Friday at 10 on Sci-Fi Channel.)

2. The Men in Trees series finale. Now all of you fans can send...um, trees or something to ABC to save the show. (Wednesday at 10 on ABC.)

3. The Celtics/Lakers finals. Basketball just shouldn't be played in the middle of baseball season. (On ABC this week.)

4. The first annual TV Squad Awards was last week. What do you think all of the winners?

5. The possibility of another strike. This isn't funny, SAG and AFTRA.

6. Nashville Star moves to NBC. Some of the people reading that sentence are saying "yay, another season!" The rest of you are thinking "what's Nashville Star?" (Starts tonight at 9 on NBC.)

7. Retro Squad starts with Arrested Develoment week.

• At 8, CBS has a new Million Dollar Password.
• ABC has the second Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals Game at 8.
• TCM has 20 Million Miles To Earth at 8, then First Men in the Moon.
• At 9, NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline.
• Lifetime has the season premiere of Army Wives at 9.
• USA has the season premiere of Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• The season premiere of Ice Road Truckers airs on History Channel at 9.
• Food Network has a new Iron Chef America at 9, followed by a new Next Food Network Star.
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
• Spike has the movie Backwoods at 9.
• At 10, E! has a new Denise Richards: It's Complicated, then a new Living Lohan.
• Showtime has a new This American Life at 10.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers, followed by new episodes of Metalocalypse, Squidbillies, and Assy McGee.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has the first game of the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals.
• FOX has a new, two hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• HGTV has a new Designed To Sell at 8, then new episodes of Myles of Style and Divine Design.
• At 8:30, NBC has a new Last Comic Standing, then the premiere of Fear Itself.
• Also at 8:30: Cartoon Network has a new Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
• At 9, TV Land has four episodes of I Love Lucy.
• TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
• At 10, CBS has the premiere of Swingtown.
• NFLNet has a new NFL Total Access at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Reno 911.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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

1. America's Got Talent (NBC)
2. So You Think You Can Dance - Thurs (FOX)
3. NBA Finals - Game 4 (ABC)
4. NCIS (CBS)
5. Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader (FOX)
6. CSI (CBS)
7. NBA Finals - Game 3 (ABC)
8. CSI: Miami (CBS)
9. Two and a Half Men (CBS)
10. Cold Case (CBS)
11. So You Think You Can Dance - Weds (FOX)
12. Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
13. Hell's Kitchen (FOX)
14. Without A Trace (CBS)
15. Shark (CBS)
16. The Price Is Right - Primetime special (CBS)
17. Daytime Emmy Awards (CBS)
18. CSI: NY (CBS)
19. Deal Or No Deal - Weds (NBC)
20. 48 Hours Mystery - Tues (CBS)

• At 8, ABC has a new Fast Cars and Superstars, followed by the NBA finals.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• CBS has a new Pirate Master at 8.
• TCM has Mr. Lucky at 8, then The Adventures of Robin Hood.
• At 9, TLC has a new American Chopper.
• USA has a new Starter Wife at 9.
• At 10, NBC has a new Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
• Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.
• Also at 10: Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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

1. America's Got Talent (NBC)
2. Two and a Half Men (CBS)
3. So You Think You Can Dance - Weds (FOX)
4. So You Think You Can Dance - Thurs (FOX)
5. Deal Or No Deal - Tues (NBC)
6. CSI (CBS)
7. CSI: Miami (CBS)
8. 60 Minutes (CBS)
9. NCIS (CBS)
10. Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader (FOX)
11. CSI: NY (CBS)
12. NBA Finals - Game 1 (CBS)
13. Shark (CBS)
14. How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
15. NBA Finals - Game 2 (CBS)
16. The Next Best Thing (ABC)
17. Hell's Kitchen (FOX)
18. House (FOX)
19. American Inventor (ABC)
20. Criminal Minds (CBS)

• At 8, FOX has a new On The Lot.
• NBC has a new two-hour America's Got Talent at 8.
• ABC has a new Fast Cars & Superstars at 8, then the NBA finals.
• At 9, Lifetime has the new movie A Family Lost.
• There's a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9.
• The History Channel has a new episode of The Universe at 9.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Road Tasted, in Philadelphia.
• At 10, Comedy Central has Brian Regan: Standing Up.
• Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• Also at 10: TLC has the season premiere of Miami Ink.

Check your local TV listings for more.

I'm a little depressed at how effortless it was to come up with the shows for this list. How can I possibly watch this much television during the Summer?

Then I looked at the TiVo beneath my TV, the Media Center PC and Xbox 360 in the office, and the Slingbox Pro in my living room and laughed for having even asked the question.

All of this TV is feasible because I own devices that are dedicated to helping me ingest the maximum number of programs possible within a 24-hour period. I'm TV obese, and it's a wonder with all the sedentary behavior, I'm not physically obese as well.

That being said (and wholeheartedly ignored), here are 11 shows my toys will help me binge on this Summer.

1. NBA Finals - Game 6 (ABC)
2. America's Got Talent (NBC)
3. CSI (CBS)
4. CSI: Miami (CBS)
5. Without A Trace (CBS)
6. Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
7. CSI: NY (CBS)
8. 60 Minutes (CBS)
9. So You Think You Can Dance - Thurs (FOX)
10. So You Think You Can Dance - Weds (FOX)
11. House (FOX)
12. FOX Nextel Cup (FOX)
13. NCIS (CBS)
14. Numb3rs (CBS)
15. Cold Case (CBS)
16. Two and a Half Men (CBS)
17. Criminal Minds (CBS)
18. Hell's Kitchen (FOX)
19. Game Show Marathon (CBS)
20. Close To Home (CBS)