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• At 8, The CW has a new Smackdown!
• PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, then new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• Versus has more coverage of The Tour de France at 8.
• At 9, ABC has a new Duel, followed by a new 20/20.
• USA has the season premiere of Monk at 9, then the season premiere of Psych.
• Sci-Fi has a new Doctor Who at 9, followed by a new Stargate Atlantis.
• At 10, CBS has a new Flashpoint.
• History Channel has a new Shockwave at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new Live at Gotham at 10.
• There's a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

During the panels for the Sci Fi shows present at Comic-Con this year, we're being given a unique opportunity to have you, our readers, ask questions to the panelists. What shows are we attending and who will be there? Here's the rundown:

• Stargate: Atlantis (Joe Flanigan, Robert Picardo, Brad Wright, Jewel Staite, Chris Sanagustin)
• Sanctuary (Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood, Robin Dunne)
• Battlestar Galactica (Tricia Helfer, James Callis, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Trucco, Ron Moore, David Eick)
• Eureka (Colin Ferguson, Sallie Richardson-Whitfield , Joe Morton, Jamie Paglia, Charlie Craig, Tony Optican)
• Ghost Hunters (Robb Demarest)

Use the comment form below to submit your questions and we'll give the best ones to the moderator to ask. We'll post the answers to those questions and others as soon as we can get to a WiFi hotspot and post away. You've got until this Thursday morning to send in your questions, so ask away!

• At 8, ABC has a new Dance Machine, followed by a new Duel.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, then new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• TCM has Paper Lion at 8.
• At 9, NBC has a new, two hour Dateline.
• Sci-Fi has a new Doctor Who at 9, then a new Stargate Atlantis.
• Nickelodeon has something called Queen Bees at 9, followed by something called The N's Student Body.
• VH-1 has a new Best Week Ever at 9.
• At 10, CBS has the premiere of Flashpoint.
• There's a new Shockwave on History Channel at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new Live at Gotham at 10.
• Also at 10: E! has a new episode of The Soup.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Hey everyone! This time we've got five copies of Stargate: Atlantis - Season Four on DVD for five lucky, random commenters. The DVD is available in stores starting Tuesday.

To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, July 11 simply telling why you'd like to own this set. As always, we'll randomly choose five winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
Click here for complete Official Rules.

All things considered, the summer television season is off to a pretty good start. I've been enjoying My Boys, The Middleman, Fear Itself, and So You Think You Can Dance, to name a few. The schedules might be a little heavy with the reality programming at the moment, but that's changing soon enough. Over the next few weeks we have the likes of Eureka, Psych, Burn Notice, Stargate: Atlantis, Monk, The Closer, and Saving Grace all making their returns.

With those last two in mind, I thought I would point everyone to some handy recaps the fine folks over at TNT put together to get us back up to speed before the shows return on July 14th. Each of the videos manages to crunch the last season down to about four and a half minutes, and I've embedded them after the jump.

After a fairly brief hiatus (only 4 months) Stargate Atlantis returns to the SciFi channel with all new episodes starting on July 11th. Now entering its fifth season, the show is reaching a turning point thanks to a number of off-season cast changes. First and foremost in is the replacement of Amanda Tapping's Colonel Samantha Carter as administrator of Atlantis with Robert Picardo's Richard Woolsey. This is one year after Tapping replaced Tori Higginson on the show. It's an interesting turn of events since Woolsey has not been the most popular of characters in the entire Stargate franchise. And, as the character has never been a people person, there is bound to be some conflict between members of the Atlantis team and himself.

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at (775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.

This week we have: 24, Bones, Heroes, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis and Supernatural. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at (775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.

This week we have: Brothers & Sisters, Chuck, Heroes, Lost, NCIS, Prison Break, Samantha Who?, Stargate Atlantis, and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

(S04E20) "This is the most elaborate practical joke of all time, or I'm in serious trouble." -- John Sheppard

And there you have it. Atlantis wraps up its fourth season, its first out on its own, with a little time travel and a big cliffhanger ending. It was a finale that I had heard described as "different." Having now seen it, it's hard to argue with the description. Having 56 minutes of your finale be things that didn't actually happen is certainly not the norm. While we can probably all agree on the different label, the bigger question is, "Was it good?"

• At 8, CBS has another Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, followed by a new, two hour Dateline.
• PBS has new episodes of NOW and Washington Week.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• At 9, ABC has a new, two hour 20/20.
• VH-1 has a new Best Week Ever at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, E! has a new episode of The Soup.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 10.
• Also at 10: HBO Comedy repeats the George Carlin It's Bad For Ya special. It's followed by a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Joe Scarborough, Terry McAuliffe, Adam Goldberg and Jeremy Scahill.

Check your local TV listings for more.

(S04E17) First, my apologies for this being so late. Rich and I got some wires crossed and we both ended up pointing at each other saying, "Crap, I thought it was your turn!" Better late than never though, right? Anyway... "Midway" has been one of the brighter spots on the upcoming schedule all season simply because Teal'c was returning. I'm sure that for many fans, the return in and of itself was cause to celebrate the episode. I have no special preference for Teal'c myself, so that didn't totally sell me on the episode, but the story he brought along with him did. With a couple of nagging exceptions, it was very good.

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at (775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.

This week we have: Greek, Lost, One Tree Hill, Stargate: Atlantis and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD! Be aware that I'm just the messenger here.

Remember the time, only a few weeks ago, where a supposed Replicator version of Dr. Elizabeth Weir appeared during the final minute of the Stargate Atlantis episode 'Be All My Sins Remember'd'? And, do you recall the debate that went on here and in the Interwebverse on what that meant? And, didn't it excite you just a bit to see Weir back and being primed for a potential return to the series either late in the fourth season or sometime in the fifth?

Well, as they said in many Shakespearean plays -- tain't happenin'! (That would be Rudy Shakespeare of Pennsauken, New Jersey, that is). That's because Tori Higginson, who portrayed Dr. Weir, has up and quit the show according to an article at the Gateworld website. This announcement especially stinks since Weir was going to be a potential player in a major story arc for season five. That's right! Weir's mysterious appearance at the end of 'Remember'd' was going to be addressed in a future episode which, in turn, was going to become a recurring story arc.

Higginson's reasons for not coming back for another Atlantis season are unknown. A possible reason could have been Weir's removal from the cast list after signing a 6-year contract back in 2004 and relocating to Vancouver, BC. The producers, in what seems like a fairly cold statement, said that they were being quite gracious in keeping on Weir after that happened. Either way, it is unsure at this time if the rogue Replicator storyline, minus Weir, will re-emerge.

• At 8, NBC has a new 1 vs. 100 then new episodes of Friday Night Lights and Las Vegas.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• Sci-Fi has a new Flash Gordon at 8.
• At 9, Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked.
• At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
• Lifetime has two new episodes of Top This Party at 10.
• USA has a new Psych at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 10.
• There's a new Paula's Party at 10 on Food Network.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• Also at 10: Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher.

Check your local TV listings for more.

For those of you who were gnashing their teeth over Samantha Carter's (lack of) administrative abilities on this season's Stargate Atlantis you can relax your jaws. Well, only for a moment, because you may not like who will be replacing her in the show's fifth season.

According to a press statement released today by MGM and the SciFi Channel, the newest administrator of Atlantis will be: I.O.A representative Richard Woolsey, played by science fiction veteran Robert Picardo. Ah, I see you're gnashing your teeth again. No surprise there, since the members of the Atlantis team aren't too fond of him, either. In fact, the SciFi release mentions that Colonel Sheppard and his team must adjust to Woolsey's leadership style. Look for some friction between the two sides as the season progresses.