TVSquad

• At 7, NBC has a new Dateline.
• ION (formerly PAX) has the suspense movie Killer Wave at 7.
• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• The CW has the new reality show Schooled at 8.
• Lifetime has a new Side Order of Life at 8, then a new State of Mind.
• ABC Family has two new episodes of Fallen starting at 8.
• TV Guide Channel has Sci-Fi: Comic-Con Unleashed at 8.
• At 9, Spike has a new Kill Point.
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
• HBO has a new John From Cincinnati at 9, followed by new episodes of Entourage and Flight of the Conchords.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, followed by a new Two Coreys.
• At 10, E! has a new episode of The Simple Life Goes To Camp.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 10.
• Showtime has the season finale of Meadowlands at 10.
• Lifetime has a new Army Wives at 10.
• Also at 10: Comedy Central has a new Mind of Mencia, then a new American Body Shop.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, NBC has a new Dateline.
• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• Lifetime has a new Side Order of Life at 8, followed by new episodes of State of Mind and Army Wives.
• At 9, PBS has a new Mystery!
• There's a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels on A&E at 9.
• WE has a new Bridezillas at 9.
• HBO has a new John From Cincinnati at 9, followed by new episodes of Entourage and Flight of the Conchords.
• Also at 9: Spike has the series premiere of The Kill Point.
• At 10, HGTV has the season premiere of Design Star.
• Comedy Central has a new Mind of Mencia at 10, then a new American Body Shop.
• USA has a new Dead Zone at 10.
• The History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Remember when I told you Army Wives was worth checking out, despite being on Lifetime? Well, I wasn't the only one who thought it was a good series. It scored record ratings and has now been picked up for a second season. Look for the first of thirteen new episodes to pop up sometime this spring.

Hey gang, here's a few shows I plan on checking out this summer. Some are old, some are new.

Creature Comforts [Mondays at 8:00 p.m. on CBS]: What can I say that I haven't said already? It's a charming little animated show that pipes the everyday conversation of normal human beings through animated animals. It's such a simple idea, but at the same time it demonstrates how we probably have more in common with one another than we realize.

Ice Road Truckers [begins June 17 at 10:00 p.m. on the History Channel]: This new series focuses on truck drivers who risk injury and death while driving their big rigs across frozen lakes. It's one of the world's most dangerous occupations, and one I wasn't even aware existed until hearing about this new series a few months ago.

After placing an order for Army Wives, a new drama about wives living on an Army base, Lifetime has picked up its second drama series, also slated for a 2007 premiere. State of Mind will star Lili Taylor as a therapist whose problems are often much worse than those of her patients. The pilot was written by Amy Bloom, an author and psycho-therapist. Bloom is also a teacher at Yale University and has written for The New York Times, Vogue, Salon, Slate and The Atlantic Monthly. Taylor was last seen in the HBO series Six Feet Under as Lisa, Nate's (dead) first wife. The new series will also feature Lolita Davidovich, Derek Riddell, Levin Chamberlin, Devon Gummersall and Mido Hamada.

These two new pilots are part of an effort on the part of Lifetime's president of entertainment services Susanne Daniels to bring more scripted series back to the network. The network does not currently air any new scripted series in its primetime schedule.