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DVDs Coming Out In August

August 02, 2006

Dog days of August. D is for dog and DVDs, which we love especially when they are filled with hours of our favorite TV shows. The following is a list of TV shows coming out of DVD this month. Catch up on all your favorites before the new season begins.

"Arrested Development" comes out August 29

AUGUST 1
“Beavis and Butt-Head, Vol. 3: The Mike Judge Collection”
“Blue Collar TV: The Complete Second Season”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Fifth Season”
“Dallas: The Complete Fifth Season”
“The Girls Next Door: Season 1”
“Good Times - The Complete Sixth Season”
“Richard Pryor: Live in Concert”
“Star Trek Fan Collective - Klingon”

AUGUST 8
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Fourth Season”
“Grounded For Life: Season 3”
“Laguna Beach: Season Two”
“Prison Break: Season One”
“The Wire: The Complete Third Season”


AUGUST 15
“3rd Rock From the Sun: Season 5”
“Full House: The Complete Fourth Season”
“Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Fourth Season”
“The Jeffersons: The Complete Fifth Season”
“Rome: The Complete First Season”
“The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season”
“Surface: The Complete Series”
“Survivor: Paulau - The Complete Season”

AUGUST 22
“Stargate (on Blu Ray)”
“House: Season Two”
“Invasion: The Complete First Season”
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: 40th Anniversary Edition”
“Threshold: The Complete Series”
“The Transporter Collection”
“Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season”

AUGUST 29
“Arrested Development: Season Three”
“Desperate Housewives: The Complete Second Season - Extra Juicy Edition”
“Ellen: Season 4”
“Flavor of Love: The Complete First Season”
“Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection Vol. 10”
“Nip/Tuck: The Complete Third Season”
“South Park: The Complete Eighth Season”
“Will & Grace: Season Five”

71 Finales, Previews and Specials in August

The eighth month is not the loneliest, just the hottest. So stay inside with the air-conditioning on HIGH and watch some TV.

Now that the regular TV season is obsolete, August is filled with finales and previews and specials.

Below are the 71 finales, previews, wrap-ups, and assorted specials on air this month.

AUGUST 2
- “The Hills” season 1 finale on MTV.
- “Cheyenne” season 1” finale on MTV.
- “Hustle” season 3 finale on AMC.
- “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” finale on TNT.

AUGUST 3
- “Making the Band” season 3 finale on MTV.
- “Run's House” season 3 finale on MTV.
- “Pimp My Ride” season 4 finale on MTV.
- “World Series of Pop Culture” season 1 finale on VH1.
- “Waterloo Road” finale on BBCA.

AUGUST 5
- “Desperate Housewives” series premiere on Lifetime.

AUGUST 6
- “Three Moons Over Milford” series premiere on ABC Family -- Residents of a Vermont town take their lives to the extreme as if today was their last, because a comet could end it all at any moment.
- “Celebrity Fit Club” season 4 premiere on VH1 -- More celebrities challenge themselves to get in shape. Those set to appear are: Phil Margera, Carnie Wilson, Vincent Pastore, Angie Stone, Nicholas Turturro, Erika Eleniak, BoneCrusher, Tina Yothers, and Ted Lange.
- “Flavor of Love” season 2 premiere on VH1 -- Flava Flav welcomes 20 new women to his mansion after the relationship with last season's winner, Hoopz, failed. Last season's finale was VH1's highest rated show ever.
- “Dane Cook's Tourgasm” season 1 finale on HBO.
- “Carpocalypse” season 2 finale on Spike TV.
- “Family in Hiding” original telefilm on Lifetime -- A single mother who witnessed a murder is forced to uproot her life to enter the Witness Protection Program with her two children, because her testimony will implicate a famous crime boss and several federal agents.

AUGUST 7- “Gene Simmons' Family Jewels” series premiere on A&E -- A reality series featuring the legendary rock star (Kiss) and his unconventional family life: his girlfriend (they have not married for 22 years) is a former Playmate and their two kids are well-behaved teenagers.
- “Fight Girls” original telefilm on Oxygen -- Documentary about three American women hoping to become champions of Muay Thai, the brutal sport of Thai boxing.

AUGUST 8- “Janice Dickinson's Modeling Agency” season 1 finale on Oxygen.
- “The Real World Key West” season 17 finale on MTV.

AUGUST 9
- “Dog Bites Man” season 1 finale on Comedy Central.
- “Living in TV Land” finale on TV Land.

AUGUST 10
- “Raising the Roofs” season 1 finale on Spike.
- “The Dudesons” last episode before hiatus on Spike TV.
- “House of Boateng” finale on Sundance.

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Bluths Are Back

August 01, 2006

In a novel move, the syndication rights to the dearly-beloved, but under-watched "Arrested Development" were sold simultaneously to several venues. Cable channels HDnew and G4 as well as MSN.com all are green-lighted to show any of the 53 episodes produced until 2009. This move shows there are some intelligent people in the TV business (even if they're stuck in licensing). Normal rules of syndication dictate at least 100 episodes should have originally aired and the rights are sold to one outlet. Neither of which happened in this case.

Additions to "The Office" Staff

Our favorite Scranton-based paper company will have some serious competition. We know from last season that "Corporate" wants to shut down one of its branches. Meet the rival: Charles "Chip" Esten of "Who's line is it anyway?" who will play Josh Porter, the regional manager of the competing branch! In other news: Ed Helms, a correspondent "The Daily Show" will be a more regular face on "The Office" next season, too.

Leno & Roeper

Jay Leno is set to share popcorn with Richard Roeper. The late night talk show host was tapped to fill in for Roger Ebert while he recoups from surgery in a hospital bed. Couldn't they have just shown reruns while Ebert recovers from his surgery? Nobody watches that show for the current movies featured, do they? We give this move two thumbs down.

David Hassle-Your-Hoff

The "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch" star learned the hard way that you can no longer bring knives, lighters, bombs or your drunk ass onto international flights. Heathrow Airport officials told the hairy-chested actor that he was too shit-faced-drunk to board a flight from London to Los Angeles. Hasselhoff's divorce from Pamela Bach was finalized in LA on the same day as this incident. Maybe his boozey behavior way just a sign of his tender, bruised heart.

Desperate Housewives

July 31, 2006

One of our favorite housewives is going to meet her end this fall. Apparently, in a supermarket stand-off, one desperate hottie won't make it to the checkout lane. While lips are sealed about who will meet their demise, the show's execs have announced the arrival of new cast member (they kinda need to replenish their supply since last season it felt like someone was killed off in each episode). Edie's nephew, who will undoubtedly get tangled in some steamy sex scenes, is set to be played by former "Over There" star Josh Henderson.