There are many things I love about summer. Trips to the beach, sundresses, strappy sandals, watermelon martinis, bright and sparkly nail polish… I could go on and on. But one thing I didn’t used to love about summer was the lack of quality television. When I was a kid, summer TV meant reruns of Mork & Mindy and Three’s Company. But today, summer is the season for sexy, funny, and even visionary television. My top picks of the summer:
Drop Dead Diva began its third season in June, and it is every bit of the summery fun one would expect from the premise: Zany model, Deb, is killed in a car crash, but before she gets to heaven, she hits the “return” button and is hurtled into the body of recently deceased Jane, a plus size, brainy lawyer with a decided lack of fashion sense. Brooke Elliott is pure charm as Jane, and I love how she exudes wit and beauty and solid legal prowess with a flip of her glossy black hair.
Damages returns exclusively to DirecTV (luckily I have DirecTV) for its fourth season this week, and I cannot wait. This show features powerhouse performances by Glenn Close (an acting legend) and Rose Byrne, along with amazing guest stars such as John Goodman. Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes is brilliantly badass. As evil as they come, she stops at nothing (not even murder) to win her cases. Rose Byrne, as Patty’s reluctant accomplice, fights for the little guy while fighting to keep her integrity.
Breaking Bad has been breaking all the rules since its debut. Gritty and gripping, this show features Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher with inoperable lung cancer who turns to cooking meth as a means to secure a financial future for the family he will leave behind when he dies, and Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Walt’s former student and current partner in crime. These two need each other to survive, yet their dysfunctional relationship will surely bring about their demise.
If you haven’t yet checked out any of these fabulous shows, I urge you to do so. But you gotta start from the beginning! So, get them on DVD, and in the meantime, set your DVR to record the new episodes!
What are your favorite summer shows?
Ciao!
Lucie
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