Nick at Nite has got programming for the whole family this summer — even the pooch.The hit kids' game show GUTS is coming back as My Family's Got GUTS, an extreme sports competition debuting in August that pits teams of four family members against each other.The First Annual Worldwide Fido Awards lets viewers upload photos and nominate their canine in six different categories — think "Cutest Dog", "Best Dressed", "Best Dog/Owner Look-Alike."Finally, what's family viewing without Urkel in the mix? Reruns of Family Matters join the nightly lineup in late June, kicked off by a seven-hour marathon. — J.R. Whalen
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Desperate HousewivesRemember on Melrose Place when — poof! — out of nowhere, Allison became an alcoholic? Well, Bree turning into one isn't as out of left field, but it sure seems sudden to see her passed out on her lawn. I did like how her son turned the sprinkler on her and I liked it even more that Lynette gave Bree an FTF — Friends Tell Friends — by lining up all the wine bottles with a note on her doorstep: "Do you still think you don't have a problem?" Of course Bree was going to deny being drunk while baby-sitting Lynette's kids. That'll teach them to stick with Mrs. McCluskey as their baby-sitter (love Kathryn Joosten). Too funny seeing the twins escape while wheeling the youngest in the stroller, but what a waste of Jo Marie Payton from Family Matters as the beauty-salon worker. I was like, "Give her more lines!" They did, however, u
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Question: While I am totally sick of Desperate Housewives (how overrated can one show be?), I am totally confused by Lynette going from four kids to two. Where are those twins? Did they pull a Family Matters on us or are we going to see them again?
Answer: OK, let me get this straight: Those little demon spawns have been put out to pasture and you're upset? Let's thank the TV gods for small favors.
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