Summer TV In Australia Shines

The Age.com reports that summer TV there is booming this year and The Dead Zone makes the list of favorites.

Then there are returns of old favourites. We're all cheering the reappearance of Chardonnay and co in Ten's Footballers' Wives, and Martin Sheen's we-wish President in Nine's West Wing. Also making a welcome return to Nine is the flashy, trashy crew from Nip/Tuck, while the gloriously daffy (and frequently confronting) medical comedy Scrubs is back on Seven. And there's more: Crossing Jordan, Will and Grace, That '70s Show (Seven); Judging Amy, Third Watch, The Dead Zone (Nine); Just Shoot Me, The Guardian (Ten); and Coupling on the ABC. It does make you wonder why we couldn't have been watching all this great stuff mid-year. Rather than Fear Factor or Funniest Home Videos .