Who will run Chef Ramsey’s new restaurant at the end of Hell’s Kitchen? Who will win the Food Network Challenges? Will the Iron Chef be defeated? I’ve been out all day in the heat and humidity having meaningful meeting with clients. I need serious dreck! Private moments on national television. Drama. Tears, even.

Are you a Design Star? Or will you identify with a tearful Michael, whose exit line is, “I just want my mother.”

Why wait for the Olympics – there are plenty of competitions out there. Summer TV is full of totally mindless moments – competitions of every sort for those evenings when you just can’t spare a single brain cell for anything important. Kick back with an iced tea or your beverage of choice and root for the underdog.

Who has Shear Genius? And wait – Project Runway will be back soon!