What to Watch…Thursday, June 5, 2008

Thursdays have always been a great night for television and it looks like that still holds true for Thursdays this summer. There’s a few great shows to choose from tonight including the series premiere of SWINGTOWN which has been a long time coming and FEAR ITSELF, a new horror summer horror series which features FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS breakout star Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke). And if your a sports fan there’s probably no need to tell you that the NBC Finals start tonight!!

Here’s just a few shows that might be worthy of TiVoing…

NBA Finals (Lakers vs. Celtics) | 10pm on ABC
The Los Angeles Lakers will be coming to my town on Boston to take on the Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Celtics have been abysmal on the road during the playoffs so it’s probably a good thing that the finals kick off here tonight. Pre-game starts at 8:30pm and locally here in Boston at 8pm on ABC.

Last Comic Standing | 8:30pm on NBC
Guest scouts French Stewart and Joshua Gomez (CHUCK) size up talent in San Francisco. In addition, Dave Foley and Richard Kind judge jokesters in Toronto. A Top 10 countdown of the season’s most-memorable auditions rounds out the episode.

So You Think You Can Dance | 8pm on Fox
The first round of callbacks in Las Vegas results in the selection of the top 20 finalists: 10 males and 10 females. After this week the 10 guys and 10 girls will be paired together and the competition will begin.

Swingtown | 10pm on CBS | Series Premiere
In the series opener, Susan and Bruce Miller move into an upscale Chicago suburb, where they are introduced to the concept of an open marriage by their sexy new neighbors, who invite them to a swinger party at their house.

Fear Itself | 10pm on NBC | Series Premiere
In the premiere episode of this horror-anthology series, four criminals are snowbound in a spooky fort with three seductive women who harbor deadly secrets. Jeffrey Pierce and Jesse Plemons (‘Friday Night Lights’) star. Breck Eisner directed.

What will YOU be watching tonight?