Greatness Returns!

Timing is everything in life or at least that's what I say everytime I meet a girl that says she's not looking for a relationship only to find out that she started seeing someone else the next day. Which is why it's only fitting that just two weeks after Lost ended I've been reenergized with the return of three of my other favorite shows.

Returning first on MTV was the Real World/Road Rules Challenge which has run contestants through a Gauntlet and thrown others into an Inferno over the last few years. In this year's installment they have pulled a little bit of a twist taking the returning castmates and pairing them up with a whole new cast of fresh meat. Each alumni member now has a random person as their teammate and together they have to compete in two man teams to try and win $250,000. Personally, I would have preferred to see a repeat of last year's format or even a throwback to the original Real World vs. Road Rules format but this new twist is okay by me as well since it means that several new hotties have been introduced. And the casting department at MTV has certainly done a good job this time around with the likes of Casey, Ev, and Diem as proof of that.

Up next and debuting tonight as a matter of fact is the return of hardcore wrestling as the WWE brings back ECW as a brand several years after buying them out. I know it's not going to be the same as when it was a relatively unknown promotion based out of New York and Philadelphia with a cult like following. And if anyone can fuck this up, it's Vince McMahon and the WWE, who have already given the world the XFL. But I'm holding out hope that this brand can hold it's own and perhaps force the WWE to improve their own product through competition albeit under the pretense that the WWE is technically competing against itself and ultimately cannot lose.

And finally and probably most importantly this Sunday marks the return of Entourage on HBO. With the Sopranos sucking more than Ryan Seacrest in a gay bar HBO needs Entourage to carry it's ratings this summer. And with the success of its first two seasons behind it the suits at HBO would be smart to continue renewing this show for the forseeable future. With a great cast, original writing, and the best asshole on tv it doesn't get anybody than this. Except for Lost of course.