Finally, I can make a "Is that your final answer?" joke again and have it be topical!

Tags: 90210, ali larter, heros, star wars, survivor: caramoan, switched at birth, who wants to be a millionaire

7th Heaven fans, rejoice: ABC Family has a similarly sappy family drama to fill the Camden-sized hole in your lives. Full disclosure: this type of show is the complete opposite of my cup of tea. But if you are looking for something more PG than The Secret Life of the American Teenager and if you don't mind contrived story lines, with every conflict being resolved by someone saying, "we're a family, we love each other no matter what," then Switched At Birth may be for you. I know I'm going to sound like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas here, but this stuff just doesn't make my heart grow three sizes.

Tags: Switched at Birth

On this first day of August, Adam Levine is becoming a renaissance man, Switched at Birth gets a tall order, and a Baldwin stays busy.

Tags: Adam Levine, Billy Baldwin, Carrie-Ann Moss, Chris Meloni, Chuck, Hawaii Five-0, Hugh Hefner, James Spader, Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay, Robert Greenblatt, Sean Hayes, Switched at Birth, The Office, The Playboy Club, TR Knight

We could go on for days about our love of Dance Moms, or about how much we've enjoyed this sexed-up season of True Blood, but we expect to be entertained by reality TV trash and our favorite returning shows . What really surprised us this summer was just how many new scripted programs kept us genuinely enthralled -- a pleasant change from the years when all we had to watch in between trips to the pool and barbecues was the likes of Swingtown. And bonus points to ABC Family for really upping their game as a network in recent months. Here's what made it a summer to remember:

Tags: alphas, awkward, falling skies, lying game, nine lives of chloe king, suits, switched at birth, teen wolf, Torchwood: Miracle Day