"Man vs. Wild": is Bear Grylls really getting outside assistance and sleeping in hotels?
Flight of the Conchords: New Zealand's fourth-most popular folk duo released The Distant Future EP on Aug. 7. The EP, like the show, is brilliant.
"High School Musical 2": Enough teenage girls tuned in to Disney Channel to make it the most-watched basic-cable show ever. The poor things, their hearts will be broken when Zac Efron comes out of the closet.
"Weeds": The Showtime original series beat the sophomore jinx last year, but can it still go strong with season three?
"MythBusters": In the baseball special Adam and Jamie not only busted the myth that a corked bat hits a baseball further, they also concluded that a corked bat actually hinders a hitter's chance at a home run. Quick, somebody tell Sammy Sosa!
Eardrum: Talib Kweli's long-awaited follow-up to 2004's The Beautiful Struggle finally dropped Aug. 21. Well worth the wait; Kweli is at the top of his lyrical game on the new album.
"Superbad": Dick and fart jokes galore make this WEEKEND's favorite guilty pleasure. Just don't see it with your mother ...
"Trapped in the Closet": R. Kelly's self-proclaimed masterpiece is getting more ridiculous with each episode. Expect things to jump the rails of sanity when episode 22 premieres on the Independent Film Channel on Sept. 7.
