Summer TV shows not so hot for critics, bloggers

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It’s not that there aren’t things to watch.

On network television, there are plenty of repeats, reality shows and final episodes of series that have been canceled.

But summertime viewing on network television can be a wasteland, especially for bloggers and critics whose gig it is to write and report on TV, said Kath Skerry, founder and editor of the Give Me My Remote blog.

“It’s borderline depressing,” Skerry said. “Between the onslaught of reality television and what I call filler TV — shows that the networks may have under contract but they just feel the need to get out regardless of the quality — it almost feels like [the networks] have given up.”