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• At 7, ESPN has the season premiere of Monday Night Football, with the Vikings vs. the Packers, followed by the Broncos vs. the Raiders.
  
• At 8, ABC has the season finale of High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by the CMA Music Festival.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, followed by a new America's Toughest Jobs.
• FOX has the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at 8, then a new Prison Break.
  
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, then a new One Tree Hill.
• Nickelodeon has a new Wonder Pets at 8.
• Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
• At 9, PBS has a new History's Detectives.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
• At 10, MTV has a new episode of The Hills.
• Discovery has a new Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• At 10:15, TCM has Dr. Strangelove.

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• CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, C-SPAN, and some PBS stations have coverage of the Democratic National Convention all night, and ABC, CBS, and NBC join in at 10.
• At 7, USA has coverage of The U.S. Open.
• At 8, NBC has the season premiere of Deal or No Deal., followed by the premiere of America's Toughest Jobs.
  
• ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture at 8.
• ESPN has Preseason Football at 8, the Chargers vs. the Seahawks.
• BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has a marathon of Ingrid Bergman films, including Notorious, Spellbound, Intermezzo, and Indiscreet.
• At 8:30, Food Network has a new How'd That Get On My Plate?
• At 9, TNT has a new episode of The Closer, then a new Saving Grace.
• Sci-Fi has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, Showtime has a new Weeds.
• ABC Family has a new Middleman at 10.
• Discovery has Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein at 10.
  
• There's a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on Travel Channel at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10.

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• NBC has Olympics coverage all night.
• At 8, ABC has High School Musical: Get in the Picture.
• TCM has The Big Knife at 8.
• Noggin has a new Go, Diego, Go! at 8.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Raging Nature, then the premiere of Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer, followed by a new Saving Grace.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• HBO has Thank You Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House at 9.
• Toon Disney has a new Chaotic at 9, then a new Digimon.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• MTV has the season premiere of The Hills at 10.
• There's a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on Food Network at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

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• NBC has more Olympics coverage all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, followed by new episodes of How'd That Get On My Plate? and Unwrapped.
• ESPN has more Little League World Series coverage at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
• MTV has the new movie The American Mall at 9.
• VH-1 has a new I Want To Work For Diddy at 9.
• At 10, ABC has the season finale of The Mole.
• ABC Family has a new Middleman at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

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• At 8, FOX has the Teen Choice Awards.
• ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture at 8, then a new episodes of Wanna Bet? and The Mole.
• NBC has the season finales of American Gladiators and Nashville Star.
• At 9, Lifetime has the new movie The Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, followed by a new Saving Grace.
• VH-1 has the series premiere of I Want To Work For Diddy.
• Also at 9: GSN has a new World Poker Tour.
• At 10, ABC has a new Middleman.
• Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
  
• Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.

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• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 8.
• NBC has preseason football at 8, the Redskins vs. the Colts.
• Also at 8: TV Land has the M*A*S*H 30th Annivesary Special.
• At 8:30, Disney has a new Hannah Montana.
• At 9, USA has a new Law and Order: CI, followed by a new In Plain Sight.
• There's a new Ice Road Truckers on History Channel at 9.
• Food Network has a new Iron Chef America at 9.
• Sundance has a new Shameless at 9.
• HBO has a new Generation Kill at 9.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, then a new Two Coreys.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• AMC has a new Mad Men at 10.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Fat Guy Stuck In Internet, followed by new episodes of Tim and Eric's Awesome Show Great Job and Assy McGee.

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• The Discovery Channel's Shark Week continues.
• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by new episodes of Wanna Bet? and The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, featuring Quentin Tarantino.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• Shark Week begins on Discovery Channel,
• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 8.
• TNT has The Wizard of Oz at 8.
• HGTV has all new episodes starting at 8: House Hunters, House Hunters International, Design Star, The Stagers, and Property Virgins.
• TCM has Mr. Deeds Goes To Town at 8.
• At 9, NBC has a new Dateline.
• PBS has a new Masterpiece at 9.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, followed by a new In Plain Sight.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9.
• HBO has a new Generation Kill at 9.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels, then a new Two Coreys.
• At 10, AMC has the season premiere of Mad Men.
• There's a new Army Wives on Lifetime at 10.
• E! has new episodes of Denise Richards: It's Complicated and Living Lohan starting at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has the season finale of The Next Food Network Star. It's followed by a sneak peek at Ted Allen's new show, Food Detectives.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Fat Guy Stuck in Internet, then new episodes of Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job and Assy McGee.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by the premiere of Wanna Bet? and a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, followed by new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• Versus has more coverage of the Tour de France at 8.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, featuring Laurence Fishburne.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9, followed by a new How'd That Get On My Plate?
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.

1. Mad Men season two premiere. More smoking, more drinking, more advertising. (Sunday at 10pm on AMC.)

2. Comic-Con. We'll be there this week, handing out DVDs and trying not to look geeky. Follow us again on twitter for what's happening and where to meet up with us.

3. It's X-Files Week here. Just in time for the new big screen movie that opens Friday. The truth is in here, if you want to believe.

4. Jingles. A new reality competition show where ordinary people try to come up with commercial jingles. Find out who's bologna has a first name Sunday at 8pm on CBS. (Update: looks like this has been delayed until at least late summer. Stay tuned...)

5. The 2008 World Series of Poker. People still watch poker on television, right? (Starts Tuesday at 8pm on ESPN.)

6. High School Musical: Get In The Picture. High School Musical + a reality competition = ratings. (Started last night; another new episode airs tonight at 8pm on ABC.)

So, if you're a High School Musical fan and if you live in New York, New Jersey, or California, you're in luck. To promote the new reality series, High School Musical: Get in the Picture, ABC is hitting beaches on both coasts with free ice cream, games and prizes. The promotional tour will begin this weekend and continue all month leading up to the premiere of the series. The show, hosted by Nick Lachey, will feature talented teens from all over the U.S. as they compete for a chance to be in the next High School Musical.

As if anything to do with High School Musical needed any more promotion...

The schedule for the tour is after the jump. High School Musical: Get in the Picture premieres on Sunday, July 20th from 8-9 p.m. on ABC.

What should come as no surprise to anybody: Disney is now hard at work to the sequel of its High School Musical trilogy follow-up, Camp Rock. The Disney Channel is hoping to broadcast the sequel in spring or summer of 2009.

The first Camp Rock debuted to 8.9 million viewers on Friday night, the second highest viewership ever for the network (but still far below the 17.2 million they got for High School Musical 2).

In a recent interview with Newsweek, Vanessa Hudgens talked about High School Musical and Zac Efron's hygiene. (Yep, you read that second item correctly.)

About High School Musical 3, Hudgens, who is currently on location shooting San Francisco, says that she thinks the crew is done after the completion of the trilogy. She also reveals that her character gets accepted to Stanford.

Hudgens also refutes reports that beau Zac Efron doesn't shower. (Has anyone else heard this? Am I just not hip to the goings on of tween dreams like Zac Efron? Maybe I should pick up a Tiger Beat magazine.) She says, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Whoever came up with that is completely idiotic. He showers! He showers! ­Believe me, he does."

So, there's no more High School Musical after this one. Looks like Camp Rock, which stars the Jonas Brothers, will be Disney's new cash cow.

[via Yahoo]

I know you've all been wondering if the Jonas Brothers squash the machine that is Zac Efron. Well, they can ... kind of. Camp Rock averaged 8.9 million viewers on Friday night. That's more viewers than High School Musical, which had 7.8 million for its debut. However, 8.9 million pales in comparison to last summer's 17.2 million (ZOMG!) viewers for High School Musical 2. And it proves that the Efron is unstoppable and more bankable. In fact, High School Musical 2 is the most watched non-sports program on cable.

Joal Ryan of E! Online points out that Camp Rock could still beat High School Musical overall, "The Jonas Brothers are far bigger stars than Efron or any of his costars were in January 2006, when the first HSM premiered." He goes to say that the real test of Camp Rock will be if it has the ability to rule the ratings in the inevitable many, many reruns.

Are you still trying to figure out what to do when all of your favorite programs leave the air for the summer? I was thinking about maybe going outside. I'm told it's nice. ABC has other plans for our eyeballs though. They've signed up Nick Lachey to host a new reality show (I know... boo reality) based on the hit Disney franchise, High School Musical.

At the moment the show is called High School Musical: Summer Session, but apparently that isn't official. Casting calls kick off this weekend, with a premiere set for June 20th. The network is obviously hoping to cash in on some of the success their sibling Disney has seen with the movies. I wouldn't be surprised to see Disney sweetheart Miley Cyrus guesting on the show to bring in her throngs of fans.