• At 8, ABC has a new The Next Best Thing, followed by a new American Inventor and the series finale (?) of Traveler.
• FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• There's a new Most Outrageous Moments special on NBC at 8, then new episodes of Last Comic Standing and Dateline.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne starting at 8.
• Also at 8: Court TV has a new Most Shocking, then new episodes of Forensics Files, L.A. Forensics, Haunting Evidence, and Psychic Detectives.
• At 9, PBS has a new American Masters, profiling David Hockney.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, then a new Destination Truth.
• BBC America has a new Footballer's Wives at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
• Discovery has two new episodes of Cash Cab at 10.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 10.
• There's a new Top Chef on Bravo at 10 (repeated at 11).
• At 10:30, MTV has a new "Where Are They Now?" episode of Jackass.

Check your local TV listings for more.

(S01E07) I guess George Costanza was right about fugitive sex. This week, both Jay and Tyler took advantage of their fugitive status to get some action. I would have thought that the guys had better things to do in New York--clearing their names, finding the terrorists, etc. Then again, who am I to complain about scenes that feature a shirtless Matthew Bomer?

• At 8, ABC has a new The Next Best Thing, then new episodes of American Inventor and Traveler.
• FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by the premiere of Don't Forget The Lyrics!
• At 9, NBC has a new America's Got Talent, then a new Last Comic Standing.
• There's a new American Masters on PBS at 9, on Les Paul.
• Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, talks to Larry King on CNN at 9. Should be surreal.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, followed by a new Destination Truth.
• VH-1 has The World Series of Pop Culture at 9.
• There's a new Footballer's Wives at 9 on BBC America.
• More stuff at 9: G4 has two new episodes of Code Monkeys.
• At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
• Discovery has two new episodes of Cash Cab at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Top Chef.

Check your local TV listings for more.

OK, it's not going away immediately, a la Smith or Kidnapped, but after the next two episodes, Traveler is gone for good, and this news comes from the creator himself.

Creator/producer Dave DiGilio has been keeping a blog over at TVGuide.com, and he reveals that the network has let the contracts of the actors on the show lapse and that the next two episodes of the show (the show returns July 11) mark the end of the series. And while it's not the final final decision on the show, when the creator of a show says it's true, that's definitely a sign. Though it's not like they didn't see it coming, after the show was put in as a summer replacement, the episodes cut, etc.

He also gives some cool behind-the-scenes scoop of epsiode "The Reunion."

• At 8, ABC has a new The Next Best Thing, then new episodes of American Inventor and Traveler.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• The CW has two new episodes of Hidden Palms starting at 8.
• Also at 8: Patton Oswalt guests on Emeril Live, on Food Network.
• At 9, NBC has a new Last Comic Standing, followed by a new Dateline.
• Paris Hilton talks to Larry King at 9 on CNN.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 9.
• The Travel Channel has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• BBC America has a new Footballers at 9.
• At 10, History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
• There's a new Top Chef on Bravo at 10.
• FX has a new Rescue Me at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lil' Bush.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• Now both NBC and Barbara Walters have said no to a Paris Hilton interview.
• Nicole Richie might be going to jail too.
• It's a good thing Steve Carell has that day job over at The Office.
• A funny list of TV pilots that didn't make it.
• Here's a whole gallery of photos from Pamela Anderson's DirectTV commercial shoot.
• BuddyTV has an interview with Traveler's Matthew Bomer.
• Stephen Colbert has some thoughts on that condom ad rejected by CBS and FOX.

Traveler is a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Sure, the premise looked intriguing and I'm a sucker for conspiracy/good guys on the run shows, but I had this feeling that ABC pushed it to the summer for a reason and it might be one of those shows that worked better as a long miniseries than a multi-season thing.

But it's quite good, and if they can find a way to continue it that would be great (hey, Richard Kimble was on the run for several seasons). Creator David DiGilio has posted a note at the IMDB thanking fans for watching the show and giving a few hints on how you can let ABC know you want the show renewed.

DiGilio is also keeping a blog at TV Guide where he answers a lot of questions from viewers.

[thanks to Savan for the tip]

• At 8, ABC has a new The Next Best Thing, followed by new episodes of American Inventor and Traveler.
• CBS has the new special AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies at 8.
• NBC has two new episodes of Last Comic Standing starting at 8, then a new Dateline.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• There's a new Hidden Palms on The CW at 8, then another new episode.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Mythbusters, followed by two new episodes of Cash Cab.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9.
• The Travel Channel has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, The History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
• On Food Network at 10, a new Good Eats has Alton Brown looking at the world of pretzels.
• Also at 10: FX has a new Rescue Me.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Okay, enough already! Personally, I'm glad that the grass roots campaign to save Jericho turned out well, and I think that the Mars candy bar campaign to save Veronica Mars is cute, but a futile attempt (at least according to show creator Rob Thomas). But, when a television studio tells you to sign a petition to save a show that the network didn't seem to really want in the first place you're going a bit too far.

The studio I'm talking about is Warner Brothers Television, and the show I'm talking about is ABC's Traveler. We actually received an email from someone over at WBTV promoting an online petition asking for a second season of the show, which has done okay since its premiere. The petition says that 8 episodes of the show aren't enough and the network should consider bringing the show back for a new season. As I write this there are 513 signatures, which is probably not enough to send to the programming wonks over at the Alphabet Network.

(S01E04) This week, Jay and Tyler made another stop on their Tour of Innocence: Deer Harbor, Maine. I like the pattern of having each episode feature a different location with a new set of clues. There really haven't been any weak episodes yet, which may be a good sign for the show's future.

• At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Next Best Thing, followed by a new American Inventor and a new Traveler.
• CBS has a new Creature Comforts at 8.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, then the season premiere of Last Comic Standing.
• There's a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance on FOX at 8.
• TCM has The Big Combo at 8, with Cornel Wilde, then Suddenly, Last Summer, with Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift.
• At 9 on CNN, Larry King talks to Regis Philbin.
• There's a new Mythbusters on Discovery at 9.
• BBC America has a new Footballer's Wives at 9.
• Also at 9: the Travel Channel has a new "Fathers and Sons" World Poker Tour.
• At 10, FX has the season premiere of Rescue Me.
• Bravo has the season premiere of Top Chef at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has the series premiere of Lil' Bush.

Check your local TV listings for more.