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Garden • Kids & Family  TV's six summer sizzlers Summer TV tends
to be like summer beach reading — light 'n' fluffy, nothing too
heavy for long sunny days when viewership usually drops.
Collectively, the six networks lost 7% of their audience last
summer, compared with the summer before, and 38% of their
regular-season audience, according to Nielsen data through mid-
August 2004.  Cable channels usually see the season as a time to
lure viewers.  Now, it's another mixed bag. A wave of reality
shows is on the horizon, but the next few months also offer some
big-event dramas, starting tonight and continuing through August
on cable and broadcast. USA TODAY scoured the schedules and
found six particularly noteworthy TV series airing this summer.
Over There July