A capsule look at new shows -- on network and cable stations -- that are coming to compete with the

A capsule look at new shows -- onnetwork and cable stations -- that are coming to compete with the season's summer reruns (All times ET/PT):
SUNDAYS
U"SIX FEET UNDER," 9 p.m. on HBO. The fourth season begins for the drama set at a funeral home.
U"STRONG MEDICINE," 9 p.m. on Lifetime. In the season premiere, Lu (Rosa Blasi) and Ben (Grant Show) face the results of their HIV tests just as Ben's ex-wife, Connie (Robyn Lively), joins the hospital staff. Tamera Mowry ("Sister, Sister") also arrives, as an eager intern.
MONDAYS
U"NORTH SHORE," 8 p.m. on Fox. Twentysomething employees work at a luxury hotel in Hawaii. The stars include Kristoffer Polaha and Brittany Daniel.
U"THE CASINO," 9 p.m. on Fox. The Mark Burnett-produced reality show goes behind the scenes at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.
TUESDAYS
U"JOE SCHMO 2," 10 p.m. on Spike TV. This show leads a man and a woman to believe they're on the show "Last Chance for Love." They think they're competing with other men and women for a bachelor's and bachelorette's affections at a mansion just north of Los Angeles. Actually, everybody else -- including the bachelor and bachelorette -- is an actor pretending to be a reality-show stereotype. It's all one big lie in the spoof of the genre.
U"THE NEXT ACTION STAR," 8 p.m. on NBC. The reality show pits stunt contestants against one another to see which man and woman get to star in an NBC movie executive-produced by Joel Silver ("The Matrix").
U"EXTREME DODGEBALL," 10 p.m. on GSN (formerly the Game Show Network). The cable network launches a tournament just in time for the Friday release of the Ben Stiller movie, "Dodgeball." The grand prize is $10,000.
WEDNESDAYS
U"THE SIMPLE LIFE 2: ROAD TRIP," 8 p.m. on Fox. Rich heirs Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have once again left their credit cards behind to prove they can make it on the road on their looks, charm and ability to flirt. They have a knack for it, getting every man they see on this trip to give them money as they pull a trailer from Miami Beach to Beverly Hills. And Hilton gets a lot of sympathy after she falls off a horse in the premiere.
U"METHOD & amp; RED," 9:30 p.m. on Fox. Hip-hop moguls Method Man and Redman move to an affluent, gated community.
U"QUINTUPLETS," 8:30 p.m. on Fox. The sitcom places fraternal quintuplets in their teen years, and the main joke here is they vary greatly in height, looks, intelligence, personality and levels of coolness. But the show would be funnier if the talented Andy Richter, who plays the dad who didn't ask for all these kids at once, had the house all to himself. These kids are virtual, unfunny clones of those on countless sitcoms.
j"THE ASHLEE SIMPSON SHOW," 10:30 p.m. on MTV. Jessica Simpson's younger sister, who has had a regular role on The WB's "7th Heaven," stars in this reality show about her efforts for a singing career with Geffen Records.
FRIDAYS
U"MONK," 10 p.m. on the USA network. It brings back obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk. In the third-season premiere, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) goes to messy, disorderly New York City -- a real nightmare for him. Between straightening out uneven luggage and trying to survive the crowded sidewalks, Monk tackles the case of a murdered ambassador. The real drama comes as Monk finds the man who helped murder the detective's wife, Trudy.
EVERY WEEKNIGHT
U"SEX AND THE CITY," 10 and 10:30 p.m. on TBS. The episodes include one where writer Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) stumbles, literally, into modeling. The series loses some punch as it gets edited for the more PG-rated world of basic cable, but the love of fashion and insecurity over romance remain intact.
COMING IN JULY
U"BIG BROTHER 5," 9 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and 9 p.m. Saturdays on CBS, beginning July 6. (The 90-minute July 6 episode will air at 8 p.m.) Reality-show participants must put up with one another again while confined to a house on CBS' lot in Studio City. This season, the head of the household will have new ways to monitor other housemates.
U"THE AMAZING RACE," 10 p.m. Tuesdays on CBS, beginning July 6. (The 90-minute July 6 episode will air at 9:30 p.m.) The reality show, which beat "Survivor" for an Emmy last fall, starts the race for 11 teams in Los Angeles. They must use wit as well as speed to find their way across six continents in 29 days.
U"MISSING," 10 p.m. Saturdays on Lifetime, beginning July 10. Vivica A. Fox and Caterina Scorsone return for the second season of the series about FBI agents using psychic abilities to find missing people.
U"THE GRID" miniseries, premiering at 9 p.m. July 19 on TNT. Julianna Margulies ("ER") and Dylan McDermott ("The Practice") star as agents Maren Jackson and Max Canary, who help to dismantle a terrorist cell.