1. “I Survived a Japanese Game Show”: Ten unsuspecting Americans go in, one comes out.
2. “Flipping Out”: Paranoid, bipolar house-flipper Jeff Lewis (pictured) takes his frustrations out on his assistants and somehow manages to work the current housing market to his advantage.
3. “Hopkins”: While Dr. House takes a summer hiatus, catch real resident surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital strike a balance between patients and their personal lives.
4. “Wipeout”: Arrogant and moderately crazy athletes battle the elements (and obstacles like the Big Balls and the “Dreadmill”) in this mud-filled take on Spike TV’s “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge.”
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