SIBERIA
NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This isn’t a recommendation, just an observation. CBS and NBC both want to enliven their summers a little, and offer some original scripted programming to go along with their reruns and reality shows. CBS presents Stephen King’s Under the Dome, which looks like an instant hit. NBC, by contrast, tonight launches Siberia, a scripted series about contestants on a reality show. Sigh. It’s also virtually indistinguishable, in concept, from a “real” reality show NBC launches next Monday, as a lead-in to Siberia. It's about contestants challenged to survive in a remote location: Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls. Double sigh.