I know, me too. I thought, "They'll come back in November or some other autumn month."

But no, Seth Aaron hasn't even had time to catch his breath and underperform at his duties as last season's winner, and they're throwing another one at us on July 29. Meanwhile, what about whatsherface who won season 6? What happened to that one?

I'm going to watch anyway. Not out of any gay sense of obligation. I'm just hoping it'll cleanse my brain of a summer I've spent looking at Half Pint Brawlers, Pretty Wild, You're Cut Off, River Monsters, and Work of Art.

Eight reasons I'll be tuning in:

90-minute episodes: This means -- at least it better mean -- no more Models of the Runway. There's no Models Season 3 stuff up on the Lifetime site so that's good news. All model antics will probably be folded into the show where they belonged in the first place. After all, it's still a competition for them, too. Just one they have no hand in winning.

Selma Blair: She's the only celebrity guest judge we're being told about right now, which is fine. She's a good one. Always dresses in a cool, stylish way. I met her once at Astro Burger in Hollywood. (No, I don't know her. We had a mutual friend.) She ate without getting any burger ingredients on herself, a trait I admire and envy.

Some guy named "Casanova": Actually his name is Carlos but his last name is Casanova and he's creating a TV persona for himself. And "Suede" was taken. So was "Salt."

Some other guy named Mondo: This is probably a variation on his actual name because he lives in Colorado. Where there are megachurches there are odd names. Anyway, he painted the inside of his house pink due to suffering from an advanced case of Straight-Up Gayness.

"Peach": My personal favorite. She's a hardcore preppy Illinois mom who wears oversized Lacoste alligator print pants when she wants to tell the world to go to hell.

All-around diminishing returns: They're hedging their bets now with that Santino and Austin Scarlett show, hoping it'll all bleed together in your brain like a TV aneurysm. Meanwhile, Heidi's distracted, busy with some other new series she's going to host with Seal where they run around the country counseling couples in need of the inspiration that can only come from being told what to do by people of immense physical beauty. Sometimes watching a franchise fall apart is its own reward.

Decreasing Tim Gunn patience: Please let there be a fresh Emilio-like person this season to put multiple thorns in Tim Gunn's side. Watching the no-nonsense mentor's mounting annoyance with E's ego made that whole season worthwhile. I would also like to see Tim Gunn forced to wear Crocs and cargo shorts. Don't you want him to be pre-angry before he even sets foot in that workroom? I do.

Grace Coddington: Okay, no, she's not going to be on the show. I just want her to be. She's the creative director of Vogue and the coolest person in The September Issue documentary. And dang it, if we can lobby to get the last surviving Golden Girl on SNL, then we can all band together and make this happen too.