Summer TV Show Premiere Dates

[gottimd]

Here is a list of when shows will start in the summer season, some new some old.

Fire up that TiVo!! You have much to watch in the meantime, o my brothers!!

Returning Shows:
Al Franken Show (Sundance) June 6
Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back (NBC) June 21
Battlestar Galactica (SciFi) July 15
Big Brother 6 (CBS) July 7
Blow Out 2 (Bravo) June 7
Celebrity Fit Club (VH1) July 10
Celebrity Poker Showdown (Bravo) Aug. 18
Dead Zone, The (USA) June 12
Entourage (HBO) June 5
The 4400 (USA) June 5
Ghost Hunters (SciFi) July 27
Kenny Vs. Spenny (GSN) July 11
Laguna Beach (MTV) July 25
Lingo (GSN) Aug. 1
Missing (Lifetime) June 12
Monk (USA) July 8
Pimp My Ride (MTV) June 26
Punk?d (MTV) June 26
Real Gilligan?s Island 2 (TBS) June 8
Real World 16: Austin (MTV) June 21
Reno 911! (CC) June 14
Rescue Me (FX) June 21
Six Feet Under (HBO) June 6
Stargate SG1 (SciFi) July 15
Stargate: Atlantis (SciFi) July 15
Strong Medicine (Lifetime) June 12
Summerland (WB) June 13
Tripping the Rift (SciFi) July 27
Ultimate Fighter 2 (Spike) Aug. 22
Viva La Bam (MTV) June 26

New Shows:
Andy Milonakis Show (MTV) June 26
Anything to Win (GSN) Aug. 14
Ballbreakers (GSN) July 18
Barbershop (Showtime) Aug. 10
Battle of the Network Reality Stars (Bravo) Aug. 10
Beach Girls (Lifetime) July 31
Beauty and the Geek (WB) June 1
Being Bobby Brown (Bravo) June 30
Brat Camp (ABC) July 13
Cattle Drive (E!) Aug. 7
Closer, The (TNT) June 13
Comeback, The (HBO) June 5
Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E) July 20
Cut, The (CBS) June 9
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) June 1
Empire (ABC) June 28
Extreme Dodgeball (GSN) July 19
Fight For Fame (E!) June 5
Fire Me Please (CBS) June 7
Girls Next Door (E!) Aug. 7
Hidden Howie (Bravo) Aug. 18
Hit Me Baby One More Time (NBC)
Hogan Knows Best (VH1) July 10
I Want To Be A Hilton (NBC) June 21
Inked (A&E) July 20
Inside, The (Fox) June 8
Into The West (TNT) June 10
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo) Aug. 3
Law Firm (NBC) July 28
Master Blasters (SciFi)
Meet Mr. Mom (NBC) Aug. 2
Mind of Mencia (CC) July 7
Minding the Store (TBS) July 17
Over There (FX) July 27
Party at the Palms (E!) June 15
Poker Royale: Comedians Vs. Pros (GSN) July 8
Princes of Malibu (Fox) July 10
Rock Star: INXS (CBS) July 11
Scholar, The (ABC) June 6
Situation: Comedy (Bravo) Aug. 2
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) July 20
Sports Kids Moms & Dads (Bravo) June 1
Stella (CC) June 28
Super Agent (Spike) July 22
30 Days (FX) June 15
Tommy Lee Goes To College (NBC) Aug. 16
Venus & Serena (ABC Family) July 21
Wanted (TNT) July 31
Weeds (Showtime) Aug. 10
Weekends at the DL (CC) July 29
Welcome to the Neighborhood (ABC) July 10
Wild?n?Out (MTV) July 13
Wildfire (ABC Family) June 20

[Draft Dodger]

Shows on those lists I plan to ever watch:

[Ksyrup]

Thanks for this! Some really bad-sounding shows - Being Bobby Brown? These shows that follow celebs around are just going crazy. Venus and Serena, Tommy Lee, Hilton,...
KATHY GRIFFIN, the world's most annoying pseudo-celeb? Honestly, I'd rather live in a world in which the only sounds I hear are Fran Drescher and Mikalah Gordon duets than to even see 3 seconds of Kathy Griffin's untalented ass (or any other part of her). I have an undying hatred of that woman that far surpasses anything of its kind.

Oh, and I hope Criss Angel has to do with Peter Criss...

[Ksyrup]

I can't believe they are going forward with Big Brother 6. Or Gilligan's Island 2. Unbelievable.

[21C]

Hey! Shouldn't jbmagic be posting this?

[KWhit]

Shows on those lists I plan to ever watch:

You should give Battlestar Galatica a shot if you haven't already. I'm looking forward to it getting going again.

[FrogMan]

I can't believe they are going forward with Big Brother 6. Or Gilligan's Island 2. Unbelievable.
Exactly my thoughts when I saw Big Brother 6 in there...

FM

[Coffee Warlord]

Battlestar Galactica & Stargate SG-1

And that's...about....it.

[Passacaglia]

KATHY GRIFFIN, the world's most annoying pseudo-celeb? Honestly, I'd rather live in a world in which the only sounds I hear are Fran Drescher and Mikalah Gordon duets than to even see 3 seconds of Kathy Griffin's untalented ass (or any other part of her). I have an undying hatred of that woman that far surpasses anything of its kind.

Word.

[Joe]

Can't wait for Monk to start up again

[duckman]

The 4400 (USA) June 5
Dead Zone, The (USA) June 12
Celebrity Fit Club (VH1) July 10
Ghost Hunters (SciFi) July 27
Looking forward to these shows. :)

[Ksyrup]

Tommy Lee at school, and other realities

It's summer, and TV has many reality shows in store


NEW YORK (AP) -- Get ready for Tommy Lee as an undergrad, two separate dance contests and apprentice rock stars, apprentice chefs, apprentice fashion designers, apprentice scholars, apprentice slackers and apprentice Hiltons.

With your favorite television series hibernating for the summer, television networks are uncorking a flood of reality programming.

Broadcast networks want to do more than show reruns all summer -- but they don't want to spend much money, either. The result is reality-clogged schedules. If the networks are lucky, one or two might capture the public imagination.

Summer has started already for the networks; "Hell's Kitchen" began Monday, and the WB begins its heavily promoted "Beauty & the Geek" on Wednesday. As the title suggests, the series takes some socially challenged smart guys and couples them up with dimwitted lookers. The couple that works best together in various contests could share $250,000, and who knows what else?

"I wouldn't call it a reality show so much as a social experiment," said Jason Goldberg, who produced the series with Ashton Kutcher.

Other new series in the works:




"Hell's Kitchen" stars tightly wound British chef Gordon Ramsay, who's opening a new Los Angeles restaurant and chooses between contestants who want to cook there. Premiered May 30 on Fox.

"Dancing With the Stars" will pair six celebrities, like boxer Evander Holyfield, with professional dancers to compete in a ballroom dancing contest. Premieres June 1 on ABC.

"Hit Me Baby" exhumes has-been music stars who try to show a live audience they still have what it takes. The Knack, Vanilla Ice, Cameo, Tiffany, Wang Chung, Loverboy and Arrested Development are among the acts competing for charity in the NBC series, which premieres June 2.

"The Scholar" will feature bright students competing for a college scholarship they might not otherwise be able to afford. No, they won't have to eat bugs: they have to show book smarts, compete in oral exams and defend themselves to an Ivy League scholarship committee. Starts June 6 on ABC.

"Fire Me ... Please" films two people starting new jobs on the same day doing everything they can to be fired by midday. The person who wins will earn more than he could ever hope for from the job. Starts June 7 on CBS.

"The Cut" brings 16 aspiring fashion designers to compete for a job with Tommy Hilfiger. The winner gets the opportunity to design a fashion collection under Hilfiger's label. Starts June 9 on CBS.

"I Want to Be a Hilton." Fox still has Paris, but NBC has matriarch Kathy Hilton guiding 14 young contestants through the New York society scene. Whoever emerges as the winner of Hilton's contests gets to live the life of a rich person for a year. Debuts June 21.

"The Princes of Malibu" is an Osbournes-style show that follows music producer David Foster, his new wife and adult stepsons Brandon and Brody Jenner, who move into Foster's 22-acre waterfront estate. The Fox series premieres July 10.


"Rock Star: INXS." Super-producer Mark Burnett is behind this contest, where amateur singers compete for a job with the Australian rock band INXS, whose former singer Michael Hutchence died in 1997. The winner goes on tour and records an album with the band. Premieres July 11 on CBS, which will air the show three times a week until it's done.

"Brat Camp," a remake of a popular British series, send six out-of-control teens to a boot-camp style program in the Oregon wilderness. The ABC series premieres July 13.

"So You Think You Can Dance." Fox failed miserably with an attempt to hold a junior version of "American Idol," so now that show's creators are trying a dance version. You know the drill: embarrassing tryouts, pressure-filled performances and, finally, a winner. Starts July 20.

"The Law Firm" on NBC is produced by David E. Kelley, who with "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal" is familiar with fictional lawyers. This show takes actual lawyers trying actual cases in front of judges and juries. Trial attorney Roy Black is the host for the series, which starts July 28.

"Meet Mister Mom" sends stay-at-home moms on vacation and leaves clueless dads in charge of the house. Mom gets to watch the fun on closed-circuit TV. NBC, premieres August 2.

"Tommy Lee Goes to College" trails the photogenic rock star as he enrolls in the University of Nebraska -- trying out for the marching band and cramming for exams. It starts August 16 on NBC. No word on whether Lee will talk about the lawsuit he and his bandmates in Motley Crue filed this week against the network for barring them from NBC shows.

"Welcome to the Neighborhood" brings prospective new families into a suburban cul-de-sac. The white families who live there now have their preconceptions tested with potential neighbors that include gay, minority and heavily tattooed couples. The winning family gets to move in. The ABC series doesn't have a premiere date yet.

"Are You the Girl" chronicles the search for a new partner for Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, the two surviving members of TLC after the death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. They're looking to start a new group, and the search will be seen on UPN. No premiere date has been set. If that's not enough, existing reality series like "Renovate My Family" (Fox), "Big Brother" (CBS), "Average Joe" (NBC) and "Wife Swap" (ABC) return with new episodes.

New scripted series will be scarce. However, ABC has the six-hour period piece "Empire," about ancient Roman rivals trying to succeed Julius Caesar starting June 28. And Fox's "The Inside" is a new cop drama focusing on the Los Angeles violent crimes unit.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Mmmmmmmm.....new season of Ghost Hunters.

Awesome, awesome show.

[Swaggs]

I think I will try to check out Hit Me Baby, if I get a chance.

[sterlingice]

Dead Zone, Monk, and Stargate- I guess that's as many shows as I watch during the regular seasons on tv so it's time to get ye olde vcr back up and running.

SI

[Galaxy]

Tommy Lee at school, and other realities

"I Want to Be a Hilton." Fox still has Paris, but NBC has matriarch Kathy Hilton guiding 14 young contestants through the New York society scene. Whoever emerges as the winner of Hilton's contests gets to live the life of a rich person for a year. Debuts June 21.
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Can we please shot the Hilton family? Paris and Nicky are enough.

[ShaqFu]

Which is better?

Repeats or reality shows?

The networks have finally figured out what to do with the summer season. Reality shows are dirt cheap, can draw lots of advertising dollars, and if lucky can become a hit (it's happened before). With cable network shows not always on hiatus in summer, this is the way to go.

Reality shows I will watch: Hit Me Baby, The Scholar, Fire Me ... Please, The Cut, I Want to Be a Hilton, Rock Star: INXS, Brat Camp, So You Think You Can Dance, Welcome to the Neighborhood, Beauty and the Geek, Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back

Other shows I will watch: Into The West

[Ksyrup]

Given that I watch very few TV "shows," I'd much rather have 25 brand-new reality shows from which to pick 3 to watch, than have a summer full of reruns of shows I didn't want to watch the first time around. The last couple of nights, my wife and I have actually watched a mix of South Park and baseball from 8:30 to 10:30 or so. There's nothing else worth watching. So, we'll probably be all over Hit Me Baby tonight, just because.

[digamma]

I wonder if they realize how boring the Law Firm will be. I'd rather have Fritz's cat lick my eyeballs for an hour.

I'll watch Entourage again and we laughed at Beauty and the Geek last night.

[tategter]

After looking-over that list I think it's time to go to the bookstore.

[kingfc22]

Deadzone and The 4400 is all my Tivo will have on it. Pretty sad, but that leaves time for me to get back into my FM dynasty. :)

[jbmagic]

i never seen 4400. what is that about?

[DeToxRox]

Agreed with GWB

Monk is a great show

[sabotai]

The Dead Zone is pretty much the only show I plan on watching from those lists. Monk is a good show, but it's not a show I make sure I catch when it's on.

[TazFTW]

Monk, Ghost Hunters, Battlestar Galactica, and both Stargates are the ones I will be returning to (maybe The 4400 but I didn't see the season finale).

Empire looks interesting. You don't see many series dealing with the Roman Empire.

[Marmel]

Pimp My Ride is a great show. I'm serious.

[Fonzie]

You should give Battlestar Galatica a shot if you haven't already. I'm looking forward to it getting going again.

Seconded.

[Wolfpack]

Seconded.

Thirded. Heck, my wife's not one for sci-fi stuff, but she likes the show a lot. Good way to kill a Friday night.

[jbmagic]

i never seen 4400.

but it looks like this Sunday there going to air all the first season all day prior to the second season premier.

i going to Tivo it.

[judicial clerk]

I wonder if they realize how boring the Law Firm will be. I'd rather have Fritz's cat lick my eyeballs for an hour.

No way. This will be awesome. I can see it now:

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Ksyrup checks the FOFC, maybe posting something.
Ksyrup listens to his voice mail, reads his e-mail.
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Ksyrup takes a telephone call from a client, sets up a meeting for next week.
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Its like a combination of Lost, Fear Factor, and the MTV Video Awards.

[digamma]

No way. This will be awesome. I can see it now:

Ksyrup shows up at the office.
Ksyrup checks the FOFC, maybe posting something.
Ksyrup listens to his voice mail, reads his e-mail.
Ksyrup checks the FOFC.
Ksyrup takes a telephone call from a client, sets up a meeting for next week.
the regular mail comes in and the mail room clerk drops some mail in Ksyrup's in box.
Some random attorney wanders into Ksyrups office t ask about his weekend plans. Ksyrup talks to him while posting on FOFC.
Ksyrup wanders into the lounge to get a cup of coffee.
Ksyrup takes a call from his wife.
Ksyrup checks FOFC. WTF? how come nobody has responded to the thread he started?
Ksyrup reads a legal document sent to him in the mail from another attorney.
Ksyrup checks [ESPN or MLB.com or something] no scores yet in any of the major league games.
Ksyrup checks FOFC. Ahh, JeeberD responded to his thread.
Ksyrup dictates a letter regarding the legal document he read.
Ksyrup downloads an mp3. man these guys suck.

Its like a combination of Lost, Fear Factor, and the MTV Video Awards.
You left out the last entry...
KSyrup bills client for 8.25 hours of work.

[Ksyrup]

http://ironpoet.com/boards/images/smiles/paranoid.gif (javascript:emoticon(':paranoid')) You guys must have the ultimate in spyware. http://ironpoet.com/boards/images/smiles/paranoid.gif (javascript:emoticon(':paranoid'))

:D


I get my billables in, don't you worry. It's nice not having minimum billing requirements, though. I get my work done efficiently and competently and that's about all that matters.