*SUMMER 2009* - New & Returning Shows Premiere Dates

[Jadzia]

Sorted by date for your DVR programming needs:


JUNE

06/07/09 – Sunday
Army Wives (LIFETIME) – Season Premiere
Next Food Network Star (FOOD) – Season Premiere
Denise Richards: It’s Complicated (E!) – Season Premiere
Kendra (E!) – Series Premiere
Brooke Knows Best (VH1) – Season Premiere
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E) – Season Premiere
Bridezillas (WE) – Season Premiere
Z Rock (IFC) – Season Premiere

06/08/09 – Monday
Closer, The (TNT) – Season Premiere
Weeds (SHOWTIME) – Season Premiere
Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME) – Series Premiere
Raising the Bar (TNT) – Season Premiere
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (BRAVO) – Season Premiere

06/10/09 – Wednesday
Top Chef Masters (BRAVO) – Series Premiere

06/11/09 – Thursday
16 & Pregnant (MTV) – Series Premiere

06/13/09 – Saturday
Kings (NBC) – Returns from hiatus

06/14/09 – Sunday
True Blood (HBO) – Season Premiere
Hammertime (A&E) – Series Premiere

06/15/09 – Monday
Run’s House (MTV) – Season Premiere

06/16/-09 – Tuesday
Saving Grace (TNT) – Series Premiere
Hawthorne (TNT) – Series Premiere
Wedding Day (TNT) – Series Premiere
Singing Bee, The (CMT) – Season Premiere

06/17/09 – Wednesday
I Survived a Japanese Game Show (ABC) – Season Premiere
Gordon Ramsey’s F Word (BBC America) – Season Premiere
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Reunion Special (MTV) - Special

06/19/09 – Friday
Chopping Block (NBC) – Returns from hiatus

06/20/09 – Saturday
Eli Stone (ABC) – Returns from hiatus
Can You Duet? (CMT) – Season Premiere

06/21/09 – Sunday
Merlin (NBC) – Series Premiere
Impact (ABC) – Mini-series begins
Just for Laughs (ABC) – Season Premiere

06/22/09 – Monday
Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC FAMILY) – Season Premiere
Make It or Break It (ABCFAMILY) – Series Premiere

06/23/09 – Tuesday
America’s Got Talent (NBC) – Season Premiere
Superstars, The (ABC) – Series Premiere
Cleaner, The (A&E) – Season Premiere
NYC Prep (BRAVO) – Series Premiere
Better Off Ted (ABC) – Returns from hiatus

06/24/09 – Wednesday
Philanthropist, The (NBC) – Series Premiere
Real World, The (MTV) – Season Premiere

06/25/09 – Thursday
Penn & Teller: Bullshit (SHOWTIME) – Season Premiere
In the Motherhood (ABC) – Returns from hiatus
Samantha Who? (ABC) – Returns from hiatus

06/26/09 – Friday
Virtuality (FOX) – Pilot episode/special presentation

06/28/09 – Sunday
Hung (HBO) – Series Premiere

06/29/09 – Monday
Dance Your Ass Off (OXYGEN) – Series Premiere


JULY

07/03/09 - Friday
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader (FOX) – Returns from hiatus

07/07/09 – Tuesday
Great American Road Trip (NBC) – Series Premiere
10 Things I Hate About You (ABCFAMILY) – Series Premiere
Warehouse 13 (SYFY) – Series Premiere

07/08/09 – Wednesday
Ghost Hunters International (SCIFI) – Season Premiere

07/09/09 - Thursday
Big Brother (CBS) – Season Premiere

07/10/09 – Friday
Eureka (SCIFI) – Season Premiere

07/12/09 – Sunday
Entourage (HBO) – Season Premiere
Meteor (NBC) – Mini-series begins
Drop Dead Diva (LIFETIME) – Series Premiere

07/14/09 – Tuesday
Miami Social (BRAVO) – Series Premiere

07/15/09 – Wednesday
Leverage (TNT) – Season Premiere
Dark Blue (TNT) – Series Premiere
Michael & Michael Have Issues (COMEDY) – Series Premiere

07/18/09 – Saturday
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC) – Returns from hiatus
Bill Engvall Show, The (TBS) – Season Premiere

07/19/09 – Sunday
HGTV Design Star (HGTV) – Season Premiere

07/20/09 – Monday
Dating in the Dark (ABC) – Series Premiere
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBCAmerica) – Miniseries premiere (5-parts)
Are We Alone? (DISCOVERY) – Series Premiere

07/21/09 – Tuesday
Hell’s Kitchen (FOX) – Season Premiere
Ruby & the Rockits (ABCFAMILY) – Series Premiere

07/25/09 – Saturday
Being Human (BBC America) – Series Premiere

07/26/09 – Sunday
Storm, The (NBC) – Mini series begins
Robot Chicken (CARTOON) – Season Premiere

07/28/09 – Tuesday
More to Love (FOX) – Series Premiere

07/29/09 – Wednesday
Moment of Truth (FOX) – Returns from hiatus

07/30/09 – Thursday
Real Housewives of Atlanta (BRAVO) – Season Premiere


AUGUST

AUGUST, TBA:
Skins (BBCAmerica) – Season Premiere
DietTribe (LIFETIME) – Season Premiere
Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (E!) – Series Premiere

08/02/09 – Sunday
Tool Academy (VH1) – Series Premiere
Megan Wants a Millionaire (VH1) – Series Premiere

08/04/09 – Tuesday
Lincoln Heights (ABCFAMILY) – Season Premiere

08/06/09 – Thursday
Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV) – Season Premiere

08/07/09 – Friday
Monk (USA) – Season Premiere
Psych (USA) – Season Premiere

08/09/09 – Sunday
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ABC) – Season Premiere
Shark Tank (ABC) – Series Premiere
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (COMEDY) – Special presentation

08/16/09 - Sunday
Mad Men (AMC) – Season Premiere

08/17/09 – Monday
Flipping Out (BRAVO) – Season Premiere
Out of Egypt (DISCOVERY) – Series Premiere

08/19/09 – Wednesday
Ghost Hunters (SCIFI) – Summer Season Premiere

08/20/09 – Thursday
Project Runway (LIFETIME) – Season Premiere
Models of the Runway (LIFETIME) – Series Premiere

08/23/09 - Sunday
What Would Brian Boitano Make? (FOOD) – Series Premiere

08/26/09 – Wednesday
Top Chef: Where Are They Now? (BRAVO) – Special Presentation

08/31/09 – Monday
Greek (ABCFAMILY) – Season Premiere

[dino88]

Jadzia, do you have the schedule for Diamonds? I have it set to record Sunday, but I don't know when it airs again or how many episodes it is. Any insight?

I'm so glad I looked at this bc I forgot all about Michael & Michael Have Issues. I read about it a long long time ago and it completely slipped my mind. Can't wait.

Thanks for taking the time and making this list (you should make it a sticky).

[parker63]

Hmmm... no Big Brother 11? I thought that was coming in July?

[Bill Needle]

Thanks for the list. Marked for later.

[Jadzia]

Originally Posted by dino88

Jadzia, do you have the schedule for Diamonds? I have it set to record Sunday, but I don't know when it airs again or how many episodes it is. Any insight?

I think it is just this Sunday and the following Sunday - 2 parts.

[Jadzia]

Originally Posted by parker63

Hmmm... no Big Brother 11? I thought that was coming in July?

Has there been an official start date announced by CBS yet? I didn't see it in the Futon Critic listings, but if you have any info, please let me know and I will add it to the list. Thanks!

[Bluelitespecial]

There were previews for Big Brother 11 during the survivor finale last Sunday. But they didn't give a premiere date yet.

[dino88]

Originally Posted by Jadzia

I think it is just this Sunday and the following Sunday - 2 parts.

Thanks. I'll make sure not to let it sit on the dvr, just in case it is longer than 2 parts.

Originally Posted by Jadzia

Has there been an official start date announced by CBS yet? I didn't see it in the Futon Critic listings, but if you have any info, please let me know and I will add it to the list. Thanks!

All that's been said so far is July. No specific date as of yet. I just looked for info and found that they just contacted the houseguests (to let them know they made the show), so they probably can't say a specific date just in case there are any set backs.

[Brian Gentz]

ABC.com has Diamonds part 2 as Tuesday night

Part One, Sunday, May 24, 9/8c
Part Two, Tuesday, May 26, 9/8c

[dino88]

One to add:

Entourage (s.6) - July 12

...and thanks Brian for the Diamonds schedule.

[twikoff]

I was just coming to add entourage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entourage_(TV_series)

[girlnextdoor]

Thanks for the info - 2 of my 3 I was looking for are on there.

[Red Dog]

Originally Posted by dino88

One to add:

Entourage (s.6) - July 12

Cool - glad that it and Hung are on during the same period.

[GizmoDVD]

Psych and Month August 7th

[Jadzia]

I posted an updated list, also including some info from the new TV Guide Summer Preview issue.

[mrpayroll]

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8132

[05.27.09 - 12:35 PM]
EXCLUSIVE: "BIG BROTHER" RETURNS TO CBS ON JULY 9
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The 11th season of "Big Brother" will premiere Thursday, July 9 at 8:00/7:00c on CBS, network sources confirmed to the site this afternoon.

The series will then continue on Sundays at 8:00/7:00c and Tuesdays at 9:00/8:00c, a slight deviation from last summer's initial schedule of Sundays at 8:00/7:00c, Tuesdays at 9:00/8:00c and Wednesdays at 8:00/7:00c. (Two weeks later, the latter edition moved to Thursdays at 8:00/7:00c in place of "Greatest American Dog.")

Meanwhile, "The Big Bang Theory," "The Mentalist" and "How I Met Your Mother" are set to move to their new fall homes starting next month.

"The Mentalist" will shift to Thursdays at 10:00/9:00c beginning June 4. Repeats will still continue in its old Tuesday, 9:00/8:00c home until "Big Brother" takes over on July 14.

"Big Bang" likewise will jump to Mondays at 9:30/8:30c starting June 8 with "Mother" assuming the 8:00/7:00c slot on June 22. "Rules of Engagement" will fill out the night at 8:30/7:30c.

In addition, "48 Hours Mystery" will expand to twice a week starting June 2 with episodes airing Tuesdays at 10:00/9:00c and Saturdays at 10:00/9:00c.

Thank God this is back on Thursdays!

Chris

[dino88]

Originally Posted by mrpayroll

Thank God this is back on Thursdays!

Chris

Any news on the Showtime live footage? I used to keep turn that on while I was on the computer or playing the ps3. Got to hear some good fights and see some crazy people boobies.

[mrpayroll]

Originally Posted by dino88

Any news on the Showtime live footage? I used to keep turn that on while I was on the computer or playing the ps3. Got to hear some good fights and see some crazy people boobies.

It will be back, Julie said so last year!

I'm pretty sure it gets good ratings and costs next to nothing for ShoToo to put on since they are already filming live 24/7.

Chris

[RichC2]

Burn Notice and maybe Royal Pains for me, good times

[Bluelitespecial]

July 9th can't get here fast enough, the rest of summer will revolve around Big Brother.

[mrpayroll]

Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial

July 9th can't get here fast enough, the rest of summer will revolve around Big Brother.

That it does! And it's extra great with Big Brother After Dark.

Chris

[twikoff]

AUGUST for monk and psych?? blah!

[mrpayroll]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...&cs=1&nid=2565

Posted: Fri., May 29, 2009, 3:16pm PT

ABC bringing back 'Better off Ted'
'Surviving Suburbia' can't survive new time slot

By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

ABC is bringing back "Better off Ted" for a summer run, while "Surviving Suburbia" couldn't survive its new time slot.

Alphabet still had six episodes of "Ted" left from its midseason run earlier this year; those segs will now air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. starting June 23, behind new reality competish "The Superstars."

The Victor Fresco-produced laffer, from 20th Century Fox TV, then returns in midseason, where it will be paired with "Scrubs." Alphabet ordered 13 more episodes of "Ted" for next season.

As for "Suburbia," show's remaining segs moved to Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. effective this week but the show's new time period bow averaged just a 1.0 rating and 3 share in the demo.

Starting next week, ABC will instead air back-to-back episodes of new animated comedy "The Goode Family" at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Bob Saget starrer "Suburbia" comes from MRC, as does "Goode Family."

Also in the ABC scheduling realm, Alphabet will start airing its remaining original episodes of another recently axed comedy, "Samantha Who," next month. "Samantha" will run Thursdays at 8 p.m. starting June 25, paired at first with ABC's final episodes of "In the Motherhood."

Once the last three episodes of "Motherhood" are run, ABC will pair the "Samantha" originals at 8 with repeats at 8:30.

Chris

[Jadzia]

Posted a new update - included info from EW's summer TV preview issue.

[Ayre]

Futon Critic has a grid up for the Summer:
http://www.futoncritic.com/guide.aspx