Are you desperately trying to figure out what to watch now that the 2010-2011 season is over? Well, it might not be the same, but there are plenty of summer shows to fill your hours before your favorites return in the fall (and you get to see all the new pilots). As usual, there's quite a bit of reality television premiering or returning in the summer, but there's also a few scripted shows.
want to know when Breaking Bad or True Blood return? Or how about the premiere of new ABC Family shows like Switched at Birth or The Lying Game? Here's a list of premiere dates for summer shows, organized by network or cable channel and then by date:
A&E
The First 48: Missing Persons - June 2
The Glades - June 5
Gene Simmons Family Jewels - June 14
Hoarders - June 20
Intervention - June 20
ABC
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition - May 30
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution - June 3
101 Ways To Leave A Game Show - June 21
Combat Hospital (formerly The Hot Zone) - June 21
Rookie Blue - June 23
Wipeout - June 23
Expedition Impossible - June 23
Take The Money And Run - August 2
Bachelor Pad - August 8
Karaoke Battle USA - August 8
ABC Family
Secret Life of the American Teenager - June 6
Switched At Birth - June 6
Nine Lives of Chloe King - June 14
Pretty Little Liars - June 14
Melissa & Joey - June 29
State Of Georgia - June 29
The Lying Game - August 15
Adult Swim
Children's Hospital - June 2
AMC
Breaking Bad - July 17
Animal Planet
Whale Wars - June 3
Finding Bigfoot - June 5
Swamp Wars - June 12
I Shouldn’t Be Alive - July 6
Pit Boss - July 16
Bravo
Platinum Hit - May 30
Million Dollar Decorators - May 31
Rocco’s Dinner Party - June 15
Cartoon Network
Destroy Build Destroy - June 1
Dude, What Would Happen - June 1
Adventure Time - June 6
CBS
Big Brother - July 7
Same Name - July 24
Comedy Central
Jon Benjamin Has A Van - June 15
Futurama - June 23
Ugly Americans - June 30
DirecTV
Damages - July 13
Discovery
Deception with Keith Barry - June 1
Shark Week - July 31
Disney
So Random! - June 5
A.N.T. Farm - June 17
E!
Ice Loves Coco - June 12
Keeping Up with the Kardashians - June 12
ESPN
World Series of Poker - June 26
Food Network
Food Network Star - June 5
Crave - June 20
Extreme Chef - June 30
Sugar High - August 8
Fox
So You Think You Can Dance (started May 26)
MasterChef - June 6
Hell’s Kitchen - July 19
In the Flow with Affion Crockett - August 14
FX
Louie - June 23
Wilfred - June 23
Rescue Me - July 12
HBO
True Blood - June 26
Curb Your Enthusiasm - July 10
Entourage - July 24
HGTV
HGTV’d - June 6
House Hunters on Vacation - June 6
My Yard Goes Disney - June 6
HGTV Design Star - July 11
Run My Makeover - July 20
History
Ice Road Truckers - June 5
ID
Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? - July 13
IFC
Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings - June 24
Young, Broke & Beautiful - June 24
Lifetime
Love Handles: Couples In Crisis - May 31
The Protector - June 12
Drop Dead Diva - June 19
LOCO
Cougar Community - June 6
Logo
RuPaul’s Drag U - June 20
The A-List: New York - July 25
MTV
Teen Wolf - June 5
Ridiculousness - June 9
The Challenge: Rivals - June 22
Teen Mom - July 5
National Geographic
Locked Up Abroad - June 8
NBC
America’s Got Talent - May 31
Love Bites - June 2
The Marriage Ref - June 26
Love In The Wild - June 29
Nicktoons
Voltron Force - June 16
OWN
Mystery Diagnosis - June 1
The Dr. Laura Berman Show - June 6
Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal - June 6
Finding Sarah - June 12
Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind - June 17
Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neal’s - June 19
Carson Nation - June 25
Oxygen
The World According to Paris - June 1
The Glee Project - June 12
Bad Girls Club: New Orleans - July 11
PBS
History Detectives - June 21
POV - June 21
Science
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman - June 8
Showtime
The Real L Word - June 5
The Big C - June 27
Weeds - June 27
The Franchise: A Season With The San Francisco Giants - July 13
The Green Room With Paul Provenza - July 14
Web Therapy - July 19
Starz
Torchwood: Miracle Day - July 8
Style
Big Rich Texas - July 17
Giuliana and Bill - July 18
Sundance
Ludo Bites America - July 18
Garo Unleashed - August 9
Syfy
Haunted Collector - June 1
Hollywood Treasure - June 1
Alphas - July 11
Eureka - July 11
Warehouse 13 - July 11
Ghost Hunters International - July 13
Legend Quest - July 13
Haven - July 15
TLC
Cake Boss - May 30
The Little Couple - May 31
NY Ink - June 2
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - June 3
Freaky Eaters - June 5
19 Kids & Counting - June 7
Toddlers & Tiaras - June 15
I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant - June 22
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta - July 8
Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids - July 8
Surprise Homecoming - July 11
TNT
Franklin & Bash - June 1
Men of a Certain Age - June 1
Hawthorne - June 14
Memphis Beat - June 14
Falling Skies - June 19
Leverage - June 26
Rizzoli & Isles - July 11
The Closer - July 11
Travel
Man v. Food Nation - June 1
Sand Masters - June 1
Mancations - June 5
Paranormal Challenge - June 17
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - July 11
Truck Stop Missouri - July 27
TV Guide Network
Nail Files - June 21
TV Land
Happily Divorced - June 15
Hot In Cleveland - June 15
USA
Covert Affairs - June 7
White Collar - June 7
Burn Notice - June 23
Suits - June 23
Necessary Roughness - June 29
Royal Pains - June 29
VH1
Basketball Wives - May 30
Single Ladies - May 30
Celebrity Rehab - June 26
Behind the Music - June 29
Tough Love - June 29
Famous Food - July 10
La La’s Full Court Life - August 22
The T.O. Show - August 22
WE
Amsale Girls - June 12
Bridezillas - June 12
Staten Island Cakes - June 21
The Cupcake Girls - June 21
Downsized - August 16
Family Restaurant - August 16
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Love in the Wild series could be a fantastic summer blockbuster if they have integrated the Costa Rican “Pura Vida” locations and romance into the mix – remains to be seen – but I’m waiting!
Cheers, Tee
Tee is senior editor of Love In the Wild Fans Magazine http://www.LoveInTheWildFansMag.com and Costa Rica Magazine http://www.CostaRicaCLOSEUP.com.