Although the primetime season has ended, there's plenty to be watched this summer with the return of 'True Blood' and the premiere of 'The Real L Word'.
- Jun 1, 2010
AceShowbiz - Spring has folded and Summer TV is on the way. Here AceShowbiz lists the TV programs that serve as an alternative entertainment beside basking in the sun. Some like "Weeds" and "Burn Notice" are returning shows while others like "The Gates" and "Rubicon" are new to the ear.
One of the most anticipated returns in the hot season may as well be "True Blood". Constantly raking bigger number in each of its episode, the vampire-themed series picks up where season 2 left off when Bill was kidnapped. Creator Alan Ball said the mystery is not going to be a carrot dangled in front of audience's nose all season but will be solved immediately in the first episode airing June 13.
Another choice is multiple award winning series "Mad Men". The last time fans saw the mad men, the ad agency has turned into Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Betty was on the plane with baby Gene while Don entered a new chapter in his career. "You'll find that out when you see it, but it's not the next day," Jon Hamm said about where the July 25 episode will begin.
New on the screen are "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Real L Word". The former is about a group of teens hounded by the near past when one of them goes missing and a person going by the initial A continues to torment them. Many say this is the teen version of "Desperate Housewives". The latter is the reality smack at Showtime's successful series "The L Word". One of the lesbian women in fact was whom the character Papi was modeled after.
SUMMER TV PREMIERES:
MAY
- 24: The Bachelorette (ABC)
- 24: Saving Grace (TNT)
- 27: So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
- 31: True Beauty (ABC)
- 01: Hell's Kitchen (FOX)
- 01: One Big Happy Family (TLC)
- 01: The Little Couple (TLC)
- 01: Losing It With Jillian (NBC)
- 02: America's Got Talent (NBC)
- 02: Are We There Yet? (TBS)
- 02: Toddlers and Tiaras (TLC)
- 02: Ghost Hunters Academy (Syfy)
- 03: Burn Notice (USA)
- 03: Royal Pains (USA)
- 04: Flashpoint (CBS)
- 06: 'Til Death (FOX)
- 06: Sons of Tucson (FOX)
- 06: Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
- 06: The Next Food Network Star (Food Network)
- 07: Lie to Me (FOX)
- 07: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)
- 07: Persons Unknown (NBC)
- 07: Last Comic Standing (NBC)
- 07: The Good Guys (FOX)
- 07: Neighbors From Hell (TBS)
- 08: Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
- 09: Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (Bravo)
- 10: The Green Room with Paul Provenza (Showtime)
- 13: True Blood (HBO)
- 13: Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (E!)
- 13: Holly's World (E!)
- 15: Double Exposure (Bravo)
- 16: Top Chef (Bravo)
- 20: The Gates (ABC)
- 20: Scoundrels (ABC)
- 20: Leverage (TNT)
- 20: The Real L Word (Showtime)
- 20: The Phantom (Syfy)
- 20: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC)
- 22: Wipeout (ABC)
- 22: Hawthorne (TNT)
- 22: Memphis Beat (TNT)
- 24: Rookie Blue (ABC)
- 24: Boston Med (ABC)
- 24: Futurama (Comedy Central)
- 27: Entourage (HBO)
- 27: Hung (HBO)
- 28: Intervention (A&E)
- 28: Huge (ABC Family)
- 28: Make It or Break It (ABC Family)
- 29: Downfall (ABC)
- 29: Rescue Me (FX)
- 29: Louie (FX)
- 06: Warehouse 13 (SyFy)
- 08: Big Brother (CBS)
- 09: Eureka (SyFy)
- 09: Haven (SyFy)
- 10: The Bridge (CBS)
- 12: The Closer (TNT)
- 12: Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
- 13: The Glades (A&E)
- 13: Covert Affairs (USA)
- 13: White Collar (USA)
- 14: Psych (USA)
- 15: Mary Knows Best (SyFy)
- 16: The Jensen Project (NBC)
- 25: Mad Men (AMC)
- 25: My Boys (TBS)
- 27: Master Chef (FOX)
- 29: Jersey Shore (MTV)
- 01: Rubicon (AMC)
- 04: Dark Blue (TNT)
- 09: Bachelor Pad (ABC)
- 09: Dating in the Dark (ABC)
- 10: Shaq VS (ABC)
- 16: Weeds (Showtime)
- 16: The Big C (Showtime)
- 17: Melissa & Joey (ABC Family)
