2009 Summer Premiere Schedule

May 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments

The 2009 Summer TV Season is upon us. Find out when your favorite summer shows like Burn Notice, True Blood, Leverage, Weeds and Saving Grace are returning with new episodes. See what new shows are premiering this summer including Royal Pains, The Philanthropist, Hawthorne, The Listener, Nurse Jackie, Dark Blue and Hung.

And don’t forget to catch the remaining episodes of Dirty Sexy Money, Kings, Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies.

Updated: Defying Gravity (ABC), August 9:00 PM/ET

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TNT Announces 2009 Summer Lineup

April 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments

TNT has announced its summer schedule, pairing new shows Hawthorne and Dark Blue with established shows Saving Grace and Leverage. The new lineup will give TNT a two-hour block of dramas on Monday through Wednesday nights. TNT’s summer kicks off June 8 with the fifth-season return of The Closer in its regular Monday 9 pm slot, followed by the second season premiere of Raising the Bar at 10 pm/ET.

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Lifetime Announces 2009 Summer Preimere Dates

April 21st, 2009 | 0 Comments

Lifetime has announced that Project Runway will premiere on their channel August 30. Project Runway, which moves to Lifetime following a legal fight between producer Weinstein Company and its former cable home, Bravo, will have a 14-episode run in the Thursday 10 pm time slot.

Lifetime also announced that Drop Dead Diva, starring Brooke Elliott and Margaret Cho, will have its series premiere July 12. The third season of Army Wives premieres June 7.

ABC Family Announces 2009 Summer Schedule

April 7th, 2009 | 0 Comments

ABC Family announced its summer primetime schedule showcasing returning hits including The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Lincoln Heights and Greek, while revealing the details on three new shows.

First of the new shows to premiere will be Make It or Break It, a scripted drama set in the world of competitive gymnastics. Set to premiere June 22 at 9 pm, the hourlong show stars Chelsea Hobbs stars as a newcomer to the competitive circuit. 10 Things I Hate About You, premiering July 7 at 8pm, is a high school-set half-hour written and executive produced by Carter Covington and starring Lindsay Shaw and Meaghan Jette Martin. Gil Junger, the director of the 1999 feature film of the same name, directed the pilot.

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NBC Announces Summer 2009 Schedule

March 13th, 2009 | 3 Comments

NBC has unveiled a summer lineup that includes several scripted projects – including the long-awaited scheduling of The Philanthropist starring James Purefoy and Neve Campbell. The lineup includes freshman drama series Merlin and The Listener, in addition to new reality shows I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here and Great American Road Trip. Two miniseries are included, too – another summer rarity: The Meteor and The Storm.

Merlin will take over the Sunday 8 pm spot from Kings. The eight-episode run of The Philanthropist will take over for Law and Order on Wednesday nights at 10 pm getting a lead in from NBC’s biggest summer show America’s Got Talent. And The Listener will take over for Southland on Thursdays at 10 pm. With two of the new dramas going into 10 pm hours, NBC plans to help give O’Brien strong support when he takes over as host of The Tonight Show on June 1. The network will also extend the season finales of a few shows (Medium, Law and Order and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) into the first week of June.

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